Track Record
Recently Sold Homes
Marketing promises are easy. Closings are the proof. Here are the transactions I've represented across the Greater Houston area.
Closed transactions. Sold data matters more in Texas than almost anywhere else in the country, for a reason most buyers and sellers only discover partway through their first transaction here.
MLS data provided by the Houston Association of REALTORS®. All information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Texas is a non-disclosure state
Sale prices are not recorded in public property records in Texas. When a home sells, the price does not appear at the county clerk's office and does not flow into the public data that most consumer websites are built on.
That single fact explains a great deal. It's why automated home value estimates are noticeably weaker here than in states where every sale price is public. It's why a tax-assessed value can be badly out of step with what a home would actually bring. And it's why verified sold prices exist essentially in one place: the MLS.
It also means an agent's access to sold records is not a convenience — it's the only reliable source of what buyers in your neighborhood have genuinely been paying.
How to read a sold record
The closed price is the headline, but it's rarely the whole transaction. Seller-paid closing costs, rate buydowns, repair credits and included appliances all move the real economics without changing the recorded number, and a sold record showing a strong price may sit on top of substantial concessions.
Compare like with like. Square footage, lot size, year built, condition, and whether the home backs a road, a greenbelt or a detention pond all move value in ways a price-per-foot average will flatten. Two homes on the same street can justifiably differ by six figures.
Look at the spread between list and close, not just the close. That gap, read across enough comparable homes, is the most honest available signal about negotiating room in a specific neighborhood at a specific moment.
What this means if you're selling
Pricing from public data alone means pricing from incomplete information. A comparative market analysis built on MLS-verified closes, adjusted for the concessions above, is a materially different exercise from anything you can assemble yourself online.
If you'd like that analysis for your own home, it's free and it takes a conversation and a walkthrough. You'll get the number before you ever commit to listing.
Good to know
Questions about sold data in Texas
Why can't I look up what a house sold for in Texas?
Texas is a non-disclosure state, so sale prices are not part of the public record. County records show that a property transferred, but not the price. Verified sale prices are held in the MLS, which is why a licensed agent can tell you what comparable homes actually closed for when public sites can only estimate.
Why are online home value estimates less accurate in Houston?
Automated valuation models learn from public sale prices. In a non-disclosure state that input is missing, so the models fall back on tax assessments and listing prices, both of which drift from real market value. Expect wider error ranges here than the same tools would produce in a disclosure state.
Is my property's tax-assessed value what my home is worth?
No. An appraisal district's assessed value is produced for taxation using mass-appraisal methods, and homestead properties additionally have their taxable value capped at a 10% annual increase. Assessed value can sit well below, or occasionally above, what a buyer would pay.
What are seller concessions and why don't they show in the sale price?
Concessions are things the seller pays for on the buyer's behalf — closing costs, an interest rate buydown, or repair credits. They reduce what the buyer effectively paid without changing the recorded sale price, which is why a sold record needs to be read alongside its terms, not just its number.