Real estate
BY GRACE HU
Home Edition
2025
Readers, welcome to your annual CI Home Edition! This guide features news ranging from key real estate trends and new developments unique to your neighborhood to an overview of the housing industry across Texas. All of the stories were written by our team of local journalists, and all of the advertisements are from nearby businesses who support our mission to provide free, useful news—show them your gratitude by supporting local businesses. Over the last several years, we have seen the real estate market experience ebbs and ows, making it hard to predict what the future holds. But, what we do know is more people have moved into the Montgomery County area within that time, and there doesn’t seem to be any sign of that growth slowing down. In this edition, we look at year-over-year changes in the real estate market, including the changes in home sales and prices for two New Caney and Porter-area ZIP codes. We also take a look at the local housing market in the area, as well as go behind the scenes of a local home services business. No matter if you’re a lifelong Montgomery County resident or just putting down roots in the area, I hope our annual Home Edition is useful and informative.
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The New Caney-Porter real estate market saw 223 home sales in May, according to market data provided by Homeward, and it has 3.9 months of inventory currently available—the highest since 2007—Realtor Deborah Rose Miller said. Compared to the Greater Houston average of 5.2 months—or enough homes to meet demand for 5.2 months—Rose Miller said she believes the New Caney-Porter area is in a good situation. “Porter-New Caney is a destination these days, [and] as good as it is, it’s going to keep getting better with all of the plans,” Rose Miller said. “We’ve got lots of great things happening in the area.” As a whole, Montgomery County saw around 1,400 home sales in both May 2023 and 2024, New Caney, Porter hits highest home stock since 2007
Montgomery County home sales, 2023 25
2024 2025
2023
1,600
1,400
1,200 1,000
800 600 0
25.64% increase in median home price in Montgomery County from May 2020-25
48% of Montgomery County residents can a ord a median- priced home, as of Q1 2025
3.9 months of housing inventory in New Caney, Porter area
5.2 months of housing inventory in Greater Houston area
SOURCES: HOUSTON ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, TEXAS A&M REAL ESTATE RESEARCH CENTER, DEBORAH ROSE MILLER COMMUNITY IMPACT
according to the Texas A&M Real Estate Research Center. As of the latest data available from the orga- nization, there were 1,200 home sales in April 2025. Also of note Rose Miller said a common myth among
homebuyers is waiting for interest rates to drop before purchasing. Since January 2020, the 30-year xed mortgage interest rate has risen roughly 3 percentage points to over 6.7%, per Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey. When interest rates drop, housing prices rise, Rose Miller said.
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