A new 2024 report from Texas Realtors has revealed the number of homes that sold in the state for $1 million or more increased 10 percent from last year to reach its second-highest peak ever recorded.

According to the report's findings – which calculated sales data from November 2023 to October 2024 – Texas' luxury real estate market accounted for $21.4 billion in economic activity. The period from November 2021 to October 2022 still holds the current statewide record, which is $22.6 billion.

A total 12,888 homes sold for at least $1 million during this time, which represented nearly 16 percent of all Texas residential home sales.

May 2024 was the busiest month for Texas' luxury home sales. Nearly 1,580 homes were sold that month for $1 million or more. Meanwhile, January was the slowest month with only 610 million-dollar homes sold.

"The high end of the Texas real estate market continues to evolve," said Christy Gessler, Chairman of Texas Realtors, in a press release. "As prices rise, more homes cross the million-dollar threshold. Some are highly valued for their size or amenities, but with many, the key factor is location."

Luxury real estate performance in Houston
The report further revealed that the second-highest share (26.2 percent) of Texas luxury homes were located in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area, amounting to nearly $5.7 billion.

A total 3,371 luxury homes were sold in the Houston area from November 2023 to October 2024; 10 percent more than the previous year. These million-dollar real estate purchases accounted for 16 percent of all residential sales dollar volume in the metro.

The median size of a million-dollar home that sold in Houston last October came out to 4,406 square feet, whereas the median size of all residential homes sold for the month was less than half that size – only 2,093 square feet.

In a similar vein, the average price-per-square-foot for a luxury home sold in Houston in October came out to $389, whereas the price-per-square-foot for all residential homes sold in the area was only $180.

Houston's share of high-end homes can be located in various affluent areas, from a massive Memorial mansion to a French-inspired Hunters Creek Village estate, or even a renovated Tudor home in West U.

Previously, Houston ranked as the No. 18 U.S. city with the most million-dollar homes on the market.

Luxury real estate in other Texas metros
Houston came in second to Dallas-Fort Worth, which constituted 38.7 percent of all million-dollar home sales in Texas. Austin-Round Rock had the third-highest share (19.1 percent) of statewide luxury real estate sales.

In Dallas-Fort Worth, 4,992 luxury homes were sold from October 2023 to November 2024, raking in $8.5 billion in total sales dollar volume. Meanwhile, 2,461 luxury homes were sold in the Austin area to bring in $4.1 billion, the report said.

Here's how the average price-per-square foot and median home size compared across these two Texas metros in October 2024:

• $394 – average price per square foot for a million-dollar home in Dallas-Fort Worth
• $510 – average price per square foot for a million-dollar home in Austin
• 4,212 square feet – median size of a luxury home in Dallas-Fort Worth
• 3,440 square feet – median size of a luxury home in Austin

Additionally, 5.1 percent of all million-dollar homes sold statewide were located in San Antonio-New Braunfels. That means 656 luxury homes were sold in this metro, which brought in $957 million. In a one-month analysis for October 2024, the median size of a million-dollar home sold in the Alamo City came out to 4,118 square feet, which sold for an average price of $357 per square foot.