Tulsa Housing Market Report: August 2026
The August 2026 figures
These are county-level figures for the month. They describe the Tulsa County residential market as a whole and do not describe any neighbourhood, city or price band within it.
- Median sale price — $290,000, up 5.45% against August 2025
- Median days on market — 18, against 17 a year earlier
- Active listings — 2,416, essentially flat year over year
- Months of supply — 3.25
- Closed sales — 731, down 8.97% year over year
- New listings — 1,077, up 1.32%
- Sale-to-list ratio — 99.50%
Source: compiled from MLS data by RE STATS Inc. for the Greater Tulsa Association of REALTORS®. Geography: Tulsa County, residential property type. Reporting period: August 2026. Current figures are maintained on the Tulsa housing market page.
What the figures show, and what they do not
Closed sales fell while the median rose and days on market barely moved. That combination is consistent with fewer transactions at a broadly similar pace, rather than with either a sharp acceleration or a sharp slowdown.
What these figures cannot tell you is how any individual area performed. A county median is an aggregate: it moves when the mix of what sold changes, not only when values change. Best Realtor Tulsa does not publish area-level market statistics, because it does not have a consistent licensed source and defined geography that would make Midtown, Jenks, Bixby or Owasso figures comparable to each other. Deriving neighbourhood conclusions from county data would be inventing them.
Reading a single month
One month is a data point, not a trend. Figures are also restated: closings recorded late are picked up in later reports, so a month's numbers can move after publication. This report describes August 2026 as reported and is not updated afterwards.
Months of supply is worth treating as direction rather than as a threshold. What matters is whether it is rising or falling, and against what it is being compared.
For buyers and sellers
County figures set context. The numbers that govern an individual transaction are narrower: what is currently listed in your area, price band and property type, and what genuinely comparable homes have recently closed for. Ask an agent to pull both for the specific property.
Our Tulsa agent guide groups agents by the kind of transaction their public record fits, and the guide to choosing a Realtor covers what to ask before signing anything.
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