Homeowners in some big-name metros are selling and shipping out faster than the rest of the country, and Texas is right in the thick of it. A new Realtor.com analysis finds Indianapolis, San Antonio and Kansas City at the front of the pack, each with about 45 sales per 1,000 housing units during the 12-month window studied. Four Texas metros land in the top 10 for departures: Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. Put together, the rankings hint that affordability pressures, fresh inventory and shifting job hubs are quietly rerouting where buyers decide to land.
To build its list, Realtor.com looked at turnover in the 50 largest U.S. metros, using “sales per 1,000 housing units” from September 2024 through August 2025. The top spots went to Indianapolis, San Antonio and Kansas City, followed by Las Vegas, Nashville, Austin, Dallas, Charlotte, Houston and St. Louis. Instead of tracking where people search online, the analysis zeroes in on actual closed sales, giving a concrete snapshot of where owners are actually letting go of their keys.
A separate look from Redfin zooms out to the national stage and finds a very different story. Across the U.S., there were only about 28 sales per 1,000 homes in the first nine months of 2025, which the firm says is the lowest turnover rate in decades. Redfin’s economists chalk much of that slowdown up to owners clutching their ultra-low pandemic-era mortgage rates and buyers pulling back, summing it up with a blunt line: “America’s housing market is defined right now by caution.”
Why Some Cities Are Seeing More Departures
While the national market is barely inching along, some metros are seeing more owners call the movers. Realtor.com points to a familiar culprit: affordability. As home prices and borrowing costs stretch budgets, faster-turnover markets tend to be places where prices feel less out of reach or where new construction has added more options for buyers…