{
 "name": "Rio Grande Valley housing market data",
 "nameEs": "Datos del mercado inmobiliario del Valle del Río Grande",
 "description": "Monthly MLS housing data for the Rio Grande Valley of Texas (McAllen-Edinburg-Mission and Brownsville-Harlingen metro areas and Willacy County), with Texas for comparison, from the Texas A&M Real Estate Research Center: median sale price, closed sales, active listings and months of inventory through August 2026, with annual history since 2023. Also HUD Fair Market Rents for fiscal year 2027 for Hidalgo, Cameron, Starr and Willacy counties, northbound border crossings at the five Rio Grande Valley ports of entry (BTS and TxDOT), property tax levels for the main cities, and 2026 international buyer statistics from NAR and Texas REALTORS. Compiled by Amy Herrera, Texas real estate sales agent with RE/MAX Elite, and updated monthly. General information, not an appraisal or a forecast.",
 "url": "https://amyherrerare.com/data/rgv-market.json",
 "landingPages": {
  "en": "https://amyherrerare.com/rgv-housing-market",
  "es": "https://amyherrerare.com/es/mercado-inmobiliario-valle"
 },
 "license": {
  "id": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Amy Herrera, RE/MAX Elite (amyherrerare.com), compiled from the sources listed in this file",
  "scope": "The license covers this compilation. The underlying figures come from the listed sources; cite them as well."
 },
 "creator": {
  "name": "Amy Herrera",
  "description": "Texas real estate sales agent (TREC #808068), REALTOR",
  "broker": "RE/MAX Elite (TREC #9007399)",
  "url": "https://amyherrerare.com/about"
 },
 "dataMonth": "2026-08",
 "checkedOn": "2026-10-18",
 "dateModified": "2026-10-18",
 "updateFrequency": "monthly",
 "refresh": "MLS figures are refreshed after the Texas A&M Real Estate Research Center posts a new month, about the 20th of the month after that data month. Annual sources are refreshed when their publishers release new editions.",
 "nextExpected": {
  "dataMonth": "2026-09",
  "about": "2026-10-20"
 },
 "notes": [
  "General information, not an appraisal, a forecast, or legal, tax, immigration or lending advice.",
  "Buyer-origin statistics are national (NAR) or statewide (Texas REALTORS). They describe buyers, not places, and are not to be used to describe, rank or recommend any area.",
  "No loan rates, payments, down payments or loan terms are included.",
  "Percent changes are year over year as published by the source."
 ],
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  "source": "Texas A&M Real Estate Research Center (TRERC), housing activity data",
  "scope": "MLS closed sales of single-family homes, condos and townhomes; builder sales closed outside the MLS are not included.",
  "latestMonth": "2026-08",
  "units": {
   "prices": "USD",
   "monthsOfInventory": "months"
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    "county": "Hidalgo",
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     "note": "Monthly median and average not published: too few sales."
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     {
      "year": 2025,
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   {
    "id": "starr-county",
    "name": "Starr County",
    "county": "Starr",
    "note": "Not covered by TRERC housing activity data (checked 2026-10-18)."
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 },
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  "period": "2025-04/2026-03",
  "nar2026": {
   "source": "https://www.nar.realtor/newsroom/foreign-buyers-purchased-45-3-billion-worth-of-u-s-homes-from-april-25-to-march-26",
   "report": "https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics/research-reports/international-transactions-in-u-s-residential-real-estate",
   "published": "2026-07-29",
   "allForeignBuyers": {
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    "medianPriceUSD": 465000,
    "allCashPct": 48,
    "topDestinationStatesPct": {
     "Florida": 20,
     "California": 19,
     "Texas": 12,
     "New Jersey": 4,
     "Georgia": 4
    }
   },
   "buyersFromMexico": {
    "sharePct": 14,
    "priorYearSharePct": 8,
    "rank": 2,
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    "allCashPct": 33
   },
   "caveat": "Survey of REALTORS; country-level splits rest on small samples."
  },
  "texasRealtors2026": {
   "source": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/international-buyers-purchased-4-billion-in-texas-homes-302844284.html",
   "sourceEs": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/los-compradores-internacionales-adquirieron-4-mil-millones-en-viviendas-de-texas-832939061.html",
   "published": "2026-08-06",
   "purchases": 7780,
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   "language": "en",
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   "checkedOn": "2026-10-18"
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   "title": "NAR: foreign buyers of U.S. homes, April 2025 to March 2026 (July 29, 2026)",
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   "checkedOn": "2026-10-18"
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   "title": "NAR: 2026 International Transactions in U.S. Residential Real Estate",
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   "language": "en",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-18"
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  {
   "id": "txr_es",
   "title": "Texas REALTORS: international buyers in Texas, 2026 (Spanish release, Aug 19, 2026)",
   "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/los-compradores-internacionales-adquirieron-4-mil-millones-en-viviendas-de-texas-832939061.html",
   "language": "es",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-18"
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   "id": "txr_en",
   "title": "Texas REALTORS: International buyers purchased $4 billion in Texas homes (Aug 6, 2026)",
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   "language": "en",
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   "language": "en",
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   "title": "This site's property tax data (2025 adopted rates)",
   "url": "https://amyherrerare.com/data/tax-rates-2025.json",
   "language": "en",
   "checkedOn": "2026-10-16"
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