Home Value Trail

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area: home price history and building permits

Texas1 county433,946 residents (2025 estimate)

  • FHFA quarterly index to 2026 Q2
  • FHFA annual index 1977 to 2025
  • Developmental index
  • Release of

The FHFA annual house price index for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX increased by 81.1% from 2015 to 2025. From 2020 to 2025, the index increased by 55.1%. From 2024 to 2025, the index increased by 0.1%. From 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q2, the quarterly index increased by 4.4%.

2015

+81.1%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX increased by 81.1%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +6.1%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX+81.1%
Texas+88.2%
United States+85.0%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, 100 in 1988 Q2
  • Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

The line is FHFA's quarterly index, through 2026 Q2. The calculator and the tables use FHFA's annual index of the area.

Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, 1977 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025525.16+0.1%
2024524.47+4.4%
2023502.31+11.8%
2022449.32+18.5%
2021379.18+12.0%
2020338.53+4.7%
2019323.47+4.8%
2018308.66+2.2%
2017302.16+3.6%
2016291.65+0.6%
2015289.98+3.9%
2014279.05+0.3%
2013278.19+1.1%
2012275.21−1.4%
2011279.01−1.3%
2010282.74−0.6%
2009284.54+1.2%
2008281.18+0.2%
2007280.49+3.0%
2006272.35+3.3%
2005263.58+5.7%
2004249.44+1.5%
2003245.72+3.6%
2002237.25+2.4%
2001231.61+6.3%
2000217.80+2.8%
1999211.95+2.2%
1998207.38+2.2%
1997202.89+2.9%
1996197.24+0.8%
1995195.62+4.2%
1994187.67+2.0%
1993183.93+4.6%
1992175.87+3.2%
1991170.34+3.2%
1990165.12+2.4%
1989161.20+2.0%
1988158.10−4.0%
1987164.69−5.6%
1986174.54+4.3%
1985167.28−2.4%
1984171.42−7.8%
1983185.87−4.0%
1982193.56−1.7%
1981196.87+38.3%
1980142.32+5.5%
1979134.86+13.5%
1978118.81+18.8%
1977100.00n/a

Each figure is the change of the FHFA annual all-transactions index, from the year that you pick to 2025. It is a change for the area. It is not the change in the value of your home, and it does not use the price that you paid.

The average for each year is a compounded annual change. The guide to values explains more.

When using the FHFA House Price Calculator, please note that it does not project the actual value of any particular house.

FHFA, about its own House Price Calculator: Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index Datasets, HPI Calculator, copied on . The calculator of FHFA uses quarterly figures. For the states and the 100 largest metro areas it uses the purchase-only index. Its figures can differ from the figures here.

Since the last FHFA release

No recorded FHFA release changed a figure of Brownsville-Harlingen, TX. The record of releases starts with the next FHFA release. FHFA releases recorded by this site

Same span, every level

Change in the FHFA annual index to 2025: Brownsville-Harlingen, TX and the areas above it
Area1 year2024 to 20255 years2020 to 202510 years2015 to 202520 years2005 to 2025Since 20002000 to 2025Each yearaverage of 10 years
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX+0.1%+55.1%+81.1%+99.2%+141.1%+6.1%
Texas+0.8%+43.5%+88.2%+147.8%+195.2%+6.5%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

Each row uses FHFA's annual all-transactions index and the same two years.

Drawdowns

A drawdown is a decline of 5% or more of the annual index from a peak.

Drawdowns of the index of Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, deepest first
PeakLowDeclineBack at the peak
19811988−19.7%1996

Decade by decade

Change in the index of Brownsville-Harlingen, TX in each decade
DecadeChangeUnited StatesBar
1980s1980 to 1990+16.0%+68.2%
1990s1990 to 2000+31.9%+33.9%
2000s2000 to 2010+29.8%+29.7%
2010s2010 to 2020+19.7%+35.5%
2020s so far2020 to 2025+55.1%+47.0%

The index is 100 in the first year with a value for the area (1977 here). The change in a decade is the index at the end of the decade divided by the index at the start. The base year has no effect on it.

Building permits in the area

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in the county of the area authorized 2,364 housing units. That is 5.4 units for each 1,000 residents.

Housing units authorized by month, latest 60 months
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each month
Housing units authorized by building permits in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 202619913861
Jul 2026279168111
Jun 202625118566
May 202623717760
Apr 202623217458
Mar 202618014436
Feb 202618212557
Jan 202613210428
Dec 202517310865
Nov 20251379641
Oct 202517211656
Sep 202519012466
Aug 202515112526
Jul 202517213042
Jun 202519213755
May 202523718849
Apr 202524115190
Mar 202516615016
Feb 202519515243
Jan 202518115328
Dec 202414012416
Nov 202414011921
Oct 202415413123
Sep 202415412826
Aug 202417615026
Jul 202420114655
Jun 202417114427
May 202422817850
Apr 202420116041
Mar 202419016525
Feb 202416314023
Jan 202421217834
Dec 202315512233
Nov 202314611927
Oct 202323717760
Sep 202317313241
Aug 202323216963
Jul 202320315944
Jun 202321918138
May 202325617383
Apr 202318814939
Mar 202316912742
Feb 20231719477
Jan 20231418259
Dec 20221327260
Nov 20221258441
Oct 20221489355
Sep 20221499257
Aug 202216511649
Jul 202214910940
Jun 202217812850
May 202217513243
Apr 202218214537
Mar 202220917534
Feb 202216713730
Jan 202230526936
Dec 2021000
Nov 2021000
Oct 2021000
Sep 2021000
Housing units authorized by year, 1995 to 2025
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each year
Housing units authorized by building permits in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
20252,7021,838864
20242,3471,668679
20231,9521,604348
20222,5061,937569
20212,0521,573479
20201,9041,576328
20191,8171,390427
20181,4871,39295
20171,2451,139106
20161,5691,217352
20151,2851,129156
20141,4171,179238
20131,2631,090173
20121,1541,012142
20111,1361,05383
20101,2581,062196
20091,105939166
20081,3061,086220
20072,0911,728363
20063,4022,852550
20053,6943,069625
20043,5923,070522
20033,4443,124320
20023,9173,178739
20013,0942,713381
20003,1112,706405
19992,5392,017522
19981,9261,9260
19971,6021,6020
19961,7291,7290
19951,6421,6420

The counts are the sums of the county files of the Building Permits Survey for the counties of the area (OMB delineation of July 2023).

Counties of the area

Counties of the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area, by name
CountyState1 year10 yearsUnits, 12 months
Cameron CountyTX+0.1%+81.1%2,364

Agency pages

  • FHFA House Price IndexFederal Housing Finance AgencyThe index page of FHFA: data, tools and the release dates.
  • FHFA HPI CalculatorFederal Housing Finance AgencyThe calculator of FHFA. It works by quarter, for a state or a metro area.
  • Building Permits SurveyUS Census BureauThe survey of housing units that building permits authorize.

Each link loaded on .

Cite this page

Home Value Trail. Brownsville-Harlingen, TX home price history. https://homevaluetrail.com/metro/15180-brownsville-harlingen/. Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency, annual house price index for CBSAs (developmental); US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. FHFA release of .

Where the figures come from

Index
FHFA annual house price index for CBSAs, all transactions, 1977 to 2025. Release of March 31, 2026. The line: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for the metropolitan area, through 2026 Q2.
Other levels
FHFA annual indexes for the states and the United States, from the same release.
Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, county files through August 2026, added for the counties of the area.
Counties of the area
OMB delineation of core based statistical areas, July 2023.
Residents
US Census Bureau, population estimates for 2025.

All files are works of the US government, in the public domain. To report an error, see Corrections.

Questions

Which years had the largest changes in the index for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX?
The largest increase in one year was 38.3%, from 1980 to 1981. The largest decrease in one year was 7.8%, from 1983 to 1984.
How did the index for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX change over 20 years?
From 2005 to 2025, the index for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX increased by 99.2%. In the same years, the index for Texas increased by 147.8%. In the same years, the index for the United States increased by 79.1%.
What is the highest value of the index for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX?
The index is 100 in 1977, the first year with a value for this area. The highest annual value is 525.16, in 2025.
Which counties are in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX area?
The area has 1 county in the delineation of July 2023. The Census Bureau estimates 433,946 residents for 2025.