The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 78344 sells for about $258,875, or $161 per square foot.
Prices are roughly flat from a year ago (-0.4%), a market in balance. Homes take about 64 days to sell, which is slow. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,331 a month.
ZIP 78344 — Bruni
The housing market in the 78344 ZIP code is characterized by low population density and stable, modest home values. Market activity is largely reflective of the broader Laredo metropolitan area, which currently shows a balanced supply-demand dynamic with slight year-over-year price softening.
Median prices moved down 0.4% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 64 days on market with 3.8 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
14% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 98.5% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 0.0% · poverty 10.5% — a stable, low-distress profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
in-migration and out-migration balanced
ZCTA 78344, Webb County TX
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Texas) — Senior (65+) and Disabled Homestead Exemption and School Tax Ceiling: Grants an additional mandatory $10,000 exemption from ISD appraised value (Taxable Value_ISD = Appraised Value - $100,000 - $10,000) and establishes an absolute statutory tax freeze (school tax ceiling): total ISD property taxes cannot exceed the dollar ceiling established in the… State (Texas) — General Residence Homestead Exemption and 10% Valuation Growth Cap: Imposes mandatory state-level valuation deductions and growth limitations on the qualifying homestead: (1) Mandates a $100,000 deduction from appraised value for independent school district (ISD) maintenance and operations/debt taxation: Taxable Value_ISD = Appraised Value - $100… State (Texas) — Ad Valorem Real Property Taxation and Assessment Ratio: Mandates ad valorem appraisal of all real property at 100% of fair market value as of January 1 each tax year (Assessment Ratio = 1.00).
Data retrieved from data.census.gov ZCTA 78344 profile.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.