The housing market appears to be cooling off in North Texas, but home prices are climbing in towns that were once considered to be way out in the boonies, per an Axios analysis of Zillow data. The average price in the same ZIP code in October was around $331,000 — 5.4% lower than in July. What we're watching: Realtor.com expects the average inventory of homes for sale nationwide to be higher in 2023 than this year and last year, but it is projected to still fall 15% short of the 2019 average.