Recent local pace offers a useful guide for planning without rushing
If you are trying to decide when to start a move that needs to feel orderly, my answer is to plan around the actual sales pace, not a best-case fantasy. In Murphy, TX, a typical sale took 63 days last month, and that is the timeline I would respect first.
If you only remember one closed data point right now, make it 4.27 months of supply. That was the recent level in Murphy, TX, and it suggests a market with workable options and real competition at the same time.
A typical asking price for active homes was $639,000 last month, while the typical sold price was $580,000 and active homes had been listed about 61 days. The practical impact is that move planning needs both pricing realism and timing discipline. I recommend setting your target move window before you make a housing decision, and I recommend aligning your sale or purchase strategy to that window instead of hoping timing will fix itself.
One number to respect from recent data is 47 that was the count of active homes at month-end in Murphy, TX. Some metrics were not reported for this period. Still, there is enough choice to support a thoughtful move if you organize it early.
My recommendation is simple. Decide your timeline first, tie your budget to that timeline, and do not let one appealing listing force a move plan you have not fully thought through.
