Dallas Has More Big-Equity Foreclosures Than the Rest of Texas Combined

Published July 15, 2026

If you only care about the biggest equity plays, Texas is smaller than it looks. As of mid-July 2026, Fclosure counts just 46 upcoming foreclosure auctions statewide with more than $300,000 of estimated equity. These are not scattered across 254 counties. They cluster hard.

One county holds more than everyone else together

Dallas — 24 upcoming auctions above $300k equity
Bexar (San Antonio) — 10
Denton — 6
Tarrant — 5
Cameron — 1

Dallas alone holds 24 of the 46 — about 52%. Put differently: Dallas has more $300k-plus-equity auctions (24) than every other Texas county combined (22). If your model needs a large equity cushion, more than half your entire shopping list is in a single county.

The DFW gravity, and Bexar's surprise

Add Tarrant (5) and Denton (6) to Dallas and the Dallas–Fort Worth metro accounts for 35 of the 46 — roughly 76% of every big-equity foreclosure in the state. But the notable second place is not in DFW at all: Bexar's 10 puts San Antonio ahead of Tarrant and Denton individually. High volume there translates into a real, if smaller, pocket of large-equity deals.

Why this matters for your search radius

The instinct is to cast wide — pull every foreclosure in Texas and sort later. But if your deal needs $300k+ of cushion to survive a real rehab or a soft resale, you are effectively shopping one county, plus a San Antonio pocket. Set your search radius accordingly and you stop wasting bids on markets that structurally cannot produce the equity you need.

The flip side: competition concentrates where the equity does. Everyone chasing big margins is looking at the same short Dallas-led list — so discipline on price matters most exactly where the numbers look most tempting. And because the number is small (46 today) and grows only as new notices post through each month's window, the edge goes to whoever watches the list build rather than checking it once.

Estimated equity is a screening signal from county-appraisal-district values against the original loan on record — not an appraisal — and counts only upcoming auctions with both figures available. They move as new filings post; confirm every figure before you bid.