McKinney saw 289 homes sold during July, with the most homes sold in the 75071 ZIP code. The city’s median home sale price was $522,000 with an average of 67 days on the market.

The gist: Check out this real estate data for McKinney, comparing data from July 2025 to July 2026 in categories such as:

• Number of homes sold by ZIP code
• Median home sales price by ZIP code
• Average days on the market by ZIP code
• Number of new listings by ZIP code
• Number of homes under contract by ZIP code
• Homes sold by price point

A Long John Silver’s location in East McKinney is now open following a closure and renovation process, a company news release states.

The gist: Upgrades at the remodeled restaurant include self-order kiosks, a streamlined layout and other new design elements.

“From the updated design to new technology enhancements, every detail was created to make visits more convenient, while still delivering the seafood favorites and welcoming service our guests count on,” said Kevin Kupniewski, executive vice president of OpCo Operations, in the release. 

• 1708 W. University Drive, McKinney

SH 5 in McKinney is turning into a 4-lane roadway and a hospital in the Alliance area is expanding its neonatal unit. Check out some of the latest construction projects filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

1. Core Scientific renovations
One of Denton’s two data centers, Core Scientific, will see renovations for a 27,678 square-foot facility to be used as a data hall, according to a TDLR filing.

• Location: 8171 Jim Christal Road, Denton
• Estimated timeline: Sept. 1, 2026-May 31. 2027
• Estimated cost: $110 million

• Location: From Spur 399 to south of FM 1378
• Estimated timeline: June 1, 2026-Dec. 1, 2028
• Estimated cost: $60 million

The Texas Department of Insurance must take action to promote competition and “prohibit excessive or unfairly discriminatory rate setting" in the state's homeowners insurance market, Gov. Greg Abbott said Aug. 24.

The background: Texans are paying the fourth-highest home insurance premiums in the nation, Community Impact previously reported. State data shows that the average Texas home insurance premium nearly doubled from $1,791 in 2016 to $3,506 in 2025.

The details: Abbott asked the TDI to prohibit insurers from using the age of a home and homeowners' personal data when setting rates; create a task force targeting insurance fraud; study the impact of inflated insurance claims; and require insurers to consider a homeowner's participation in a roof fortification program when writing policies.

Another perspective: "Under Greg Abbott, Texas has been one of the most expensive states in the country to own and maintain a home," Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic candidate for Texas governor, said in a statement. "If Abbott really wanted to lower costs, he would have done it in the last 12 years."