Wichita Falls, TX
We buy houses in Wichita Falls — cash close on Sheppard PCS timelines.
Sheppard Air Force Base employs 6,402 people directly, supports 17,800 indirect jobs, brings 60,000 trainees through every year, and accounts for roughly 35% of the Wichita Falls economy. When PCS orders land with 30 or 60 days to clear out, the 85-day MLS doesn't fit. Add 26 severe-weather events since May 2023, an aging 1979-rebuild housing stock with first-generation systems at end-of-life, and an inherited oil-era estate pipeline going back to the 1911 Electra field — and you have a market built for the cash channel.
Who we buy from in Wichita Falls
The seven situations driving most Wichita Falls cash sales
Wichita Falls is not a generic small Texas city. It is the county seat of Wichita County, 15 miles south of the Oklahoma border, 118 miles northwest of Fort Worth — and structurally different from the rest of North Texas because Sheppard Air Force Base anchors 35% of the city's economy. The base employs 6,402 people directly (1,900 active duty + 3,003 civilian), supports roughly 4,750 dependents and 3,500 retirees in market, and rotates 60,000+ trainees through annually as the largest, most diverse training base in Air Education and Training Command. Sheppard hosts the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program (ENJJPT) — pilots from 14 NATO nations train here. That military pipeline plus a population that has been flat-to-shrinking since 2000 (–1.8%) creates a structural cash-sale pipeline no other small Texas market matches.
Sheppard PCS orders on a 30–60 day clock
With 1,900 active-duty staff, ~4,750 dependents, and the ENJJPT rotation, Wichita Falls has a structural forced-sale pipeline no other small Texas market matches. Spring 2026 PCS volume is up roughly 12% year-over-year. A sergeant or junior officer who bought near Sheppard Air Park or in Country Club Estates and now has orders to RAF Lakenheath or Kadena has weeks, not months. We plan the close around report-no-later-than.
Storm-damaged roofs and insurance non-renewal
26 confirmed severe-weather events since May 2023, including 1.75-inch hail in March 2024 and 1.00-inch hail with flooding in April 2026. Homeowner premiums have risen disproportionately as carriers price in repeat hail/wind exposure. Owners with denied or under-paid claims often cannot fund repairs and will not pass a retail buyer's inspection. We buy as-is.
1979-rebuild housing stock hitting end-of-life
The April 10, 1979 F4 tornado — "Terrible Tuesday" — was the tornado that defined a generation of Wichita Falls' housing stock. Faith Village, Southmoor, and Sun Valley were rebuilt 1979–82, which means most of their homes are now 44–46 years old. First roofs, first HVAC systems, first water heaters, and original plumbing are all hitting end-of-life simultaneously. We buy as-is so owners do not have to fund a $20–40K pre-sale rehab.
Inherited oil-era estates
Wichita County's 1911–1920 oil booms (Electra 1911, Burkburnett 1912, Burkburnett Townsite 1918, Northwest Extension 1919) built the city and seeded a generation of farmhouse-on-acreage owners. Heirs of those owners — many now scattered out of state — face surface-use, mineral-rights, and shut-in-well complications that conventional buyers and lenders refuse. We close on the surface and accept the title exceptions.
Tax-foreclosure pipeline
The City of Wichita Falls currently holds roughly 500 properties as Trustee for back City/County/WFISD taxes. Active first-Tuesday courthouse auctions. Sellers 18 months behind on the combined city + county + ISD bill need a fast exit before the redemption window closes. We pay arrears at closing.
WFISD school-zoning shock and out-of-area landlord exits
The 2024 WFISD restructuring closed the three legacy high schools (Wichita Falls High, Rider, Hirschi) and opened consolidated Legacy and Memorial campuses, shifting neighborhood comp values overnight. Combine with a 35.5% renter share, a transient military/student tenant base, and out-of-area landlords burning out on the management cycle, and the tired-rental pipeline is real.
Mobile and rural-acreage homes in surrounding county
Mean mobile-home value in Wichita Falls is roughly $77,659. Rural Wichita County — and the surrounding Clay, Archer, and Wilbarger counties — has older farmhouse-on-acreage stock conventional lenders rarely touch. We buy singles and doubles with or without land in Burkburnett, Iowa Park, Electra, and Henrietta.
Wichita Falls housing market
What your Wichita Falls home is actually worth right now
Public data sources disagree because they measure different things. Here is the current public read — dated so you can verify before deciding.
- ZHVI typical home value
- $166,341
- Median sale (Feb 2026)
- $201,000
- Median DOM (Feb 2026)
- 85 days
- Owner-occupied share
- 64.5%
- Median year housing built
- 1976
- Sheppard AFB economic impact
- $3.2B
Zillow, +3.5% YoY.
Redfin, +7.1% YoY.
Down marginally from 89 a year prior.
Lower than typical TX small markets — military/student churn.
Post-1979-tornado-rebuild concentration in mid-city.
~35% of the Wichita Falls economy (Texas Comptroller 2023).
Two structural forces shape Wichita Falls pricing. First, Sheppard AFB — $3.2B annual economic impact, 6,402 direct employees, 60,000 trainees a year, and a permanent-party PCS cycle that puts homes back on the market every 24–36 months whether the broader economy wants them or not. BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) sets a hard floor under the rental market: 2026 rates range from $1,044/mo (E-1, no dependents) to $2,979/mo (O-6 with dependents), a +4.4% increase from 2025. Second, the city's population has been declining — down 1.8% since 2000 and another 1.6% from 2019 to 2024. When the natural pool of move-up buyers shrinks, the cash-investor channel becomes proportionally more important. The data also reflects an ongoing oil-and-gas softness: WTI dropped from $76 to $58 over 2025, and Texas O&G extraction employment declined 2.0% year-over-year — meaningful for Wichita County's legacy oil-family estates.
If you are facing foreclosure
How Texas non-judicial foreclosure works in Wichita County
Texas is the fastest foreclosure state in the country. If you have received a Notice of Default or Notice of Sale on a Wichita Falls property, the law gives you a specific, short window to act.
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Total minimum timeline
Texas non-judicial foreclosure can complete in as few as 41 days from the first Notice of Default — a 20-day right-to-reinstate period plus a 21-day Notice of Sale.
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First Tuesday of the month
Foreclosure sales in Wichita County are held the first Tuesday of every month, between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., at the Wichita County Courthouse at 900 7th Street, Wichita Falls. The City of Wichita Falls also holds roughly 500 tax-foreclosed properties as Trustee, with active monthly auctions.
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Posted three places
Texas law requires the Notice of Sale to be posted on the courthouse door, filed with the Wichita County Clerk (Lori Bohannon, 900 7th Street, Room 250), and published online. If your property has been posted, that record is public.
A cash buyer can close before a posted sale date if the contract is signed with enough runway for the title work. If your auction date is less than 14 days out, call before you fill out a form — the timeline matters more than the offer details. You can also reach our team about pre-foreclosure options through our broader situations page.
Inherited a Wichita Falls home?
How Wichita County probate works — and the three Texas shortcuts
Probate in Texas is filed with the Wichita County Clerk's office (Lori Bohannon) at 900 7th Street, Room 250, Wichita Falls, TX 76301. Depending on the size of the estate and whether there is a valid will, you may qualify for a faster path than full dependent administration.
Independent Administration
Texas's default when there is a valid will. Court-supervised but with minimal ongoing court intervention — executors can sell real estate without additional court orders in most cases. The most common path we close on.
Muniment of Title
A Texas-specific shortcut when the only transfer needed is real property and the estate has no significant debt beyond the homestead. Faster, cheaper, no full administration.
Small Estate Affidavit
For estates under $75,000 in personal property plus the homestead transfer when there is no will. The fastest path when it fits — Diamond can close as soon as the affidavit is approved by the court.
We are not your attorney, and this is not legal advice. Texas probate has real teeth, and oil-era Wichita County estates frequently involve fragmented mineral rights and surface-lease complications. If you do not have counsel, we can refer you to a Wichita County probate attorney who works with out-of-state heirs.
Where we buy
The neighborhoods and ZIPs we cover
Wichita Falls covers ZIPs 76301 (downtown), 76302, 76305, 76306, 76308, 76309, 76310, and 76311 (Sheppard AFB). Inside the city we buy in every named neighborhood; outside, we drive to the surrounding Wichita County and adjacent rural communities most operators will not.
Subdivisions and corridors inside Wichita Falls
- Country Club Estates — 660-acre executive-home district NE of MSU Texas; tree-lined brick streets, underground wiring, the largest collection of older executive homes in the city.
- Hamilton Park — adjacent to Country Club at Hamilton Blvd. and Midwestern Parkway.
- Faith Village — rebuilt 1979–82 after the F4 tornado; first-generation systems now at end-of-life.
- Southmoor — south-side neighborhood also rebuilt post-1979.
- Sun Valley — third tornado-impacted neighborhood rebuilt post-1979.
- Tanglewood — tree-lined streets, designer custom homes.
- Lake Wellington Estates — waterfront, private dock access.
- Stone Creek Ranch — newer luxury rentals and custom builds.
- Brook Hollow — luxury rental segment.
- The Avenues — historic dining district / mixed residential.
- Sikes Estates — established mid-century neighborhood.
- University Park — near MSU Texas.
- Western Hills, Starwood — west-side residential.
- Sheppard Air Park — military housing (Balfour Beatty Communities).
- McNiel area / Trophy Park — south of Southwest Parkway near McNiel Junior High.
- Depot Square Historic District — downtown, home of the World's Littlest Skyscraper (Newby-McMahon Building, 1919).
Surrounding communities
We also buy in these surrounding cities, towns, and unincorporated communities:
Burkburnett · Iowa Park · Electra · Pleasant Valley · Cashion Community · Kamay · Haynesville · Valley View · Henrietta (Clay County) · Holliday (Archer County) · and the rural stretches of Wilbarger and Baylor counties to the west.
Wichita County is bordered by Tillman and Cotton counties, Oklahoma to the north across the Red River, Clay County to the east, Archer County to the south, and Wilbarger to the west. We work across all of them, including the legacy oil-boom towns of Electra (1911 field) and Burkburnett (1912 field, 1918 Townsite, 1919 Northwest Extension).
Any condition
The conditions other buyers will not touch
Wichita Falls's 1976 median-year housing stock plus the 1979-rebuild concentration in Faith Village / Southmoor / Sun Valley plus rural Wichita County oil-era exposure plus recurring hail and insurance non-renewal produces a steady supply of houses the conventional MLS process is not built for. We underwrite to the work, not around it.
Hail and storm damage
Denied or partial roof claims, hail-tagged structures, post-storm homes the insurer will not fully fund. 26 events since May 2023.
End-of-life systems on 1979-rebuild stock
Faith Village / Southmoor / Sun Valley homes built 1979–82 are now hitting first-roof / first-HVAC replacement simultaneously.
Oil-era farmhouse-on-acreage
Electra, Burkburnett, Iowa Park — properties with surface-use, mineral-rights, and shut-in-well complications.
Tax-delinquent
Paid at closing out of proceeds. City currently holds ~500 trustee properties.
PCS-driven forced sales
30–60 day orders out of Sheppard AFB. We close around report-no-later-than dates.
Tenant-occupied
Lease in place; Section 8; tenant disputes. Out-of-area landlord tired-rental exits are routine here.
Mobile and manufactured
Mean value ~$77,659. Singles, doubles, on land or off. TDHCA Statement of Ownership handled at closing.
Foundation issues
Slab cracks in 1970s tract housing; pier-and-beam farmhouses on rural acreage.
Probate-pending
We can sign in advance and close once the Wichita County court grants the order.
How it works in Wichita Falls
From your first call to a closed deal on a PCS timeline
Diamond is roughly 118 miles from Wichita Falls via US-287. We drive up. We do not charge for the trip, we do not assign your contract to another buyer, and we close at a Wichita County title company on the timeline you pick — including report-no-later-than dates for PCS sellers.
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Tell us about the property — and the orders, if any
Address, situation, timeline. For Sheppard PCS sellers, bring the orders to the first call so we can work backwards from your report date. Form on this page or a phone call — both reach the same person.
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We pull the comps, drive the property if appropriate
Wichita Appraisal District records, recent comparable sales — factoring the 1979-rebuild stock condition curve, Sheppard BAH-anchored rental floor, and any current insurance non-renewal exposure — and a real walkthrough. Not a Zillow estimate.
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Written offer with the math shown
Comparable sales, our repair budget at investor-retail rates, and the margin we need. Take it to an agent and a contractor and compare. The offer does not change after inspection.
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Close at title in 9 days, or on your PCS schedule
Texas standard purchase agreement. Title company opens escrow. Tax arrears, liens, probate orders, and oil-era surface/mineral exceptions handled at the closing table. You get a wire or a check.
Diamond's broader process is documented on the how it works page, and our typical answers to seller questions live in the FAQ.
Wichita Falls FAQ
The questions Sheppard families and Wichita County sellers ask first
I just got PCS orders out of Sheppard. How fast can you close?
Nine days from a signed contract is standard once a Wichita County title company clears title. We can close faster when the orders are tight. Our offer has no financing contingency, so the timeline depends on title work — not a lender. If you have a 30 or 60-day report-no-later-than date, we plan the close around it. Bring the orders to the first call; we will work backwards from your departure week.
Do you buy houses with hail damage or denied insurance claims?
Yes. Wichita Falls has had 26 confirmed severe-weather events since May 2023 — 1.75-inch hail in March 2024, 1.00-inch hail and flooding in April 2026, plus recurring damaging wind. Carrier non-renewal and partial-payment settlements are routine here. Roofs at end-of-life on the 1979-rebuild generation of housing stock (Faith Village, Southmoor, Sun Valley) are at the heart of the cash-channel pipeline.
What about the 1979 tornado — how does it affect older property in Wichita Falls today?
The April 10, 1979 F4 — "Terrible Tuesday" — was the tornado that defined a generation of this city’s housing stock. It traveled 47 miles, destroyed roughly 20% of Wichita Falls dwellings, and wiped out three neighborhoods: Faith Village, Southmoor, and Sun Valley. Those neighborhoods were rebuilt 1979–82, which means most of their housing is now 44–46 years old — the first generation of roofs, HVAC, water heaters, and original plumbing are all hitting end-of-life simultaneously. Sellers in those neighborhoods often face roof-and-system replacement costs that exceed what they can recover in a traditional listing. We buy as-is.
I inherited a Wichita Falls house and the heirs are out of state. Can you still buy it?
Yes. We work with executors handling probate through the Wichita County Court at Law and we coordinate signatures across heirs in multiple states. If you qualify for Independent Administration, Muniment of Title, or a Small Estate Affidavit, we can close as soon as the order is granted. The county clerk’s office is at 900 7th Street, Room 250.
Do you buy in Burkburnett, Iowa Park, Electra, and Henrietta?
Yes. We buy across Wichita County (Burkburnett, Iowa Park, Electra, Pleasant Valley, Cashion, Kamay) and the surrounding rural counties — Henrietta and the rest of Clay County to the east, Holliday and the Archer County stretch to the south, Wilbarger and Baylor counties to the west. Many of these communities trace back to the 1911–1920 oil booms (Electra, Burkburnett Townsite, Northwest Extension) and carry the legacy farmhouse-on-acreage inventory we specialize in.
What if I am behind on property taxes?
The City of Wichita Falls FY 2026 tax rate is $0.6825 per $100 valuation; combined with Wichita County, WFISD, and special-district levies, the effective parcel-stack rate runs substantially higher. The City currently holds roughly 500 properties as Trustee for back taxes, and first-Tuesday courthouse auctions are active. We routinely pay tax arrears at closing out of the proceeds — you do not need to catch the bill up before talking to us.
Do you buy mobile homes in Wichita County?
Yes. Mean mobile-home value in Wichita Falls is roughly $77,659, and rural Wichita County has the typical 3–5% mobile-home share that conventional lenders rarely touch. We buy singles and doubles, with or without the underlying land, including older units around Electra, Burkburnett, and Iowa Park.
¿Compran casas de familias hispanas en Wichita Falls?
Sí. La comunidad hispana de Wichita Falls representa aproximadamente el 23–24% de la ciudad — anclada por la parroquia Our Lady of Guadalupe en 421 Marconi Street. Compramos casas en cualquier condición y podemos coordinar la documentación en español a través de una compañía de títulos local. Llame o envíe el formulario y le responderemos en su idioma.
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