New Apartments in Dallas and Their Deals
New apartments in Dallas often give the most free rent. Here's what they're offering this week, and what you'd really pay.
Updated . We update these numbers every week. When a place has a firm free rent offer, its price counts it.
Prices are rent only, before fees, with any firm free rent spread over the lease. How we figure it
Why new buildings often give the best deals
A brand new building has hundreds of empty homes to fill, fast. So it often gives free rent to get you in the door. Right now 111 Dallas area buildings built in 2025 or later are leasing, and 2 are still opening.
| Buildings | Places | With a special | Usual weeks free | Typical 1 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New (2025 or later) | 111 | 51% | 7 weeks | $1,425 |
| Everything older | 1173 | 47% | 4 weeks | $1,225 |
Why new Dallas apartments are giving so much free rent
Builders finished a record number of apartments across Dallas and Fort Worth in 2024: about 42,300 homes, by Matthews' count. Fewer opened in 2025, and fewer still are opening in 2026, but the area is still filling a lot of new homes.
That many empty homes at once is why free rent is so common. In the third quarter of 2026, 60.8% of Dallas and Fort Worth listings offered a move-in special, 21 points above the national median (Rental Beast, October 2026). The Dallas Fed puts typical free rent at six to eight weeks, and as much as 10 to 12 weeks in some Texas areas. Our own count on November 6, 2026, by community instead of by listing: 48% of the 1,309 Dallas area communities we track have a special. The usual firm offer runs 4 to 8 weeks, with some at 9 weeks or more.
Rents are about the same as a year ago. Yardi Matrix had them down 1.6% through May 2026, and Matthews had them up 0.2% in the third quarter of 2026. Many of the new homes went north, to places like Allen, McKinney, Frisco and Denton. Of the 111 new buildings we track this week, 63% sit north of LBJ.
The wave is slowing. Just over 30,200 homes were under construction in early 2026, about 21% fewer than a year before (Cushman & Wakefield). As fewer new buildings open, the biggest specials may get harder to find.
One thing to watch when you compare deals: some new buildings spread their free rent over a 15, 16 or 18 month lease. Ten weeks free over 18 months is a smaller discount each month than ten weeks over 12. This week 2 of the 57 specials at new buildings run on a lease longer than 12 months. Our deal cards name the lease length whenever it isn't 12 months. That way you compare like with like.
The biggest deals at new buildings this week
Why our prices are lower than what the community quotes
When a community gives free rent, we spread it over the whole lease and show what you pay a month on average. The community quotes the full rent, and many take the free rent off your first months. You pay the same total either way. Our way lets you compare one deal with another. Fees and the deposit are extra.
Circles show the general area, not the building. Numbers match the deals below.
1 / 8Top deal on this list
Brand new
Low price, no special needed
$995
/mo
1 bed · 660 sq ft · $1.51 per sq ft
Denton · Class B · Built 2026
58 homes available this week
Get the name and floor plan
1 / 710 weeks free, built 2025
1 bed · 819 sq ft · $1,255 listed
Lavon · Class B · Built 2025 · 4+ stars on Google
Down $271 since November 1 · 42 homes available this week
10 weeks free on a 12‑month lease
You save about $2,890
$1,014/mo net effectiveGet the name
1 / 7Brand new
1 bed · 717 sq ft · $1.42 per sq ft
Anna · Class B · Built 2026 · 4.5+ stars on Google
86 homes available this week
No special needed
$1,018/moGet the name
1 / 8Brand new
1 bed · 646 sq ft · $1,077 listed
Prosper · Class A · Built 2025 · 4.5+ stars on Google
Down $25 since November 1 · 36 homes available this week
10 weeks free on select 1 and 2beds
If this home qualifies. Ask us, and we'll look it up.
as low as$870/mo net effectiveGet the name
1 / 8Brand new
1 bed · 640 sq ft · $1.74 per sq ft
Denton · Class B · Built 2025 · 4.5+ stars on Google
Down $20 since November 1 · 5 homes available this week
Reduced rates
$1,115/moGet the name
1 / 58 weeks free, built 2025
1 bed · 623 sq ft · $1,404 listed
Old East Dallas · Class A · Built 2025 · 4+ stars on Google
97 homes available this week
8 weeks free on a 12‑month lease
You save about $2,580
$1,189/mo net effectiveGet the name
10 weeks free, built 2026
1 bed · 696 sq ft · $1,479 listed
Allen · Class A · Built 2026
Down $284 since November 1 · 350 homes available this week
10 weeks free on a 12‑month lease
You save about $3,400
$1,195/mo net effectiveGet the name
1 / 86 weeks free, built 2026
1 bed · 753 sq ft · $2,800 listed
Turtle Creek · Class A · Built 2026 · 4.5+ stars on Google
53 homes available this week
6 weeks free on a 13‑month lease
You save about $3,870
$2,503/mo net effective, over a 13-month leaseGet the name
Prices are rent only. Monthly fees and the deposit are extra. Ask for your list, and we'll send the names and floor plans.
Where the new buildings are
Areas with two or more new buildings. When new buildings are close together, they compete for renters, and that helps you.
See the full list
| Area | New buildings | With a special | Typical 1 bed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frisco | 7 | 43% | $1,414 |
| Bishop Arts / Kessler | 7 | 43% | $1,410 |
| Denton | 6 | 50% | $1,217 |
| McKinney | 6 | 67% | $1,279 |
| Corinth | 5 | 80% | $1,230 |
| Midtown Dallas / Valley View | 5 | 60% | $1,800 |
| Prosper | 5 | 40% | $1,176 |
| Lewisville | 4 | 100% | $1,443 |
| Anna | 4 | 25% | $1,060 |
| Grand Prairie | 4 | 50% | $1,605 |
| Rowlett | 4 | 50% | $1,294 |
| Melissa | 3 | 67% | $1,370 |
| The Colony | 3 | 0% | $1,477 |
| Red Oak | 2 | 100% | $1,362 |
| Turtle Creek | 2 | 50% | $2,511 |
| Garland | 2 | 100% | $1,374 |
| Duncanville | 2 | 0% | $1,282 |
| Old East Dallas | 2 | 50% | $1,344 |
| Allen | 2 | 100% | $1,365 |
| Plano | 2 | 50% | $1,455 |
| Northwest Dallas / Love Field | 2 | 0% | $1,362 |
| Oak Cliff | 2 | 50% | $1,281 |
| Farmers Branch | 2 | 50% | $1,475 |
| Uptown | 2 | 0% | $3,367 |
| Lavon | 2 | 100% | $1,093 |
Before you sign at a new building
Ask three things before you sign:
- When does the free rent come off? Some take it off your first months. Some spread it out. Ask what you'd owe back if you move out early, too. That rule is often on a separate page, not in the lease. Our guide to paying free rent back shows what to look for.
- What will my rent be when I renew? A building that gave you 8 weeks free often renews you at the full listed rent, so year two can cost a lot more. What year two looks like.
- What's still being built? Noise, parking and the pool or gym can be limited for the first few months.