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Data as of July 27, 2026 · Gas updates weekly · Next full update: mid-August (July CPI release)Prices move for reasons. Here are the big ones this month — in both directions, because that's the honest picture.
Crude is doing the work. WTI closed at $84 a barrel on July 27, about 18% above its March low near $71, after touching $93 earlier in the month. That put the national average at $4.10 a gallon — high, though not a record for this summer; it was $4.15 as recently as June 8. Texas rose about 10¢ in the last week of July, to $3.64 — a third higher than a year ago, but still 46¢ under the national average, thanks to Gulf Coast refining and one of the lower state gas taxes in the country (20¢/gal, or 38.4¢ once the federal tax is added).
Eggs fell 2.3% in June, to $2.14 a dozen — down 43% from the $3.77 they cost in June 2025, and less than half the $4.48 they averaged that spring, when the avian-flu supply shock pushed the national average past $6. Sweets are the quieter squeeze: sugar and candy are up about 7% on the year.
After a long run-up, coffee fell 1.8% in June and beverages overall dropped 1.5%. Fresh produce also edged down. Relief is uneven, but it's real — and we'll report it when it happens, same as the increases.
Texas home values are down 1.9% over the past year, listings are sitting about 31% above their long-term average, and sellers are negotiating. Buying is still expensive — a median home takes roughly $112K of household income under standard lending math — but the direction has turned in buyers' favor for the first time since 2019.
One month never tells the story. Here's roughly where a gallon of regular has been each summer for a decade — the pandemic collapse, the 2022 spike, and now.
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