TEXAS'
EXISTING HOME SALES UP 4 PERCENT
COLLEGE
STATION (Real Estate Center) – Sales of existing single-family Texas homes in
December were up 4 percent from a year ago, according to the most recent
Multiple Listing Services (MLS) data compiled by the Real Estate Center at Texas
A&M University.
More
than 16,500 homes were sold, data showed. The median home price was $150,700,
about the same as a year ago, and the state's overall inventory was at six
months.
December
2011 MLS data for many Texas cities are available on the Center's website. Here is a sampling (data current as of Jan.
30, 2012):
|
|
Sales |
Change
from
Last Year |
Median
Price |
Change
from
Last Year |
Months'
Inventory |
|
Austin |
1,738 |
up
11% |
$188,200 |
down
2% |
4.2 |
|
Beaumont |
151 |
up
2% |
$114,000 |
down
14% |
11.1 |
|
Brownsville |
39 |
down
33% |
$86,800 |
down
22% |
12.4 |
|
Dallas |
3,315 |
up
3% |
$162,800 |
up
1% |
4.7 |
|
El
Paso |
420 |
down
9% |
$97,900 |
down
27% |
7 |
|
Fort
Worth |
645 |
up
5% |
$112,500 |
down
6% |
5.2 |
|
Houston |
5,048 |
up
7% |
$160,400 |
up
2% |
5.9 |
|
Midland |
134 |
up
17% |
$184,000 |
down
1% |
3.3 |
|
San
Antonio |
1,393 |
up
3% |
$148,400 |
down
6% |
6.6 |
|
Sherman-
Denison |
84 |
up
22% |
$96,700 |
up
3% |
8.8 |
|
Temple-
Belton |
115 |
up
4% |
$120,700 |
down
13% |
7.9 |
|
Tyler |
198 |
down
5% |
$130,800 |
up
1% |
11.4 |
|
Victoria |
74 |
up
37% |
$131,100 |
down
2% |
3.8 |
|
Waco |
153 |
up
2% |
$116,200 |
down
1% |
9 |
|
Wichita
Falls |
81 |
down
31% |
$102,300 |
down
9% |
7.6 |
|
Texas |
16,505 |
up
4% |
$150,700 |
no
change |
6 |
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