COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) – Sales of existing single-family Texas homes in September were up 14 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 17,600 existing single-family homes were sold, data showed.
The median home price was $149,100, up 2 percent from a year ago, and the state’s overall inventory was at 7.1 months.
September 2011 MLS data for many Texas cities are available on the Center’s website. Here is a sampling (data current as of Oct. 27, 2011):
|
|
Sales |
Change from Last Year |
Median Price |
Change from Last Year |
Months’ Inventory |
|
Austin |
1,839 | up 31% | $187,500 | down 2% | 5.5 |
|
Bryan- College Station |
131 | up 7% | $156,400 | up 5% | 9.4 |
|
Dallas |
3,571 | up 13% | $157,900 | up 2% | 6 |
|
Fort Bend |
789 | up 17% | $200,200 | up 2% | 5.8 |
|
Fort Worth |
692 | up 12% | $112,400 | up 2% | 6.2 |
|
Galveston |
64 | down 3% | $172,000 | up 29% | not available |
|
Houston |
5,079 | up 17% | $155,800 | up 2% | 6.9 |
|
Laredo |
77 | up 4% | $127,500 | up 11% | 7.2 |
|
Nacogdoches |
34 | up 6% | $123,300 | up 3% | 10 |
|
Palestine |
33 | up 6% | $112,500 | up 46% | 14.9 |
|
Paris |
26 | down 7% | $106,700 | up 12% | 14.3 |
|
San Antonio |
1,578 | up 8% | $150,800 | down 1% | 7.6 |
|
San Marcos |
15 | down 40% | $165,000 | up 50% | 8.3 |
|
Sherman- Denison |
90 | up 17% | $95,000 | up 33% | 10.5 |
|
Victoria |
77 | up 8% | $130,000 | up 10% | 4.6 |
|
Texas |
17,616 | up 14% | $149,100 | up 2% | 7.1 |
