TEXAS (Real Estate Center) – A total of 19,330 existing single-family homes were sold in Texas last month, up 16 percent from March 2009, according to MLS data compiled by the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University.
The median price was up 4 percent to $144,600 during the same period, and the state finished the month with a 7.1-month inventory of existing homes.
Here is how select Texas cities fared in March (data current as of April 27, 2010):
| Sales | Change from Last Year |
Median Price |
Change from Last Year |
Months’ Inventory |
|
| Amarillo | 203 | no change | $113,500 | down 6% | 6.4 |
| Austin | 1,999 | up 33% | $178,600 | no change | 6.6 |
| Corpus Christi | 302 | up 7% | $137,600 | up 13% | 9.8 |
| Dallas | 3,989 | up 10% | $157,600 | up 7% | 6.3 |
| Fort Worth | 751 | up 10% | $115,700 | up 6% | 6.6 |
| Houston | 5,359 | up 13% | $153,000 | up 5% | 6.9 |
| Laredo | 70 | down 8% | $124,300 | up 11% | 8.9 |
| Lubbock | 316 | up 22% | $109,800 | up 1% | 5.7 |
| McAllen | 256 | up 43% | $93,800 | down 1% | 11.8 |
| San Antonio | 1,739 | up 27% | $141,900 | down 1% | 8.1 |
| Texas | 19,330 | up 16% | $144,600 | up 4% | 7.1 |
Additional home sales data for these and other major Texas cities are available on the Center’s website.
