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 |
Median |
Change from |
Months’ |
|
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- |
84 | up 22% | $96,700 | up 3% | 8.8 |
|
Temple- |
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 |
81 | down 31% | $102,300 | down 9% | 7.6 |
|
Texas |
16,505 | up 4% | $150,700 | no change | 6 |
