By Bryan Pope, Real Estate Center
COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (Real Estate Center) — Sales of existing single-family Texas homes in November were up 9 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 15,000 homes were sold, data showed. The median home price was $147,600, up 1 percent from a year ago, and the state’s overall inventory was at 6.6 months.
November 2011 MLS data for many Texas cities are available online at http://recenter.tamu.edu/data/hs/. Here is a sampling (data current as of Dec. 19, 2011):
|
|
Sales |
Change from |
Median |
Change from |
Months’ |
|
Abilene |
113 | down 2% | $129,200 | up 47% | 5.6 |
|
Amarillo |
196 | up 45% | $128,100 | down 2% | 5.9 |
|
Arlington |
272 | up 5% | $131,600 | up 4% | 4.8 |
|
Austin |
1,481 | up 12% | $186,400 | up 3% | 4.6 |
|
Bryan- |
124 | up 23% | $156,200 | down 2% | 8.7 |
|
Dallas |
3,254 | up 16% | $151,100 | down 2% | 5.3 |
|
Fort Worth |
574 | down 1% | $107,900 | no change | 5.8 |
|
Houston |
4,343 | up 11% | $153,800 | up 2% | 6.4 |
|
Laredo |
55 | down 30% | $121,400 | down 8% | 7.1 |
|
Longview- |
129 | down 9% | $139,500 | up 14% | 9.8 |
|
Lubbock |
178 | up 5% | $123,500 | up 4% | 7.2 |
|
McAllen |
137 | down 9% | $115,300 | up 9% | 15.3 |
|
Odessa |
81 | up 69% | $125,000 | down 19% | 3.5 |
|
San Antonio |
1,265 | down 3% | $145,400 | down 5% | 7.2 |
|
Texarkana |
75 | up 36% | $92,500 | down 10% | 9.4 |
|
Texas |
15,059 | up 9% | $147,600 | up 1% | 6.6 |
