COLLEGE STATION (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 on the Center’s website. Here is a sampling (data current as of Dec. 15, 2011):

 

Sales

Change from
Last Year

Median
Price

Change from
Last Year

Months’
Inventory

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-
College Station

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-
Marshall

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