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TEXAS' EXISTING HOME SALES UP 4 PERCENT | HOUSTON | LEAGUE CITY, TX

TEXAS' EXISTING HOME SALES UP 4 PERCENT | HOUSTON | LEAGUE CITY, tx

TEXAS' EXISTING HOME SALES UP 4 PERCENT

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
Last Year

Median
Price

Change from
Last Year

Months'
Inventory

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-
Denison

84

up 22%

$96,700

up 3%

8.8

Temple-
Belton

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
Falls

81

down 31%

$102,300

down 9%

7.6

Texas

16,505

up 4%

$150,700

no change

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Posted Tuesday Jan 31