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- HOUSTON HOME SALES DEFY NATIONAL TRENDPosted on: 2006-10-03
Don't let the media fool you about Houston Real Estate!
HOUSTON HOME SALES DEFY NATIONAL TREND
HOUSTON (Houston Business Journal) – Defying national reports of a collapsing real estate market, Houston area total property sales for August reached 8,451, a 5.5 percent increase from August 2005. Sales exceeded $1.6 billion, a 12.8 percent increase compared with $1.4 billion for August 2005.
For the fourth month in a row, the average single-family home price, currently at $200,555, exceeded the $200,000 mark. The current median price of $152,000 is a monthly record for the Houston market.
Available homes at the end of August numbered 46,201, 588 properties more than in July, a 2.7 percent increase over August 2005. August was the second consecutive month with a year-over-year increase after 10 consecutive previous monthly declines.
Total sales for single-family homes in Houston increased by 5.9 percent to 7,052, compared with 6,661 last year, marking 31 consecutive months that sales have been higher than the same month of the previous year.
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2006/09/18/daily47.html
- Rumor Confirmed: City Tops in Adding JobsPosted on: 2008-10-07Click Here For Full Article
