COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) – Some 10,628 existing single-family homes were sold in Texas last month, according to the most recent Multiple Listing Services (MLS) data compiled by the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University. That's a 2 percent increase over a year ago.
The median price was also up 2 percent from January 2010, at $139,100. There was a 7.3-month inventory.
January 2011 MLS data for many Texas cities (current as of today) are available on the Center's website. Here is a sampling:
Sales
Change from
Last Year
Median
Price
Change from
Last Year
Months'
Inventory
Amarillo
122
up 14%
$122,700
down 6%
6.9
Austin
1,066
up 8%
$186,300
up 6%
5.6
Corpus
Christi
175
up 11%
$128,500
up 2%
9.8
Dallas
2,043
down 8%
$150,100
up 7%
6.4
El Paso
339
up 34%
$127,900
down 2%
6.6
Fort
Worth
407
down 12%
$105,000
up 2%
6.8
Harlingen
56
down 20%
$76,000
down 11%
unavailable
Houston
3,085
up 8%
$136,600
down 4%
7.4
Lubbock
135
down 3%
$110,000
up 2%
7
Odessa
50
up 56%
$136,700
up 16%
4
San Angelo
63
up 7%
$118,900
up 40%
6.3
San Antonio
951
up 11%
$143,900
up 4%
7.7
Temple-
Belton
77
down 9%
$125,000
up 19%
8.1
Tyler
143
down 11%
$120,600
down 13%
12.6
Wichita
Falls
80
down 10%
$90,000
up 3%
7.8
Texas
10,628
up 2%
$139,100
up 2%
7.3
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