The Houston real estate market in October 2009 looked much better than in October 2008; the number of house sales increased 14 percent from last year.  Although the market is down 8 percent over two years, October 2009’s 5388 sales showed an increase from September 2009 and from October 2008’s 4710 sales.

Year
Month
House Sales
1 Yr Change
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The preliminary data on price distribution have been released.  It is detailed below.

Price Range
Percent Distribution

# of Sales

2008
2009*
2008
2009*
Change

$29,999 or less
1.7
1.9
1105.97
1236.08
11.76%

30,000 - 39,999
1.8
1.8
1171.03
1171.03
0.00%

40,000 - 49,999
2
2.3
1301.14
1496.31
15.00%

50,000 - 59,999
2.3
2.7
1496.31
1756.54
17.39%

60,000 - 69,999
3.1
3.3
2016.77
2146.88
6.45%

70,000 - 79,999
3.6
3.6
2342.05
2342.05
0.00%

80,000 - 89,999
4.4
4.1
2862.51
2667.34
-6.82%

90,000 - 99,999
4.3
4.4
2797.45
2862.51
2.33%

Under 100k
23.2
24.1
15093.22
15678.74
3.88%

100 - 119,999
9.8
8.9
6375.59
5790.07
-9.18%

120 - 139,999
11.5
11
7481.56
7156.27
-4.35%

140 - 159,999
9.3
9.3
6050.30
6050.30
0.00%

100 - 160,000
30.6
29.2
19907.44
18996.64
-4.58%

160 - 179,999
7.7
7.8
5009.39
5074.45
1.30%

180 - 199,999
5.9
6
3838.36
3903.42
1.69%

200 - 249,999
10.1
10.5
6570.76
6830.99
3.96%

250 - 299,999
6.7
7.2
4358.82
4684.10
7.46%

300 - 399,999
7.4
7.3
4814.22
4749.16
-1.35%

400 - [...]