In real numbers, the lowest priced homes made gains in number of sales.  Every category from under $29,999 to $59,999 showed positive changes in real numbers of homes sold, except homes in the $30’s.  The largest gain was 8.24 percent for homes in the $50’s.

Houston

Price Range
Percent Distribution

# of Sales

2008
2009
2008
2009
Change

$29,999 or less
1.7
1.9
1,106
1,140
3.05%

30,000 - 39,999
1.8
1.8
1,171
1,080
-7.80%

40,000 [...]

Sales dropped one percent from December 2008’s 4981 to December 2009’s 4931.  This is the difference of 50 houses, which is not too much.  December 2007, however, saw 5691 homes sold, which is 660 more than its 2009 counterpart.  This is a 13 percent drop in monthly sales in a two year time span.

2007
Dec
5,691

212,300

154,700

39,100

6.87

2008
Jan
4,061
-0.13

188,700
0.06
139,500
-0.01
39,790
0.11
9.798

2008
Feb
5,036
-0.09

201,200
0.04
151,000
0.03
40,104
0.1
7.963

2008
Mar
5,802
-0.14

202,500
0
151,800
0
40,896
0.06
7.048

2008
Apr
6,049
-0.11

203,400
0.01
150,300
0.01
41,214
0.02
6.813

2008
May
6,781
-0.14

210,800
0
155,800
0.01
41,318
-0.01
6.093

2008
Jun
6,981
-0.12

223,500
0.04
160,100
0.01
41,474
-0.03
5.94

2008
Jul
6,718
-0.11

219,600
0.06
159,900
0.03
41,038
-0.04
6.108

2008
Aug
6,251
-0.2

220,000
0.05
158,900
0.01
39,203
-0.09
6.271

2008
Sep
4,068
-0.27

206,000
0.03
155,300
0.04
37,623
-0.13
9.248

2008
Oct
4,710
-0.19

191,200
-0.02
141,900
-0.03
36,308
-0.14
7.708

2008
Nov
3,731
-0.32

185,100
-0.07
137,500
-0.08
34,493
-0.16
9.244

2008
Dec
4,981
-0.12

189,200
-0.11
145,200
-0.06
31,637
-0.19
6.351

2009
Jan
3,108
-0.23
-0.33
164,900
-0.13
130,900
-0.06
31,654
-0.2
10.184

2009
Feb
3,785
-0.25
-0.31
179,000
-0.11
137,800
-0.09
31,999
-0.2
8.454

2009
Mar
4,750
-0.18
-0.3
190,800
-0.06
145,500
-0.04
32,462
-0.21
6.834

2009
Apr
4,615
-0.24
-0.32
191,300
-0.06
149,000
-0.01
31,772
-0.23
6.884

2009
May
5,226
-0.23
-0.34
207,800
-0.01
155,800
0
31,649
-0.23
6.056

2009
Jun
5,989
-0.14
-0.25
217,400
-0.03
163,400
0.02
32,247
-0.22
5.384

2009
Jul
6,326
-0.06
-0.16
215,000
-0.02
161,300
0.01
32,643
-0.2
5.16

2009
Aug
5,511
-0.12
-0.3
207,500
-0.06
158,900
0
32,108
-0.18
5.826

2009
Sep
5,309
0.31
-0.05
201,100
-0.02
155,100
0
31,579
-0.16
5.948

2009
Oct
5,407
0.15
-0.08
194,200
0.02
147,500
0.04
31,378
-0.14
5.803

2009
Nov
5,027
0.35
-0.09
195,600
0.06
150,700
0.1
31,384
-0.09
6.243

2009
Dec
4,931
-0.01
-0.13
214,400
0.13
152,400
0.05
29,964
-0.05
6.076

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Month
House Sales
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