Houston Texas Real Estate

Houston has higher prices, but abysmal sales

theblog — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:58:18 +0000

The Houston market had 2,788 sales in January 2010. This was 10 percent lower than January 2009’s 3,108 and 31 percent lower than January 2008’s 4,061. This is particularly bad picture for the market, because the past two Januarys were also low points from their preceding counterparts. The last month with sales this low occurred [...]

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2009 price distributions for Houston real estate market

theblog — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:25:24 +0000

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 [...]

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Houston real estate market sales down for December, prices up

theblog — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:00:58 +0000

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 Year Month House Sales 1 [...]

Houston real estate market sales down for December, prices up is a post from: http://www.insidehoustonrealestate.com

Houston real estate market’s price distribution through November

theblog — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:25:41 +0000

Houston’s home price distribution for 2009, minus December, shows the main pattern was no pattern. The overall picture shows the loss of sales between 2008 and 2009. There are several price points that experienced gains in their percentage of the market, as seen below. Houston Price Range Percent Distribution # of Sales 2008 2009* 2008 2009* Change $29,999 or less 1.7 1.9 1,106 1,045 -5.49% 30,000 - 39,999 1.8 1.8 1,171 990 -15.44% 40,000 - [...]

Houston real estate market’s price distribution through November is a post from: http://www.insidehoustonrealestate.com

December likely to have high homesales in Houston

theblog — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:16:57 +0000

Houston is poised to have high sales in December 2009, too. The $8000 first time home buyer credit coupled with low interest rates and a market full of homes will drive December 2009 above December 2008. Area real estate agents discuss the market in a recent Houston Chronicle article. Although financing remains tight, a person [...]

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Homesales increase from 2008 in Houston real estate market

theblog — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:04:10 +0000

Houston had 5062 homesales in November 2009. This is the lowest number of homesales seen in the city since April 2009’s 4615; however, it is a huge spike from November 2008. Last November only 3731 homes sold in the city. This November is up 36 percent over its 2008 counterpart. This is the third month [...]

Homesales increase from 2008 in Houston real estate market is a post from: http://www.insidehoustonrealestate.com

2009 Price Distribution through October

theblog — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:21:18 +0000

The biggest jump in price category quantity continues to be seen with extremely low priced homes, i.e. homes under $70,000. All these price points show higher percentages of homes than they did in 2008; however, the number of homes sold pales in comparison at every price point to 2008. Houston Price Range Percent Distribution # of Sales 2008 2009* 2008 2009* Change $29,999 [...]

2009 Price Distribution through October is a post from: http://www.insidehoustonrealestate.com

October 2009 prices and sales up from Housotn’s October 2008

theblog — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:12:19 +0000

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 2 [...]

October 2009 prices and sales up from Housotn’s October 2008 is a post from: http://www.insidehoustonrealestate.com

Preliminary price distributions for Houston

theblog — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:50:09 +0000

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 - [...]

Preliminary price distributions for Houston is a post from: http://www.insidehoustonrealestate.com

Houston has largest gain over two years for September 2009

theblog — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:34:50 +0000

Houston’s real estate market finally shows a solid sign of recovery. Home sales were up 31 percent from September 2008 and only down 5 percent from September 2007. There were 5315 homes sold in September 2009. This is the lowest number of sales since May 2009, but the jump in one year change is higher [...]

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