Houston had 3615 homes sold in February 2010.  This is 4 percent lower than last year’s 3785 and 28 percent lower than 2008’s 5036.  Neither of those years were robust either.

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 -0.31 178,900 -0.11 137,800 -0.09 31,999 -0.2 8.454 2009 Mar 4,751 -0.18 -0.3 190,800 -0.06 145,500 -0.04 32,462 -0.21 6.832 2009 Apr 4,615 -0.24 -0.32 191,300 -0.06 149,000 -0.01 31,772 -0.23 6.884 2009 May 5,227 -0.23 -0.34 207,800 -0.01 155,800 0 31,649 -0.23 6.054 2009 Jun 5,989 -0.14 -0.25 217,400 -0.03 163,400 0.02 32,247 -0.22 5.384 2009 Jul 6,327 -0.06 -0.16 215,000 -0.02 161,300 0.01 32,643 -0.2 5.159 2009 Aug 5,512 -0.12 -0.3 207,500 -0.06 158,900 0 32,108 -0.18 5.825 2009 Sep 5,315 0.31 -0.05 200,900 -0.02 155,000 0 31,579 -0.16 5.941 2009 Oct 5,427 0.15 -0.07 194,300 0.02 147,700 0.04 31,378 -0.14 5.781 2009 Nov 5,064 0.36 -0.08 194,800 0.05 150,500 0.09 31,384 -0.09 6.197 2009 Dec 4,928 -0.01 -0.13 212,600 0.12 151,300 0.04 29,964 -0.05 6.08 2010 Jan 2,823 -0.09 -0.3 190,400 0.15 141,700 0.08 31,581 0 11.187 2010 Feb 3,615 -0.04 -0.28 200,700 0.12 146,600 0.06 32,695 0.02 9.044 Year Month House Sales 1 Yr Change 2 Yr Change Average Home Price % Price Change Median Home Price % 1 Yr Change Active Listings % 1 Yr Change Months of Inventory

The prices are increasing from last year.  The average price was 12 percent higher than last year at $200,700 and the median price was 6 percent higher than the $146,600 in 2009.