TEXAS' NOVEMBER HOME SALES DOWN, PRICES UP

COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) – More than 13,700 existing homes were sold in Texas last month, according to newly released data from Texas Multiple Listing Services (MLS). That's a 24 percent drop from November 2009.
Meanwhile, the median price for an existing home increased by 3 percent last month to $146,700, and there was a 7.6-month inventory.
November 2010 MLS data for many Texas cities (current as of Dec. 21, 2010) are available on the Real Estate Center website. Here is a sampling:

	Sales	Change from Last Year	Median Price	Change from Last Year	Months' Inventory
Abilene	121	down 7%	$85,700	down 25%	6.4
Austin	1,345	down 22%	$181,300	up 3%	6
Beaumont	150	up 9%	$150,700	up 21%	11.2
Brownsville	49	down 21%	$95,000	down 5%	--
Dallas	2,736	down 27%	$156,100	up 3%	6.9
Fort Worth	577	down 24%	$106,800	down 7%	7.1
Houston	3,905	down 23%	$151,000	No change	7.8
Killeen- Fort Hood	160	down 39%	$125,700	up 1%	7.9
Longview- Marshall	142	down 30%	$122,900	up 2%	9
McAllen	150	up 7%	$106,000	up 3%	13.9
Midland	88	down 17%	$180,000	up 11%	5.8
Port Arthur	38	down 14%	$95,000	down 24%	12.7
San Antonio	1,249	down 22%	$152,900	up 8%	8
Texarkana	55	down 10%	$102,500	up 3%	9
Waco	146	down 6%	$129,200	up 24%	8.9
Texas	13,745	down 24%	$146,700	up 3%	7.6