Existing Texas Home Sales up 18% in July

This is old news now, but highly interesting.  I just found it on Sue Larence's blog and she got it from Chip Staniswalis at Chicago Title in amarillo. "We certainly have a reason to be encouraged with our local economy here in the Texas Panhandle ~


JULY TEXAS EXISTING HOME SALES UP 18 PERCENT
COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) – Sales of existing single-family homes in Texas in July were up 18 percent from a year ago, according to the most recent Multiple Listing Services (MLS) data compiled by the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University.

Nearly 19,630 existing single-family homes were sold, data showed.
The median home price was down 1 percent to $153,200, and the state's overall inventory was at 7.9 months.
July 2011 MLS data for many Texas cities are available on the Center's website. Here is a sampling (data current as of Aug. 29, 2011): 

	Sales	Change from Last Year	Median Price	Change from Last Year	Months' Inventory
Amarillo	267	up 47%	$124,400	down 1%	7.3
Austin	2,178	up 33%	$193,900	down 9%	6.5
Brownsville	47	down 11%	$91,200	down 15%	13.1
Corpus Christi	329	up 19%	$145,900	up 8%	10
Dallas	4,064	up 21%	$165,100	down 2%	7
El Paso	466	up 12%	$133,900	down 4%	7.8
Fort Worth	724	up 18%	$109,700	down 5%	6.9
Harlingen	65	down 6%	$88,300	up 12%	23.6
Houston	5,544	up 17%	$159,300	up 1%	7.7
Lubbock	311	up 38%	$119,000	up 5%	8
San Angelo	100	up 1%	$124,600	up 5%	6.9
San Antonio	1,731	up 11%	$155,600	down 4%	8.4
Temple- Belton	158	up 12%	$125,000	up 8%	9.5
Tyler	278	up 9%	$139,200	up 3%	14.5
Wichita Falls	181	up 74%	$60,700	down 37%	8.8
Texas	19,628	up 18%	$153,200	down 1%	7.9

Thank you Sue and her team for posting such interesting information.