December 2010 Home Sales

COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) – Just over 15,740 existing homes were sold in Texas last month, according to newly released data from Texas Multiple Listing Services (MLS). That's a 3 percent drop from December 2009.
Meanwhile, the median price for an existing home increased by 4 percent last month to $150,500, and there was a 7.2-month inventory.
December 2010 MLS data for many Texas cities (current as of Jan. 27, 2011) 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
Austin	1,575	up 5%	$192,100	up 2%	5.6
College Station- Bryan	130	down 2%	$153,300	down 2%	8.4
Dallas	3,175	down 7%	$163,000	up 9%	6.4
Fort Worth	591	down 6%	$121,600	up 9%	6.8
Galveston	77	up 48%	$183,300	up 47%	14.7
Houston	4,748	down 4%	$157,800	up 4%	7.4
Kerrville	34	up 3%	$155,000	up 16%	22
Laredo	64	down 32%	$128,900	up 10%	8
Nacogdoches	25	no change	$134,000	down 1%	7
Palestine	28	up 33%	$86,700	up 20%	12
Paris	29	up 45%	$102,500	up 28%	12.3
San Antonio	1,334	down 5%	$155,000	up 5%	7.6
San Marcos	24	up 50%	$130,000	down 7%	7
Sherman- Denison	75	down 10%	$93,300	up 7%	11
Victoria	54	up 10%	$134,300	up 4%	6.2
Texas	15,744	down 3%	$150,500	up 4%	7.2