Quick Look

• After a slow August, Houston housing market kept pace with last year’s record sales volume and prices throughout September.
• Homes between 150k and 500k saw moderate gains, while low and high ends of the market declined.
• 5% YoY increase in sales over September 2014. Average home took 49 days to sell versus 48 last year.
• ‘Months of Inventory’ is representative of how long it would take to deplete the current inventory of homes based on how fast homes sold in the past 12 months. Houston remains a faster market than the rest of the country with a local 3.5 months of supply versus a national 5.2 months.

Single Family Homes

• Total Homes Sold in September 2015 – 6,691. Up 3.5% from last year.
• Record high average price, up .5% from last year. Set at $270,901.
• Median Price, price at which half of sales sold above or below, jumped 4.5% to $208,000.

Townhouse/Condominium Update

• Sales fell 4.5% in September.
• 599 Units sold vs. 627 a year earlier.
• Average price rose 4.5% to $207,119.
• Months of inventory rose from 2.5 months to 3.2 months.

Lease Property Update

• Average rent for a single-family home rose 2.3% to $1,792.
• Average rent for a townhouse/condominium remained flat at $1,533.

What does it all mean?

• We’re seeing a relatively strong market for this time of year.
• As a comparison, September 2014 was a record sales year, and seeing this year’s numbers surpassing them in the wake of energy-related layoffs, the Houston housing market appears to be very resilient.
• If you were hesitant to sell because you thought the market had cooled, it might be time to think again!

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