Houston Association of Realtors Report on April Market
/0.jpg" alt="YouTube Preview Image" />Houston – (May 17, 2011d) The boost that the federal tax credit gave the Houston housing market in April 2010 continues to overshadow local home sales one year later. Sales of homes declined in April 2011 along with average and median prices, however volume increased among rental properties.
According to the latest monthly data compiled by the Houston Association of REALTORS® (HAR), April single-family home sales fell 14.2 percent versus one year earlier. Only the under-$80,000 segment of the market experienced increased sales, which weighed down pricing. Compared to April of 2009, a year with no unusual market factors such as Hurricane Ike in 2008 and the 2010 tax credit, single-family home sales were up 10.1 percent.
The average price of a single-family home dipped 0.6 percent from April 2010 to $202,545. The April single-family home median price—the figure at which half of the homes sold for more and half sold for less—declined 2.2 percent year-over-year to $148,000.
Foreclosure property sales reported in the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) decreased 4.6 percent in April compared to one year earlier. Foreclosures comprised 22.0 percent of all property sales in April, down from 23.5 percent in March. Read the rest of this entry »
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