More than 17,600 existing single-family homes were sold, data showed.
The median home price was $149,100, up 2 percent from a year ago, and the state's overall inventory was at 7.1 months.
September 2011 MLS data for many Texas cities are available on the Center's website. Here is a sampling (data current as of Oct. 27, 2011):
| Sales | Change from Last Year |
Median Price |
Change from Last Year |
Months' Inventory |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin | 1,839 | up 31% | $187,500 | down 2% | 5.5 |
| Bryan- College Station |
131 | up 7% | $156,400 | up 5% | 9.4 |
| Dallas | 3,571 | up 13% | $157,900 | up 2% | 6 |
| Fort Bend | 789 | up 17% | $200,200 | up 2% | 5.8 |
| Fort Worth | 692 | up 12% | $112,400 | up 2% | 6.2 |
| Galveston | 64 | down 3% | $172,000 | up 29% | not available |
| Houston | 5,079 | up 17% | $155,800 | up 2% | 6.9 |
| Laredo | 77 | up 4% | $127,500 | up 11% | 7.2 |
| Nacogdoches | 34 | up 6% | $123,300 | up 3% | 10 |
| Palestine | 33 | up 6% | $112,500 | up 46% | 14.9 |
| Paris | 26 | down 7% | $106,700 | up 12% | 14.3 |
| San Antonio | 1,578 | up 8% | $150,800 | down 1% | 7.6 |
| San Marcos | 15 | down 40% | $165,000 | up 50% | 8.3 |
| Sherman- Denison |
90 | up 17% | $95,000 | up 33% | 10.5 |
| Victoria | 77 | up 8% | $130,000 | up 10% | 4.6 |
| Texas | 17,616 | up 14% | $149,100 | up 2% | 7.1 |