By the Numbers
Off-market listings are up 77.2% over January 2022 levels.
House prices, however, continued to rise, marking the 130th consecutive month for price gains, the longest streak on record, the National Association of REALTORS® said.
A new report from Texas REALTORS® shows that million-dollar home sales increased in Texas from 2021 to 2022.
The increase in builder confidence breaks a string of 12 straight monthly declines in the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.
Single-family home sales amounted to 95,113 in 2022, which is nearly an 11% decrease from the amount sold throughout 2021. That marks the first year of declining sales since 2015.
Geographically, the largest home-price increases took place in the Southeast, led by Florida (18%), South Carolina (13.9%) and Georgia (13.6%), CoreLogic reported, citing its November Home Price Insights report.
Regionally, the pending-sales index fell 7.9% month over month in the Northeast, 6.6% in the Midwest, 2.3% in the South and 0.9% in the West.
Houston ranked seventh overall, with TheCreditReview citing “overall residential financial health” across the Bayou City.
At the same time, the median sales price of a new house slid to $471,200 from $484,700 in October and $430,300 a year earlier, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reported.
The Houston Association of REALTORS® put out a report detailing the 10 most-expensive home listings across Texas this month.
The month-over-month decline in sales came as prices rose for the 129th consecutive month, the National Association of REALTORS® said.
New-home permits fell 11.2% month over month, while housing completions jumped 10.8% in what one observer said could have “worrisome” long-term consequences for the nation’s housing supply.
According to an analysis from real estate website Point2Homes, Houston renters do not make enough money to purchase starter homes.
The 30-year fixed-rate inched to 6.42%, which is still close to the lowest rate in a month, the group said.
Condominium and townhome sales have stabilized in Texas, according to the Texas REALTORS® 2022 Texas Condominium Sales Report.
October’s 4.6% monthly drop follows a 10.2% decline in September, the National Association of REALTORS® reported.
