Texas housing market – what’s happening?

After losing his Tennessee bid for the US Congress, future Alamo defender Davy Crockett famously said: “You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas.” Loan originators seeking to gain market share may also want to head to the Lone Star State given its robust housing market. Ben Caballero, founder and CEO […]

Feb 2019 – HomesUSA.com™ New Home Sales Index

DALLAS, Feb. 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The average new home price in Texas rose last month statewide, despite signs that the state’s once red-hot new home sales market is continuing to cool, according to new data released by HomesUSA.com™  for January. The new data shows the average new home price in Texas was up a […]

Jan 2019 – HomesUSA.com™ New Home Sales Index

Dallas, Texas – January 24, 2019 – Texas’ red-hot new home sales markets may finally be cooling according to new data released by HomesUSA.com™for December. The new data shows total home sales and pending sales dropping statewide last month, including lower sales numbers in the nation’s biggest new home sales market, Dallas-Ft. Worth, as well […]

Dec 2018 – HomesUSA.com™ New Home Sales Index

Days on Market statewide was relatively flat, so new homes sold at about the same pace in November as they did in October in Texas, according to HomesUSA.com™. But the big news for November was the increase in the average price of new home sales in Texas for the sixth straight month. Average new home […]

Home Appreciation Slows in September

CORELOGIC CASE-SHILLER REPORTS DECLINING HOME APPRECIATION Home price gains have been slower this year across the country, but September 2018 marked the eighth consecutive month of home appreciation declines in the North Texas area, Standard & Poor’s/CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index revealed. Price growth dipped to 4.3 percent. In the 10 months prior, median home sales increased […]

Nov 2018 – HomesUSA.com™ New Home Sales Index

The HomesUSA.com™ New Home Sales Index showed the DOM for new home sales statewide in October was 112.81 days, up from 112.70 days in September. Average new home prices in Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio all increased last month, as the statewide average rose from $355,821 in September to $357,547 in October, the […]

Sept 2018 – HomesUSA.com™ New Home Sales Index

The new home sales pace in Dallas-Ft. Worth, Austin, and San Antonio remained roughly unchanged for August, as the Days on Market (DOM) for new home sales statewide remained nearly flat at 112.97 days last month versus 112.70 days in July. (Due to technical issues the Houston Association of Realtors is experiencing, they are unable […]

Aug 2018 – HomesUSA.com New Home Sales Index

Dallas, Texas – August 22, 2018 – The pace of new home sales remained steady in three of the four largest new home building markets in Texas last month, but continued to slow in Houston according to data released today by HomesUSA.com, including its New Home Sales Index and data from local Multiple Listing Services. […]

July 2018 – HomesUSA.com New Home Sales Index

Dallas, Texas – July 24, 2018 – The pace of new home sales in Houston continued slowing last month, but the other three largest new home markets — Dallas-Ft. Worth, Austin, and San Antonio – remained stable. The Days on Market (DOM) for new home sales in Houston increased from 152 days in May to […]

Jun 2018 – HomesUSA.com New Home Sales Index

Dallas, Texas – June 22, 2018 – New home sales in Texas last month were higher in all four of the state’s largest markets including Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. But the Dallas-Ft. Worth market continues to significantly outperform