2016年5月2日-奥斯汀

Texas home sales rose significantly in the first quarter of 2016, while housing inventory fell to an all-time low, 根据 2016 - q1 Texas Quarterly Housing Report released today by the Texas REALTORS®.

“Despite the economic downturn in some parts of the state, home sales continue to be strong, indicating the enduring demand of Texas real estate,莱斯利说。 Rouda Smith, chairman of the Texas REALTORS®. “Our state continues to be a hub for relocation activity, business development and job growth.”

According to the report, 65,265 homes were sold in Texas in the first quarter of 2016, a 7.8% increase from the same quarter of 2015. Home prices continued to rise as well, with the median price for Texas homes increasing 5.4% year-over-year to $195,000.

吉姆·盖恩斯博士.D., economist with the Real Estate Center at Texas A&米大学, 添加, “The Texas economy is experiencing a cooling-off period after a five-year boom, so the Texas housing market’s strong gains despite the current uneasiness in the state economy are remarkable. It will be interesting to see how Texas real estate activity performs in the next two quarters, typically the strongest quarters for home sales every year. That performance will show the full strength of the Texas housing market in 2016.”

Housing inventory fell to an all-time low of 2.8 months in 2016-Q1, a decline of 0.6 months from the first quarter of 2015. The Real Estate Center at Texas A&米大学 estimates that a monthly housing inventory between 6.0和6.5 months is a level at which the supply and demand for homes are balanced.

Active listings also fell sharply in 2016-Q1, dropping 11.9 % year-over-year to 74,276 active listings. Texas homes also continued to spend less time on the market. 在2016年第一季度, Texas homes spent an average of 64 days on the market, a decrease of three days compared to the same quarter of the prior year.

Chairman Smith concluded, “Housing inventory remains extremely limited in Texas. Low housing inventory combined with rising property values is making housing affordability a challenge, not just in Texas’s metro areas but across the state. This could become a larger problem if there is not greater balance between supply and demand in the future.”