Asking Prices and Inventory for Homes in Houston Texas

As of May 20 2013 there were about 26,838 single family and condo homes listed for sale in Houston Texas. The median asking price of these homes was approximately $200,000. Since this time last year, the inventory of homes for sale has decreased by 9.1% and the median price has increased by 11.1%.

	May 20, 2013	Month/Month	Year/Year
Median Asking Price	$200,000	+0.5%	+11.1%
Home Listings/Inventory	26,838	+2.4%	-9.1%

Recent Asking Price and Inventory History for Houston

Date	Single Family & Condo Inventory	25th Percentile Asking Price	Median Asking Price	75th Percentile Asking Price
05/20/2013	26,838	$133,000	$200,000	$345,000
05/13/2013	26,088	$132,000	$199,990	$345,000
05/06/2013	25,732	$130,000	$199,900	$345,000
04/29/2013	25,884	$129,999	$199,900	$340,000
04/22/2013	26,218	$129,900	$199,000	$339,000

Houston Asking Price History

The average monthly asking price in Houston reached a new high of $199,963 in May 2013

25th, Median (50th) and 75th Percentile Asking Prices for Houston Texas

Houston Housing Inventory History

Housing inventory in Houston, which is typically highest in the spring/summer and lowest in the fall/winter, peaked at 44,434 in July 2007. The lowest housing inventory level seen was 22,251 in February 2013.

Housing Inventory for Houston Texas

Houston Asking Price and Inventory History

Date	Single Family & Condo Inventory	25th Percentile Asking Price	Median Asking Price	75th Percentile Asking Price
May 2013	26,219	$131,667	$199,963	$345,000
April 2013	25,595	$129,460	$198,430	$338,137
March 2013	24,180	$126,863	$195,524	$333,309
February 2013	22,251	$123,563	$190,000	$326,302
January 2013	22,369	$119,825	$183,475	$313,932
December 2012	23,775	$119,740	$179,980	$306,523
November 2012	24,465	$119,900	$179,988	$306,093
October 2012	25,433	$119,900	$180,000	$304,928
September 2012	26,702	$119,925	$181,875	$302,006
August 2012	28,428	$120,000	$182,197	$299,937
July 2012	27,937	$120,000	$181,129	$300,930
June 2012	29,616	$119,904	$180,174	$300,000
May 2012	29,494	$119,650	$179,969	$299,913
April 2012	29,042	$118,530	$179,476	$299,560
March 2012	28,854	$116,250	$177,547	$298,563
February 2012	27,653	$114,975	$174,908	$293,075
January 2012	27,407	$114,520	$173,497	$289,891
December 2011	29,057	$114,675	$174,200	$289,900
November 2011	30,479	$114,944	$174,725	$289,950
October 2011	31,426	$115,201	$175,000	$290,558
September 2011	32,758	$117,673	$175,000	$289,948
August 2011	34,609	$119,200	$175,708	$289,950
July 2011	35,805	$119,225	$177,306	$289,925
June 2011	36,044	$119,900	$179,250	$294,000
May 2011	36,220	$119,200	$178,720	$294,980
April 2011	35,417	$116,639	$175,425	$290,888
March 2011	34,830	$114,550	$171,600	$287,125
February 2011	34,588	$112,225	$169,456	$279,900
January 2011	32,916	$110,180	$165,700	$273,340
December 2010	35,206	$113,950	$168,989	$275,944
November 2010	36,588	$114,980	$169,918	$279,640
October 2010	37,350	$115,700	$170,000	$281,214
September 2010	37,903	$118,200	$173,703	$286,258
August 2010	41,415	$119,300	$174,484	$288,660
July 2010	40,257	$119,900	$176,855	$297,451
June 2010	39,874	$119,950	$179,063	$299,450
May 2010	38,423	$119,998	$178,714	$299,126
April 2010	38,165	$119,975	$175,625	$296,786
March 2010	36,535	$119,303	$175,150	$294,398
February 2010	33,717	$116,748	$174,450	$294,975
January 2010	31,184	$115,283	$174,925	$299,225
December 2009	31,794	$115,975	$175,463	$299,948
November 2009	35,862	$117,280	$176,645	$300,670
October 2009	34,126	$118,873	$179,425	$306,787
September 2009	33,831	$119,675	$182,975	$314,975
August 2009	35,311	$120,254	$184,940	$317,560
July 2009	35,169	$124,425	$187,500	$323,750
June 2009	34,953	$124,900	$189,700	$328,380
May 2009	34,092	$124,563	$189,800	$329,950
April 2009	33,812	$122,425	$189,325	$329,655
March 2009	33,431	$119,948	$184,847	$321,980
February 2009	32,505	$118,983	$180,393	$315,914
January 2009	33,211	$117,024	$178,073	$308,037
December 2008	33,623	$116,670	$176,477	$304,828
November 2008	36,287	$116,327	$174,932	$301,723
October 2008	37,468	$115,974	$173,337	$298,515
September 2008	40,000	$117,960	$173,100	$295,400
August 2008	42,854	$119,000	$173,427	$291,925
July 2008	42,995	$119,772	$174,394	$290,439
June 2008	43,091	$119,900	$174,839	$291,916
May 2008	43,133	$119,350	$173,778	$289,675
April 2008	42,032	$118,722	$170,825	$287,624
March 2008	41,055	$116,440	$169,360	$281,330
February 2008	39,628	$115,437	$167,500	$275,973
January 2008	38,633	$115,000	$164,975	$272,175
December 2007	40,302	$115,515	$164,991	$269,920
November 2007	42,164	$116,412	$164,975	$271,434
October 2007	43,415	$116,245	$164,900	$269,180
September 2007	43,193	$117,237	$164,768	$268,977
August 2007	43,836	$118,350	$164,950	$269,722
July 2007	44,434	$119,090	$165,529	$269,940
June 2007	43,471	$119,875	$166,441	$270,347
May 2007	42,748	$119,375	$166,105	$269,925
April 2007	41,055	$119,000	$165,530	$271,098
March 2007	38,073	$117,700	$165,262	$270,212
February 2007	36,867	$116,824	$164,922	$269,675
January 2007	35,633	$116,212	$164,618	$269,564
December 2006	37,443	$117,225	$164,742	$269,675
November 2006	38,180	$117,950	$164,975	$268,850
October 2006	38,937	$118,477	$165,127	$267,418
September 2006	38,889	$118,905	$164,975	$264,425
August 2006	38,717	$119,800	$166,883	$266,375
July 2006	38,574	$119,938	$169,393	$269,649
June 2006	38,273	$120,000	$169,900	$271,250
May 2006	32,500	$120,518	$170,231	$275,000
April 2006	32,019	$120,000	$169,963	$274,966