Dallas sells less homes, and less expensive homes, compared to August 2008
October 2, 2009
August 2009 was the lowest month of the summer quarter regarding number of homes sold. There were 4183 homes sold in August 2009, which was down from July’s 4711. The month is also down compared to its counterparts in preceding years. In August 2007, Dallas had 6041 home sales, which puts August 2009 31 percent under. August 2008 had 4912 sales. August lost 15 percent of sales in one year.
| Year | Month | Home Sales | One Year Change | Two Year Change | Average Price | One Year Change | Median Price | One Year Change | Active Listings | One Year Change | Months of Inventory |
| 2007 | Aug | 6,041 | 224,100 | 165,700 | 32,915 | 5.448 | |||||
| 2007 | Sep | 4,069 | 208,200 | 157,500 | 32,907 | 8.087 | |||||
| 2007 | Oct | 4,396 | 205,600 | 153,500 | 32,079 | 7.297 | |||||
| 2007 | Nov | 4,124 | 215,500 | 155,400 | 30,563 | 7.411 | |||||
| 2007 | Dec | 3,803 | 214,100 | 153,700 | 27,649 | 7.27 | |||||
| 2008 | Jan | 3,210 | -0.11 | 196,300 | -0.03 | 146,100 | -0.02 | 28,933 | 0.02 | 9.013 | |
| 2008 | Feb | 3,869 | -0.09 | 199,800 | -0.01 | 147,400 | -0.04 | 29,206 | 0 | 7.548 | |
| 2008 | Mar | 4,495 | -0.21 | 214,200 | -0.01 | 159,600 | 0.01 | 30,124 | -0.04 | 6.701 | |
| 2008 | Apr | 4,764 | -0.09 | 215,900 | -0.03 | 157,600 | -0.04 | 30,471 | -0.07 | 6.396 | |
| 2008 | May | 5,198 | -0.15 | 220,200 | -0.02 | 162,100 | -0.01 | 30,340 | -0.09 | 5.836 | |
| 2008 | Jun | 5,180 | -0.17 | 219,000 | -0.05 | 164,400 | -0.03 | 30,340 | -0.1 | 5.857 | |
| 2008 | Jul | 5,125 | -0.16 | 220,500 | 0.01 | 163,500 | 0 | 29,724 | -0.11 | 5.799 | |
| 2008 | Aug | 4,912 | -0.19 | 216,200 | -0.04 | 159,300 | -0.04 | 28,367 | -0.14 | 5.775 | |
| 2008 | Sep | 4,293 | 0.06 | 203,900 | -0.02 | 150,100 | -0.05 | 27,406 | -0.17 | 6.383 | |
| 2008 | Oct | 3,707 | -0.16 | 208,200 | 0.01 | 154,400 | 0.01 | 26,563 | -0.17 | 7.165 | |
| 2008 | Nov | 2,801 | -0.32 | 199,000 | -0.08 | 144,000 | -0.07 | 26,573 | -0.13 | 9.486 | |
| 2008 | Dec | 3,291 | -0.13 | 201,700 | -0.06 | 147,600 | -0.04 | 24,321 | -0.12 | 7.39 | |
| 2009 | Jan | 2,339 | -0.27 | -0.35 | 177,900 | -0.09 | 138,300 | -0.05 | 25,070 | -0.13 | 10.718 |
| 2009 | Feb | 2,975 | -0.23 | -0.3 | 189,400 | -0.05 | 147,100 | 0 | 25,641 | -0.12 | 8.618 |
| 2009 | Mar | 3,621 | -0.19 | -0.37 | 191,400 | -0.11 | 148,000 | -0.07 | 26,346 | -0.13 | 7.275 |
| 2009 | Apr | 3,675 | -0.23 | -0.3 | 192,300 | -0.11 | 149,100 | -0.05 | 26,782 | -0.12 | 7.287 |
| 2009 | May | 4,092 | -0.21 | -0.33 | 206,500 | -0.06 | 164,000 | 0.01 | 26,918 | -0.11 | 6.578 |
| 2009 | Jun | 4,617 | -0.11 | -0.26 | 213,500 | -0.03 | 166,300 | 0.01 | 24,677 | -0.19 | 5.344 |
| 2009 | Jul | 4,711 | -0.08 | -0.23 | 207,300 | -0.06 | 164,000 | 0 | 24,387 | -0.18 | 5.176 |
| 2009 | Aug | 4,183 | -0.15 | -0.31 | 211,400 | -0.02 | 161,500 | 0.01 | 23,827 | -0.16 | 5.696 |
Those who are buying homes are spending, on a average, a little more money. August 2009’s $211,400 was the second highest average since August 2008. It is 2 percent under August 2008, but $4100 above July 2009. The median price is one percent higher than the preceding August, but the lowest price since April 2009.
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