Dallas shifts to affordable homes in 2009

December 5, 2009

It is likely the next months of data on Dallas’s home sales will not show 2009 pulling ahead of 2008.  There are trends emerging in home sales that are important to note.

Dallas
Price Range Percent Distribution # of Sales
2008 2009* 2008 2009* Change
$29,999 or less 2.4 3 1,205 1,153 -4.32%
30,000 - 39,999 2.1 2.4 1,054 922 -12.52%
40,000 - 49,999 2.5 2.4 1,255 922 -26.52%
50,000 - 59,999 2.5 2.6 1,255 999 -20.40%
60,000 - 69,999 2.8 2.8 1,406 1,076 -23.46%
70,000 - 79,999 3.5 3.4 1,757 1,307 -25.64%
80,000 - 89,999 4 3.7 2,008 1,422 -29.20%
90,000 - 99,999 4.1 3.6 2,059 1,384 -32.79%
Under 100k 23.9 23.9 12,000 9,185 -23.46%
100k - 119,999 8.6 8.2 4,318 3,151 -27.02%
120k - 139,999 10.3 10.5 5,172 4,035 -21.97%
140k - 159,999 9 9.3 4,519 3,574 -20.91%
100k - 160k 27.9 28 14,008 10,761 -23.18%
160k - 179,999 8.1 8.5 4,067 3,267 -19.68%
180k - 199,999 6.1 6.4 3,063 2,460 -19.69%
200k - 249,999 10.7 10.9 5,372 4,189 -22.03%
250k - 299,999 7.2 7.5 3,615 2,882 -20.27%
300k - 399,999 7.8 7.6 3,916 2,921 -25.42%
400k - 499,999 3.3 3 1,657 1,153 -30.42%
500k and more 5.1 4.3 2,561 1,653 -35.46%

The numbers show two increases.  The first increase is in the percent of homes sold priced very low.  Homes under $40,000 take up more of the market in 2009 than they did in 2008.  The second increase is home priced from $120,000 to $300,000, or middle class and upper middle class homes.  Every divided category in this range shows an increase of market share in 2009.  This increase comes to the detriment of homes priced above $300,000, which all show considerable drops in marketshare.

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