Texas Residential MLS Activity Number of Months Inventory
MLS Area
May 2009
Apr 2009
May 2008
May 09- May 08 % Chg
Year-to-Date
2009
% Chg Year Ago
Abilene
7.0
6.7
6.3
11
6.6
14
Amarillo
6.7
6.7
5.5
22
6.3
24
Arlington
6.2
5.6
5.7
9
5.6
-2
Austin
7.0
6.8
5.7
23
6.4
25
Bay Area
7.2
6.7
7.5
-4
6.5
-10
Beaumont
8.3
8.0
7.4
12
7.7
12
Brazoria County
8.1
7.9
7.0
16
7.6
21
Brownsville
-
-
-
-
-
-
Bryan-College Station
6.7
1.9
6.3
6
5.3
-16
Collin County
6.3
6.0
6.2
2
5.7
-5
Corpus Christi
-
-
9.3
-
-
-
Dallas
7.1
6.9
6.5
9
6.6
6
Denton County
6.6
6.3
5.8
14
6.0
11
El Paso
9.7
9.8
12.1
-20
10.7
6
Fort Bend
4.7
4.7
5.6
-16
4.8
-9
Fort Worth
6.7
6.5
6.0
12
6.3
5
Galveston
18.3
16.1
17.3
6
15.4
-7
Garland
5.6
5.4
5.7
-2
5.3
-5
Harlingen
26.4
25.6
20.1
31
24.3
-
Houston
6.5
6.3
6.7
-3
6.2
-5
Irving
7.4
6.9
6.7
10
6.6
-4
Killeen-Fort Hood
6.9
8.0
7.4
-7
7.4
14
Laredo
8.7
8.6
8.9
-2
8.9
-
Longview-Marshall
8.4
8.0
7.6
11
7.6
12
Lubbock
5.4
5.6
5.5
-2
5.6
4
Lufkin
-
-
-
-
-
-
McAllen
12.7
12.3
15.2
-16
12.8
-13
Midland
4.4
6.2
1.9
132
4.5
125
Montgomery County
7.7
7.5
6.4
20
7.2
22
Nacogdoches
9.8
9.2
9.2
7
8.8
-3
Northeast Tarrant County
6.6
6.4
5.6
18
5.9
11
Odessa
4.6
6.3
-
-
4.8
-
Palestine
9.8
16.8
-
-
39.3
-
Paris
10.7
10.6
9.0
19
10.5
8
Port Arthur
9.3
9.1
6.6
41
8.3
24
San Angelo
5.5
5.4
3.2
72
5.1
59
San Antonio
8.5
8.5
7.4
15
8.3
22
San Marcos
-
9.5
-
-
8.1
-
Sherman-Denison
11.7
10.8
9.8
19
10.4
11
Temple-Belton
8.3
8.0
6.8
22
7.8
16
Texarkana
7.8
8.4
7.8
0
7.8
0
Tyler
12.5
11.7
10.3
21
11.2
14
Victoria
7.3
6.3
6.0
22
6.5
18
Waco
8.3
8.0
9.4
-12
7.9
-14
Wichita Falls
7.1
6.9
6.8
4
6.8
11
Texas
7.3
7.1
6.8
7
7.0
11
Source: Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Notes: Residential data includes single-family, townhouses and condominiums. "-" represents no or underreported data.
For questions, contact Mark Baumann