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October Surprise: Austin Home Sales Surge

AustinTowers Downtown Condo Blog  Wed, 11/18/2009 - 10:04pm

We reported 9 days ago that downtown Austin condo sales were up 44% year-over-year while prices were down 3%.

This was good news but not necessarily indicative of the broader Austin market. Today, newly released MLS numbers show that central Texas existing home sales soared 38% in October with 1,823 houses selling compared with 1,322 a year ago.