Uh Oh. Austin Homes Sales Fall 39% in November, Prices Down 3%

Courtesy AustinTowers Downtown Condo Blog  Thu, 12/18/2008 - 9:05pm

Last month, at the peak of the national economic crisis (so far), Austin home sales dropped 39% from last November, dropping from 1,805 units in 2007 to 1,086 today.

During the same one year period, the median sales price fell 2.9% from $185,200 to $179,900.

In looking at this data, it’s the sales volume that is the big news -- much more so than the small price drop.

From a volume perspective, last month was the weakest November in...



 

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