{"id":7505,"date":"2019-10-09T20:29:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T15:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umang.pk\/2019\/10\/houstons-housing-market-registers-seventh-straight-month-of-gains-but-luxury-sales-slip\/"},"modified":"2019-10-09T20:29:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T15:29:46","slug":"houstons-housing-market-registers-seventh-straight-month-of-gains-but-luxury-sales-slip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/2019\/10\/09\/houstons-housing-market-registers-seventh-straight-month-of-gains-but-luxury-sales-slip\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston&#8217;s housing market registers seventh straight month of gains, but luxury sales slip"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n        <!-- hearst\/article\/types\/story_body_r2.tpl --><\/p>\n<p><!-- gallery --><\/p>\n<div class=\"asset_gallery\" data-config-asset-position=\"1\" data-gid=\"gallery\"><!-- gallery float --><\/p>\n<p>                        <!-- hearst\/gallery\/main.tpl --><\/p>\n<div 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\/>\n<!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"credit\">                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Photos: Charles Krupa, STF \/ AP<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <!-- hearst\/ads\/medium_rectangle_ad_gallery.tpl --><\/p>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/ads\/medium_rectangle_ad_gallery.tpl -->\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-overlay-outer gallery-overlay-outter lights-on hidden\">\n<div class=\"gallery-overlay-inner\">\n<div class=\"gallery-overlay-title-container\">\n<p>Houston housing market records seven consecutive months of profit<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/gallery\/main.tpl -->                                    <\/div>\n<p><!-- \/gallery float --><br \/>\n                                <!-- fixed --><\/p>\n<p>                        <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Houston local home sales rose nearly 10 percent in September in September as buyers closed 7,035 single-family homes.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>But according to new data from the Houston Association of Realtors, the sale of the city&#39;s most important real estate fell by nearly 3{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} compared to last September.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening: Gentry Position, Independent Height Target<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Last month, the average sale price of a single-family home rose 4.7 percent year-over-year to $ 244,000.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Harne&#39;s spokesman, Shannon Cobb Evans, said: &quot;We can&#39;t remember Houston&#39;s decline when home sales and rentals are so active.&quot; <strong>report, <\/strong>Quote low mortgage rates and strong local economies.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- zone --><\/p>\n<p>                    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Last week Freddie Mac averaged 3.65{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} on 30-year fixed rate loans. Economists forecast that interest rates will reach an average of 3.7{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- fixed --><\/p>\n<p>            <!-- fixed --><br \/>\n                                <!-- hearst\/ads\/duplicatable.tpl --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/ hearst\/ads\/duplicatable.tpl -->            <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Houston Couple Buyer George R. Brown House in River Oaks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Buying at a lower price is advantageous, but in September, single-family home rentals were demanding. Last month housing rents rose 6.9 percent to $ 1,838, up 1.5 percent from last year.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Real estate inventory for sale increased up to 4.1 months. This means that depending on recent activity, it may take a long time to sell all the houses to the market. 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