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Strong growth in luxury home sales continued in 2014 throughout Texas’s largest markets, 根据 2015德州豪宅销售报告 released today by the Texas REALTORS®. 的 report cited sales volume increases from 9% up to more than 25% for homes sold at $1 million or more in markets including 奥斯丁, 达拉斯沃斯堡, 休斯顿, 和圣安东尼奥.

斯科特Kesner, 德州2021十大正规彩票app经纪人协会主席, 评论, “的 attributes that have driven growth in Texas’s real estate market in recent years—job growth and population growth—are also driving the luxury market. We’re seeing more demand for luxury properties from Texans whose incomes are increasing, 让他们“向上”,’ and from those moving to our state from elsewhere in the country.”

如在 德州搬迁报告 released by the Texas REALTORS® in October, Texas continues to be the most sought-after location for moving, gaining more residents than any other state from places like California, 佛罗里达, 俄克拉何马州, 路易斯安那州, 和伊利诺斯州. According to the report, for every Texan that moves to California, two Californians 搬到德克萨斯州. This migration is driving demand for homes in Texas, including those in the luxury market.

“的 overall economic growth and prosperity in Texas have contributed heavily to the luxury market, making it one of the strongest segments of housing in Texas in 2014,吉姆·盖恩斯说, Ph.D., economist at the Real Estate Center at Texas A&米大学. “We also saw a lot of people moving to Texas from places like California, where a modest two-bedroom condo can be valued upwards of $1 million. Those people sell their home in California, 搬到德克萨斯州, and realize their money goes much further in our market. 因此, even if they don’t have an income typical of a luxury homeowner, they have assets to purchase luxury homes and are stimulating that market.”

Based on data analyzed by the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M大学 德州豪华住宅销售报告 analyzes trends in homes sold for $1 million or more from January through October 2014 in Texas’s four largest markets.

就体积而言 休斯顿 area featured the largest number of luxury home sales in Texas, with $1M+ homes representing almost 2% of overall home sales. Luxury sales were up 13% over the prior year, which significantly outpaced the 2% year-over-year growth seen in volume for the total market. Active listings for luxury homes in 休斯顿 were also up compared to the prior year, by 19.7% in a market where overall listings were down 7.4%. That trend was seen in inventory for luxury homes as well, which was .5 more months than last year, whereas inventory for the overall market decreased by .3个月.

的 奥斯丁 市场表现出类似趋势, with luxury homes representing 2% of the overall housing market and an increase in sales volume for $1M+ homes of 9% over the prior year. That compares to a total market sales volume increase of 1% in the 奥斯丁 area. Listings for luxury homes in 奥斯丁 increased at a pace consistent with the rest of the market—approximately 11%—and the time required to sell a luxury home remained slightly longer than five months, compared to 40 days for the overall market.

In 达拉斯-沃斯堡, luxury sales represented a smaller percentage of the market at 1.2%, but the sales volume was the second highest in the state and increased by double digits, up 15% compared to 2014 when overall home sales were flat. 尽管上市数量略有增加, the inventory of luxury homes shrank in 达拉斯-沃斯堡 in 2014 by 1.2 months, mirroring a decrease in inventory across the market.

的 most aggressive growth in luxury sales in Texas was seen in 圣安东尼奥, where $1M+ homes represented less than 1% of the market, but volume increased 26% over 2013. 除了, the time required to sell a luxury home in 圣安东尼奥 decreased significantly, going from 18 months in 2013 to 15 months in 2014.