February 12, 2009

Pictured home in Houston, Texas

Price: $1,000,000
Square Feet: 5,290, 13,234 lot size
Bedrooms: 4.5
Bathrooms: 4.5

In the last several years, this market did not experience the dramatic increase in home prices that other parts of the country did.  "Our home prices continue to increase at a very healthy 4 percent or so," said John A. Daugherty, Jr., president of John Daugherty, Realtors in Houston, Texas.

Nat'l Assoc of Realtors Median Home Prices
2006: $149,100
2008: $151,600
(Includes Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX)

Home Info/Local Market Perspective provided by: John Daugherty Realtors