Which Houston Neighborhoods Are Still Selling Homes Well Post Harvey?Houston Housing Markets Least Affected By The Hurricane
One month after Harvey, see which close-in Houston neighborhoods are least affected by the Hurricane.
How Houston Neighorboods’ Housing Market Reacted To Hurricane Harvey
Market snapshots from September 2017 and September 2016 revealed several insights on how the Houston housing market is shaping up post Harvey.
Last month’s HAR MLS data of single family homes in the general Houston area showed us three key items:
- New Listings: -9.2%.
- September 2017 ended with just 8,816 new listings compared to last year’s 9,713 new listings.
- Active Listings: +3.7%.
- While the number of active properties for sale is up 3% from last year, month-over-month home inventory numbers have dropped.
- Average List Price: +5.5%.
- At $303,114, Houston single-family home prices are up by almost 6% compared to last year ($287,273).
Real Estate Trends Of Close-in Houston Neighborhoods Post Harvey
Immediately after Houston was hit by Hurricane Harvey, our team spent over 50 hours researching Houston condos and neighborhoods that did not flood.
Some neighborhoods and buildings performed very well (and others had catastrophic flooding and still have power and basic functionality issues one month later).
This time we reviewed the most recent real estate data to find out which of *Close-In Houston neighborhoods are performing well (and which are not) one month after Hurricane Harvey.
While we have not published the list of buildings and areas that flooded, below is another comprehensive data set our customers have found helpful.
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Which Houston Neighborhoods Are Selling Now?
To identify areas that continue to perform well after Harvey, look at the following data points:
- Neighborhoods with similar inventory today compared to what they had pre-Hurricane Harvey.
- Neighborhoods with the most amount of homes go under contract since Hurricane Harvey.
Methodology:
- We looked at all close-in Houston neighborhoods who had more than 20 active listings as of Aug 23, 2017 (pre-Hurricane Harvey).*
- We then compared the number of active listings as of Sep 25, 2017 (one month post Harvey).
- We also pulled the number of homes which went under contract between Aug 24 – Sep 25th as compared to the total homes on the market.
- See detailed methodology at the bottom of this article.
CAVEATS:
- Some neighborhoods (like Spring Branch) are very large and have subdivisions that did well and did poorly.
- This data doesn’t explain why areas (like Alief with a 48% drop in inventory) had so many homes come off the market. It is up to you / your Realtor to help interpret the data.
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Houston Neighborhoods: Housing Trends Post Hurricane Harvey
| Geo Market | % Active One Month Post Harvey | % Newly Pending Since Harvey | Homes Active As of Aug 23, 2017 | Homes Active As of Sep 25, 2017 | # Homes Under Contract Post Harvey |
| Garden Oaks | 93% | 15% | 40 | 37 | 6 |
| Washington East/Sabine | 89% | 4% | 94 | 84 | 4 |
| Rice/Museum District | 89% | 7% | 281 | 251 | 20 |
| Braeswood Place | 89% | 17% | 93 | 83 | 16 |
| River Oaks Area | 89% | 6% | 108 | 96 | 7 |
| Downtown – Houston | 89% | 9% | 44 | 39 | 4 |
| East End Revitalized | 88% | 5% | 205 | 181 | 10 |
| Northwest Houston | 88% | 7% | 132 | 116 | 9 |
| Briargrove | 86% | 2% | 43 | 37 | 1 |
| Memorial Park | 85% | 5% | 41 | 35 | 2 |
| Midtown – Houston | 85% | 10% | 167 | 142 | 17 |
| Winrock | 85% | 5% | 20 | 17 | 1 |
| Rice Military/Washington Corridor | 85% | 6% | 379 | 322 | 23 |
| Memorial Close In | 82% | 8% | 71 | 58 | 6 |
| Memorial Villages | 82% | 8% | 207 | 169 | 17 |
| Heights/Greater Heights | 82% | 9% | 827 | 675 | 72 |
| Greenway Plaza | 81% | 15% | 27 | 22 | 4 |
| Northside | 81% | 9% | 159 | 129 | 15 |
| Riverside | 81% | 9% | 57 | 46 | 5 |
| Oak Forest East Area | 80% | 16% | 186 | 149 | 29 |
| Bellaire Area | 80% | 7% | 184 | 147 | 12 |
| University Area | 80% | 5% | 193 | 154 | 10 |
| Cottage Grove | 80% | 7% | 123 | 98 | 8 |
| Royden Oaks/Afton Oaks | 79% | 9% | 47 | 37 | 4 |
| Medical Center Area | 78% | 9% | 136 | 106 | 12 |
| Spring Branch | 78% | 10% | 679 | 529 | 65 |
| Galleria | 78% | 9% | 392 | 304 | 36 |
| Montrose | 77% | 9% | 297 | 229 | 28 |
| Oak Forest West Area | 77% | 11% | 91 | 70 | 10 |
| Westchase Area | 75% | 4% | 101 | 76 | 4 |
| Timbergrove/Lazybrook | 75% | 7% | 108 | 81 | 8 |
| River Oaks Shopping Area | 75% | 3% | 124 | 93 | 4 |
| Upper Kirby | 74% | 11% | 65 | 48 | 7 |
| Tanglewood Area | 73% | 4% | 194 | 142 | 8 |
| Meyerland | 72% | 8% | 196 | 141 | 16 |
| Shepherd Park Plaza Area | 72% | 22% | 32 | 23 | 7 |
| Highland Village/Midlane | 71% | 6% | 34 | 24 | 2 |
| Briar Hollow | 70% | 12% | 60 | 42 | 7 |
| Charnwood/Briarbend | 69% | 12% | 26 | 18 | 3 |
| West University/Southside Area | 69% | 13% | 172 | 118 | 22 |
| Knollwood/Woodside Area | 68% | 8% | 84 | 57 | 7 |
| Briargrove Park/Walnutbend | 67% | 9% | 128 | 86 | 11 |
| Energy Corridor | 61% | 8% | 438 | 265 | 34 |
| Memorial West | 59% | 8% | 452 | 265 | 38 |
| Briarmeadow/Tanglewilde | 57% | 10% | 61 | 35 | 6 |
| Alief | 52% | 11% | 54 | 28 | 6 |
Data & Methodology
- *Close in Houston neighborhoods are defined as HAR geo market areas within MLS Areas: 4,9,16,17,22,23,24,31
- Active properties are all properties for sale (single family, townhomes, lots, condos, or multi-family homes) above $150,000 within each geo market area.
- We excluded any geo market area with less than 20 listings as of August 23, 2017.
- “Newly Pending” properties are defined as any property that changed from Active Status to any of the following status between August 23, 2017 and September 25, 2017: Pending, Option Pending, Pending Continuing to Show.
- All data from the Houston Association of Realtors, Multiple Listing Service.
