Housing

Companies moving to San Antonio are discovering what local residents have known for years: America's seventh largest city is housing heaven. Home prices in San Antonio run about six percent below the national median and are available at less than half the cost of comparable housing in some cities in California and New England. Equally important, those prices are for large, attractive, solidly built homes.

Median Sales Price of Single-Family Homes- Metropolitan Statistical Areas

City	4th Quarter 2009 ( $ )
San Francisco / Oakland / Fremont, CA	$551,300
Los Angeles Area, CA	352,700
Portland, OR	293,400
Philadelphia, PA	212,600
Miami / Fort Lauderdale / Miami Beach, FL	199,300
Austin / San Marcos, TX	184,000
Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN / WI	167,500
Houston, TX	150,000
San Antonio, TX	143,800
Dallas, TX	142,100
Kansas City, MO / KC	139,500
Phoenix, AZ	143,900
2009 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS 4th Quarter 2009

Good housing values exist in San Antonio because of an abundance of building materials, labor, land and an extended building season.

These resources result in a low population / development density, which also contributes greatly to the overall quality-of-life. Today's low prices make houses in San Antonio not only sound values today, but great investments for the future.

Cost of Living Indicators

City	Composite Index*	Grocery Items	Housing	Utilities	Transp.	Health Care	Misc. Goods/ Services
Los Angeles, CA	141.6	107.6	229.1	90.7	114.8	109.4	106.3
Portland, OR	116.5	115.5	128.7	93.4	112.5	108.6	115.6
Denver, CO	102.9	101.4	107.4	99.3	94.3	105.3	103.4
Cleveland, OH	99.6	109.3	88.6	113.5	101.3	100.5	100.6
Tucson, AZ	99.1	99.8	95.4	92.6	101.5	99.0	103.4
Atlanta, GA	94.2	100.6	88.6	82.5	97.7	103.7	97.8
San Antonio, TX	95.0	85.0	94.8	82.2	98.0	103.7	101.0
Dallas, TX	92.1	96.1	71.2	107.9	99.3	104.2	100.2
Source: ACCRA, 2009 Annual