June was the strongest month for home sales in Houston real estate history with 7,935 single-family homes sold, the highest one-month sales total ever reported by the Houston Association of Realtors.

Industry experts and economists had been predicting that Houston home sales would crater following the collapse of oil prices and layoffs in Houston’s massive energy industry.

But the predicted downturn in Houston housing has failed to materialize.

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