The summary of housing prices in the nation for last year from the Federal Housing Finance Authority are out.  Nation wide housing prices fell 4.5%.  Texas home prices were up 2.1% in 2009.  Austin did even better with home prices increasing 4.4%.  Here are a few other select city results.

Abilene up 2.7%
Austin–Round Rock up 4.4%
Brownsville-Harlingen down 2.6%
College Station–Bryan up 5.5%
Corpus Christi up 1.8%
Dallas-Plano-Irving up 1.9%
El Paso down 0.4%
Fort Worth–Arlingtonup 1.2%
Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown up 3.7%
Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood up 2.5%
San Antonio down 1.6%