North Texas Home Sales Soar To Record Number In July

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 Home sales across North Texas totaled 12,933 in July.

Since 1990, that's the only time the monthly figure has ever topped 12,000 according to the Texas A&M Real Estate Center. 

The dollar value of those sales was over $4.7 billion - the first time that monthly figure has ever been above $4 billion.

With the huge demand for homes in North Texas, builders are facing problems of high prices for materials like lumber and concrete, and a shortage of labor.