According to Builder Magazine the Healthiest Housing Markets for 2009 are:

1.Houston

2.Austin

3. Ft Worth

4. San Antonio

5. Dallas

In that order! This is for the whole country.  This is great news for us in the Lone Star State. 

Here is San Antonio, we added 15,000 jobs last year, our population grew 2.8% thru the third quarter of 2008.  Existing home prices in the Alamo City are only down 1.8%.  The median home price is 154, 400 - which is $25% lower than the national average. 

Check out www.Texaplex.com for some great information and statistics about the economy and Real Estate in Texas and San Antonio.