While home sale prices in Sugar Land and Missouri City soared about 40 percent each from 2010 -15, monthly housing costs in those cities did not keep pace, and they actually decreased by 7.53 percent in Missouri City, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.


5 real estate trends worth knowing in Sugar Land and Missouri CityHousing costs include expenses, such as mortgage payments, taxes, insurance, homeowners association fees and utilities. Those average costs for owner-occupied housing units with a mortgage dropped from $1,739 in 2010 to $1,608 in 2015 in Missouri City, according to census data.


In Sugar Land the average monthly housing cost increased from $2,123 in 2010 to $2,175 in 2015, an increase of only 2.45 percent, according to census data.


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