The number of sales was 1,428 transactions, down 3 percent. The average sales price reached $159,699 and the median price increased seven percent to $135,000.
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Sales year-to-date through September was 12,374, up 1 percent compared to the same period in 2016 when 12,237 properties closed. Total dollar volume through nine months hit $1.9 billion, a 7.6 percent increase from the same period last year.
The year-to-date average sale price and median sale price posted respectable gains as well. The average price totaled $156,227 while the median price came in at $134,000, each of them gains of six percent.
Home listing entries totaled 1,710 in September, up 2.8 percent over September 2016. Listings through the nine-month period totaled 16,864, down 1 percent over the same 2016 time period.
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The overall MLS inventory at month’s end showed 4,715 active properties available for sale, which translated to a supply of 3.3 months based on September’s resale rate. Last year at the same time the inventory was higher at 5,705 available listings and producing a higher supply ratio of 3.8 months.
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