September, YTD House Sales Off Slightly from 2013
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- September home sales in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties were down slightly from a year earlier, and year-to-date sales are off from 2013 by a similar degree.
A total of 438 were sold in the three counties last month, down from 465 in September 2013, shows the latest report from Centralized Real Estate Information Services Multiple Listing Service. Members of the Youngstown Columbiana Association of Realtors and the Warren Area Board of Realtor report their monthly sales to the service. In August, 747 houses were sold in the three counties.
Year to date, 3,673 houses were sold in the three counties last month, down from 3,707 for the first nine months of 2013.
In Mahoning County, sales were up slightly last month -- 221 units were sold in September compared with 207 in September 2013 – and just above August’s 219. In Trumbull County, sales were down from a year earlier, 154 in September and 175 in September 2013 as well as this August. Columbiana County’s sales totaled 63 in September, down from 83 a year earlier and from 80 in August.
Year-to-date, home sales in Trumbull County are slightly ahead of 2013, at 1,333 units sold through September compared with 1,307 for the first nine months of 2013.
In Mahoning County, the 1,761 units sold during the first nine months was down slightly from the 1,812 sold during the 2013 period. In Columbiana County, 579 houses have been sold though September, just off from the 588 sold during the first nine months of 2013.
In Mahoning County, the average selling price for a home last month was $116,413, just ahead of the $116,237 average for September 2013 and up from $110,492 in August.
In Columbiana County, last month’s average selling price of $105,062 was up from $104,249 the month before and from $95,476 a year earlier.
Trumbull County’s $95,239 average sale price last month was up from $88,341 a year earlier and from $88,139 in August.
SOURCE: Centralized Real Estate Information Services Multiple Listing Service.
Copyright 2014 The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
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