Valley House Sales Keep Pace with August 2013
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Sales of houses in August were on par with a year ago, the latest monthly report shows.
The data, reported to the Centralized Real Estate Information Services Multiple Listing Service by the Youngstown Columbiana Association of Realtors and the Warren Area Board of Realtors, showed a combined 474 houses were sold in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties last month, slightly ahead of the 461 sold in August 2013 and the 468 sold in July.
In Mahoning County, 219 houses were sold, up from 216 a year earlier although down slightly from the 224 sold in July.
In Trumbull County, 175 were sold, up a dozen from the 163 sold in August 2013 and slightly ahead of the 172 sold in July.
In Columbiana County, 80 houses were sold in August, down two from the 82 sold in August 2013 but ahead of the 72 sold in July.
In Mahoning County, the average sale price was $110,492, up from $98,887 in August 2013 and $104,391 in July.
In Columbiana County, the average sale price was $104,249, down slightly from $106,503 a year earlier and more than $10,000 above the July average of $114,575.
In Trumbull County, the $88,139 average selling price was down from both $95,906 in July and $97,956 in August 2013.
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