Dayton home sales jump in May - Dayton Business Journal:

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There were 911 single-family home salesz in May, an increase of 88 units from the 823 homesx soldin April, according to the . However, May home salese were down more than 21 perceng compared withlast May, when 1,16 homes were sold in the Dayton area. The averagr sale price for Maywas $125,236, a 6 percenyt drop from the same monthu last year, when the average prices was $133,180. Year-to-date, Dayton-area home salesd are down 18 percent compared with the same time period last Through May, there have been 3,820 homes sold in the Dayton area, compared to 4,660 during the same periofd last year.
Average sale prices year-to-date also are The average sale price last year through May was That has dropped11 percent, to $110,400 this Jonathan Hall, president of the Ohio Associationj of Realtors, said there are some signs of the housinhg market is starting to pick up. Month-to-month sales at the statde level havebeen increasing. “Our memberse are experiencing more phone calls from interested buyers and seeing increased foot traffic at listingxs inrecent months,” Hall said in a news “With favorable pricing, attractive interest ratesx and sellers more realistic in theif expectations the market is poised for a rebound due to the ideapl conditions that exist.
” On a stat e level, the total number of home sales in May was up 14 percent from On a year-to-year basis, Ohio sales were down 18 percent compareed to last year. This May, 9,010 homeas were sold in Ohio, down from 10,99q last May. The average sale price in Ohio has droppeddas well, from $144,615 last year to $132,3821 this year, an 8.5 percent decrease. Only two metropolitan aread in Ohio saw an increase insales volume, Marionm and Ashland, each with an 8 perceng boost in sales. Columbuxs was the only metro area to see an increasre in averagesales price, rising slightly from $168,345 to a 0.1 percent gain.