May home sales numbers up and down

1 comment June 3rd, 2008

Realtors sold 455 houses in May, that was a more than 30 percent increase from April, but still lagged May 2007’s total by 27 percent.

The month-to-month increase was the largest percentage jump since May of 2007.

The average sale price through May was $138,193, also down more than 3 percent from May 2007’s average of $142,778.