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The board reported Wednesday that 1,505 single-familt homes and condominiums were soldin April, down from 1,7834 a year ago. Homes in a sign of future sales dropped 18 percentto 1,399 homes. The average home sold in Centrao Ohio last month closedfor $149,285, down about or 6 percent, from $158,823 a year ago. The board also reported the number of new listingas on the market last month is off aboug 16 percent from ayear ago, which translates to a totakl of 14,689 homes on the market at the end of That’s down from 17,515 homes from a year ago.
Board Presidengt Gary Parsons said a decline in homews on the market could play a part in a future uptick in sale which are lagginglast year’s pace as selleres slash price tags and foreclosed propertiees help drive sales. “To see the number of homea on the market decline bynearly 3,00p0 compared to this time last that’s a negative number we can smile about,” Parson said in a release. Home sales in the firsyt four months of the year laggedlast year’s pace by 21 percentr at 4,947 units, compared with 6,261 last Board of Realtors statistics include market information from most of the seven-countyy region along with parts of nine nearby counties.