Central Ohio housing sales were up in Jan., and they showed the highest activity for that month since 2008. The 1,125 sales showed a 6.0 percent increase over Jan. of 2011, according to the Columbus Board of REALTORS®. In Licking County, 82 homes sold in Jan. which is 6.5 percent more than Jan. of 2011. Licking County homes which went into contract for sale in Jan. totaled 143 which is a 72.3 percent increase from Jan. 2011, when 83 homes went into contract. The average home sales sold price in Licking County was $123,608, down 7.6 percent from January 2011.
The inventory of homes for sale in Licking County continued to decline in Jan. helping to further stabilize the local housing market. The total number of homes for sale at the end of Jan. was 964, 19.3 percent lower than the end of January 2011.
All statistics are provided by the Columbus Board of REALTORS®.
