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Monday, May 14, 2012

Median Home Sale Prices Continue Rising Locally This Spring, Report Shows

"Home sales have been going up," one Shelby Township real estate agent says.

Refreshing news for local home-sellers is in the latest look at sale prices for homes and condos in four Metro Detroit counties. Median prices rose to $70,000 in Oakland, Macomb, Livingston and Wayne last month, a 1.6-percent rise from March. The new median is nearly 19 percent higher than in April 2011, says a report Monday from Realcomp II Ltd., a multiple listing service in Farmington Hills. Selling prices rose within each county, extending a four-month trend for 2012. Livingston County has the highest median ($150,000), followed by Oakland ($114,500), Macomb ($72,500) and "Greater Wayne," excluding Detroit ($62,000). Percentage increases from the previous April are in a table below.   Sales volume slipped for the first time in 10 …

John Hetzler

3:56 pm on Monday, May 14, 2012

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