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Home prices in the greater Harrisburg area ticked up in September as sales dipped, according to the most recent report on previously owned houses.
In the three-county region, 685 houses sold, compared to 757 houses in September of last year, as the median sales price rose to $254,900 from $231,000, according to data from the Greater Harrisburg Association of Realtors (GHAR).
For Dauphin County, GHAR reported 317 home sales, a decline from 356 during the year-ago period, while the median price increased to $230,500 from $205,000.
In Cumberland County, sales totaled 324 units, a decrease from 347 last September, as the median price rose to $275,000 versus $255,000 last year, according to GHAR.
Perry County had 40 houses exchange hands, an increase of six from September 2021, as the median price was unchanged at $217,450, GHAR said.
Houses continued to sell relatively quickly in the area, as the “average days on the market” was 21 days, as opposed to 20 days the prior September, according to GHAR.
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