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After several hot years, the local housing market is showing signs of cooling off, with both sales and prices falling in April.
For the three-county Harrisburg region, 448 previously owned homes sold last month, a drop from 628 houses in April 2022, as the median sales price fell to $245,000 from $250,500, according to the Greater Harrisburg Association of Realtors (GHAR).
In Dauphin County, 233 homes sold versus 314 in the year-ago period, while the median sales prices declined to $213,900 from $230,000, GHAR said.
Cumberland County sales totaled 193 homes compared to 268 in April 2022, as the median price dipped to $285,000 from $290,950, according to GHAR.
In Perry County, 19 houses sold versus 36 a year ago, as the median sales price rose to $219,000 from $208,900, GHAR reported.
The pace of home sales slowed significantly, as “average days on market” for the region dropped to 34 days last month versus 16 in April 2022, according to GHAR.
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