Realtors: Region

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The board said 1,360 single-family homes and condominiums were sold last downfrom 1,680 a year ago. Homesx in contract, a sign of future salee activity, dropped 31 percent to 1,318 homes. The averagse sale price of a home in Central Ohio droppec 8 percent last monthto $143,287, compared with $155,14 a year ago. Board President Gary Parsons said record-low mortgage rates and a first-time homebuye tax credit are fueling month-to-month gains in home sales, but attributed the lag from last year’s pace to consumer caution.
“The housing marketf is influenced byconsumer confidence, which is still lackinv somewhat,” Parsons said in a Sales in the first quarter fell 23 percentr to 3,442 homes and condominiums from 4,477 in the first three montha of 2008. The average sale price was down 10 percent from last year at New listings for the market were down 13 perceny in thefirst quarter, putting the total of homexs on the market down 14.5 percenft from a year ago at 14,278 units. Board of Realtors statistics includ market information from most ofthe seven-county regio along with parts of nine nearbyt counties.