1 TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Housing market still trending up Most March real estate sales, median sale price and average sale site-built home. ing sales are up and the average number price last month compared to March 2012, Dan Gherna, executive vice presi- of days properties are on the market has figures indicate prices and according to data released by the Florida dent and CEO of the Lake City Board of decreased. “We’re still looking steady.” speed of sales improving. Realtors Association on Monday. Realtors, said in the Lake City and Live The report, indicates the number of new However, the number of closed sales Oak ]multiple listing service areas, there pending sales for March also was up com- By TONY BRITT dropped by 15.6 percent, with just 38 were 51 sales in March, compared to 59 pared to the same period last year — 63
[email protected] closed sales in March, compared to 45 sales in March last year, a drop of 13.6 new pending sales, compared to 45 new closed sales in March 2012. percent, but the Columbia County market pending sales in March 2012, a 40 percent Columbia County’s housing market con- Closed sales are when the transaction has seen steady improvements. increase. tinues to be strong and steady, showing is completed and the new owner takes “March of 2012, as I recall, was the best increases in the number of new pending possession of the home — a single-family, month in 2012,” Gherna said, noting pend- HOUSING continued on 3A Man grazed by gunshot Police seeking robbery leads Driver of red pickup who may have seen suspect of particular interest.