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Strong Start for Housing Sales

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Listings and sales both increase in January

2019 appears to have started off on the right foot for local realtors.

According to the Windsor-Essex County Association of Realtors, the number of homes on the market last month was 565, up more than 31% compared to January of 2018.

The number of properties sold is also up for the same time period, up 24%.  368 homes were sold in January 2019.

The average home sold for about $306,000 with the most popular style of home sold being a bungalow.