Strong Local Home Sales Despite Covid Pandemic
Home sales were strong in the month of November in the Yakima area says Cory Bemis owner of Yakima's John L. Scott Real Estate. The current median home sales price is $275,075 which Bemis says is an 11.37% increase from last year when the sales price was $247,000.
Bemis says 186 homes sold in November compared to 157 homes sold in November of 2019. A more than 18% increase.
So far this year here have been 1,735 total homes sold, 5.2% more than last year.
Mortgage companies are busy with 30 year fixed rate mortgages averaging a 2.83% interest rate.