Housing sales up locally and in Ohio

YOUNGSTOWN — The number of homes sold in the Mahoning Valley and across Ohio increased 18.9 percent in September compared to the same month a year ago as the housing market as a whole has posted gains in activity for 27 consecutive months.

“The Ohio housing market has taken another step forward in its continuing effort to overcome the economic challenges that shook the very foundation of the American dream a few years ago,” said Thomas J. Williams, president of the Ohio Association of Realtors.

“The fact that we now have posted 27 straight months of year-over-year sales gains – our longest stretch of uninterrupted gains in 16 years of tracking Ohio’s sales activity — is a good indication that we’re making progress in building a sustainable, growing marketplace,” said Williams of Howland.

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