WORLD DIGEST

Housing sales down

YOUNGSTOWN

November housing sales in the Mahoning Valley were down slightly from November of last year, according to numbers reported by area realtors.

In Mahoning County, 198 houses sold last month, down 3.4 percent from November 2017’s 205 sales.

Columbiana County’s 81 sales were the same as November 2017 sales.

In Trumbull County, November’s 179 sales were a 5.8 percent decrease from last November’s 190 sales.

In November, the average sales price was up 9 percent to $121,110 in Columbiana County; up 28.9 percent to $141,127 in Mahoning County; and up 11.4 percent to $110,300 in Trumbull County.