January real estate sales in our area were higher than a year earlier but down from Decembers totals.
According to the St Joseph Regional Association of Realtors, there were 72 homes sold last month, compared to 61 in January of last year.
Sales totaled more than $8.3 million, up from $6 million last year at this time, but down from the $11.1 million sales total in December of 2014.
Adding delayed reports to existing totals, real-estate sales last year in the nine-county area totaled $138 million, which is down from the $139.3 million in 2013.