The median sale price moved less, at $830,000 against $815,000 in September and $825,000 a year earlier, while median square feet came in at 1,975, down from 2,100 in September and 2,487 last October. Twenty eight sales closed, against 43 in September and 29 a year ago, and 29 new listings came on.
Houses took longer to sell. Median days on market reached 37, up from 21 in September and 28 a year earlier, and the highest in the past year. Sixteen of the 28 sales closed at or above asking, down from 72.09 percent of September's sales, and the median sale came in at 100.4 percent of list.
The spread was close to last October's. Eight sales landed between $700,000 and $799,999 and six at $1,000,000 and over, against seven and five a year earlier, four fell between $900,000 and $999,999 against six, and nothing closed below $600,000 in either month.
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