The median price of a home sold in Orange County rose 14% in September to $610,000 versus a year earlier but was down slightly from August’s peak.
Sales increased 13.6% to 4,072 houses and condominiums versus a year earlier, according to La Jolla-based market tracker DataQuick Information Systems, a unit of Vancouver-based MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates.
The Southland as a whole fared better on pricing, with the median up 16% in September from a year ago to $475,000. It was $1,000 less than August’s median.
OC’s sales growth topped the Southland as a whole.
In the six Southland counties, 31,740 homes were sold last month, down 7.4% from August and up 6% from September 2004.
