Home Sales Up in Capital Region

According to timesunion.com, real estate agents are enjoying a resurgence of the housing market in the Capital Region.

Pending home sales are up 30 percent. Greater Capital Association of Realtors president Marie Bettini said "April's been a very busy month. Interest rates are still really, really good.
It's affordable to buy a house." Sales in the first quarter climbed in Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, and Albany County. Median home prices were up 2 percent to $199,000 in Albany County and up 1 percent in Saratoga County to $257,860. Prices fell 3 percent in Rensselaer and 5 percent in Schenectady County. The sales could also mean a boom for area businesses appliance and furniture stores, landscapers, painters, and home remodelers.

With the mild winter, heavy snow was not a factor for homebuyers who were able to take advantage of open houses. Sales activity never slowed down. With the booming housing sales in the Albany area, could you be in the market for a new home?