Longview home sales rise

​​​LONGVIEW – East Texas home sales jumped nearly 8 percent in January 2019 from a year ago, according to new data from the Longview Area Association of Realtors.

Last month, 193 sales closed in the association’s ten-county market, up from 179 in January 2018, which was the slowest month of last year. Monthly average sales were 269 in 2018.

The average sales price was $172,186, up from $171,495 a year ago.

Across the region, homes spent an average of 122 days on the market, up one day from a year ago.

Sales through the association’s Multiple Listing Service typically represent about 85 percent of total sales in the market. It does not capture sales by owners, for example, or some sales of new construction by builders.