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Home prices rise again

Home sales hit record high

Southern California housing prices reached another record in April, according to data released this week.

The median price of an existing single-family home or condominium in the five-county region was $520,000, up $1,000 from the previous record set in March, CoreLogic in Irvine reported.

That was a 7.2 percent increase compared with April 2017, when the median price was $485,000. April was the 73rd consecutive month that the Southern California home market experienced a year-over-year increase.

Also last month, 20,118 new and existing homes and condominiums were sold in Southern California – the Inland Empire plus Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego and Ventura counties – a 1.5 percent drop from April 2017.

Total sales were 23,564, a 14.6 percent drop below the average for April dating back to 1988, when the monthly housing survey began.

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