The number of homes sold in the Capital Region was down 16% in July, compared to the previous year, despite an increase in Livingston Parish home sales. There were 110 houses sold in Livingston last month, according to figures from the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service. That compares with 98 home sales in Livingston during July 2008. The average sale price in Livingston was down slightly, from $166,449 in July 2008 to $161,470.
East Baton Rouge Parish home sales were down, from 503 in July 2008, to 409. But the average sale price was up to $213,988, a 3.5% increase from the previous year. Ascension Parish sales, which had been tracking fairly close to 2008 numbers, were down 15%, from 131 houses sold in July 2008, to 111 last month. The average sale price was down 5.7%, from $223,457, to $210,817.
Through the first seven months of the year, the number of houses sold in the Capital Region is down 18.5%, with 3,967 units being sold. That compares with 4,867 sales through July 2008. The average sale price was $195,289, down 5.5% from the average sale price of $206,606.
