Home sales rebound from June swoon as prices tick down

SAN DIEGO – Countywide sales of previously owned single-family

homes and attached properties like condominiums increased from June to July while median sale prices ticked down, according to data released today by the Greater San Diego Association of Realtors.

Single-family home sales rose 2.4%, from 1,980 in June to 2,028 in July, while attached property sales ticked up 5.1%, from 975 in June to 1,025 last month. Both increases are a modest recovery for the housing market after housing sales tumbled by double digits from May to June.

Median sales prices for both property types dipped slightly...