County housing rebounds in second quarter

Whitman County’s housing market rebounded in the second quarter of 2012 as more homes sold at higher prices than the same period in 2011.

The Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies at the University of Washington reported 400 homes were sold in Whitman County between April and June for a median price of $193,300.

Those figures show improvement over the same period a year ago when 340 homes sold for $192,700.

The growth shows a reversing trend, said Glenn Crellin, associate director of the Runstad Center. Price and volume of home sales in Whitman County had decreased steadily since 2009. He not...