July of 2011 was an active month for home sales in the Knox County Ohio community.  There were 35 residential home sales in Knox County Ohio that were report to the local MLS.  What is interesting is that the average sales price in July was higher than normal at $150,237.  This doesn't mean that home values increased in July and the cause of the increase was that there were 5 homes that sold over $300,000 which pulled the monthly home sales average up a bit.  In June of 2011 the average sales price was roughly $8,000 lower at $142,564. 

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