Nevada County’s real estate market is off to a hot start for 2017. Realtors Association member, and past President, Greg Bullanti, says pending January home sales were up 28% from a year ago, at 114 units, with final sales up 44%, at 91 units. But, as always, inventory is low, dropping 16%, to 252 units. That’s the lowest in the last year and a half…

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So, Bullanti says, that’s resulted in more people looking at the rental market, which is also expensive…

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Meanwhile, Bullanti says the average home sales price has climbed in the last year from $391,000 to $395,000, with the median price showing an even greater jump, from $350,000 to $363,000. But he says historically-low interest rates and more good-paying jobs continue to drive up demand.