“That’s a positive sign because you have to level out before you start climbing,” Perrin says. “I think we are on the uptick; we are climbing so it is positive. It’s not roaring [like before] by any means as of yet, but it’s certainly a positive indication that we’re moving more units and that we have had a little bit of an up tick in medium price sold.” 

Among the few housing markets in Ohio that had double-digit increases in average home prices were Summit Geauga, Trumbull, Lorain and Carroll counties. Though still one of the smallest counties in the state, Carroll has seen a bit of a building surge tied to the boom in the natural gas industry.