Specifically, 12 markets in Ohio posted positive sales marks in September…many posting double-digit increases. Those markets include:

• Ashland (up 7.1 percent);

•  Athens (18.5 percent);

• Cincinnati (10.4 percent);

• Columbus (10.3 percent);

• Dayton (5.6 percent);

• Firelands (8.7 percent);

• Heartland (18.6 percent);

•  Knox (9.5 percent);

• Toledo (3 percent);

• Wayne Holmes (7 percent);

• West Central (3.5 percent); 

•  Western Regional Information Systems Technology (WRIST) market (6.4 percent).

Seven markets had the average sales price jump in September (compared to the same period a year ago), which helped push the month’s price mark to a positive level. They include: Ashland, Dayton, Lancaster, Marion, West Central, WRIST and Zanesville.