Augusta home prices rise 9.6% in April, with area houses for sale in high demand

A typical Richmond County home listed for $191,750 in April, up 9.6% from a month earlier, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows.

The median list home price in April was up about 9.6% from April 2021. Richmond County’s median home was 1,679 square feet for a listed price of $117 per square foot.

The Richmond County market was busy, with a median 36 days on market. A month earlier, homes had a median 40 days on market. The market added 312 new home listings in April, compared with the 224 added in April 2021. The market ended the month with some 179 listings of homes for sale.

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What were Augusta-area home prices in April? Here’s a county-by-county breakdown

Home prices in Columbia County, Georgia, rose 0.7%, to a median $355,000, from a month earlier. The typical house was on the market for 29 days, from 35 days a month earlier. The typical 2,396-square-foot house had a list price of $148 per square foot.

Home prices in Aiken County, South Carolina, rose 2.1%, to a median $279,800, from a month earlier. The typical house was on the market for 37 days, from 38 days a month earlier. The typical 2,060-square-foot house had a list price of $147 per square foot.

Home prices in Edgefield County, South Carolina, rose 0.9%, to a median $369,900, from a month earlier. The typical house was on the market for 42 days, from 65 days a month earlier. The typical 2,558-square-foot house had a list price of $148 per square foot.

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Home prices in McDuffie County, Georgia, fell 1.3%, to a median $239,900, from a month earlier. The typical house was on the market for 58 days, from 59 days a month earlier. The typical 1,615-square-foot house had a list price of $146 per square foot.

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Across metro Augusta, median home prices rose to $293,100, up 3.9% from a month earlier. The median home had 2,118 square feet, at a list price of $144 per square foot.

Across all of Georgia, median home prices were $387,000, rising 3.2% from a month earlier. The median Georgia home for sale had 2,109 square feet at list price of $179 per square foot.

Across all of South Carolina, median home prices were $345,000, rising 4.3% from a month earlier. The median South Carolina home for sale had 1,958 square feet at list price of $180 per square foot.

Across the United States, median home prices were $425,000, up 5% from a month earlier. The median American home for sale had 1,821 square feet, listed at $220 per square foot.

Previously: Augusta home prices fall 1.4% in March, with houses for sale in high demand

The median home list price – the midway point of all the houses or units listed over a period of time – is used more often in this report instead of the average home list price because experts say the median offers a more accurate view of what’s happening in a market. In finding the average price, all prices of homes listed are added and then divided by the number of homes sold. This measure can be skewed by one low or high price.

The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from the Realtor.com residential listings database. The story was written by Mike Stucka and Sean Lahman.

This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: Augusta-area homes for sale rise to $191,750 median price in Richmond