New numbers show increasing strength in the Springfield housing market, according to the Capital Area Association of Realtors.
January home sales were up six-and-a-half percent compared to the same time a year earlier. And median home sale prices were nearly two-percent higher than in January of 2012.
The association says it was the best January for the local housing market in six years… and says home sales have shown year-to-year improvement in 15 of the last 16 months.