Kootenai County home sales from October through March dropped 21 percent from the same period a year prior, while prices saw modest declines, according to Coeur d’Alene Multiple Listing Service data released Tuesday. The MLS recorded 655 sales of site-built homes on lots smaller than one acre, compared with 828 during the same six-month period in 2006-07. The average price fell 2.5 percent, to $235,772, while the median price decreased 4.6 percent, to $196,500. About 6,180 properties were on the market at the end of March, compared with 5,755 a year ago/Parker Howell, Here's The Dirt.

SR Blog Roundup:
*A man named Judd/Jim Camden, Spin Control 2.0
*Prom closet/Jesse Tinsley, Video Journal
*Social conservatives roll eyes at Dalai Lama/Rich Roesler, Eye On Olympia
*Wednesday pope factoid/Rebecca Nappi, A Matter of Opinion
*Audio slideshow, pasta, notes about summer camp guide/Thuy Nguyen, Daily Briefing

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