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Many first-time homebuyers are being priced out of the market in Sandpoint because of housing prices there.

The median sales price for a home in Bonner and Boundary counties rose 42 percent, to $183,000, in the last two and a half years, according to the Selkirk Association of Realtors.

Because Sandpoint has become such a popular resort community, first-time homebuyers can end up competing with real estate investors for the area’s most affordable homes.

Read more about Sandpoint sticker shock in Sunday Business.