SR Blogs: K-County Home Sales Down 21%

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