MADISON — Wisconsin home sales fell by a modest margin even as median prices moved up sharply in August, according to the most recent examination of the existing housing market by the Wisconsin Realtors Association. Existing home sales fell 2.1% in August 2019 compared to August 2018, while median prices rose 9.0% over that same period to $206,000. On a year-to-date basis, the picture is similar. Comparing the first eight months of 2019 to the first eight months of 2018, home sales dropped 3.2% while prices rose 7.6% to $199,000.

The median price for Green County has gone down by 10.8% to $187,250 with home sales also lowering by 1.8%.

Home sales for Lafayette County went down by 5% with the median price rising by 20.6% to $164,000.