Newly released data from Realtor.com for December shows that potential buyers and sellers in Delaware County saw higher home sale prices than the previous month’s median of $158,041.

The median home sold for $187,500, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows. That means December, the most recent month for which figures are available, was up 18.6% from November.

Compared to December 2023, the median home sales price was up 33.9% compared to $140,000.

Realtor.com sources sales data from real estate deeds, resulting in a few months’ delay in the data. The statistics don’t include homes currently listed for sale and aren’t directly comparable to listings data.

Information on your local housing market, along with other useful community data, is available at data.thestarpress.com.

Here is a breakdown on median sale prices:

• Looking only at single-family homes, the $187,718 median selling price in Delaware County was up 18.8% in December from $158,041 the month prior. Since December 2023, the sales price of single-family homes was up 33.6% from a median of $140,511.No single-family homes sold for $1 million or more during the month.

• Condominiums and townhomes decreased by 5.6% in sales price during December to a median of $174,375 from $184,640 in November. Compared to December 2023, the sales price of condominiums and townhomes was up 37.4% from $126,875. Five​ condominiums or townhomes sold for $1 million or more during the month, compared to zero recorded transactions of at least $1 million in December 2023.

About recorded home sales in Delaware County in Indiana

In December, the number of recorded sales in Delaware County rose by 26.1% since December 2023 — from 165 to 208. All residential home sales totaled $27.5 million.

Across Indiana, homes sold at a median of $247,932 during December, up 0.3% from $247,228 in November. There were 10,334 recorded sales across the state during December, up 6.8% from 9,680 recorded sales in December 2023. 

Here’s a breakdown for the full state:

• The total value of recorded residential home sales in Indiana increased by 28.2% from $1.7 billion in November to $2.2 billion this December. 
• Out of all residential home sales in Indiana, 1.93% of homes sold for at least $1 million in December, up from 1.02% in December 2023.
• Sales prices of single-family homes across Indiana decreased by 0.1% from a median of $248,166 in November to $247,970 in December. Since December 2023, the sales price of single-family homes across the state was up 12.8% from $219,795. 
• Across the state, the sales price of condominiums and townhomes rose 6.7% from a median of $232,260 in November to $247,750 during December. The median sales price of condominiums and townhomes is up 19.7% from the median of $207,031 in December 2023. 

The median home sales price used in this report represents the midway point of all the houses or units listed over the given period of time. The median offers a more accurate view of what’s happening in a market than the average sales price, which would mean taking the sum of all sales prices then dividing by the number of homes sold. The average can be skewed by one particularly low or high sale.

The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Realtor.com. Please leave any feedback or corrections for this story here. This story was written by Ozge Terzioglu.

The Delaware state bug is the ladybug. The state butterfly is the tiger swallowtail. The state bird, of course, is the blue hen.

Delaware doesn’t have a state dragonfly, but that’s about to change.

Many Delaware groups, including conservation organizations, state agencies and Sen. Stephanie Hansen (D-Middletown), are launching the State of Delaware Dragonfly Project. For school-age kids, the project includes grade level-specific lesson plans and essay and art contests. Find out more about the contests at delawarenaturally.org/dragonflies.

Voters will choose from six species starting Tuesday, April 15, with the winner to be announced Monday, May 5 and codified into Delaware law as the official state dragonfly.

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Here’s a little about each species, according to the project website:

• The common green darner is quite large and conspicuous. It eats small flying insects and spends most of the day flying back and forth over water.
• The dragonhunter is the largest dragonfly in Delaware. It feeds on large insects, such as butterflies, and lives on large rivers.
• The tiger spiketail is an extreme habitat specialist. It is only found in tiny streams and is one of Delaware’s rarest, most localized dragonflies.
• The calico pennant is one of Delaware’s most beautiful small dragonflies. It is usually found perched low to the ground waiting for prey to fly by.
• The blue-faced meadowhawk is considered one of Delaware’s most beautiful dragonflies. It lives in vernal pools deep in the forest.
• The blue dasher is one of the most common and widespread dragonflies in North America. It is found at almost every body of water.

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Shannon Marvel McNaught reports on southern Delaware and beyond. Reach her at smcnaught@gannett.com.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — John Camden’s 36 points led Delaware over William & Mary 100-78 on Sunday in the Coastal Athletic Association Tournament quarterfinals.

Twelfth-seeded Delaware has won three games to reach the semifinals and will play top-seeded Towson on Monday.

Camden had seven rebounds and five assists for the Fightin’ Blue Hens (15-19). Erik Timko scored 13 points and added five rebounds. Izaiah Pasha shot 4 of 8 from the field and 3 of 7 from the free-throw line to finish with 12 points.

Keller Boothby led the way for the Tribe (17-15) with 16 points. Matteus Case added 13 points for William & Mary. Gabe Dorsey had 13 points and two blocks.

Camden scored 21 points down the stretch in the second half to help lead Delaware to a 22-point victory.

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