More homes sold and more quickly in the Pittsburgh region in the third quarter of 2015 compared to the previous year, according to the latest residential real estate report from West Penn Multi-List, Inc. Compared to the 2014 third quarter, the number of homes for sale increased by 8.8%, the number of homes sold increased 8.2%, and average sales price increased 1.7%. The number of days on the on the market decreased by 2.8% to an average of 70 days. “We never increase like a lot of other markets in the sunbelt, in Florida, in California, in different places where they go peak real high,” said Ron Croushore, president of West Penn Multi-List, Inc., and owner and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Home Services. “15, 20, 30, some even 40% a year. We never have that. We’re pretty steady.” Croushore added that the Pittsburgh region weathered the 2008 economic collapse better than other areas in the country. “We, in Southwestern Pennsylvania, never lost any of our average sale price. We were pretty
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