El Dorado, Placer home prices surge

By Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee

El Dorado County had the highest median home sales price in the region last month, at $486,000. Placer’s median home price in April was $482,000. Both were up substantially over the past year.

The median price has now risen every month in the last six years, hitting $357,000 in April, according to CoreLogic, a real estate data company. That’s 12 percent higher than the $317,000 median sales price a year ago.

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