Don’t they know it’s winter?

That’s up from the 9,047 houses sold in April and up from the previous record in March of 10,747 sales, according to the latest Real Estate Institute figures.

Not only that, but the national median house price reached yet another record at $210,000 in May, up from the last record set last month of $203,000. That’s 11.7% higher than in May last year.

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