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The nine homes sold in the La Conner area in April are almost double the five homes sold in March. They sold at a 12% average lower price, $430,000, Northwest MLS Services reported. The month’s sales are almost half of area home sales since two sold in January. For 2021, the 20 homes purchased in the La Conner area had a median price of $459,250. That is 4% of the 563 homes sold this year in Skagit County.

In April, the 149 newly sold homes in Skagit County also sold for less, on average, $455,000, down 6% from March’s $485,550. The biggest price drop was in the Concrete/Up River area,...