Monthly real estate statistics from F.C. Tucker Company show a housing market with homes fetching higher prices while being on the market a shorter amount of time. According to the report, year-to-date home prices in Bartholomew County rose 4.2 percent to $201,054 and homes flew off the market 13 days quicker.

Jennings County’s average home price dropped 3.1 percent to $108,432, while Shelby County’s dropped 0.5 percent to $126,249. F.C. Tucker says that these the only two counties in the region to dip in July. Brown County saw the largest year-to-year increase in average sale price, jumping 15.3 percent to $218,057. Johnson County say a substantial increase of 6.5 percent to $201,429, while Decatur County homes increased a modest 1.2 percent over last year, with an average sale price of $131,519. The report says that Johnson County was the only county in the region to see a decrease in year-to-year pending home sales, dropping 5.4 percent.