“June was a good month for the Thurston County housing market.

It was so good, in fact, that the 455 single-family residences that sold last month were the most in June in nine years, according to Northwest Multiple Listing Service data.”

“The county housing market has improved since then [2008], largely spurred by historically low mortgage interest rates — a 30-year mortgage is around 4 percent — and lower inventory levels, which have helped drive prices higher.

The median price of a Thurston County house in June was just less than $250,000, up 4 percent in the past year,” quoting Rolf Boone, The Olympian.
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