Home sales in May jumped more than 19 percent in Volusia County compared with a year ago, while sales dipped 3 percent in Flagler County.
Both, area Realtors say, are signs the local housing market has heated up.
Carole Keller, sales manager for Weichert Realtors Hallmark Properties in Palm Coast, said the slight decline in Flagler County is the result of the shrinking inventory of available existing homes, which in May declined 36.5 percent, and overall price increases.