The Pennsylvania Association of Realtors reports that the median existing home sales price of homes sold dropped 11% from the previous month to $193,792 in December, which is nearly the same as it was a year ago. 

Closed sales in Northampton and Lehigh counties fell 12.5% last month from the previous September, declining from 923 to 808, according to the Greater Lehigh Valley Association of Realtors, a trade organization that reports the data. 

Data released May 12 from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows that house prices increased in the first quarter of 2020 despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.