Home sales up; prices off in April By Howard Roden Published: 05.18.10 While April sales of existing single-family homes reached some of the highest numbers Montgomery County has seen in more than a year, prices were more indicative of a buyer's market.Spurred on by the federal government's tax credits that expired April 30, 567 homes sold last month, compared with 406 in April 2009. That represents a healthy increase of 39.7 percent, according to the latest monthly data compiled by the Houston Association of Realtors.The year-to-date figures were equally encouraging. A total of 1,667 homes (0 comments)