Existing single-family residential home sales were down 14.5 percent statewide (.pdf) in August of this year versus August of 2008, according to the Indiana Association of Realtors. However, the median sales price declined only 4.5 percent.
In northern Indiana, unit sales and media prices declined across the board, but the size of that decline varied widely (data from Starke County was not included in the report):
| County | Units Sold | Median Price |
| Newton | -29.5% | -0.2% |
| Jasper | -24.0% | -10.8% |
| Porter | -21.4% | -1.8% |
| St. Joseph | -21.3% | -1.1% |
| Lake | -15.2% | -18.9% |
| LaPorte | -8.3% | -10.4% |
| Total Indiana | -14.5% | -4.5% |