Residential real estate sales numbers for the St Joseph area were down last month.

According to the St Joseph Regional Association of Realtors, a total of 859 homes were sold this year through the month of August, down 27 from August of last year for a decline of 4.31%.

Sales in August were $14.2 million, down 13.85% from last year’s August numbers. Year to date sales totals were just over $93 million by the end of last month, down more than 7% from a year earlier.