Fountain Valley homebuying: 8 things to know

The Recreation Center building of Fountain Valley. REGISTER FILE PHOTOHow did the buying and selling of Fountain Valley housing fare in the year’s first months?
Looking at local residential real estate in the first quarter 2017, compared with the same period a year earlier, CoreLogic data show four trends for Fountain Valley …
1. 100 homes sold this year vs. 94 a year ago.
2. That’s a gain of 6.4 percent vs. a gain of 3.5 percent countywide.
3. Median selling price this year o