San Luis Obispo, CA -- A July surge of home sales in San Luis Obispo County has broken a downward trend in year-over-year growth that started in February, according to figures from San Diego-based real-estate tracking firm DataQuick. Overall home sales grew 34.7 percent locally in last month compared to the same month a year ago.

The median overall home sales price in San Luis Obispo County dropped 13.2 percent year-over-year to $330,000. The Median price for a home in 2006 peaked at 585,000 dollars.