Los Angeles County home prices rose to a record high in August as sales counts dropped vs. a year earlier.

That’s according to the latest homebuying report from CoreLogic. Here are five trends you should know about the local market, data for the month compared to 12 months earlier and how those results looked vs. the six-county Southern California region …

1. All residences: $615,000 median, up 6.96 percent and tying June’s record high. SoCal? $535,000 median, up 7 percent. L.A. sales were 7,497 — off 8.54 percent. SoCal? 22,261 — off 8.1 percent.

2. Resale houses: $646,500 median, up 6.95 percent. SoCal? $555,000 median, up 5.71 percent. L.A. sales were 5,227 — off 6.64 percent. SoCal? 15,449 — off 8.1 percent.

3. Resale condos: $530,000 median, up 8.16 percent. SoCal? $454,000 median, up 6.82 percent. L.A. sales were 1,928 — off 11.36 percent. SoCal? 4,891 — off 9.96 percent.

4. New homes: $665,000 median, up 0.04 percent. SoCal? $600,000 median, up 6.15 percent. L.A. sales were 342 — off 19.15 percent. SoCal? 1,921 — off 3.03 percent.

5. Builders’ market share: 4.56 percent of all sales vs. 8.63 percent across Southern California.