Continuing spring’s strong bounce back, April saw another good month for state home sales, as well as a small price increase.

Existing home sales rose 19.5 percent compared with April 2011, the Wisconsin Realtors Association said Monday. It was the 10th month in a row of year-over-year increases, with a sales volume rise again seen in every region of the state.

All told, there were 5,218 Wisconsin home sales in April, compared with 4,365 last year.

Median sales price was $128,000, up 2.4 percent from last year.

In the south-central region including Dane County, sales were up 9.6 percent over April 2011 to 1,029, while median price rose 2.3 percent, to $155,525.

From January through April, sales in the south-central region were up 16.7 percent to 3,154, though median price was still down compared to the same period last year — by 2 percent to $146,000.

Overall, it was welcome news to WRA officials, who said the results gave home sellers and buyers reason for optimism after a long period of market gloom.