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The real estate market in London continued to sizzle with record sales in July and one Southwestern Ontario county also posting notable numbers.

“A great month all around. We’re still in the situation where we’ve got bidding wars happening,” said Accsell realtor Blair Campbell.

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“There is a price-sensitivity aspect to it,” Campbell said, with homes priced below $500,000 to $600,000 seeing lots of competition among would-be buyers.

Last month was the best July for residential sales since the London and St. Thomas Association of Realtors (LSTAR) began tracking home sales in 1978, with 1,043 homes changing hands, an increase of 5.4 per cent over July 2018.

“Analyzing the sales-to-new-listings ratios across LSTAR’s jurisdiction, it’s safe to say that most of (LSTAR’s) regions are currently sellers’ markets, with the exception of Middlesex County, where the ratio sits at 56.7 per cent, which moves this market into a more balanced territory,” Earl Taylor, the head of LSTAR, said in a statement.