By Andy Sevilla

Hays County home sales slipped in October, marking a 17 percent decline when compared to home sales during the same month last year, according to recent home sales data.

October home sales, which include standard residential homes, condominiums, town homes and manufactured homes, closed at 183 for the month, according to David Aston and R. Victoria Peterson, Buda realtors of Team Aston. 

Last year, October sales reached 214 homes.

Home sales decline “is typical and not a surpr...