Figures from the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors show the median home price in the 13-county metro climbed to $175,000 in October -- up nearly 15 percent compared with the same period a year ago. MPR reports October was the eighth straight month of price gains. Pending and completed sales were also up last month.

A new report from the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors show median sales price rose 10.7 percent to $179,500 in the 13-county Twin Cities metro. Closed sales also grew 13.8 percent last month.

The number of homes on the market in the Twin Cities was down more than 30 percent last month -- the lowest inventory levels in nearly a decade, according to the Star Tribune. The median home sales price in the 13-county metro area jumped 15.5 percent to $179,000 compared with a year ago.

Last month, the median sales price of homes jumped about 11 percent to $169,000 from the same month last year, according to a new report by the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors. The number of pending purchase agreements also spiked 27 percent, while closed sales increased 21 percent. However, the inventory of homes for sale continued to fall in May.

The number of closed sales last month rose 7.1 percent compared with last year, while the median price of those deals jumped 12.4 percent to $163,000.

Finance & Commerce reports the median sales price in the 13-county metro area hit $149,000 in March. The 6.4 percent increase is the largest year-over-year gain since April 2010, but the current median price is still nearly 35 percent lower than the peak in March 2006.

New figures from the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller Home Price Index show Minneapolis-St. Paul area home prices jumped 7.4 percent in August, compared to the same month a year earlier. Nationally prices rose 2 percent from August 2011 levels. MPR notes the Twin Cities housing market has seen year-over-year gains in home prices every month since February.