Illinois home prices posted continued gains with November marking 39 consecutive months of year-over-year increases while sales slowed slightly amid tighter inventory, according to the Illinois Association of REALTORS.  Statewide home sales, including single-family homes and condominiums, in November 2015 totaled 9,640 homes sold, down 3.5 percent from November 2014.  According to the data, 34 Illinois counties reported sales gains for November 2015 over previous-year numbers.  This included Washington County, as there were 10 homes sold in November, compared to 1 home sold last November and 5 homes sold in this October.  There were 84 homes sold through the end of this November, while 66 sold last year through the same time period, so overall, the year is much better.  The statewide median price in November 2015 rose to $165,000, a 6.5 percent gain over November 2014’s statewide median price. The median is a typical market price where half the homes sold for more and half sold for less.  60 counties recorded median price gains in November 2015 over previous-year numbers.  This not was the case in Washington County, as it was $ 95,450 for the 10 homes that sold last month, but the one home that sold last November was for $239,000.  Last month’s median price was nearly $10,000 higher than in October.  The monthly average price for the homes that have sold so far this year is at $75,000, nearly $10,000 less than last year’s average, but up $1,000 from the average this October, so the average sales price is slowing rising each of the past few months.  The time it took to sell a home in November averaged 67 days statewide, down from 74 days a year ago.  It much took longer in Washington County, as the 10 homes that were on the market took an average of 101 days to sell, much more than it took for the homes that sold in last November, which was 87 days.  It was lower than the 164 days on average for the homes that sold in October.  For the year to date at the end of last month, it took those 84 homes an average of 123 days to sell, as it took 139 days to sell the 66 homes to this date last year.