or so says Ellie Viray of Dilbeck GMAC. Nineteen homes closed escrow in August, with one selling at list, five above list, and the remainder no lower than 94% of list price. (We put real estate news in with great trepidation, because competitor real estate agents have been known to send us pages of raw data, saying that if we simply crunched the numbers, it would prove that the agent we're quoting is an idiot. Just bracing for the reaction ...)