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The Columbia Board of Realtors says the median home sold price in Boone County in April was about $309,000. The Board of Realtors says the median home price in Columbia was down in April 13 percent to $313,000. Local homebuilder Orie Hemme of Hemme Construction joined host Fred Parry in-studio Saturday morning on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable” to discuss home prices, inventory and work Hemme is doing in other communities. Mr. Hemme says they just received their first eight building permits for Amberton Place, which will be built next to Valley View Gardens. He tells listeners that Hemme will be building 118 homes near West Gibbs road. “And it’s all focused on more affordable, attainable housing. So we call it cottage-style,” Mr. Hemme tells listeners. Hemme Construction is currently building homes in Old Hawthorne and in the Glades, and they’ve built 135 houses in Nursery Heights. Orie Hemme also says remodeling is getting more popular and is about half of Hemme’s business now. He says they have a full remo