That's according to the latest home-sales report the Austin Board of Realtors released Tuesday. The April report provides the first direct comparison — one year later — to the first full month of the coronavirus pandemic, after COVID-19 lockdown orders last spring abruptly plunged the region's housing market into uncharted territory as the nation registered its highest unemployment level since the Great Depression. It didn't take long for the housing market to begin recovering, and by last summer it was roaring back. Last month's sales and prices continued the trend. In April, the number of home sales and median prices, in both the five-county Central Texas region and the city of Austin, saw soaring double-digit growth and — once again — set records, the board said.