BY ADAM DAIGLE | Staff writer Happy Monday, Acadiana Business newsletter readers. We've got headlines for you this morning. Will the average sale price of a home in Lafayette top $300,000 for the year? All signs point to that. It might just be a matter of when. In August, 280 homes sold for an average of $300,799, the first month this year to top the $300,000 mark, according to data from analyst Bill Bacque with Market Scope Consulting. It pushed the overall average sale price to $290,495, slightly ahead of last year’s average through eight months and a 27% spike from five years ago when the average home sold for $227,545. You can read the story here. Have a great day and thanks for reading. | 