Home prices per square foot are almost 60 percent higher than they were five years ago, prior to the pandemic. Citing numbers from Realtor.com, Scotsman Guide, a publisher that caters to mortgage lenders, said that median list prices for home had grown 37.5 percent during the same time frame, but the more dramatic increase was in the square foot price, which was up 57.5 percent. Realtor.com suggested that the disparity may be caused by more smaller homes being put up for sale, which would have a dampening effect on the overall median list price but not — or not as much — on the price per squ…