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Housing Market Update February 2013

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housing market update February 2013

The new Columbus Housing Market Update is now available for February 2013!

Note: LSD= Local School District, CSD= City School District. In both cases, school district boundaries differ from city boundaries.

Top 15 Most Expensive Locations By Median Sales Price in February 2013
1. New Albany: $459,000
2. Powell: $300,000
3. Olentangy LSD: $290,000
4. Dublin: $278,000
5. New Albany Plain LSD: $273,000
6. Upper Arlington CSD: $230,000
7. Downtown: $230,000
8. Bexley: $229,900
9. Dublin CSD: $226,500
10. German Village: $218,750
11. Granville CSD: $210,000
12. Buckeye Valley LSD: $209,155
13. Johnstown Monroe LSD: $201,250
14. Gahanna Jefferson CSD: $200,000
15. Gahanna: $200,000

Top 15 Least Expensive Locations by Median Sales Price in February 2013
1. Whitehall: $30,500
2. Jefferson LSD: $56,000
3. Hamilton LSD: $58,000
4. Valleyview: $58,000
5. Newark CSD: $64,000
6. Columbus CSD: $76,500
7. Groveport Madison LSD: $77,778
8. South-Western CSD: $83,000
9. Circleville CSD: $83,900
10. Sunbury: $89,000
11. Reynoldsburg CSD: $96,000
12. Columbus: $97,500
13. Pataskala: $98,950
14. London CSD: $106,500
15. Lancaster CSD: $106,700

Whitehall continued to be the cheapest market for the second month in a row.

Overall Market Median Sales Price in February 2013: $122,143

Top 15 Locations with the Highest Median Sales Price % Growth Between February 2012 and February 2013
1. Jefferson LSD: +64.7%
2. Buckeye Valley LSD: +54.9%
3. Johnstown Monroe LSD: +53.3%
4. Obetz: +43.9%
5. Canal Winchester CSD: +40.1%
6. Gahanna: +37.3%
7. Gahanna Jefferson CSD: +17.0%
8. Dublin CSD: +15.0%
9. Downtown: +15.0%
10. Westerville: +12.2%
11. German Village: +12.2%
12. Groveport Madison LSD: +11.1%
13. Columbus CSD: +10.9%
14. Olentangy LSD: +10.3%
15. London CSD: +8.7%

Far-flung exurban districts seemed to see the largest increases this month.

Top 15 Locations with the Lowest Median Sales Price % Growth Between February 2012 and February 2013
1. Sunbury: -55.0%
2. Big Walnut LSD: -37.1%
3. Hilliard: -29.2%
4. Hamilton LSD: -27.3%
5. Grandview Heights: -26.0%
6. New Albany Plain LSD: -26.0%
7. Circleville CSD: -24.8%
8. Bexley: -22.8%
9. Upper Arlington CSD: -20.0%
10. Pataskala: -19.2%
11. Granville CSD: -17.6%
12. Grove City: -13.1%
13. Whitehall: -12.3%
14. Delaware CSD: -10.1%
15. Hilliard CSD: -9.8%

Overall Market Median Sales Price % Change February 2012 vs. February 2013: -1.5%

Top 10 Locations with the Most New Listings in February 2013
1. Columbus: 1,083
2. Columbus CSD: 677
3. South-Western CSD: 240
4. Olentangy LSD: 177
5. Hilliard CSD: 147
6. Dublin CSD: 134
7. Westerville CSD: 114
8. Grove City: 89
9. Worthington CSD: 88
10. Dublin: 84

Top 10 Locations with the Fewest New Listings in February 2013
1. Valleyview: 0
2. Obetz: 1
3. Lithopolis: 3
4. Minerva Park: 5
5. Grandview Heights: 5
6. Sunbury: 6
7. Johnstown Monroe LSD: 6
8. Jefferson LSD: 8
9. Jonathan Alder LSD: 12
10. Hamilton LSD: 13
11. Whitehall: 14

Total New Listings in the Columbus Metro in February 2013: 2,694
Overall Metro New Listings % Change February 2012-February 2013: +17.9%

Supply improved over a year earlier.

For more information on the local market, go here: Columbus Realtors



Columbus GDP 2001-2011

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Recently the US Bureau of Economic Analysis released GDP numbers for metro areas for 2011. Below is a chart for Ohio’s 3-Cs of GDP from 2001 to 2011.
Columbus GDP 2001-2011 Columbus, Ohio

All the metros saw GDP growth during this period, and all saw dips during the recession before growing again the past few years.

Total Growth (in Millions) 2001-2011
Cincinnati: $24,795
Columbus: $22,850
Cleveland: $21,518

GDP % Growth 2001-2011
Columbus: 32.1%
Cincinnati: 31.9%
Cleveland: 25.2%

So this shows that the Columbus metro has had the fastest growth the past 10 years in its GDP, albeit only a bit faster than Cincinnati.

The graph above shows the metro GDP per capita. Columbus was clearly ahead the first half of the last decade, but has fallen since. There are two reasons for this: Continuously growing population and the recession. A growing population and stagnant GDP during the recession meant that the GDP was diluted between more people. Neither of the other two faced the strong population growth during the recession. I expect the trends will reverse again over the next few years, however.



Housing Market Update January 2013

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housing market update January 2013

Columbus housing market update January 2013

We’re starting a new year in this edition of the Columbus Housing Market Update, with new January 2013 data now available!

Note: LSD= Local School District, CSD= City School District. In both cases, school district boundaries differ from city boundaries.

Top 15 Most Expensive Locations By Median Sales Price in January 2013
1. New Albany: $447,500
2. Powell: $342,500
3. Upper Arlington CSD: $320,000
4. New Albany Plain LSD: $314,400
5. Dublin: $284,00
6. Bexley: $269,950
7. Olentangy LSD: $250,101
8. German Village: $241,618
9. Worthington: $228,938
10. Grandview Heights: $223,000
11. Downtown: $210,000
12. Granville CSD: $207,000
13. Dublin CSD: $190,450
14. Big Walnut LSD: $187,000
15. Marysville CSD: $182,000

New Albany continued to be the most expensive market.

Top 15 Least Expensive Locations by Median Sales Price in January 2013
1. Whitehall: $29,750
2. Hamilton LSD: $54,500
3. Columbus CSD: $68,500
4. Groveport Madison LSD: $70,000
5. Lancaster CSD: $71,250
6. Valleyview: $79,850
7. Newark CSD: $84,500
8. Reynoldsburg CSD: $94,500
9. Columbus: $95,000
10. Jefferson LSD: $95,000
11. South-Western CSD: $103,000
12. Circleville CSD: $109,000
13. Canal Winchester CSD: $112,000
14. Pataskala: $120,000
15. London CSD: 122,000

Whitehall was by far the cheapest market to buy into this month.

Overall Market Median Sales Price in January 2013: $120,885

Top 15 Locations with the Highest Median Sales Price % Growth Between January 2012 and January 2013
1. Newark CSD: +83.3%
2. Valleyview: +76.5%
3. Lithopolis: +71.1%
4. Circleville CSD: +61.4%
5. Groveport Madison LSD: +60.9%
6. Marysville CSD: +38.8%
7. London CSD: +34.8%
8. New Albany: +29.7%
9. Columbus CSD: +28.0%
10. Grandview Heights: +27.4%
11. Columbus: +26.7%
12. Upper Arlington CSD: +24.3%
13. Downtown: +19.3%
14. Sunbury: +18.4%
15. South-Western CSD: +16.1%

Downtown and Columbus overall made the top markets for appreciation in the past year.

Top 15 Locations with the Lowest Median Sales Price % Growth Between January 2012 and January 2013
1. Granville CSD: -50.7%
2. Jonathan Alder LSD: -33.0%
3. Westerville: -29.2%
4. Dublin CSD: -23.3%
5. Hamilton LSD: -21.6%
6. Jefferson LSD: -20.8%
7. Big Walnut LSD: -19.7%
8. Bexley: -17.6%
9. Gahanna: -17.0%
10. Johnstown Monroe LSD: -16.2%
11. Westerville CSD: -14.8%
12. Worthington CSD: -12.5%
13. German Village: -10.5%
14. Grove City: -6.4%
15. Whitehall: -4.9%

Overall Market Median Sales Price % Change January 2012 vs. January 2013: +8.6%

Top 10 Locations with the Most New Listings in January 2013
1. Columbus: 957
2. Columbus CSD: 605
3. South-Western CSD: 210
4. Olentangy LSD: 146
5. Hilliard CSD: 126
6. Westerville CSD: 109
7. Dublin CSD: 94
8. Pickerington LSD: 81
9. Grove City: 66
10. Groveport Madison LSD: 65

Top 10 Locations with the Fewest New Listings in January 2013
1. Valleyview: 1
2. Minerva Park: 1
3. Lithopolis: 2
4. Jefferson LSD: 3
5. Obetz: 6
6. Jonathan Alder LSD: 8
7. Grandview Heights: 9
8. Sunbury: 10
9. Johnstown Monroe LSD: 10
10. Hamilton LSD: 12
11. Whitehall: 15

Total New Listings in the Columbus Metro in January 2013: 2,388
Overall Metro New Listings % Change January 2012-January 2013: -3.7%

This month, prices increased as overall supply slipped.

For more information on the local market, go here: Columbus Realtors



Columbus as a Tech City

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Columbus has been mentioned a few times over the years as a growing tech job market. Forbes named it the #1 Up and Coming Tech City in 2008, for example, although Forbes seems to randomly choose cities for its exhausting number of rankings each year, so that can be taken with a grain of salt. So is Columbus as a tech city really a thing? The latest ranking suggests it might be.

The actual tech growth numbers aren’t subjective. Out of the 51 largest metros, here is how Columbus ranked the last decade or so in STEM jobs (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).

2001-2012 % Growth in Total STEM Jobs: +10.4% Rank of 51: 13th
2005-2012 % Growth in Total STEM Jobs: +12.8% Rank of 51: 9th
2010-2012 % Growth in Total STEM Jobs: +4.7% Rank of 51: 16th
2012 Location Quotient*: 1.27 LQ Rank of 51: 14th
2001-2012 Location Quotient Change: +7.6% Change Rank of 51: 5th

*Location Quotient is the local share of STEM jobs divided by the national share of STEM jobs. Anything above 1.0 indicates that the local share is higher than the national average.

So Columbus is clearly doing well and is handily beating out many much larger cities. It is one of only two Midwestern cities in the top 15 (Indianapolis is #15), and its rate of growth in concentration of STEM jobs is in the top 5 nationally. As the article discusses, traditional tech centers are actually losing STEM jobs while other areas, like Columbus, are gradually becoming bigger players. A well-educated workforce is paramount, and one of Columbus’ greatest strengths is its abundance of colleges and universities and young population. There are over 100,000 students in the area, and this ensures a strong workforce available for tech jobs. An example of how this attracts new STEM jobs was the recently announced plan by IBM to open its worldwide HQ for Advanced Analytics in Dublin along with 500 new jobs. The article with more details on this project can be found here.



Some Great Economic News

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First, http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/morning_call/2013/01/columbus-hangs-on-to-no-4-spot-in.html
In this ranking, Columbus was 4th behind OKC, Austin and Houston on the overal “Economic Vitality Index”, a measure that uses 18 catergories to determine the strength of an economy.

Second is this: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2013/01/15/columbus-only-midwest-city-to-regain.html
This link shows that the Columbus metro is one of only 14 major metros nationally (out of 102) that had gained more jobs through November 2012 than it lost during the Great Recession, meaning it has exceeded a 100% recovery from the downturn. It was also the only Midwestern metro to have achieved this feat.

Stories and rankings like this prove that Columbus has little or nothing in common with its nearby Rust Belt neighbors. It has long had a steady, growing economy that has been able to recover quickly from economic downturns. Say what you will about weather or other factors, but the #1 reason for people to move somewhere has to do with economics. So long as there are jobs available and a decent cost of living, people should continue to flock to that place. In that regard, Columbus definitely seems to have a bright future.