Columbus Housing Market October 2013



Columbus Housing Market October 2013

The latest numbers for the Columbus housing market from Columbus Realtors.

LSD=Local school district
CSD=City school district

Top 15 Most Expensive Locations by Median Sales Price in October 2013
1. New Albany: $445,900
2. Upper Arlington CSD: $358,000
3. Downtown: $330,000
4. Powell: $305,000
5. Dublin: $302,125
6. Jefferson LSD: $292,500
7. Olentangy LSD: $288,500
8. Granville CSD: $272,000
9. New Albany Plain LSD: $262,500
10. Worthington: $249,900
11. Buckeye Valley LSD: $246,250
12. Big Walnut LSD: $238,500
13. Beechwold/Clintonville: $230,000
14. Bexley: $225,875
15. German Village: $217,500

Top 15 Least Expensive Locations by Median Sales Price in October 2013
1. Whitehall: $42,500
2. Lancaster CSD: $75,250
3. Hamilton LSD: $83,450
4. Columbus CSD: $84,200
5. Newark CSD: $87,450
6. Groveport Madison LSD: $90,150
7. London CSD: $94,500
8. South-Western CSD: $95,000
9. Columbus: $104,500
10. Circleville CSD: $110,250
11. Blacklick: $134,251
12. Obetz: $134,950
13. Canal Winchester CSD: $135,000
14. Grove City: $135,000
15. Reynoldsburg CSD: $136,200

Overall Metro Median Sales Price in October 2013: $149,302
Median Sales Price Change October 2012-October 2013: -$3,183

Top 15 Locations with the Highest Median Sales Price % Growth Between October 2012-October 2013
1. Hamilton LSD: +85.4%
2. Jefferson LSD: +69.8%
3. Downtown: +63.8%
4. Reynoldsburg CSD: +54.4%
5. Obetz: +51.8%
6. Jonathan Alder LSD: +50.4%
7. Sunbury: +36.5%
8. Beechwold/Clintonville: +28.6%
9. Westerville CSD: +20.2%
10. Minerva Park: +19.4%
11. Marysville CSD: +19.4%
12. Lithopolis: +19.0%
13. Northridge LSD: +17.4%
14. Circleville CSD: +16.7%
15. Granville CSD: +15.6%

Top 15 Locations with the Lowest Median Sales Price % Growth Between October 2012-October 2013
1. German Village: -16.3%
2. Lancaster CSD: -16.3%
4. Buckeye Valley LSD: -14.9%
5. New Albany Plain LSD: -14.6%
6. Canal Winchester CSD: -14.6%
7. Grandview Heights: -14.2%
8. Hilliard: -12.8%
9. South-Western CSD: -11.4%
10. London CSD: -11.3%
11. Dublin CSD: -10.8%
12. Dublin: -10.3%
13. Whitehall: -7.6%
14. Gahanna Jefferson CSD: -5.6%
15. Johnstown Monroe LSD: -3.7%

Overall Metro Median Price % Change October 2012-October 2013: -2.1%

Top 10 Locations with the Most New Listings in October 2013
1. Columbus: 1,107
2. Columbus CSD: 691
3. Westerville CSD: 177
4. South-Western CSD: 169
5. Hilliard CSD: 158
6. Olentangy LSD: 157
7. Dublin CSD: 123
8. Groveport Madison LSD: 91
9. Worthington CSD: 79
10. Dublin: 73

Top 10 Locations with the Fewest New Listings in October 2013
1. Valleyview: 0
2. Lithopolis: 0
3. Minerva Park: 2
4. Jefferson LSD: 5
5. Obetz: 5
6. Sunbury: 5
7. Northridge LSD: 9
8. Jonathan Alder LSD: 9
9. German Village: 9
10. Grandview Heights: 10

Overall Metro New Listings in October 2013: 2,693
New Listings % Change October 2012-October 2013: +5.9%

Top 10 Fastest-Selling Locations by # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale in October 2013
1. Johnstown Monroe LSD: 30
2. Powell: 31
3. Buckeye Valley LSD: 32
4. Grandview Heights: 39
5. Minerva Park: 42
6. Beechwold/Clintonville: 45
7. Northridge LSD: 45
8. Olentangy LSD: 46
9. Westerville: 46
10. Jonathan Alder LSD: 47

Top 10 Slowest-Selling Locations by # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale in March 2013
1. Circleville CSD: 118
2. London CSD: 107
3. Lancaster CSD: 106
4. Obetz: 105
5. Hamilton LSD: 96
6. New Albany CSD: 91
7. Granville CSD: 84
8. Jefferson LSD: 82
9. Big Walnut LSD: 81
10. Hilliard: 78
11. Reynoldsburg: CSD: 78

Overall Metro Average # of Days on Market Before Sale: 74.7

Top 10 Locations with the Best Change in # of Days on the Market Before Sale October 2012-October 2013
1. Lithopolis: +522.2%
2. Minerva Park: -77.25
3. Johnstown Monroe LSD: -74.6%
4. Buckeye Valley LSD: -71.7%
5. Jonathan Alder LSD: -69.1%
6. Grandview Heights: -64.2%
7. Powell: -62.7%
8. German Village: -61.2%
9. Northridge LSD: -54.5%
10. Pickerington LSD: -47.0%

Top 10 Locations with the Worst Change in the # of Days on the Market Before Sale October 2012-October 2013
1. Hamilton LSD: +190.9%
2. Obetz: +150.0%
3. Lancaster CSD: +86.0%
4. Sunbury: +50.0%
5. Circleville CSD: +45.7%
6. London CSD: +27.4%
7. New Albany: +14.6%
8. Worthington: +13.7%
9. Granville CSD: +9.1%
10. New Albany CSD: +8.3%

Overall Metro # of Days on Market Before Sale % Change October 2012-October 2013: -24.9%



Columbus Housing Market July 2013




Columbus housing market July 2013

In this edition of the Columbus Housing Market July 2013, we see from Columbus Realtorsthat the housing market has been pretty white hot, and metro area sales set monthly records in July with an increase over 28%. July also featured the 3rd highest sales of any month on record.

I looked at the 21 major areas of Franklin County (11 urban, 10 suburban). Here is what the July market looked like.

Top 10 July Sales Totals
1. Columbus: 1,055
2. Dublin: 95
3. Upper Arlington: 91
4. Clintonville: 85
5. Westerville: 68
6. Grove City: 66
7. Hilliard: 60
8. Reynoldsburg: 46
9. Gahanna: 42
10. Pickerington: 38

Top 10 July Sales Increases Over July 2012
1. Minerva Park: +300.0%
2. German Village: +154.5%
3. Grove City: +83.3%
4. Reynoldsburg: +70.4%
5. Canal Winchester: +60.0%
6. Whitehall: +55.6%
7. Pataskala: +41.2%
8. Clintonville: +37.1%
9. Columbus: +35.8%
10. New Albany: +32.0%

Top 10 Total YTD Sales Through July
1. Columbus: 6,072
2. Dublin: 480
3. Upper Arlington: 447
4. Clintonville: 423
5. Westerville: 375
6. Grove City: 363
7. Hilliard: 338
8. Gahanna: 315
9. Reynoldsburg: 310
10. Pickerington: 203

Top 10 YTD Sales Increases Through over July 2012
1. Whitehall: +42.7%
2. Hilliard: +42.0%
3. Bexley: +38.7%
4. Reynoldsburg: +36.6%
5. Pataskala: +35.9%
6. German Village: +34.7%
7. Pickerington: +34.4%
8. Minerva Park: +31.3%
9. Clintonville: +31.0%
10. Westerville: +29.8%

Average Sales July 2013
Urban: 124.7
Suburban: 50.4
Urban without Columbus: 31.7

Average % Change July 2013 vs. July 2012
Urban: +48.3%
Suburban: +35.0%
Urban without Columbus: +54.0%

Average Sales YTD Through July
Urban: 699.1
Suburban: 283.4
Urban without Columbus: 161.8

Average % Change YTD vs. YTD 2012 (Through July)
Urban: +19.7%
Suburban: +28.2%
Urban without Columbus: +18.8%

Top 10 Average Sales Price
1. New Albany: $563,891
2. Upper Arlington: $389,264
3. Bexley: $370,056
4. Dublin: $350,545
5. Downtown: $329,266
6. German Village: $325,721
7. Worthington: $272,706
8. Grandview Heights: $254,470
9. Hilliard: $240,506
10. Westerville: $209,706

Top 10 Average Sales Price % Increases vs. July 2012
1. Upper Arlington: +22.3%
2. Hilliard: +18.7%
3. Grandview Heights: +13.1%
4. Downtown: +12.5%
5. Pickerington: +12.4%
6. Pataskala: +11.6%
7. Canal Winchester: +11.3%
8. Worthington: +7.5%
9. Dublin: +6.7%
10. Columbus: +6.5%

Top 10 Average Sales Price YTD
1. New Albany: $545,545
2. Upper Arlington: $355,993
3. Bexley: $347,920
4. Dublin: $333,285
5. German Village: $310,179
6. Downtown: $285,807
7. Worthington: $243,009
8. Grandview Heights: $219,100
9. Hilliard: $218,104
10. Gahanna: $202,527

Top 10 Average YTD Sales Price % Change vs. YTD 2012
1. Whitehall: +33.5%
2. Downtown: +18.6%
3. Gahanna: +13.8%
4. Minerva Park: +13.0%
5. Upper Arlington: +12.4%
6. Reynoldsburg: +9.9%
7. New Albany: +9.1%
8. Hilliard: +5.5%
9. Gahanna: 5.0%
10. Canal Winchester: +4.9%

Average Price July 2013
Urban: $230,605
Suburban: $236,871
Urban without Columbus: $239,388

Average Price % Change vs. July 2012
Urban: +1.8%
Suburban: +6.3%
Urban without Columbus: +1.3%

Average Price YTD
Urban: $214,207
Suburban: $223,511
Urban without Columbus: $223,053

Average Price % Change YTD vs. YTD 2012
Urban: +6.3%
Suburban: +5.0%
Urban without Columbus: +6.6%

Top 10 Fastest Selling Markets July 2013 (based on # of Days listings sell)
1. Grandview Heights: 9
2. Obetz: 9
3. Hilliard: 25
4. Worthington: 26
5. Upper Arlington: 29
6. Bexley: 31
7. Westerville: 38
8. Reynoldsburg: 40
9. New Albany: 42
10. Clintonville: 44

Top 10 Fastest Selling Markets YTD
1. Worthington: 36
2. Grandview Heights: 47
3. Upper Arlington: 47
4. Clintonville: 56
5. Westerville: 56
6. Hilliard: 58
7. Dublin: 59
8. New Albany: 60
9. Gahanna: 62
10. Pataskala: 62

Average # of Days before Sale, July 2013
Urban: 49.8
Suburban: 48.7
Urban without Columbus: 48.8

Average # of Days before Sale, YTD
Urban: 64.6
Suburban: 62.3
Urban without Columbus: 64.4

Top 10 Lowest Housing Supplies (based on # of months to sell all listings), July 2013
1. Worthington: 1.9
2. Grandview Heights: 2.4
3. Upper Arlington: 2.4
4. Clintonville: 2.5
5. Hilliard: 2.7
6. Westerville: 2.8
7. Dublin: 3.1
8. Bexley: 3.2
9. Gahanna: 3.6
10. Downtown: 4.0

Average # of Months to Sell All Listings
Urban: 3.7
Suburban: 4.2
Urban without Columbus: 3.6

Average % Change of Single-Family Home Sales, July 2013 vs. July 2012
Urban: +55.0%
Suburban: +33.4%
Urban without Columbus: +58.0%

Average % Change of Condo Sales, July 2013 vs. July 2012
Urban: +78.4%
Suburban: +89.0%
Urban without Columbus: +82.3%

Average % Change of Single-Family Home Sales YTD vs. YTD 2012
Urban: +14.4%
Suburban: +28.5%
Urban without Columbus: +13.0%

Average % Change of Condo Sales YTD vs. YTD 2012
Urban: +42.8%
Suburban: +32.7%
Urban without Columbus: +44.0%

Seems like most areas are doing fairly well, including the urban core. Of course, these number do not measure rentals, which is what is really booming right now in the residential scene.