This Columbus housing market update for March 2013 includes an expansion of data, specifically the time it takes for homes to sell on the current market.

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 March 2013
1. New Albany: $471,000
2. Dublin: $330,000
3. Powell: $317,000
4. New Albany Plain LSD: $316,000
5. Upper Arlington CSD: $302,450
6. Olentangy LSD: $291,250
7. Granville CSD: $282,050
8. Downtown: $269,000
9. German Village: $267,250
10. Dublin CSD: $266,500
11. Hilliard: $250,000
12. Big Walnut LSD: $245,000
13. Buckeye Valley LSD: $243,000
14. Johnstown Monroe LSD: $207,250
15. Bexley: $205,000

Top 15 Least Expensive Locations by Median Sales Price in March 2013
1. Whitehall: $45,250
2. Obetz: $56,450
3. Groveport Madison LSD: $63,625
4. Hamilton LSD: $66,750
5. Columbus CSD: $85,000
6. Lancaster CSD: $89,550
7. Newark CSD: $89,900
8. South-Western CSD: $100,000
9. Columbus: $103,250
10. Sunbury: $106,900
11. Reynoldsburg CSD: $115,000
12. Jefferson LSD: $122,000
13. Blacklick: $123,500
14. London CSD: $128,000
15. Grandview Heights: $136,000

Whitehall was the cheapest market yet again, though its median prices have been going up slowly.

Overall Market Median Sales Price in March 2013: $139,028

Top 15 Locations with the Highest Median Sales Price % Growth Between March 2012 and March 2013
1. Minerva Park: +223.8%
2. Jonathan Alder LSD: +99.0%
3. Circleville CSD: +63.3%
4. Buckeye Valley LSD: +59.3%
5. Johnstown Monroe LSD: +53.5%
6. Reynoldsburg CSD: +47.4%
7. Hilliard: +47.1%
8. Downtown: +34.6%
9. Big Walnut LSD: +31.5%
10. Westerville CSD: +28.3%
11. Powell: +28.1%
12. Gahanna: +22.0%
13. Olentangy LSD: +18.4%
14. Marysville CSd: +14.8%
15. Worthington: +13.9%

Downtown continued to do well, but otherwise few places inside 270 did.

Top 15 Locations with the Lowest Median Sales Price % Growth Between March 2012 and March 2013
1. Grandview Heights: -43.7%
2. Sunbury: -42.6%
3. Obetz: -29.3%
4. Whitehall: -24.3%
5. Bexley: -21.1%
6. Lithopolis: -20.1%
7. Hamilton LSD: -15.8%
8. Blacklick: -12.0%
9. Pataskala: -9.2%
10. Delaware CSD: -5.3%
11. Gahanna Jefferson CSD: -5.1%
12. Beechwold/Clintonville: -4.1%
13. South-Western CSD: -2.9%
14. London CSD: -1.9%
15. Columbus CSD: -1.0%

Overall Market Median Sales Price % Change March 2012 vs. March 2013: +9.9%

Top 10 Locations with the Most New Listings in March 2013
1. Columbus: 1,309
2. Columbus CSD: 811
3. South-Western CSD: 221
4. Olentangy LSD: 197
5. Hilliard CSD: 195
6. Westerville CSD: 185
7. Dublin CSD: 140
8. Pickerington LSD: 100
9. Worthington CSD: 97
10. Dublin: 93

Top 10 Locations with the Fewest New Listings in March 2013
1. Valleyview: 1
2. Lithopolis: 2
3. Minerva Park: 4
4. Jefferson LSD: 6
5. Johnstown Monroe LSD: 8
6. Jonathan Alder LSD: 9
7. Obetz: 10
8. Hamilton LSD: 13
9. Grandview Heights: 14
10. Sunbury: 17
11. Circleville CSD: 17

Total New Listings in the Columbus Metro in March 2013: 3,222
Overall Metro New Listings % Change March 2012-March 2013: +0.2%

Prices were up almost 10% year over year for the month despite a small increase in overall supply.

Top 10 Fastest-Selling Locations by # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale in March 2013
1. Minerva Park: 3
2. Worthington: 29
3. Granville CSD: 35
4. Jonathan Alder LSD: 36
5. Upper Arlington CSD: 51
6. Downtown: 54
7. Pickerington: 54
8. Pickerington LSD: 60
9. Dublin CSD: 61
10. Grandview Heights: 63
11. Groveport Madison LSD: 63
12. Reynoldsburg CSD: 63
13. South-Western CSD: 63
14. Grove City: 65
15. Powell: 65

Top 10 Slowest-Selling Locations by # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale in March 2013
1. Bexley: 188
2. Circleville CSD: 168
3. Sunbury: 163
4. Lancaster CSD: 140
5. Big Walnut LSD: 129
6. Hilliard: 125
7. Lithopolis: 121
8. Newark CSD: 120
9. Obetz: 119
10. Gahanna: 117

The Columbus Realtors provides market condition reports going back many years.