Housing Market Update May 2021




Columbus housing market April 2013 Columbus, Ohio

housing market update May 2021 Columbus, Ohio

The local housing market update May 2021 is finally out, and the trends continue to show a strong sellers market. Prices continued to accelerate upward and supply continued to lag way behind, pushing home sales to occur even faster than they have been in recent months.

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 May 2021
1. New Albany: $810,000
2. German Village: $630,000
3. New Albany Plain LSD: $570,000
4. Dublin: $528,750
5. Bexley: $497,500
6. Upper Arlington CSD: $495,000
7. Worthington: $461,420
8. Powell: $460,000
9. Dublin CSD: $450,000
10. Olentangy LSD: $445,000
11. Buckeye Valley LSD: $406,790
12. Granville CSD: $402,500
13. Short North: $400,450
14. Grandview Heights: $394,000
15. Jonathan Alder LSD: $390,000

New Albany proper posted an astronomical median price in May, reaching unprecedented numbers for a Columbus suburb.

Top 15 Least Expensive Locations by Median Sales Price in May 2021
1. Whitehall: $138,000
2. Valleyview: $157,500
3. Groveport Madison LSD: $175,825
4. Lancaster CSD: $176,000
5. Circleville CSD: $182,000
6. Newark CSD: $184,250
7. Jefferson LSD: $207,500
8. Columbus CSD: $220,000
9. London CSD: $225,000
10. Hamilton LSD: $237,000
11. Columbus: $240,000
12. Reynoldsburg CSD: $245,500
13. South-Western CSD: $249,900
14. Canal Winchester CSD: $260,000
15. Teays Valley LSD: $268,894

In general, the further out the place from Columbus, the cheaper the location, but there are some exceptions. Whitehall and Columbus proper remain relatively affordable compared to most locations in the metro.

Overall Market Median Sales Price in May 2021: $227,088
The overall market is defined by Columbus Metro Area counties.

Top 15 Locations with the Highest Median Sales Price % Growth Between May 2020 and May 2021
1. German Village: +59.5%
2. Worthington: +54.6%
3. Obetz: +52.2%
4. New Albany Plain LSD: +40.7%
5. Hamilton LSD: +39.4%
6. Dublin CSD: +32.0%
7. Delaware CSD: +32.0%
8. Dublin: +31.4%
9. Pickerington: +30.3%
10. New Albany: +29.7%
11. Newark CSD: +29.4%
12. Worthington CSD: +29.1%
13. Westerville CSd: +28.6%
14. Pataskala: +27.0%
15. Jonathan Alder LSD: +25.8%

Top 15 Locations with the Lowest Median Sales Price % Growth Between May 2020 and May 2021
1. Lancaster CSD: -7.3%
2. Jefferson LSD: -5.5%
3. Downtown Columbus: -4.2%
4. Hilliard: -0.5%
5. Teays Valley LSD: +3.5%
6. Powell: +5.1%
7. Big Walnut LSD: +6.2%
8. Grandview Heights: +6.8%
9. Granville CSD: +7.6%
10. Short North: +7.6%
11. Canal Winchester CSD: +8.3%
12. Minerva Park: +8.4%
13. London CSD: +10.3%
14. Circleville CSD: +11.3%
15. Buckeye Valley LSD: +11.4%

There were fewer locations down year-over-year in May than in previous months, though urban areas generally saw lower increases.

Overall Market Median Sales Price % Change May 2021 vs. May 2020: +18.6%

Top 10 Locations with the Most New Listings in May 2021
1. Columbus: 1,467
2. Columbus CSD: 972
3. South-Western CSD: 217
4. Hilliard CSD: 171
5. Westerville CSD: 168
6. Olentangy LSD: 166
7. Dublin CSD: 166
8. Worthington CSD: 118
9. Pickerington LSD: 115
10. Upper Arlington CSD: 101

Top 10 Locations with the Fewest New Listings in May 2021
1. Valleyview: 2
2. Lithopolis: 5
3. Minerva Park: 5
4. Jefferson LSD: 6
5. Obetz: 8
6. Sunbury: 8
7. Grandview Heights: 10
8. Johnstown-Monroe LSD: 11
9. Whitehall: 12
10. Circleville CSD: 14

Urban areas and major suburbs saw increases in supply versus previous months, but because sales were also stronger, it didn’t help with actual supply or prices.

Total New Listings in the Columbus Metro in May 2021: +3,468
Overall Metro New Listings % Change May 2021 vs May 2020: +14.3%



Top 10 Fastest-Selling Locations by # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale in May 2021
1. Jonathan Alder LSD: 3
2. Valleyview: 3
3. Canal Winchester CSD: 4
4. Groveport Madison LSD: 4
5. Lithopolis: 4
6. German Village: 5
7. Worthington: 5
8. Worthington CSD: 5
9. Beechwold/Clintonville: 6
10. Blacklick: 6
11. Gahanna: 6
12. Marysville CSD: 6
13. Pickerington LSD: 6
14. Powell: 6
15. Westerville CSD: 6
16. Whitehall: 6

Top 10 Slowest-Selling Locations by # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale in May 2021
1. Short North: 51
2. Downtown Columbus: 39
3. Johnstown-Monroe LSD: 28
4. Bexley: 25
5. Lancaster CSD: 25
6. Jefferson LSD: 23
7. Obetz: 22
8. Buckeye Valley LSD: 21
9. Dublin: 19
10. Olentangy LSD: 18

Top 10 Locations with the Greatest % Decline of # of Days on the Market Before Sale May 2021 vs May 2020
1. Powell: -91.2%
2. Jonathan Alder LSD: -90.6%
3. Minerva Park: -85.7%
4. Circleville CSD: -84.2%
5. Whitehall: -82.9%
6. London CSD: -80.0%
7. Sunbury: -78.9%
8. Newark CSD: -78.0%
9. Upper Arlington CSD: -76.5%
10. Granville CSD: -75.8%

Top 10 Locations with the Lowest % Decline of # of Days on the Market Before Sale May 2021 vs May 2020
1. Short North: +264.3%
2. Valleyview: +50.0%
3. Bexley: +13.6%
4. Downtown Columbus: +11.4%
5. Lancaster CSD: -3.8%
6. Teays Valley LSD: -11.1%
7. Dublin: -26.9%
8. Reynoldsburg CSD: -29.4%
9. Westerville: -33.3%
10. Pataskala: -38.5%

% Change for the # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale Across the Metro Overall: 14

The market’s sales pace only increased further in May, with the entire metro’s supply of homes selling in an average of just 2 weeks. Many locations were selling at far faster rates, however.

A handy link is the Columbus Realtors website, which most of this data is derived from.



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.