Housing Market Update April 2021




housing market update April 2021 Columbus, Ohio

The monthly housing market update April 2021 has been released from Columbus Realtors. The results continue ongoing trends of rising prices and low supply.

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 April 2021
1. New Albany: $677,500
2. German Village: $570,000
3. Bexley: $527,500
4. Dublin: $514,000
5. Powell: $500,000
6. Grandview Heights: $486,000
7. New Albany Plain LSD: $469,393
8. Upper Arlington CSD: $465,008
9. Olentangy LSD: $446,575
10. Dublin CSD: $437,000
11. Buckeye Valley LSD: $425,000
12. Jonathan Alder LSD: $422,000
13. Granville CSD: $410,000
14. Worthington: $409,250
15. Short North: $405,500

New Albany continued to top the charts, and remained more than $100K over second place.

Top 15 Least Expensive Locations by Median Sales Price in April 2021
1. Newark CSD: $140,000
2. Circleville CSD: $164,900
3. Whitehall: $165,000
4. Hamilton LSD: $195,250
5. Groveport Madison LSD: $196,000
6. Jefferson LSD: $198,000
7. Lancaster CSD: $200,000
8. London CSD: $207,500
9. Columbus CSD: $217,000
10. Obetz: $225,100
11. Columbus: $228,500
12. South-Western CSD: $230,000
13. Reynoldsburg CSD: $237,900
14. Canal Winchester CSD: $245,500
15. Minerva Park: $245,551

Columbus and some of its suburbs remained relative bargains in April.

Overall Market Median Sales Price in April 2021: $251,135
The overall market is defined by Columbus Metro Area counties.

Top 15 Locations with the Highest Median Sales Price % Growth Between April 2020 and April 2021
1. German Village: +67.2%
2. Jonathan Alder LSD: +42.1%
3. Worthington: +39.3%
4. Blacklick: +38.6%
5. Buckeye Valley LSD: +36.7%
6. Powell: +33.8%
7. Teays Valley LSD: +30.6%
8. Whitehall: +29.7%
9. Worthington CSD: 26.4%
10. London CSD: +25.8%
11. Olentangy LSD: 24.7%
12. Bexley: +24.1%
13. Westerville CSD: 22.9%
14. Jefferson LSD: +21.5%
15. South-Western CSD: +21.1%
16. Marysville CSD: +20.3%

Top 15 Locations with the Lowest Median Sales Price % Growth Between April 2020 and April 2021
1. Grandview Heights: -20.4%
2. New Albany Plain LSD: -10.3%
3. Canal Winchester CSD: -8.4%
4. Downtown: -8.0%
5. Johnstown-Monroe LSD: -6.8%
6. New Albany: -6.6%
7. Lithopolis: -6.3%
8. Newark CSD: -2.1%
9. Big Walnut LSD: +0.3
10. Circleville CSD: +0.6%
11. Granville CSD: +1.4%
12. Reynoldsburg CSD: +2.9%
13. Pataskala: +5.0%
14. Minerva Park: +5.8%
15. Gahanna Jefferson CSD: +6.4%

Urban areas generally improved significantly over earlier in the year. Downtown was still down, but by less than in previous months, so it seems the urban market is now well underway with a recovery.

Overall Market Median Sales Price % Change April 2021 vs. April 2020: +13.8%

Top 10 Locations with the Most New Listings in April 2021
1. Columbus: 1,328
2. Columbus CSD: 917
3. South-Western CSD: 197
4. Westerville CSD: 182
5. Olentangy LSD: 177
6. Hilliard CSD: 171
7. Dublin CSD: 153
8. Worthington CSD: 108
9. Pickerington LSD: 105
10. Grove City: 100

Columbus lead again, and had a few hundred more listings in April than it did in March. Listings overall were up in most places compared to a year ago, a small glimmer of good news.

Top 10 Locations with the Fewest New Listings in April 2021
1. Valleyview: 3
2. Lithopolis: 6
3. Obetz: 8
4. Jefferson LSD: 9
5. Sunbury: 9
6. Johnstown-Monroe LSD: 9
7. Jonathan Alder LSD: 10
8. Minerva Park: 11
9. Circleville CSD: 13
10. Grandview Heights: 14

Total New Listings in the Columbus Metro in April 2021: 3,250
Overall Metro New Listings % Change April 2021 vs April 2020: +41.1%



Top 10 Fastest-Selling Locations by # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale in April 2021
1. Lithopolis: 2
2. Minerva Park, Sunbury: 3
3. Big Walnut LSD, Jonathan Alder LSD: 4
4. Canal Winchester CSD, Jefferson LSD, Reynoldsburg CSD, Westerville, Worthington: 5
5. Groveport Madison LSD: 7
6. Beechwold/Clintonville, Delaware CSD, Hilliard CSD, Johnstown-Monroe LSD, Powell, Westerville CSD, Worthington CSD: 8
7. Hamilton LSD, South-Western CSD: 9
8. Hilliard, Pickerington LSD: 10
9. Obetz: 11
10. Bexley, Circleville CSD, Columbus: 12

Top 10 Slowest-Selling Locations by # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale in April 2021
1. Short North: 52
2. New Albany: 49
3. Granville CSD, New Albany Plain LSD: 39
4. German Village: 38
5. Grandview Heights: 28
6. Downtown: 27
7. Buckeye Valley LSD: 25
8. Lancaster CSD: 23
9. Marysville CSD, Olentangy LSD: 20
10. Upper Arlington CSD: 18

Top 10 Locations with the Greatest % Decline of # of Days on the Market Before Sale April 2021 vs March 2020
1. Lithopolis: -97.0%
2. Minerva Park: -94.6%
3. Big Walnut LSD: -93.7%
4. Johnstown-Monroe LSD: -92.3%
5. Canal Winchester CSD: -87.2%
6. Jonathan Alder LSD: -85.7%
7. Downtown: -81.0%
8. Delaware CSD: -80.0%
9. Hamilton LSD: -75.0%
10. Groveport Madison LSD: -73.1%

Top 10 Locations with the Lowest % Decline of # of Days on the Market Before Sale April 2021 vs March 2020
1. Short North: +73.3%
2. New Albany Plain LSD: +62.5%
3. New Albany: +44.1%
4. Jefferson LSD: +25.0%
5. Lancaster CSD: +4.5%
6. Upper Arlington CSD: 0.0%
7. Grove City: -7.1%
8. Buckeye Valley LSD: -16.7%
9. Gahanna: -18.8%
10. German Village: -24.0%

% Change for the # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale Across the Metro Overall:
-46.7%

The market heated up even more in April. Despite more homes on the market, houses were selling the fastest they have in any month year to date. The improvements in sales came across the metro area, including urban areas that had been lagging behind somewhat in previous months.



Housing Market Update February 2021




housing market update February 2021 Columbus, Ohio

Just a week ago, I wrote about the Columbus housing market and how it was performing the past year. I used to do reports like that often, but hadn’t in years. Due to the overwhelmingly positive article response, I have decided to restart these monthly reports. Given the current state of the housing market, such information may be helpful to prospective homebuyers.

These new reports will be a bit more condensed than the one from last week. I will not list every location for every statistic as I did last week. Instead, I will still attempt to offer a general comparative view of the different markets within the region.

So let’s go!

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 2021
1. New Albany: $657,450
2. New Albany Plain LSD: $580,500
3. German Village: $569,500
4. Bexley: $517,000
5. Dublin: $502,500
6. Upper Arlington CSD: $450,000
7. Olentangy LSD: $434,900
8. Powell: $434,900
9. Granville CSD: $387,450
10. Worthington: $380,000
11. Buckeye Valley LSD: $378,240
12. Dublin CSD: $$360,000
13. Grandview Heights: $355,200
14. Short North: $350,000
15. Big Walnut LSD: $348,730

New Albany and some of the more urban suburbs and neighborhoods continue to be near the top of the pack in terms of price.

Top 15 Least Expensive Locations by Median Sales Price in February 2021
1. Valleyview: $129,850
2. Whitehall: $133,000
3. Newark CSD: $145,000
4. Lancaster CSD: $162,000
5. Hamilton LSD: $170,500
6. Groveport Madison LSD: $186,750
7. Columbus CSD: $194,750
8. Jefferson LSD: $198,500
9. Columbus: $210,000
10. South-Western CSD: $217,500
11. Circleville CSD: $224,000
12. Reynoldsburg CSD: $230,000
13. London CSD: $239,900
14. Obetz: $242,363
15. Blacklick: $245,000

Most of these places are outer suburbs outside of Franklin County or smaller locations that are less known or considered less desirable.

Overall Market Median Sales Price in February 2021: $225,500

Top 15 Locations with the Highest Median Sales Price % Growth Between February 2020 and February 2021
1. Valleyview: +93.8% (Based on just 1 sale)
2. Circleville CSD: +79.2%
3. Buckeye Valley LSD: +71.9%
4. Sunbury: +71.4%
5. Jefferson LSD: +52.8%
6. Reynoldsburg CSD: +44.9%
7. Worthington: +38.2%
8. German Village: +36.1%
9. Obetz: +31.2%
10. Marysville CSD: +29.9%
11. Dublin: +27.8%
12. London CSD: +26.3%
13. Olentangy LSK: +25.0%
14. Pataskala: +25.0%
15. Bexley: +22.7%

Top 15 Locations with the Lowest Median Sales Price % Growth Between February 2020 and February 2021
1. Granville CSD: -7.5%
2. Downtown Columbus: -6.6%
3. Jonathan Alder LSD: -4.5%
4. Grandview Heights: -4.0%
5. Powell: -4.0%
6. Minerva Park: -2.1%
7. Westerville: -0.8%
8. Pickerington: -0.7%
9. Canal Winchester CSD: -0.2%
10. Teays Valley LSD: 0.0%
11. Short North: +0.2%
12. Hamilton LSD: +0.3%
13. Beechwold/Clintonville: +1.3%
14. Pickerington LSD: +1.5%
15. Westerville CSD: +4.0%

Overall Market Median Sales Price % Change February 2021 vs. February 2020: +7.4%

Top 10 Locations with the Most New Listings in February 2021
1. Columbus: 830
2. Columbus CSD: 540
3. South-Western CSD: 135
4. Hilliard CSD: 102
5. Olentangy LSD: 91
6. Westerville CSD: 80
7. Dublin CSD: 73
8. Grove City: 65
9. Gahanna Jefferson CSD: 63
10. Pickerington LSD: 58

Top 10 Locations with the Fewest New Listings in February 2021
1. Valleyview: 0
2. Lithopolis: 1
3. Minerva Park: 1
4. Jonathan Alder LSD: 3
5. Jefferson LSD: 5
6. Sunbury: 5
7. Grandview Heights: 6
8. Obetz: 9
9. Worthington: 10
10. Hamilton LSD: 10
11. German Village: 10

Total New Listings in the Columbus Metro in February 2021: 1,932
Overall Metro New Listings % Change February 2021 vs February 2020: -25.4%

Top 10 Fastest-Selling Locations by # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale in February 2021
1. Obetz: 4
2. Gahanna: 8
3. Hamilton LSD: 8
4. Johnstown-Monroe LSD: 8
5. Pickerington: 8
6. Groveport Madison LSD: 9
7. Pickerington LSD: 10
8. Canal Winchester CSD: 11
9. Reynoldsburg CSD: 12
10. Gahanna Jefferson CSD: 13
11. Hilliard: 13
12. Worthington CSD: 13

Top 10 Slowest-Selling Locations by # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale in February 2021
1. Downtown Columbus: 72
2. Big Walnut LSD: 57
3. New Albany Plain LSD: 52
4. New Albany: 50
5. Grandview Heights: 48
6. Bexley: 44
7. Short North: 41
8. Circleville CSD: 40
9. German Village: 40
10. Dublin: 39
11. Granville CSD: 39

Columbus-area homes are selling at a blistering pace.



# of Days For-Sale Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale Across the Metro Overall: 26

Top 10 Locations with the Greatest % Decline of # of Days on the Market Before Sale February 2021 vs February 2020
1. Obetz: -89.5%
2. Pickerington: -83.7%
3. Pataskala: -82.1%
4. Pickerington LSD: -79.6%
5. Canal Winchester CSD: -78.0%
6. Hamilton LSD: -76.3%
7. Powell: -74.2%
8. Minerva Park: -70.4%
9. Gahanna: -68.0%
10. Groveport Madison LSD: -66.7%

Top 10 Locations with the Lowest % Decline of # of Days on the Market Before Sale February 2021 vs February 2020
1. Grandview Heights: +92.0%
2. Sunbury: +29.4%
3. Short North: +28.1%
4. Circleville CSD: +21.2%
5. Whitehall: +17.9%
6. Downtown Columbus: +16.1%
7. Worthington: +12.5%
8. New Albany Plain LSD: -3.7%
9. Jefferson LSD: -12.5%
10. Lancaster CSD: -18.4%

% Change for the # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale Across the Metro Overall: -39.5%

All this data can be confusing. Homebuyers must find the goldilocks zone of price, location and availability, and that’s difficult even in the friendliest of markets. Just because a local market may be seeing slower home sales doesn’t mean they’re affordable. Similarly, just because there’s a lot of supply doesn’t mean homes aren’t not selling out faster than they can go onto the market.

Columbus overall continues to have the most supply, but that’s far from the whole story. While the city added 830 new listings in February, only 582 were actually available for sale. This means that hundreds more homes were sold during the month than became available. The number of available homes only continued to shrink. Columbus’ entire supply would’ve sold out in just 18 days had no additional homes come up for sale.

And the thing is, nothing on the horizon indicates this situation will improve anytime soon. It’s not just that demand is drastically outweighing existing supply, though. Developers- when not faced with NIMBYism and zoning issues- are experiencing materials shortages that were exacerbated by the pandemic. Even when developers can build, they don’t always have the raw materials needed for construction. Unfortunately, these problems aren’t going to go away in the near future.

Given all of that, homebuyers have to be smart, they have to be very persistent, and they need to be prepared to spend more than originally planned.

For more information on the local market, go here to the Columbus Realtors site.



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.



Columbus Housing Market April 2013



Columbus housing market April 2013 Columbus, Ohio

The Columbus Board of Realtors released home sales data for April and YTD recently. Their area covers an area a bit larger than the Columbus metro, so I tried to stick with just those areas within it. I also tried to avoid capturing essentially the same area (school district vs city boundary). There are a few exceptions where I wanted to highlight specific areas or neighborhoods of Columbus.

LSD=Local school district
CSD=City school district

Top 10 Home Sales % Change since April 2012
1. Bexley city: +137.5%
2. Sunbury city: +125.0%
3. Delaware LSD: +82.4%
4. Lancaster CSD: +74.2%
5. Hilliard city: +66.7%
6. Marysville CSD: +64.3%
7. Pataskala city: +57.1%
8. London CSD: +50.0%
9. Upper Arlington CSD: +48.9%
10. South-Western CSD: +47.8%

Top 10 Home Sales % Change 2013 Year to Date
1. Sunbury city: +78.6%
2. Lithopolis city: +66.7%
3. Bexley city: +50.0%
4. Gahanna city: +46.1%
5. Hilliard city: +45.5%
6. Delaware CSD: +44.3%
7. Westerville city: +40.3%
8. Whitehall city: +37.5%
9. Marysville CSD: +36.7%
10. Lancaster CSD: +36.0%

Bottom 10 Home Sales % Change since April 2012
1. Powell city: -55.6%
2. Minerva Park city: -50.0%
3. Whitehall city: -42.9%
4. German Village: -36.4%
5. Downtown: -29.6%
6. Obetz city: -20.0%
7. New Albany city: -14.3%
8. Worthington city: -12.5%
9. Grandview Heights city: -11.1%
10. Circleville CSD: -11.1%

Bottom 10 Home Sales % Change 2013 Year to Date
1. Obetz city: -61.9%
2. Granville CSD: -31.3%
3. Worthington city: -11.3%
4. New Albany city: -5.8%
5. Grandview Heights city: -3.7%
6. Valleyview city: 0.0%
7. Powell city: +3.7%
8. Canal Winchester CSD: +3.9%
9. Newark CSD: +10.1%
10. Johnstown CSD: +11.5%

So it looks like, so far… in the urban core, Bexley, Upper Arlington and Whitehall are all having a good sales year, while Worthington and Grandview Heights are not. Downtown had a bad April, but is doing well for the year. Same with German Village. Suburbs performing well include Delaware, Hilliard and Sunbury. Those performing badly include New Albany and Powell.

Top 10 Turnover (Average # of Days on the Market before Sold) in April 2013
1. Valleyview city: 0 Days
2. Plain City CSD: 25 Days
3. Sunbury city: 27 Days
4. German Village: 29 Days
4. Obetz city: 29 Days
4. Worthington city: 29 Days
5. Powell city: 43 Days
6. Upper Arlington CSD: 47 Days
7. Beechwold/Clintonville: 49 Days
8. Gahanna city: 52 Days
8. Pataskala city: 52 Days
9. Lithopolis city: 54 Days
10. Grandview Heights city: 56 Days

Bottom 10 Turnover for April 2013
1. Circleville CSD: 164 Days
2. London CSD: 131 Days
3. Newark CSD: 123 Days
4. Minerva Park city: 116 Days
5. Downtown: 105 Days
6. Marysville CSD: 102 Days
7. Lancaster CSD: 98 Days
8. Delaware CSD: 92 Days
9. Blacklick: 88 Days
10. Bexley city: 80 Days

Top 10 Turnover 2013 Year to Date
1. Worthington city: 42 Days
2. Plain City CSD: 46 Days
3. Obetz city: 48 Days
4. Upper Arlington CSD: 60 Days
5. Pickerington city: 65 Days
6. Pataskala city: 67 Days
6. Whitehall city: 67 Days
7. Beechwold/Clintonville: 68 Days
7. Grandview Heights city: 68 Days
7. Minerva Park city: 68 Days
8. Groveport LSD: 69 Days
8. Reynoldsburg LSD: 69 Days
8. South Western CSD: 69 Days
9. German Village: 70 Days
9. Powell city: 70 Days
9. Westerville city: 70 Days
9. Worthington city: 70 Days
10. Columbus city: 72 Days

Bottom 10 Turnover 2013 Year to Date
1. Valleyview city: 151 Days
2. Circleville CSD: 148 Days
3. Newark CSD: 117 Days
4. London CSD: 115 Days
5. Bexley city: 97 Days
6. Lancaster CSD: 96 Days
7. Delaware CSD: 90 Days
7. Hilliard city: 90 Days
7. New Albany city: 90 Days
8. Johnstown LSD: 89 Days
9. Downtown: 87 Days
9. Lithopolis city: 87 Days
9. Marysville CSD: 87 Days
10. West Jefferson LSD: 86 Days

# of Months Total On-Market Housing Supply Would Last if No Other Homes Became Available, April 2013- Top 10
1. Valleyview city: 1.6 Months
2. Worthington city: 1.8 Months
3. Grandview Heights city: 2.0 Months
4. Upper Arlington CSD: 2.3 Months
5. Sunbury city: 2.5 Months
6. Hilliard city: 2.7 Months
7. Beechwold/Clintonville: 2.8 Months
8. Powell city: 2.9 Months
8. Westerville city: 2.9 Months
9. Gahanna city: 3.1 Months
10. Johnstown LSD: 3.2 Months

And Bottom 10
1. Granville CSD: 9.2 Months
2. London CSD: 8.7 Months
3. Circleville CSD: 8.6 Months
4. Newark CSD: 7.4 Months
5. Pataskala city: 5.9 Months
6. Lancaster CSD: 5.8 Months
7. Obetz city: 5.0 Months
8. South Western CSD: 4.8 Months
9. Canal Winchester CSD, Marysville CSD, New Albany city, Reynoldsburg CSD: 4.6 Months
10. Columbus city, Grove City city: 4.5 Months

With the supply numbers, generally anything around 5 months is considered a healthy supply. Well over and the market is saturated, well under it’s undersupplied. For the record, Downtown’s supply is 4.1 months.

Top 10 Average Sales Price % Change Year to Date
1. Valleyview city: +52.3%
2. Circleville CSD: +29.8%
3. Johnstown LSD: +26.7%
4. Minerva Park city: +23.7%
5. Gahanna city: +22.6%
6. Marysville CSD: +22.3%
7. Downtown: +19.9%
8. Lancaster CSD: +17.6%
9. Reynoldsburg CSD: +14.0%
10. Bexley city: +11.3%

Bottom 10
1. Grandview Heights city: -26.1%
2. Pataskala city: -22.3%
3. Obetz city: -15.6%
4. Granville CSD: -10.9%
5. Sunbury city: -10.8%
6. Blacklick: -10.5%
7. German Village: -5.3%
8. New Albany city: -3.5%
9. Westerville city: -3.2%
10. Plain City LSD: -1.9%

If you don’t see a market listed you’re curious about, check out the April 2013 Market Report may have what you’re looking for.




Housing Market Update February 2013




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