For the Housing Market Update July 2022, it seems that whatever minor signs of a market slowdown all but disappeared in July, with strong price increases and shrinking supply almost across the board. All data comes from Columbus Realtors.

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 July 2022
1. New Albany: $1,001,000
2. New Albany Plain LSD: $836,500
3. German Village: $590,000
4. Powell: $582,500
5. Dublin: $557,000
6. Grandview Heights: $544,500
7. Bexley: $520,000
8. Worthington: $512,000
9. Dublin CSD: $510,000
10. Olentangy LSD: $500,000
11. Big Walnut LSD: $499,990
12. Upper Arlington CSD: $494,950
13. Granville LSD: $471,000
14. Buckeye Valley LSD: $460,000
15. Pickerington: $455,900
New Albany finally blew past the 1 million mark in July, almost 2x the next set of most expensive markets.

Top 15 Least Expensive Locations by Median Sales Price in July 2022
1. Valleyview: $163,000
2. Hamilton LSD: $184,500
3. Newark CSD: $200,000
4. Circleville CSD: $205,000
5. Lancaster CSD: $219,000
6. Miami Trace LSD: $234,900
7. Groveport Madison LSD: $240,000
8. Columbus CSD: $246,000
9. Jefferson LSD: $253,500
10. South Western CSD: $260,500
11. London CSD: $264,000
12. Columbus: $275,000
13. Grove City: $288,000
14. Reynoldsburg CSD: $297,500
15. Northridge LSD: $300,000
Only 2 metro markets remain below $200,000.

Overall Market Median Sales Price in July: $317,880
Based on the 10 Columbus Metro Area counties. This price was slightly lower than in May.

Top 15 Locations with the Highest Median Sales Price % Growth Between July 2021 and July 2022
1. Miami Trace LSD: +60.9%
2. Obetz: +36.8%
3. New Albany: +31.3%
4. Newark CSD: +31.1%
5. Pickerington: +29.0%
6. Teays Valley LSD: +26.4%
7. New Albany Plain LSD: +25.8%
8. Powell: +25.3%
9. Delaware CSD: +23.9%
10. German Village: +23.8%
11. Circleville CSD: +23.1%
12. Worthington: +22.8%
13. Westerville: +21.9%
14. Jefferson LSD: +21.9%
15. Marysville CSD: +20.2%
16. Canal Winchester CSD: +19.1%

Top 15 Locations with the Lowest Median Sales Price % Growth Between July 2021 and July 2022
1. Bexley: -15.4%
2. Short North: -13.0%
3. Northridge LSD: -9.5%
4. Hamilton LSD: -5.8%
5. Valleyview: -5.8%
6. Grove City: -2.3%
7. Sunbury: -0.6%
8. London CSD: +0.3%
9. Upper Arlington CSD: +0.5%
10. Buckeye Valley LSD: +2.2%
11. Columbus CSD: +4.75
12. Dublin: +5.1%
13. Downtown: +5.2%
14. Jonathan Alder LSD: +6.1%
15. South Western CSD: +6.3%
16. Beechwold/Clintonville: +6.5%
Downtown finally broke a string of negative months.

Overall Market Median Sales Price % Change July 2022 vs. July 2021: +13.1%
Based on 53 metro market locations.

Top 10 Locations with the Most New Listings in July 2022
1. Columbus: 1,278
2. Columbus CSD: 854
3. Olentangy LSD: 204
4. South Western CSD: 181
5. Dublin CSD: 159
6. Westerville CSD: 158
7. Hilliard CSD: 155
8. Pickerington LSD: 109
9. Gahanna Jefferson CSD: 100
10. Newark CSD: 79

Top 10 Locations with the Fewest New Listings in July 2022
1. Valleyview: 0
2. Jefferson LSD: 3
3. Minerva Park: 6
4. Lithopolis: 6
5. Obetz: 6
6. Grandview Heights: 7
7. Northridge LSD: 9
8. Granville LSD: 9
9. Miami Trace LSD: 10
10. New Albany: 10
11. Jonathan Alder LSD: 13
12. Sunbury: 14
13. Germany Village: 15
14. Hamilton LSD: 16
15. Whitehall: 16

Total New Listings in the Columbus Metro in July 2022: +3,239
Overall Metro New Listings % Change July 2022 vs July 2021: -20.3%
New listings fell strongly in July versus a year prior as the familiar story of demand far outpacing supply continued in the metro area.

Top 10 Fastest-Selling Locations by # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale in July 2022
1. Lithopolis: 3
2. Minerva Park: 4
3. Circleville CSD: 5
4. Gahanna: 6
5. Obetz: 6
6. Sunbury: 6
7. Canal Winchester CSD: 7
8. Hilliard: 7
9. Jonathan Alder LSD: 7
10. Pickerington: 7
11. Big Walnut LSD: 8
12. Dublin: 8
13. Hamilton LSD: 8
14. Hilliard CSD: 8
15. Newark CSD: 8
16. Northridge LSD: 8
17. Reynoldsburg CSD: 8
18. Upper Arlington CSD: 8
19. Valleyview: 8
20. Whitehall: 8
21. Worthington CSD: 8
22. Granville LSD: 9
23. Jefferson LSD: 9
24. Pickerington LSD: 9
25. New Albany LSD: 9
26. Powell: 9
27. Delaware CSD: 10
28. Lancaster CSD: 10
29. South Western CSD: 10
30. Westerville CSD: 10
31. Worthington: 10
32. Blacklick: 11
33. Columbus: 11
34. Dublin CSD: 11
35. Gahanna Jefferson CSD: 11
36. London CSD: 11
37. New Albany: 11
38. Beechwold/Clintonville: 12
39. Groveport Madison LSD: 12
Most local markets continue to have very low selling spread between them.

Top 10 Slowest-Selling Locations by # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale in July 2022
1. Short North: 48
2. German Village: 39
3. Downtown: 37
4. Teays Valley LSD: 35
5. Miami Trace LSD: 30
6. Grandview Heights: 19
7. Grove City: 16
8. Johnstown Monroe LSD: 16
9. Marysville CSD: 15
10. Pataskala: 15
11. Buckeye Valley LSD: 14
12. Columbus CSD: 14
13. Olentangy LSD: 14
14. Bexley: 13
15. Westerville: 13

Top 10 Locations with the Greatest % Decline of # of Days on the Market Before Sale July 2022 vs. July 2021
1. Big Walnut LSD: -63.6%
2. New Albany LSD: -57.1%
3. Buckeye Valley LSD: -53.3%
4. Dublin: -46.7%
5. New Albany: -45.0%
6. Minerva Park: -42.9%
7. Northridge LSD: -42.9%
8. Granville LSD: -40.0%
9. Circleville CSD: -37.5%
10. Hamilton LSD: -33.3%
11. Pickerington: -30.0%

Top 10 Locations with the Lowest % Decline of # of Days on the Market Before Sale July 2022 vs. July 2021
1. Teays Valley LSD: +600.0%
2. Johnstown Monroe LSD: +433.3%
3. German Village: +387.5%
4. Short North: +269.2%
5. Obetz: +200.0%
6. Valleyview: +166.7%
7. Gahanna Jefferson CSD: +120.0%
8. Grove City: +100.0%
9. Reynoldsburg CSD: +100.0%
10. Westerville: +85.7%
11. Blacklick: +83.3%

Total # of Days Homes Remain on the Market Before Sale Across the Metro Overall: 16.2
Overall Metro Days on Market % Change July 2022 vs July 2021: +45.9%
Homes spent much longer on the market across the metro than they did the year before, but the pace was still relatively fast.