Central Ohio Real Estate Market News

Higher list prices with fewer homes for sale

May 7, 2008 · No Comments

Here’s another update on the House Watch data published in The Dispatch’s Sunday paper. The number of homes for sale and the prices for these homes are increasing slowly this year.

More notable is the difference of this year vs last year’s data. There are 7.5% fewer homes for sale now but their asking price is 2.6% higher than last year. This is REALLY important news for Buyers who have been hesitant to act.

Number of homes for sale
  4/3 4/10 4/17 4/24 5/1
2008 Homes for sale 16,345 16,531 16,726 16,947 16,877
2007 Homes for sale 17,312 17,667 17,863 18,095 18,240
% Chg ‘08 vs ‘07 -5.5% -6.4% -6.4% -6.3% -7.5%
Prices of homes for sale
  4/3 4/10 4/17 4/24 5/1
2008 Avg Price $223,609 $224,205 $224,894 $225,271 $225,968
2007 Avg Price $217,846 $219,219 $219,657 $220,077 $220,231
% Chg ‘08 vs ‘07 +2.6% +2.3% +2.4% +2.4% +2.6%

This data comes from the Columbus Board of Realtors® and includes the counties of Franklin, Delaware, Madison, Morrow, Union, and some listings of Fairfield, Knox, Licking, Logan, Marion and Pickway.

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