Columbus Ohio real estate

Columbus homes for sale brought to you by Maureen McCabe

This graph represents single family homes for sale in the Columbus City School District for the past 15 months. This includes homes that are considered "resale" only.  This does not include new homes.  There was 6.4 months of inventory (homes for sale) available based on closings in April 2012.  The number of homes for sale is down.  The number of months is down from 8 months a year ago.  Six months is a balanced market. 

Compare Columbus Homes for sale in April 2012 to:

Franklin County, Ohio Homes For Sale - April 2012 - 5.5 months

Homes For Sale Columbus Board of REALTORS mls - April 2012 - 6.1 months

Columbus homes for sale a market report for April 2012

• Homes for sale -1943
• Homes sold -305
• Months of homes for sale based on closed sales - 6.4

Home sales in the Columbus school district were down slightly from April 2011, 5.9%.  Like most of centra Ohio the number of homes for sale is down.  The number of homes for sale in the school district are down 25% from last year.  Pending sales (under contract but not yet sold are way up, 68.8% higher than a year ago.  The number of months of inventory based on closed sales is down 20.3% from April 2011.  

Columbus neighborhoods

Columbus is big and the neighborhoods are diverse.  Here are zip codes for the northside of Columbus. Some zip codes have neighborhoods in Columbus and other school districts.*  Others are strictly Columbus. 

• Columbus, Ohio 43202 5.7 months down 60.4% - Clintonville neighborhoods
• Columbus, Ohio 43214 4.1 months down 29.2% - Clintonville, Beechwold, Sharon Heights neighborhoods
• Columbus, Ohio 43220 10 months down 33.3% - northwest
• Columbus, Ohio 43224 6.3 months down 32.9%  - northeast
• Columbus, Ohio 43229 5.3 months down 53.7%  - northeast
• Columbus, Ohio 43235 2.9 months down 59.2% - West Worthington

*Columbus Ohio 43235, the West Worthington area  is a zip code with neighborhoods in the Columbus, Dublin and Worthington school districts. The Columbus, Ohio 43220 and 43221 zip codes have neighborhoods in Columbus schools and Grandview Heights or Upper Arlington schools.  

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Columbus Homes for Sale - April 2012 was published in May 2012 based on data available from the Columbus Board of REALTORS® at the end of April 2012.  Trendgraphix reports are based on data supplied by the Columbus Board of Realtors. According to Trendgraphix neither CBR nor the mls (multiple listing service) guarantee or are in anyway responsible for the accuracy of the data. It says: "Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed." Since I am relying on the info from the CBR mls and Trendgraphix, there is no guarantee  from me either.

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Looking at open houses today May, 13, 2012.  Not a lot of Homes are open today.  Using the Real Living HER Open House Search to find homes?  Look at the date.  There were only 43 homes on the list last time I looked.  Many of those 43 open houses are May 20, 2012.  Or  new home builder's models open during the week.  There are very, very few open houses open today, because it is Mother's Day. 

The New England Homes Sales Center is open today, May 13, 2012 until 5:00.  The New England Homes Sales Center is at 5191 Columbus Pike in Lewis Center, Ohio 43035.  New England Homes builds throughout central Ohio. 

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Franklin County, Ohio homes for sale brought to you by Maureen McCabe

The graph shows months of inventory (homes for sale) in Franklin County, Ohio for the past 15 months.  The graph is for single family resale listings only. 

Compare Franklin County, Ohio homes for sale in April 2012 to  Homes for Sale Columbus mls for April 2012

Franklin County, Ohio homes for sale a market report for April 2012

• Homes for sale - 6191
• Homes sold - 847
• Months of homes for sale based on closed sales - 5.5 %

While closed sales in Franklin County are only up slightly(1.6%), homes for sale (inventory)  is down 25.3% so the months of homes for sale is down 26.5% from April 2011. 

Looking for a home in Columbus, Dublin, Hilliard, Westerville, Worthington - Search for Franklin County Ohio homes

Franklin County, Ohio Homes for Sale - April 2012 was published in May 2012 based on data available from the Columbus Board of REALTORS® at the end of April 2012.  Trendgraphix reports are based on data supplied by the Columbus Board of Realtors. According to Trendgraphix neither CBR nor the mls (multiple listing service) guarantee or are in anyway responsible for the accuracy of the data. It says: "Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed." Since I am relying on the info from the CBR mls and Trendgraphix,  there is no guarantee from me either.

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Homes for sale Columbus mls brought to you by Maureen McCabe of Real Living HER

The homes for sale in the Columbus Board of REALTORS mls (multiple listing service) represented by this graph are single family resale homes.  The graph shows the number of months of inventory (homes for sale) for the past 15 months through April 2012.  There was 6.1 months of inventory (homes for sale) in the Columbus mls in April 2012.  Six months of inventory is considered a balanced market, not a buyers market or a sellers market. 

Homes for sale Columbus mls  a market report for April 2011

• Homes for sale-8946
• Homes sold - 1463
• Months of inventory based on closed sales - 6.1

The number of homes for sale was down 21.2% from April 2011.  The number of homes sold in April was up 6.3% from April 2011.  The months of inventory (homes for sale) is down 25.9% from April 2011. 

The area served by the Columbus Board of REALTORS mls is big. What is the area of the Columbus mls?  "The Columbus Board of REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service (MLS) serves all of Franklin, Delaware, Fayette, Licking, Madison, Morrow, Pickaway and Union Counties and parts of Athens, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Fairfield, Hocking, Knox, Logan, Marion, Muskingum, Perry and Ross Counties."  Personally I focus on northern Franklin County and southern Delaware County.

Home for Sale Columbus mls  - April 2012 was published in May 2012 based on data available from the Columbus Board of REALTORS® at the end of April 2012.  Trendgraphix reports are based on data supplied by the Columbus Board of Realtors. According to Trendgraphix neither CBR nor the mls (multiple listing service) guarantee or are in anyway responsible for the accuracy of the data. It says: "Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed." Since I am relying on the info from the CBR mls and Trendgraphix,  you have no guarantee from me either.

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The May 5 & 6, 2012 Real Living HER Open House List * This is the last weekend of the Real Living HER Open House Prize Promotion. 

What's that about?  Real Living HER Open House Prize Promotion* 

"Terms & Conditions Individuals can qualify to receive a 42” HDTV Visiting an open house – Win by Chance Drawing: Individuals who attend a Real Living HER open house on 4/21-22,4/28-29, 5/5-6 must fill out a completed registration card and return it to the Real Living HER agent hosting the open house that day in order to qualify for a chance to win a 42” HDTV Registrants must be 18 years or older to win. One winner from each weekend (April 21 & 22, April 28 & 29, and May 5 & 6) is chosen through a random drawing that takes place the Thursday after the open house. You will be contacted either by email or by phone for detailed instructions on how to redeem your prize."

See official rules on HERRealtor.com

About open houses for home buyers in central Ohio

The Real Living HER Open House List  ... it's really a search is in the right sidebar of this site...

or the ActiveRain real estate network.

If you are on a site that's scraping real estate content?  Just click on one of the three links above and use  the  Real Living HER Open House List link, in the right sidebar.

The link takes you to the Real Living HER Open House List (search) on my site.    The Real Living HER Open House List is subject to change.  There is a mobile version on my Real Living HER site too so you will see the actual list / search in a mobile format if you are on your phone. 

The Real Living HER Open House List is actually a search, you can narrow it down to the home you are looking for, beds, baths, school district, etc. 

About open houses for home sellers in central Ohio

open houses may not help sell houses

Columbus Ohio open houses are not for lazy agents

Revolting Realtors   This is National... we do not have revolting "REALTORS®" (members of the National Association of REALTORS®) locally... and it is really about revolution, not icky real estate agents anywhere.  Revolting REALTORS® are  those who do not believe open houses work in their market so no one should hold an open house, anywhere, anytime.  

The graphic at the top is a Real Living ecard.

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Breaking News holding open houses does NOT sell the house? 

Say it isn't so? 

Tara Steele in News on AGBeat AgentGenius wrote "Report: open houses may not help sell homes."  AgentGenius writes to the real estate industry.  The Redfin (a real estate brokerage, not in this market) video about the science of open houses is funny. 

Columbus Ohio Open Houses

hmmm were the 101 open houses on the Columbus Board of REALTORS mls and the Real Living HER Open House List, last weekend. 

Useless? 

Waste of time?

Don't sell houses?

Don't even help sell houses?

Central Ohio Open Houses

Was a home in your neighborhood held open house this past weekend for the Nationwide Open House Weekend? Is the agent who held the open house regretting the lost two hours?

Columbus Ohio open houses are not for lazy agents

Tom held an open house.  Tom's open house sign: 

Tom (my manager)  is kind of an Overachiever when it comes to Open Houses -  on Columbus Life on Posterous:

"This was Nationwide Open House Weekend and my open house today was near my manager's open house.  I usually put up lots of signs  but TODAY I only used four signs but my open house was on the route to his. I use generic signs.  Tom uses personalized signs! 

We are an open house market.  Or parts of our market are good open house territory.

In addition to the Nationwide Open House Weekend, Real Living HER has a special three week open house promotion going on in central Ohio."

The point of the Redfin video?  San Francisco – 83 percent of listings hold an open house. There is a high correlatation between the homes that have an open house and those that sell within 90 days.   I wish we were San Francisco and you could count on the open house selling the house. 

The light green bars are homes for sale.  The dark green bars are homes sold for the past 15 months.

The light green bar shows why we are in my opinion a good open house market.  Or some parts of the Columbus Board of REALTORS mls is a good open house market.    This graph is Franklin County single family homes. 

There is inventory.... There are homes that need selling.  There are houses for buyers to look at.

I could also show you another graph with a short light green bar and plead that the Columbus Board of REALTORS mls (or parts of it) are a good open house market... of course the listing agent on a great listing in Clintonville wants an open house the first Sunday it is on the market.  

Is your neighborhood a good open house neighborhood? Not all neighborhoods are equal when it comes to open houses.  Perhaps Clintonville is the San Francisco of Columbus.

Real Living HER Spring Open House Prize Promotion - 42" HDTV

Real Living HER is holding our final week of the Open House Promotion next weekend, May 5 and 6, 2012...  Looking for open houses? The link in the right sidebar that says "Real Living HER Open House List" will get you there.

Real Living HER Open House Prize Promotion*  Terms & Conditions Individuals can qualify to receive a 42” HDTV Visiting an open house – Win by Chance Drawing: Individuals who attend a Real Living HER open house on 4/21-22,4/28-29, 5/5-6 must fill out a completed registration card and return it to the Real Living HER agent hosting the open house that day in order to qualify for a chance to win a 42” HDTV Registrants must be 18 years or older to win. One winner from each weekend (April 21 & 22, April 28 & 29, and May 5 & 6) is chosen through a random drawing that takes place the Thursday after the open house. You will be contacted either by email or by phone for detailed instructions on how to redeem your prize. See official rules on HERRealtor.com

The  funny Redfin (real estate company that is not in our market) video about Open Houses ends with the line: 

"Everywhere else, it most likely doesn’t really matter whether or not you hold an open house, but if you’ve got a good agent, he or she will probably hold one anyway.”

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The surviving exotic animals housed at the Columbus Zoo since last fall are leaving Columbus today.   Today?

Where were you last October when the lions, tigers and bears were let loose in Ohio? I was two counties west of Muskingum County, Ohio watching it on TV. 

The next day the surviving animals moved to Columbus, to the Columbus Zoo.  Columbus Zoo rescuse animals from Zanesville

The animals have been living in southern Delaware County at the Columbus Zoo.  The Columbus Zoo has a Powell, Ohio address.

Mrs. Thompson, the owner of the surviving animals is taking them home to the Zanesville area.  Today?

The photo of the entrance to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is tlarrow's.  A link to the photo on Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10141806@N04/2772254703/  tlarrow licensed the photo with a Creative Commons license which I believe allows me to use the photo here. 

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The Real Living HER Open House List brought to you by Maureen McCabe of Real Living HER

This is a big open house weekend across central Ohio

Real Living HER is participating in the Nationwide Open House event this weekend. 

Real Living HER Open House (or online):

Visit Real Living HER listings during open houses this weekend for an opportunity to Win by Chance Drawing a  a 42” HDTV. See additional info about the Real Living HER Open House Prize Promotion* below. Only Real Living HER Open Houses are ofering a drawing for a 42" TV.

The Real Living HER Open House List  is in the right sidebar of this site... if you are on:

or the ActiveRain real estate network. On a site that's scraping real estate content?  Just click on one of the three links above and use  the  Real Living HER Open House List link. 

The link takes you to the Real Living HER Open House List (search) on my site.    The Real Living HER Open House List is subject to change.  There is a mobile version on my Real Living HER site too so you will see the actual list / search in a mobile format if you are on your phone. 

The Real Living HER Open House List is actually a search, you can narrow it down to the home you are looking for, beds, baths, school district, etc. 

New England Homes Sales Center - Lewis Center, Ohio

Open Saturday and Sunday 1:00 to 5:00

• Custom homes throughout central Ohio
• People's Choice 2011 BIA Parade of Homes
• 2010 BIA Parade of Homes
• 2009 BIA Parade of Homes
• Award winning builder

Worthington ranch style home - Open Sunday April 29, 2012

• One story
• 2 car garage
• basement
• 3 bedrooms
• 2 baths
• Large lot
• Walk to Old Worthington

Real Living HER Open House Prize Promotion*  Terms & Conditions Individuals can qualify to receive a 42” HDTV Visiting an open house – Win by Chance Drawing: Individuals who attend a Real Living HER open house on 4/21-22,4/28-29, 5/5-6 must fill out a completed registration card and return it to the Real Living HER agent hosting the open house that day in order to qualify for a chance to win a 42” HDTV Registrants must be 18 years or older to win. One winner from each weekend (April 21 & 22, April 28 & 29, and May 5 & 6) is chosen through a random drawing that takes place the Thursday after the open house. You will be contacted either by email or by phone for detailed instructions on how to redeem your prize. See official rules on HERRealtor.com

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Open Today -  Earth Fare

Columbus Earth Fare is at 1440 Gemini Place, Columbus, Ohio 43240 - West of Polaris Fashion Place. 

Earth Fare - Opens Today at Polaris ... opened TODAY. 

Today

Visit the Earth Fare website and sign up for coupons today.

Or at least today... as you walk in Earth Fare employees will sign you up for coupons. Join Earth Fare's Welcome Home program for freebies. 

I signed on online at home, the online form says:

"I would like to receive weekly freebies from Earth Fare"

It's a "yes" or "no" question. 

I was there at the new Columbus Earth Fare store at 9:00 A.M. or a few minutes after, today April 25, 2012.

Earth Fare has lots of samples to try.  I tried a piece of heirloom tomato.  I tried a piece of cheese.  I tried Kombucha....  I'd recommend the cheese or the tomato...  The Kombucha ??? I had never heard of Kombucha until this morning.  Maria, an Earth Fare employee showed me around and introduced me to Kombucha, a fermented beverage available at their juice bar.  Wikipedia's entry for "Kombucha is an effervescent tea-based beverage that is often consumed for its anecdotal health benefits or medicinal purposes."  Earth Fare's juice bar has two versions of Kombucha, "fiery" and I believe Maria referred to the other as "regular."  Thank goodness I chose regular.  Kombucha an acquired taste? 

Today April 25, 2012

It looks like Christmas looking back at Polaris Fashion Place from Earth Fare on Gemini Parkway.  I grabbed a photo of the parking lot.

Did I mention the freebies?  The Earth Fare site's offer to me today said:

"Sign up today and get a FREE Chicken (or Veggie Burgers) from Earth Fare. Make sure you're near a printer, because you'll only have one chance to print your coupon!

Already a member of the Health Journey? Create a NEW account today for this NEW program, and come back each week for a new freebie."

Tomorrow

Please visit ColumbusBestBlog.com  another of my sites tomorrow for an opportunity to win a $50 gift certificate in a raffle.   Gift certificate compliments of Earth Fare.  I was provided an Earth Fare gift certificate as well, when I was asked to visit the store as a Columbus blogger. 

I think I love Earth Fare. 

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Win a TV?

Yes it is that time of year again.  Visit a Real Living HER Open Houses this Saturday and Sunday and enter to win a 42 inch TV.

The Real Living HER Open House event runs for the next three weeks.

See TV contest details online at http://herrealtors.com  Its weekly random drawing. 

The Real Living HER Open House List (it's a search for open houses actually)  is in the right sidebar of this site... if you are on:

The Real Living HER TV promotion is the next three weeks, both Saturday and Sunday. 

The top image is a Real Living HER ecard.

Real Living HER Open House April Prize Promotion Terms & Conditions Individuals can qualify to receive a 42” HDTV Visiting an open house – Win by Chance Drawing: Individuals who attend a Real Living HER open house on 4/21-22,4/28-29, 5/5-6 must fill out a completed registration card and return it to the Real Living HER agent hosting the open house that day in order to qualify for a chance to win a 42” HDTV Registrants must be 18 years or older to win. One winner from each weekend (April 21 & 22, April 28 & 29, and May 5 & 6) is chosen through a random drawing that takes place the Thursday after the open house. You will be contacted either by email or by phone for detailed instructions on how to redeem your prize. See official rules.

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