Navigating Real Estate in Ohio: A Comprehensive Guide

Welcome to our dedicated blog where we dive deep into the nuances of the real estate markets in Ohio. Whether you're buying your first home, seeking investment properties, or exploring market trends, our insights will guide you through every step of your real estate journey.

Ohio Real Estate Overview

Ohio's real estate market offers a diverse range of options from bustling city apartments in Columbus to serene suburban homes in Fairfield County. The state's affordable cost of living combined with growing job opportunities makes it an attractive market for first-time homebuyers and investors alike.

Market Trends

Ohio: Current trends indicate a rise in demand for suburban homes as more individuals seek properties with more space and access to nature.

Investment Opportunities

Ohio: Look for burgeoning markets in smaller cities and suburbs where property values are set to rise.

Buying and Selling Tips

For Buyers: Consider your long-term goals. In Ohio, focus on community-driven areas with good schools and infrastructure.
For Sellers: Highlight unique property features. In Ohio, emphasize space and community amenities.

This content structure provides a thorough introduction to the real estate landscapes of both states, catering to various interests from home buyers to investors.

Sept. 6, 2026

Groveport, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Groveport Ohio real estate market report

Two numbers on the Groveport summary look alarming and neither survives inspection. The average asking price of $422,636 against a $311,613 closing average suggests sellers are wildly out of touch — until you filter out four land listings and one $1,800,000 outlier, at which point the median house is asking $319,750, about 3% above the closing average. And the 101.0% sale-to-list ratio rests on a single record showing a $290,000 listing selling for $675,000; correct it and the market is at 99.6%. What is left underneath is an ordinary, well-behaved Franklin County market.

Groveport, Ohio — Market Snapshot (corrected)
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Average Sale Price
30	22	95	$311,613
Median Residential Asking Price	Sale-to-List (corrected)	Average List (Pending)	Active Listings per Pending
$319,750	99.6%	$285,113	1.36
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days on Market (Sold)	Monthly P&I at 6.65%
$184	1,777 sq ft	66 days	$1,600

Source: Columbus MLS data as displayed on the Groveport market report, August 2026, with land listings and one corrupted list-price record separated out — see the notes below.

Correction One: The Asking Price Average

The active summary reports an average asking price of $422,636 across 30 listings. Among the 31 active records shown in detail, four carry no square footage — land and parcels rather than houses — and the asking range runs from $63,000 to $1,800,000.

Filter to the 26 records that are actual residential listings and the picture changes entirely: a median asking price of $319,750 and a mean of $377,927. Against a closing average of $311,613, that median is about 3% high — which is roughly where a healthy market sits.

The practical point for a Groveport seller is that your competition is not asking $422,636. It is asking around $320,000, and it is priced close enough to the market that an ambitious listing will stand out immediately.

Correction Two: The Sale-to-List Ratio

Among the 95 closings, one is recorded as a $675,000 sale against a $290,000 list price — a sale-to-list ratio of 233%. Houses do not sell for more than double their asking price; that is a list price entered incorrectly in the MLS record.

That single record lifts the citywide ratio from about 99.6% to the published 101.0%. The individual data supports the corrected figure: the median Groveport sale closed at exactly 100.0% of asking, 39 of the 50 detailed closings landed within five percentage points, and the low end of the range was 89%. Groveport is a market at par, not one where sellers beat their price.

This series has now documented the same class of MLS list-price error in Granville, Obetz, Orrville, New Philadelphia, Coshocton and Louisville. In markets under a hundred sales, one bad record moves a headline ratio by one to two full points.

What the Corrected Market Actually Looks Like

The three segments, read properly:

Active — 30 listings, $319,750 median residential ask, 1,749 sq ft average, 42-day median time on market
Pending — 22 under contract, $285,113 average list, 1,701 sq ft, $174/sq ft, 55 days to pending
Sold — 95 closings, $311,613 average sale, 1,777 sq ft, $184/sq ft, 66 days on market

Inventory at 1.36 active listings per pending sale is balanced with a slight edge to sellers. Marketing times of 55 to 66 days are quicker than Columbus at 67 or Grove City at 68. And asking prices, once the land and the outlier are removed, sit about 3% above closings.

The one number pointing downward is the pending average: $285,113 on 1,701 square feet at $174 per foot, about $26,500 and $10 per foot below what has been closing. That is a modest downshift rather than a warning — but a seller with a larger, higher-priced Groveport house should notice that current demand is running slightly below the trailing average.

Ohio Context and What Financing Costs Today

Columbus REALTORS reported a Central Ohio median sale price of $350,000 for July 2026, up 2.3% year over year, on 3,083 closed sales with 6,193 active listings and a 2.4-month supply. Groveport sells about 11% below that regional median. Statewide, Ohio REALTORS reported a $285,000 July median, up 3.6% year over year — Groveport runs about 9% above the state figure.

Freddie Mac put the thirty-year fixed at 6.65% and the fifteen-year at 5.95% in its August 20, 2026 survey — a second consecutive weekly decline. At 6.65% with 20% down, the $311,613 average sale carries principal and interest of about $1,600 per month on a $249,290 loan. At the $285,113 average pending list price it is about $1,464. Franklin County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional.

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Featured Groveport Neighborhoods

Groveport activity spans the older village streets and the newer subdivisions on its edges, and the two price quite differently. Current activity is showing up in these areas:

Big Walnut Run · Bixby Grove · Bixby Ridge · Century Acres · Downtown Groveport · Elmont Place · Fairchild Estates · Founders Bend · Grove Pointe · Hickory Grove · Historic Groveport · Homestead Springs · Newport Village · Pontius Pike · The Orchard · The Village At Grovepointe · Three Rivers · Village At Cypress Grove · Village At Grovepointe · Village Of Groveport

What This Means If You Are Buying in Groveport

Do not be put off by the headline asking average. The median Groveport house on the market is asking $319,750, not $422,636, and the market has been closing at $311,613. That is a normal spread, and it means listing prices here are broadly honest.

Expect to pay close to asking. Corrected, the market closes at 99.6% of list and the median sale finished at exactly 100.0%. Negotiating room exists mainly on the tail — the median listing has been available 42 days, but one has been on the market 367.

On value, compare against the neighbors carefully. Obetz next door averages $228,548 at $163 per square foot, and Reynoldsburg $292,461 at $174. Groveport carries the highest per-foot price of that group at $184, so the question worth asking is what the Groveport address is delivering that the alternatives are not.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Groveport

Your real competition is 25 or so residential listings asking a median of $319,750 — not the $422,636 the summary suggests. Pricing against the inflated figure is the single easiest way to lose the first month of your listing period.

The market will meet a fair price. Corrected sale-to-list is 99.6%, the median sale closed at exactly asking, and homes are going under contract in 55 days. That is a functioning market with balanced supply at 1.36 listings per pending sale.

Watch the size question. Current contracts average 1,701 square feet at $174 per square foot, slightly below the 1,777 square feet and $184 that have been closing. If your home is larger or at the upper end of Groveport price range, price it against the pending group rather than the trailing closings and expect a somewhat longer runway.

How Groveport Compares Nearby

Pickerington — $463,638 average sale, 138 active, 83 pending, $184/sq ft
Grove City — $377,528 average sale, 159 active, 150 pending, $195/sq ft
Canal Winchester — $357,806 average sale, 106 active, 61 pending, $182/sq ft
Lockbourne — $333,416 average sale, 22 active, 4 pending, $178/sq ft
Columbus — $325,855 average sale, 2,045 active, 935 pending, $195/sq ft
Groveport — $311,613 average sale, 30 active, 22 pending, $184/sq ft
Reynoldsburg — $292,461 average sale, 96 active, 72 pending, $174/sq ft
Obetz — $228,548 average sale, 6 active, 4 pending, $163/sq ft

Groveport and Canal Winchester share the southeastern corner of Franklin County and price within $2 per square foot of each other — $184 against $182. The $46,193 difference in their average sale prices is almost entirely a difference in house size and new-construction share. Canal Winchester also has more than three times the active inventory, which is the practical reason a buyer working this side of the county should search both.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Groveport, Ohio?

Closed sales averaged $311,613 across 95 transactions, on homes averaging 1,777 square feet — about $184 per square foot. That places Groveport in the middle of Franklin County: above Reynoldsburg at $292,461, Obetz at $228,548 and Whitehall at $228,544, and below Columbus at $325,855, Lockbourne at $333,416, Canal Winchester at $357,806 and Grove City at $377,528.

Why does the average asking price show $422,636?

Because four of the 31 active records shown carry no square footage — land rather than houses — and one listing asks $1,800,000. Filtering to the 26 actual residential listings gives a median asking price of $319,750 and a mean of $377,927. The median is the number to use, and at $319,750 it sits only about 3% above the $311,613 closing average. Groveport asking prices are, in reality, close to its selling prices.

Is the 101% sale-to-list ratio for Groveport accurate?

Not quite. One closing is recorded as selling for $675,000 against a list price of $290,000 — a 233% ratio, which indicates a list price entered incorrectly rather than a sale at more than double asking. Correcting for that single record puts the citywide sale-to-list ratio at about 99.6% rather than 101.0%. The median individual sale closed at exactly 100.0% of ask, and 39 of the 50 detailed closings landed within five percentage points.

How many homes are for sale in Groveport?

Thirty active listings against 22 under contract — 1.36 active listings per pending sale. The median active listing has been available 42 days, though the range extends to one listing at 367 days.

How long do homes take to sell in Groveport?

Closed sales averaged 66 days on market and the 22 pending homes took 55 days to go under contract. Both are quicker than Columbus at 67 days and Grove City at 68, and roughly in line with Canal Winchester at 65.

What is the monthly payment on an average Groveport home?

On the $311,613 average sale price with 20% down ($62,323) at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $1,600 per month on a $249,290 loan. Franklin County property taxes, homeowners insurance and any association dues are additional.

Why is the pending average lower than the sold average?

The 22 homes under contract average $285,113 on 1,701 square feet at $174 per square foot, against closings at $311,613 on 1,777 square feet at $184. Current contracts are being written about $26,500 below the closing average on slightly smaller homes — a modest downshift rather than a dramatic one, but worth knowing if you are pricing a larger Groveport house.

How does Groveport compare to Canal Winchester and Obetz?

Canal Winchester, its neighbor to the east, averaged $357,806 at $182 per square foot with 106 active listings. Obetz, immediately west, averaged $228,548 at $163 with just six. Groveport at $311,613 and $184 per square foot sits between them on price and carries the highest per-foot figure of the three.

Where should I start if I am buying or selling in Groveport?

Start with live listing data, and use the residential median asking price of $319,750 rather than the citywide $422,636 average, which is carrying land listings and a $1.8 million outlier. The Groveport market report page updates as listings change status.

Get a Personalized Groveport Market Analysis

When two of the headline figures on a market summary need correcting before they can be used, a trailing comparative analysis is a poor guide to pricing. If you are weighing a move in or out of Groveport, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on your square footage, your subdivision and the real competition on the market this week.

Sources: Columbus MLS listing data as displayed on the Groveport, Ohio real estate market report, including individual listing and closing records used to separate land from residential listings and to identify one corrupted list-price entry; Columbus REALTORS July 2026 Central Ohio housing report; Ohio REALTORS July 2026 statewide housing report; Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, August 20, 2026. Market data changes daily; figures reflect the date of publication.

Christopher Lotte, Ohio REALTOR

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Sept. 6, 2026

Granville, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Granville Ohio real estate market report

Granville has 76 homes for sale and 19 under contract — four listings for every contract, in the most expensive established market in Licking County. Buyers here negotiated an average of $12,317 off the asking price, and the listings that remain have been on the market an average of 128 days. For a village of 5,999 with a historic center and a university, this is an unusually well-supplied market, and that supply is doing exactly what supply does.

Granville, Ohio — Market Snapshot
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Average Sale Price
76	19	128	$574,269
Average List (Sold)	Sale-to-List Ratio	Average Concession	Active Listings per Pending
$586,586	97.9%	−$12,317	4.0
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days on Market (Sold)	Monthly P&I at 6.65%
$226	2,651 sq ft	84 days	$2,949

Source: Columbus MLS data as displayed on the Granville market report, August 2026. Median figures computed from the individual closing records shown in detail — see the data note below.

Four Listings for Every Contract

A 4.0 ratio of active listings to pending sales is among the loosest readings in this Ohio series, behind Wellsville at 5.5 and Logan at 5.27. Most Central Ohio markets run between 1.0 and 2.0 — New Albany is at 1.5, Pataskala at 2.0, Newark at 1.5. Granville is at 4.0.

The consequences are exactly what supply theory predicts. Sellers are giving up $12,317 on average, closings finish at 97.9% of list, and the inventory ages: 128 days on the market for the average active listing. That last figure deserves a closer look, because it is not a statistical artifact. The 51 newest Granville listings have all been available 77 days or fewer. The remaining 25 have been sitting long enough to drag the citywide average past four months.

So there are two Granville inventories: a normal, recently listed group, and a stalled tier of roughly two dozen homes that the market has already passed on. Knowing which one a listing belongs to is worth more to a buyer than any other number in this report.

A Note on One Bad Record

One of the 128 closings is recorded with a list price of $1 against a sale price of $578,000. That is an MLS data entry error, and it produces a sale-to-list ratio for that row of more than 57,000,000%.

Its practical effect is to pull the citywide average list price down, which makes the published 97.9% sale-to-list ratio slightly better than reality. Correcting for it, the ratio is closer to 97.2%. Working from the individual records instead, the median Granville sale closed at exactly 100.0% of asking and 41 of the 50 detailed closings landed within five percentage points — so the typical well-priced house still gets its number. It is the market as a whole, weighted by the homes that had to cut, that lands under par.

The Listings Are Bigger and Pricier Than the Sales

The three segments:

Active — 76 listings, $643,167 average ask, 3,207 sq ft, $248/sq ft, 128 days on market
Pending — 19 under contract, $583,005 average list, 2,922 sq ft, $218/sq ft, 52 days to pending
Sold — 128 closings, $574,269 average sale, 2,651 sq ft, $226/sq ft, 84 days on market

The available inventory is 556 square feet larger than what has closed and asks $22 more per square foot. Normally larger homes carry lower per-foot prices, so this combination — bigger and more expensive per foot — is asking a lot of the market at once.

The pending group shows where business is actually being written: 2,922 square feet at $218 per square foot, going under contract in 52 days. That is the benchmark a Granville seller should be pricing against, and it sits $30 per foot below what the active listings are asking.

The Price Leader in Licking County

Granville against its county:

Alexandria — $737,944 average sale, $233/sq ft (9 closings)
Johnstown — $450,000 median residential sale ($624,842 citywide average, inflated by land transactions), $222/sq ft
Granville — $574,269, $226/sq ft
Hebron — $426,601, $204/sq ft
Pataskala — $417,982, $199/sq ft
Buckeye Lake — $316,611, $247/sq ft
Heath — $315,086, $186/sq ft
Newark — $294,110, $177/sq ft

Granville is the county highest-priced market on verified residential closings. Among markets with enough volume to be reliable, it and Johnstown are the county price leaders — and they share the same problem. Johnstown has 70 active listings against 26 pendings; Granville has 76 against 19. Licking County high end has considerably more supply than demand right now, at the same time that Newark and Heath below them are moving at a normal pace.

Ohio Context and What Financing Costs Today

Columbus REALTORS reported a Central Ohio median sale price of $350,000 for July 2026, up 2.3% year over year, on 3,083 closed sales with 6,193 active listings and a 2.4-month supply. Granville sells at roughly 1.6 times that regional median. Statewide, Ohio REALTORS reported a $285,000 July median with 3.72 months of supply — Granville is twice the state median on price and considerably looser on inventory.

Freddie Mac put the thirty-year fixed at 6.65% and the fifteen-year at 5.95% in its August 20, 2026 survey — a second consecutive weekly decline. At 6.65% with 20% down, the $574,269 average sale carries principal and interest of about $2,949 per month on a $459,415 loan. At the $643,167 average asking price it would be about $3,303. Licking County taxes and insurance are additional.

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Featured Granville Neighborhoods

Granville village and the surrounding township differ enormously in lot size, age and price, and the plats below have little in common beyond the school district. Current activity is showing up in these areas:

Ashcraft Acres · Brittany Woods · Carmarthen Woods · Carriage Hill · Condos At Erinwood · Donald Ross Village · Ellington Village · Erinwood Condos · Evergreen Hills · Fern Hill · Glen At Erinwood · Gran Knoll Heights · Granview Crossing · Granview Woods · Granville Village · Hickory Hills · High Meadow · Indian Hills · Lexington Woods · Manors At Ellington Village

What This Means If You Are Buying in Granville

Seventy-six listings is real selection in a village this size, and a market closing at 97.9% of ask with four-month-old inventory is one where a considered offer below list is normal rather than provocative.

Sort by days on market before you sort by anything else. Twenty-five of the 76 listings have been available longer than 77 days, and those are where the negotiating room lives. A listing that came on three weeks ago in a good part of the village is a different conversation entirely, and the pending data — 52 days to contract — says the well-priced homes are still moving at a normal pace.

Use $218 per square foot as your anchor, not $248. That is what the nineteen current contracts were written at. On a 3,000-square-foot house, the difference between those two numbers is about $90,000.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Granville

This is a market that punishes optimism. Your competition is 75 other listings, a quarter of which have already demonstrated that their prices do not work, and the buyer pool is producing about 19 contracts at a time.

The pricing evidence is unambiguous. Homes going under contract were priced at $218 per square foot; the active field asks $248. The closings landed at $226, after giving up $12,317 from asking. Anywhere near the top of that range and you are pricing into the stalled tier.

The encouraging half: the median individual sale still closed at exactly 100.0% of ask, and 41 of the 50 detailed sales finished within five points. Granville has not stopped paying fair prices for correctly priced homes. It has stopped paying ambitious ones, and it has enough inventory to be selective about the difference.

How Granville Compares Nearby

Alexandria — $737,944 average sale, 8 active, 7 pending, $233/sq ft
New Albany — $718,107 average sale, 73 active, 49 pending, $229/sq ft
Johnstown — $450,000 median residential sale, 70 active, 26 pending, $222/sq ft
Granville — $574,269 average sale, 76 active, 19 pending, $226/sq ft
Hebron — $426,601 average sale, 34 active, 11 pending, $204/sq ft
Pataskala — $417,982 average sale, 96 active, 48 pending, $199/sq ft
Heath — $315,086 average sale, 37 active, 16 pending, $186/sq ft
Newark — $294,110 average sale, 174 active, 117 pending, $177/sq ft

The comparison worth making is Granville against Newark, ten minutes east. Newark has 174 active listings and 117 homes under contract — a 1.5 ratio. Granville has 76 and 19 — a 4.0 ratio. Newark absorbs its inventory; Granville accumulates it. That difference, more than the $280,159 price gap between them, is what a seller in either market needs to understand.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Granville, Ohio?

Closed sales averaged $574,269 across 128 transactions, on homes averaging 2,651 square feet — about $226 per square foot. That makes Granville the most expensive established market in Licking County, ahead of Hebron at $426,601, Pataskala at $417,982, Heath at $315,086 and Newark at $294,110.

Is Granville a buyer market?

Yes, clearly. Seventy-six homes are listed against 19 under contract — 4.0 active listings per pending sale, one of the loosest inventory readings in this series. Closings finished at 97.9% of list, an average of $12,317 below asking, and the active listings have been available an average of 128 days.

How long do homes take to sell in Granville?

Closed sales averaged 84 days on market and homes under contract took 52 days to go pending. The active inventory averages 128 days — and that figure is real rather than a data artifact: the 51 newest listings have all been on the market 77 days or less, which means the other 25 have been sitting substantially longer.

Is there a data problem in the Granville figures?

One record. Among the 128 closings, a sale of $578,000 is recorded against a list price of $1, which mathematically produces a sale-to-list ratio of more than 57,000,000% for that row. Because it drags the average list price down, the published 97.9% citywide ratio is slightly overstated; corrected, it is closer to 97.2%. The median individual sale closed at exactly 100.0% of asking, and 41 of the 50 detailed closings landed within five percentage points.

What is the monthly payment on an average Granville home?

On the $574,269 average sale price with 20% down ($114,854) at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $2,949 per month on a $459,415 loan. Licking County property taxes, homeowners insurance and any association dues are additional.

Why are Granville active listings priced above what is selling?

The 76 active listings average 3,207 square feet and ask $248 per square foot; closings averaged 2,651 square feet at $226, and the 19 pending homes were priced at $218. The available inventory is both larger and more expensive per foot than what has been clearing, which is the straightforward explanation for a 128-day average time on market.

What makes Granville expensive relative to the rest of Licking County?

Granville is a small village of 5,999 with a historic center, Denison University, and a school district that draws buyers from across the county. Its housing stock skews larger and older than the county norm, and the market has been under additional pressure from the wider Licking County growth in recent years. The result is a market that prices with the Columbus suburbs rather than with Newark ten minutes east.

How does Granville compare to New Albany and Johnstown?

New Albany averaged $718,107 at $229 per square foot with 73 active listings against 49 pendings — a far more active market. Johnstown averaged $624,842 at $222 with 70 active against 26 pendings. Granville at $574,269 and $226 per square foot sits below both on price and shares Johnstown loose inventory picture rather than New Albany balanced one.

Where should I start if I am buying or selling in Granville?

Start with live listing data and with days on market. In a four-to-one market where a quarter of the listings have been available more than 77 days, the age of a listing tells you more about your negotiating position than any citywide average. The Granville market report page updates as listings change status.

Get a Personalized Granville Market Analysis

In a market with four listings for every contract and a stalled tier of two dozen homes, pricing is not a formality — it is the whole outcome. If you are weighing a move in or out of Granville, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on your specific competition this week, your square footage and your position in the village or the township, along with a realistic marketing timeline.

Sources: Columbus MLS listing data as displayed on the Granville, Ohio real estate market report, including individual closing records used to compute median figures and identify one corrupted list-price entry; Columbus REALTORS July 2026 Central Ohio housing report; Ohio REALTORS July 2026 statewide housing report; Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, August 20, 2026. Market data changes daily; figures reflect the date of publication.

Christopher Lotte, Ohio REALTOR

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Sept. 6, 2026

Rittman, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Rittman Ohio real estate market report

Rittman has nine homes for sale and thirteen under contract — and the thirteen under contract are 621 square feet larger and $65,438 more expensive than what has been closing. Add active listings averaging just 23 days on market and pendings that went under contract in 26, and this Wayne County city of 6,044 looks like a market that has tightened and moved up-market at the same time.

Rittman, Ohio — Market Snapshot
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Median Sale Price
9	13	40	$190,000
Average Sale Price	Sale-to-List Ratio	Average List (Pending)	Active Listings per Pending
$221,731	100.9% (+$2,049)	$287,169	0.69
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days on Market (Sold)	Days to Pending
$153	1,409 sq ft	60 days	26 days

Source: MLS Now data as displayed on the Rittman market report, August 2026. All 40 closings are shown individually, so median figures reflect the full sold population.

Use the Median, Not the Average

Rittman closings averaged $221,731 and had a median of $190,000. A $31,731 gap on a market this size means a handful of large transactions are carrying the mean — sales in the detailed records ran from $44,000 to $1,250,000, and a single seven-figure sale in a forty-sale market adds roughly $26,000 to the average all by itself.

For a buyer or a seller trying to understand what a normal Rittman house costs, $190,000 is the number. At 20% down and 6.65%, that finances for about $976 a month in principal and interest — one of the more accessible entry points anywhere in Wayne or Medina County.

The Market Has Tightened and Traded Up

Two things are happening at once, and both show up in the segment comparison:

Active — 9 listings, $276,188 average ask, 1,750 sq ft, $179/sq ft, 23 days on market
Pending — 13 under contract, $287,169 average list, 2,030 sq ft, $152/sq ft, 26 days to pending
Sold — 40 closings, $221,731 average sale, 1,409 sq ft, $153/sq ft, 60 days on market

First, supply has gone negative in the practical sense: thirteen homes are spoken for against nine available. That is 0.69 active listings per pending sale, one of the tighter readings in this series.

Second, and more interesting, the homes going under contract are substantially larger than the ones that have been closing — 2,030 square feet against 1,409. Buyers are not paying more per foot; the pending group agreed to $152 against a $153 closing average. They are buying more house. Whether that reflects a genuine shift in the buyer pool or simply the mix of what has come to market this season, it means a Rittman seller with a larger home is meeting demand rather than fighting it.

The speed reinforces the picture. Twenty-three days is the average age of the current listings and 26 days is what the pendings took. The 60-day closed average describes a slower market than the one operating now.

The Value End of Wayne County

Rittman is the least expensive market in its immediate area, and the reason is house size rather than price per foot:

Wadsworth — $368,233 average sale, $166/sq ft
Doylestown — $357,623, $161/sq ft
Seville — $347,151, $188/sq ft
Wooster — $287,722, $158/sq ft
Lodi — $279,405, $154/sq ft
Orrville — $278,641, $156/sq ft
Creston — $258,764, $153/sq ft
Rittman — $221,731 average, $190,000 median, $153/sq ft

Notice how narrow the per-foot band is: $153 in Rittman against $158 in Wooster and $156 in Orrville. Rittman is not a discounted market on a per-foot basis. It simply sells smaller houses — 1,409 square feet on average, against roughly 1,800 in Orrville — and that difference is nearly the whole price gap.

For a buyer, that has a clear implication. If square footage is the priority, the money goes further in Wooster or Orrville. If entry price and monthly payment are the priority, Rittman is the answer in Wayne County.

Ohio Context and What Financing Costs Today

Ohio REALTORS reported a statewide median sale price of $285,000 for July 2026, up 3.6% year over year, on 12,723 closed sales against 39,641 active listings and 3.72 months of supply. Rittman median of $190,000 runs about a third below the state figure, while its inventory position — 0.69 active listings per pending — is dramatically tighter than the statewide 3.72 months of supply implies.

Freddie Mac put the thirty-year fixed at 6.65% and the fifteen-year at 5.95% in its August 20, 2026 survey — a second consecutive weekly decline. At 6.65% with 20% down, the $190,000 median sale carries principal and interest of about $976 per month on a $152,000 loan; the $221,731 average works out to about $1,139. Wayne County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional.

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What This Means If You Are Buying in Rittman

Nine listings and a 23-day average age means you are looking at a market where inventory arrives and leaves quickly. Financing arranged in advance is not optional here; a house you find on a Saturday may be under contract by the following weekend.

Expect to pay asking price. The market closed at 100.9% of list, and the median sale finished at exactly 100.0%. With more homes under contract than available, there is no structural reason for a seller to accept less on a well-priced home.

On value, read the per-foot numbers carefully. The active listings ask $179 per square foot while the market pays $153 and the pending group agreed to $152. With only nine listings, that active average is noisy — but it is worth checking any individual listing against the $153 benchmark before assuming its price is market.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Rittman

You have eight competitors and thirteen buyers already committed elsewhere. That is about as favorable a supply position as this series records, and it is reflected in the 100.9% sale-to-list ratio and the 26-day pending times.

If your home is on the larger side, the pending data is unusually encouraging. The 13 current contracts average 2,030 square feet — 621 more than the typical closing. Demand has moved toward larger homes, and a seller with one is meeting the market rather than waiting for it.

The discipline to keep is on price per foot. At $153, Rittman prices within a few dollars of Wooster and Orrville, and a listing that asks $179 is asking Seville money in a Rittman market. Price at the level that is clearing and the speed will take care of itself.

How Rittman Compares Nearby

Wadsworth — $368,233 average sale, 31 active, 43 pending, $166/sq ft
Doylestown — $357,623 average sale, 6 active, 8 pending, $161/sq ft
Seville — $347,151 average sale, 10 active, 7 pending, $188/sq ft
Wooster — $287,722 average sale, 68 active, 47 pending, $158/sq ft
Lodi — $279,405 average sale, 8 active, 7 pending, $154/sq ft
Orrville — $278,641 average sale, 9 active, 12 pending, $156/sq ft
Creston — $258,764 average sale, 4 active, 4 pending, $153/sq ft
Rittman — $221,731 average sale, 9 active, 13 pending, $153/sq ft
Barberton — $194,145 average sale, 36 active, 40 pending, $132/sq ft

Rittman and Orrville are the two tightest small markets in Wayne County — nine active listings apiece, with 13 and 12 pendings respectively. They price within $3 per square foot of each other. The difference is scale: Orrville sells homes averaging roughly 400 square feet larger, which is nearly the entire $56,910 gap in their average sale prices.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Rittman, Ohio?

Closed sales averaged $221,731 across 40 transactions, but the median sale was $190,000. That $31,731 gap comes from a small number of high-value sales, including one at $1,250,000, so the median is the better description of a typical Rittman house. Homes averaged 1,409 square feet at about $153 per square foot.

Is Rittman a seller market?

Yes, on the clearest measure available. Thirteen homes are under contract against only nine listed for sale — 0.69 active listings per pending sale, meaning more Rittman homes are spoken for than are available. Closings finished at 100.9% of list, $2,049 above asking on average.

Are Rittman buyers trading up?

The data suggests so. The 13 homes under contract average 2,030 square feet and $287,169, against closings averaging 1,409 square feet and $221,731. Buyers are going under contract on homes about 621 square feet larger and $65,438 more expensive than what has been closing. Pending figures are list prices rather than agreed sale prices, but a gap that size across 13 contracts is a real signal.

How fast do homes sell in Rittman?

Very fast right now. The nine active listings have been on the market an average of 23 days and the 13 pending homes went under contract in 26 days — against a 60-day average for closed sales. Both forward-looking measures are less than half the backward-looking one.

What is the monthly payment on a Rittman home?

On the $190,000 median sale price with 20% down ($38,000) at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $976 per month. On the $221,731 average the figure is about $1,139. Wayne County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional.

How does Rittman compare to Wooster and Orrville?

Rittman is the value end of Wayne County. Wooster averaged $287,722 at $158 per square foot across 188 closings; Orrville $278,641 at $156; Rittman $221,731 at $153 with a $190,000 median. The per-foot prices are close together — Rittman simply sells smaller houses, which is what produces the price gap.

How many homes are for sale in Rittman?

Nine. For a city of 6,044 that is a very short list, and it is fewer than the 13 homes already under contract. Buyers looking specifically in Rittman should expect to watch the market rather than shop it.

Why are the active listings asking $179 per square foot?

The nine active listings average 1,750 square feet and $276,188, or $179 per square foot — well above the $153 the market has been paying and the $152 the pending group agreed to. Smaller inventories produce noisier averages, and with only nine listings a single ambitious price moves the figure substantially. The pending number is the more reliable guide.

Where should I start if I am buying or selling in Rittman?

Start with live listing data. With nine active listings, 13 pendings and a market where the average and median sale prices differ by more than $31,000, citywide figures move quickly and describe a wide range of houses. The Rittman market report page updates as listings change status.

Get a Personalized Rittman Market Analysis

A nine-listing market where the average and median sale prices differ by $31,731 is one where citywide figures move week to week and describe a very wide range of houses. If you are weighing a move in or out of Rittman, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on your square footage, your condition and the specific competition on the market this week.

Sources: MLS Now listing data as displayed on the Rittman, Ohio real estate market report, including individual closing records used to compute median figures; Ohio REALTORS July 2026 statewide housing report; Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, August 20, 2026. Market data changes daily; figures reflect the date of publication.

Christopher Lotte, Ohio REALTOR

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Sept. 6, 2026

Martins Ferry, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Martins Ferry Ohio real estate market report

The average Martins Ferry home costs $677 a month in principal and interest. That is among the lowest figures in this entire Ohio series — below Campbell at $713, below Warrensville Heights at $768. And the homes currently for sale are cheaper still: the median active asking price is $89,000, against a median sale of $133,500. In almost every market covered here the available inventory is priced above the closings. In Martins Ferry it is priced a third below them.

Martins Ferry, Ohio — Market Snapshot
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Average Sale Price
21	12	40	$131,889
Median Sale Price	Sale-to-List Ratio	Median Active Asking Price	Active Listings per Pending
$133,500	96.2% (−$5,264)	$89,000	1.75
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days on Market (Sold)	Monthly P&I at 6.65%
$101	1,358 sq ft	83 days	$677

Source: MLS Now data as displayed on the Martins Ferry market report, August 2026. All 40 closings are shown individually, so median sale figures reflect the full sold population. Fourteen of those records are missing at least one data field.

Among the Most Affordable Markets in the Series

Forty closings, an average of $131,889 and a median of $133,500 — within $1,700 of each other, across sales ranging from $21,000 to $360,000. The middle of this market is genuinely at $133,500; it is not an average dragged down by a handful of distressed transfers.

At $677 a month in principal and interest, Martins Ferry is one of the least expensive markets to finance in this series, alongside Mingo Junction at $625. Two practical notes belong with that figure. First, at this price level taxes and insurance are a much larger share of the total payment than a suburban buyer would expect, so the mortgage number alone understates the cost of ownership. Second, financing itself is a live question: many lenders apply minimum loan amounts, and a mortgage near $105,000 — or the roughly $71,000 that the median listing would require — sits at or below the threshold where some programs become impractical. Confirm what you can actually borrow before you shop.

The Inventory Is Cheaper Than the Sales

This is the genuinely unusual feature of the Martins Ferry market:

Active — 21 listings, $98,572 average ask, 1,532 sq ft, $83/sq ft; median ask $89,000, range $20,000 to $229,900
Pending — 12 under contract, $154,500 average list, 1,397 sq ft, $103/sq ft, 61 days to pending
Sold — 40 closings, $131,889 average sale, 1,358 sq ft, $101/sq ft, 83 days on market

Active listings ask $18 per square foot less than the market has been paying, on homes that are actually larger than what has sold. That inverts the pattern found almost everywhere else in this series.

The explanation is composition rather than a falling market. Seven of the 22 active records shown carry no square footage — land and parcels rather than houses — and the asking range starts at $20,000. A meaningful share of what is listed is at the very bottom of the market, and it drags the active average below a sold population that consists largely of habitable houses. Note that the pending group, at $154,500 and $103 per square foot, is priced above the closings, which is the more normal relationship and probably the better forward indicator.

Condition Decides Everything Here

Sale-to-list ratios in Martins Ferry ran from 57% to 109%, and only 21 of the 40 closings landed within five percentage points of asking. That is one of the widest dispersions this series has recorded, and it is the statistical fingerprint of a market where each transaction is negotiated on the specific condition of the specific house rather than against a prevailing market rate.

The citywide 96.2% average, an average concession of $5,264, is real but it conceals that spread. Some sellers here got essentially their price; others took forty percent off. Roof, furnace, electrical service, foundation and sewer condition are what separate the two groups, and in a market where the median sale is $133,500, a single major system represents a large share of the purchase price.

Speed is one thing Martins Ferry has going for it. Eighty-three days is faster than Steubenville at 96, Bridgeport at 105, Barnesville at 108, Bellaire at 110 and Shadyside at 135. The current pendings went under contract in 61 days.

Ohio Context and What Financing Costs Today

Ohio REALTORS reported a statewide median sale price of $285,000 for July 2026, up 3.6% year over year, on 12,723 closed sales against 39,641 active listings and 3.72 months of supply. Martins Ferry sells at roughly 47% of the state median — among the widest discounts to the statewide figure recorded in this series.

Freddie Mac put the thirty-year fixed at 6.65% and the fifteen-year at 5.95% in its August 20, 2026 survey — a second consecutive weekly decline. At 6.65% with 20% down, the $131,889 average sale carries principal and interest of about $677 per month; the $133,500 median works out to about $686. Belmont County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional.

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What This Means If You Are Buying in Martins Ferry

Get the financing question answered first. At a median listing price of $89,000, the loan you need may be smaller than some lenders will write, and finding that out after you have an accepted offer is an expensive way to learn it.

Then spend on inspection what you saved on price. With sale-to-list ratios running from 57% to 109%, condition is the entire variable in this market. A house that needs a roof, a furnace and a service upgrade at a $130,000 purchase price is a different proposition than the same list of items on a $400,000 house, and the arithmetic can go badly wrong quickly.

On selection, note what the active inventory actually is. The median listing at $89,000 with seven of 22 records carrying no square footage means a good portion of what is available is land or very low-end property. The houses that trade at the $133,500 median are a narrower set than the listing count suggests.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Martins Ferry

You are selling into a market that moves faster than its Ohio Valley neighbors — 83 days against 105 to 135 in most of them — but one where buyers negotiate an average of $5,264 off the asking price.

Condition is your leverage, and it is worth more here proportionally than in an expensive market. The sales that closed near or above asking were the ones that gave a buyer nothing to negotiate about. If you can address the obvious mechanical items before listing, do it; the return at this price point is unusually direct.

Price against the closings, not the listings. The active inventory averages $98,572 because much of it is land and bottom-end property. If you own a sound house in the $130,000 range, the sold data — not the listing data — is your comparable set.

How Martins Ferry Compares Nearby

Barnesville — $211,000 average sale, 7 active, 6 pending, $113/sq ft
Steubenville — $178,995 average sale, 55 active, 28 pending, $110/sq ft
Bellaire — $163,344 average sale, 8 active, 10 pending, $94/sq ft
Shadyside — $151,600 average sale, 13 active, 8 pending, $111/sq ft
Martins Ferry — $131,889 average sale, 21 active, 12 pending, $101/sq ft
Bridgeport — $120,075 average sale, 18 active, 11 pending, $80/sq ft
Powhatan Point — $118,875 average sale, 2 active, 3 pending, $73/sq ft

The instructive comparison is Bellaire, four miles down the river. Bellaire averages $31,455 more per sale but does it at $94 per square foot against Martins Ferry $101, and takes 110 days to sell against 83. Martins Ferry is the smaller-house, faster-turnover market of the two — and it has more than twice the inventory to choose from.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Martins Ferry, Ohio?

Closed sales averaged $131,889 with a median of $133,500 across 40 transactions — the two agree closely, so the average is a fair description of the market. At about $101 per square foot on homes averaging 1,358 square feet, Martins Ferry is among the most affordable markets covered in this Ohio series.

What is the monthly payment on a home in Martins Ferry?

On the $131,889 average sale price with 20% down ($26,378) at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $677 per month on a $105,511 loan — the lowest figure in this series. Belmont County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional and, at this price point, represent a much larger share of the total housing payment than they would in a suburban market.

Why are the active listings cheaper than the homes that sold?

This is unusual and worth understanding. The 21 active listings average $98,572 and ask $83 per square foot, while closings averaged $131,889 at $101 per square foot. In nearly every market in this series the available inventory is priced above the closings. Here it is priced well below — the median active asking price is $89,000 against a $133,500 median sale. Seven of the 22 listings shown carry no square footage, and the range starts at $20,000, so a significant share of the current inventory is at the very bottom end of the market.

Do sellers get their asking price in Martins Ferry?

Not usually. The 40 closings finished at 96.2% of list, an average concession of $5,264, and the median individual sale closed at 98.1% of ask. Only 21 of the 40 landed within five percentage points of asking, and results ranged from 57% to 109% — one of the widest dispersions in this series, which is what happens when condition varies enormously from house to house.

How long do homes take to sell in Martins Ferry?

Closed sales averaged 83 days on market, faster than most of the surrounding Ohio Valley: Steubenville 96 days, Bridgeport 105, Barnesville 108, Bellaire 110, Shadyside 135. The 12 homes under contract took 61 days to go pending, which is quicker still.

How many homes are for sale in Martins Ferry?

Twenty-one active listings against 12 under contract — 1.75 active listings per pending sale. Asking prices run from $20,000 to $229,900 with a median of $89,000, and the median listing has been available 74 days.

Can I get a mortgage on a house this inexpensive?

It is a real question at this price level and worth answering before you shop. Many lenders apply minimum loan amounts, and a mortgage in the $70,000 to $105,000 range sits near or below the threshold where some loan programs become impractical or uneconomic for the lender. Confirm what financing is actually available to you, and on what terms, before making offers.

How does Martins Ferry compare to nearby Ohio Valley markets?

It sits toward the bottom of the range on price and near the top on speed. Barnesville averages $211,000, Steubenville $178,995, Bellaire $163,344, Shadyside $151,600, Martins Ferry $131,889, Bridgeport $120,075 and Powhatan Point $118,875. On price per square foot Martins Ferry $101 sits mid-pack, below Barnesville $113 and Shadyside $111 but above Bellaire $94, Bridgeport $80 and Powhatan Point $73.

Where should I start if I am buying or selling in Martins Ferry?

Start with the individual properties rather than the averages. Fourteen of the 40 closing records are missing at least one data field, sale-to-list ratios range from 57% to 109%, and asking prices span more than a tenfold range. In a market like this the house itself determines the number. The Martins Ferry market report page updates as listings change status.

Get a Personalized Martins Ferry Market Analysis

In a market where sale-to-list ratios span 57% to 109% and a third of the closing records carry incomplete data, no citywide figure will price a specific house. If you are weighing a purchase or a sale in Martins Ferry, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on the property itself — its systems, its condition and its street — along with a candid view of what financing is realistically available at this price level.

Sources: MLS Now listing data as displayed on the Martins Ferry, Ohio real estate market report, including individual listing and closing records used to compute median figures; Ohio REALTORS July 2026 statewide housing report; Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, August 20, 2026. Market data changes daily; figures reflect the date of publication.

Christopher Lotte, Ohio REALTOR

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Sept. 6, 2026

Belpre, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Belpre Ohio real estate market report

Belpre sold homes at $126 per square foot. Its pending contracts were written at $130. Its active listings ask $131. A five-dollar spread across all three segments is one of the tightest alignments recorded anywhere in this Ohio series — most markets show a gap of $15 to $30 between what sellers ask and what buyers pay. Belpre is also the fastest-selling market in southeastern Ohio, at 88 days against 118 in Marietta and 154 in McConnelsville. Honest pricing and quick turnover are the same story told twice.

Belpre, Ohio — Market Snapshot
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Average Sale Price
22	13	53	$228,956
Average List (Sold)	Sale-to-List Ratio	Median Active Asking Price	Active Listings per Pending
$232,239	98.6% (−$3,283)	$250,000	1.69
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days on Market (Sold)	Monthly P&I at 6.65%
$126	1,923 sq ft	88 days	$1,176

Source: MLS Now data as displayed on the Belpre market report, August 2026. Median figures computed from the individual listing and closing records shown in detail. Thirteen of the 53 closing records are missing at least one data field.

The Most Accurately Priced Market in the Region

Most of the markets in this series show a meaningful gap between asking prices and clearing prices. Canfield listings ask 15% more per square foot than the market pays. Obetz listings ask $14 more. Fairlawn listings ask $30 more.

Belpre listings ask $5 more:

Active — 22 listings, $267,940 average ask, 2,156 sq ft, $131/sq ft
Pending — 13 under contract, $250,707 average list, 1,860 sq ft, $130/sq ft
Sold — 53 closings, $228,956 average sale, 1,923 sq ft, $126/sq ft

That alignment has a practical payoff, and it shows up in the sale-to-list data: the median Belpre sale closed at exactly 100.0% of asking, and 33 of the 50 detailed closings landed within five points. When sellers price at the market, buyers pay the price.

It also explains the speed. A market where listings are priced where buyers are shopping is a market that clears, and Belpre 88-day average is the quickest in southeastern Ohio by a clear margin.

The Cheapest Square Foot in Southeastern Ohio

Per-foot pricing across the region:

Coshocton — $143/sq ft
McConnelsville — $139/sq ft
Cambridge — $138/sq ft
Marietta and Caldwell — $130/sq ft
Belpre — $126/sq ft

On total price the ordering is different — Belpre $228,956 sits above Caldwell at $215,306, Coshocton at $194,026 and McConnelsville at $189,592, and below Marietta at $255,121. Belpre houses are a bit larger than the regional norm, which is why a low per-foot price still produces a mid-range average.

The $1,176 monthly principal and interest payment on that average sale is the number that matters most to a buyer, and in a region where the state median of $285,000 is out of reach for many households, it is what keeps this market moving.

A River Town With a Two-State Job Market

Belpre sits on the Ohio River directly across from Parkersburg, West Virginia, and the practical employment market spans both sides. That is unusual among the cities in this series, and it matters for how the housing market behaves: buyers here are choosing between Ohio and West Virginia addresses within the same commute, and the comparison includes two different state tax regimes.

It also affects the composition of the inventory. Asking prices among the current listings run from $89,900 to $525,000, four of the 23 records shown carry no square footage — land rather than housing — and the oldest listing has been available 348 days. The median active listing, by contrast, has been on the market only 38 days.

One item to check early on any Belpre purchase: river proximity means flood zone designation is a live question on some parcels, and it affects both insurance cost and financing. Establish it before an offer, not during underwriting.

Ohio Context and What Financing Costs Today

Ohio REALTORS reported a statewide median sale price of $285,000 for July 2026, up 3.6% year over year, on 12,723 closed sales against 39,641 active listings and 3.72 months of supply. Belpre sells about 20% below the state median, which is broadly typical for the southeastern quarter of Ohio.

Freddie Mac put the thirty-year fixed at 6.65% and the fifteen-year at 5.95% in its August 20, 2026 survey — a second consecutive weekly decline. At 6.65% with 20% down, the $228,956 average sale carries principal and interest of about $1,176 per month on a $183,165 loan. At the $250,707 average pending list price it is about $1,288. Washington County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional.

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What This Means If You Are Buying in Belpre

The good news is that listing prices here mean something. A $5 per-foot spread between asking and closing means you can shop the active inventory with reasonable confidence that the numbers on the listings reflect the market. That is not true in most of the markets this series has covered.

The consequence is that deep discounts are not available on well-priced homes. The median sale closed at exactly asking. Where leverage exists is on the tail — the oldest active listing has been available 348 days, well past the 38-day median, and listings in that group are the ones with genuine room.

Do the two-state comparison honestly. If Parkersburg or Vienna, West Virginia are equally practical for your commute, the full cost comparison includes state income tax, property tax and insurance — not just the purchase price. Belpre competes directly with the West Virginia side, and the right answer varies by household.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Belpre

Belpre sellers are, collectively, doing this right — and that sets the standard you have to meet. With the active inventory asking only $5 per foot above the closing average, an ambitious price will stand out immediately as the outlier rather than blending into a field of optimistic listings.

Price at the market and expect 88 days. That is faster than anywhere else in southeastern Ohio, and it is a direct consequence of the pricing discipline visible in this data. The 98.6% sale-to-list ratio says you will give up about $3,300 in negotiation on a typical sale.

If your home has any flood zone exposure, get the documentation in hand before listing. In a river market, an unanswered flood question at the inspection stage costs more time than the answer itself ever would.

How Belpre Compares Nearby

Marietta — $255,121 average sale, 55 active, 33 pending, $130/sq ft, 118 days
Cambridge — $238,919 average sale, 49 active, 40 pending, $138/sq ft, 102 days
Belpre — $228,956 average sale, 22 active, 13 pending, $126/sq ft, 88 days
Caldwell — $215,306 average sale, 8 active, 10 pending, $130/sq ft, 84 days
Coshocton — $194,026 average sale, 69 active, 23 pending, $143/sq ft, 104 days
McConnelsville — $189,592 average sale, 29 active, 11 pending, $139/sq ft, 154 days

The comparison worth making is Marietta, fifteen minutes upriver. Marietta averages $26,165 more per sale at $4 more per square foot, and it takes a full month longer to sell — 118 days against 88. Marietta is the bigger market with more inventory and more character in its housing stock; Belpre is the one where a correctly priced house moves.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Belpre, Ohio?

Closed sales averaged $228,956 across 53 transactions, on homes averaging 1,923 square feet — about $126 per square foot. That is the lowest price per square foot among the southeastern Ohio markets in this series: Marietta and Caldwell are $130, Cambridge $138, McConnelsville $139 and Coshocton $143.

How long do homes take to sell in Belpre?

Closed sales averaged 88 days on market — the fastest in southeastern Ohio. Marietta averages 118 days, McConnelsville 154, Coshocton 104 and Cambridge 102. The median active listing has been available 38 days, and homes under contract took 88 days to go pending.

Are Belpre homes priced accurately?

More accurately than almost anywhere in this series. Closings happened at $126 per square foot, homes under contract were priced at $130, and active listings ask $131 — a spread of just $5 per square foot across all three segments. In most markets covered here that gap runs $15 to $30. Belpre sellers, as a group, are asking roughly what buyers are paying.

Do sellers get their asking price in Belpre?

Close to it. The 53 closings finished at 98.6% of list, an average concession of $3,283, and the median individual sale closed at exactly 100.0% of ask. Thirty-three of the 50 detailed closings landed within five percentage points, with results ranging from 70% to 113%.

How many homes are for sale in Belpre?

Twenty-two active listings against 13 under contract — 1.69 active listings per pending sale. Asking prices run from $89,900 to $525,000 with a median of $250,000, and four of the 23 listings shown in detail carry no square footage, indicating land rather than houses.

What is the monthly payment on a Belpre home?

On the $228,956 average sale price with 20% down ($45,791) at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $1,176 per month on a $183,165 loan. Washington County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional, and any property near the Ohio River should be checked for flood zone designation before an offer is written.

How does Belpre compare to Marietta?

Marietta, fifteen minutes northeast, averaged $255,121 across 113 closings at $130 per square foot — but takes 118 days to sell a house against Belpre 88. Belpre is the cheaper and faster market; Marietta is the larger one, with 55 active listings to Belpre 22.

What drives the Belpre housing market?

Belpre sits on the Ohio River directly across from Parkersburg, West Virginia, and the regional employment market spans both sides of the river. That cross-border orientation, plus a housing stock of modest size and age, is the practical explanation for a market that is both inexpensive per square foot and faster-moving than its inland Ohio neighbors.

Where should I start if I am buying or selling in Belpre?

Start with live listing data. Thirteen of the 53 closing records are missing at least one data field, and the active inventory mixes houses with land, so the citywide averages need care. The Belpre market report page updates as listings change status.

Get a Personalized Belpre Market Analysis

Thirteen of the 53 closing records here are missing data fields, and the active inventory blends houses with land, so citywide figures need interpretation. If you are weighing a purchase or a sale in Belpre, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on your property, its flood zone status and its actual competition — including an honest comparison against the West Virginia side of the river if that is part of your decision.

Sources: MLS Now listing data as displayed on the Belpre, Ohio real estate market report, including individual listing and closing records used to compute median figures; Ohio REALTORS July 2026 statewide housing report; Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, August 20, 2026. Market data changes daily; figures reflect the date of publication.

Christopher Lotte, Ohio REALTOR

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Sept. 6, 2026

Pepper Pike, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Pepper Pike Ohio real estate market report

Pepper Pike is the first market in this Ohio series to average over $1,000,000. Thirty-one closings, an average sale price of $1,009,258, a median of $940,500, and homes averaging 4,888 square feet. What makes it interesting is not the price level but the precision: across those 31 sales, the average seller asked $1,010,480 and received $1,009,258 — a gap of $1,222. At the top of the Cleveland market, buyers and sellers are agreeing almost exactly.

Pepper Pike, Ohio — Market Snapshot
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Average Sale Price
10	7	31	$1,009,258
Median Sale Price	Average List (Sold)	Sale-to-List Ratio	Active Listings per Pending
$940,500	$1,010,480	99.9% (−$1,222)	1.43
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days on Market (Sold)	Monthly P&I at 6.65%
$209	4,888 sq ft	88 days	$5,183

Source: MLS Now data as displayed on the Pepper Pike market report, August 2026. All 31 closings are shown individually, so median figures reflect the full sold population.

The Most Expensive Market in the Series

Across more than a hundred Ohio cities covered so far, no other market averages seven figures. Pepper Pike does, and it does so on a genuinely broad set of transactions — 31 sales ranging from $319,000 to $1,913,000, with a median of $940,500 sitting close enough to the $1,009,258 mean that neither figure is being distorted by a handful of outliers.

Against its eastern Cuyahoga peers:

Pepper Pike — $1,009,258 average sale
Moreland Hills — $864,205
Beachwood — $668,827
Chagrin Falls — $656,348
Solon — $543,510
Shaker Heights — $365,734

At $5,183 a month in principal and interest on the average sale — before Cuyahoga County taxes and insurance, which are not small at this price level — Pepper Pike is also the most expensive market in this series to finance, by a wide margin.

It Is the Biggest House, Not the Priciest Foot

Pepper Pike sells at $209 per square foot. That is high, but it is not the highest on the east side:

Moreland Hills — $219/sq ft
Pepper Pike — $209/sq ft
Chagrin Falls — $207/sq ft
Beachwood — $193/sq ft
Solon — $168/sq ft
Shaker Heights — $138/sq ft

The million-dollar average comes from square footage: 4,888 square feet per closing, on the large-lot pattern the community was developed around. Pepper Pike costs 51% more than Beachwood per sale but only 8% more per square foot. A buyer comparing the two is comparing house sizes far more than price levels.

That distinction also matters for anyone reading a Pepper Pike comparative analysis. Per-foot pricing here is roughly in line with the wider Chagrin corridor. What is not in line — and what the price reflects — is the scale of the housing stock and the land it sits on.

Ten Listings, and They Are Larger Still

The three segments:

Active — 10 listings, $1,468,780 average ask, 6,393 sq ft, $263/sq ft, 116 days on market
Pending — 7 under contract, $944,700 average list, 5,380 sq ft, $191/sq ft, 94 days to pending
Sold — 31 closings, $1,009,258 average sale, 4,888 sq ft, $209/sq ft, 88 days on market

The available inventory is 1,505 square feet larger than what has been closing and asks $54 more per square foot. That is a substantial step up in both scale and per-foot pricing, and it is the reason those ten listings have been on the market an average of 116 days.

The pending group is the more instructive number for anyone pricing a home. Seven contracts at $191 per square foot on 5,380 square feet — larger houses than the closings, at a lower per-foot price. The pattern is consistent with what this series has found across the region: above a certain size, per-foot pricing softens because the buyer pool thins.

Ohio Context and What Financing Costs Today

Ohio REALTORS reported a statewide median sale price of $285,000 for July 2026, up 3.6% year over year, on 12,723 closed sales against 39,641 active listings and 3.72 months of supply. Pepper Pike median sale of $940,500 is 3.3 times the state median — the widest premium recorded in this series.

Freddie Mac put the thirty-year fixed at 6.65% and the fifteen-year at 5.95% in its August 20, 2026 survey — a second consecutive weekly decline. At 6.65% with 20% down, the $1,009,258 average sale carries principal and interest of about $5,183 per month. Two notes specific to this price point: loans above the conforming limit price and underwrite differently from conventional financing, and Cuyahoga County property taxes on a million-dollar assessment are a major monthly line item. Both should be quantified before a price range is set, not after.

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Featured Pepper Pike Neighborhoods

Pepper Pike lot sizes and house vintages vary widely across the plats below, and the difference between an original mid-century estate parcel and a newer infill development is worth far more than any citywide average conveys:

Belcourt Acres Resub · Brainard Hills · Brandywood Drive · Cambridge Essts · Cambridge Estate · Deer Creek · Deer Crk Colony · Edgewood Trace · Eton Place · Fairmount Cedar Acres · Henry Jenciks Pine Tree · Heritage Lane · Hollingbrook Acres · Huntington Hollow · Joseph Friedman · Lamprecht Estates · Lanark Lane · Landerwood Estates · Landerwood Swim And Tennis · Landerwood Swim Club

What This Means If You Are Buying in Pepper Pike

Ten listings means the market will not hand you a choice — it will hand you one or two candidates at a time. Marketing periods of three to four months work in your favor here: there is rarely a reason to rush a decision on a $1.4 million listing that has been available since spring.

Use the pending data as your pricing anchor. Seven contracts written at $191 per square foot, against active listings asking $263, is the most useful number in this report. On a 5,000-square-foot house that difference is roughly $360,000. Establish which side of that gap a given listing sits on before you form an opinion about its price.

And look at Moreland Hills alongside it. Same Orange school district, $864,205 average sale, $219 per square foot, seven active listings. The two communities are close enough that limiting a search to one of them cuts the available inventory roughly in half.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Pepper Pike

The 99.9% sale-to-list ratio is the most encouraging figure a seller in this market could ask for: it says a correctly priced Pepper Pike house closes at its number. The median sale finished at exactly 100.0% of ask.

The corollary is that this market does not reward ambition. The ten active listings asking $263 per square foot have been sitting an average of 116 days, while the seven homes that went under contract did so at $191. In a market producing about 31 sales a year, a mispriced listing does not merely take longer — it can miss an entire selling season.

If your home is at the larger end, price on the pending logic rather than the closed average. Larger houses here sell at lower per-foot numbers, and a listing that ignores that will be competing against homes offering the same square footage for less.

How Pepper Pike Compares Nearby

Pepper Pike — $1,009,258 average sale, 10 active, 7 pending, $209/sq ft
Moreland Hills — $864,205 average sale, 7 active, 6 pending, $219/sq ft
Beachwood — $668,827 average sale, 19 active, 12 pending, $193/sq ft
Chagrin Falls — $656,348 average sale, 34 active, 27 pending, $207/sq ft
Solon — $543,510 average sale, 40 active, 38 pending, $168/sq ft
Highland Heights — $542,553 average sale, 12 active, 10 pending, $165/sq ft
Shaker Heights — $365,734 average sale, 82 active, 21 pending, $138/sq ft
Mayfield Heights — $270,602 average sale, 19 active, 23 pending, $153/sq ft

Pepper Pike and Moreland Hills are the two halves of the same market — same Orange school district, seventeen active listings and thirteen pending sales between them. Moreland Hills prices $10 higher per square foot on smaller houses; Pepper Pike prices $145,053 higher per sale on larger ones. Any serious search at this level should cover both.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Pepper Pike, Ohio?

Closed sales averaged $1,009,258 across 31 transactions, with a median of $940,500 — the first and only market in this Ohio series to average over a million dollars. Homes averaged 4,888 square feet at about $209 per square foot, and sales ranged from $319,000 to $1,913,000.

Do sellers in Pepper Pike get their asking price?

Almost exactly. Across 31 closings the average sale price was $1,009,258 against an average list price of $1,010,480 — a difference of $1,222, or 99.9% of list. The median individual sale closed at exactly 100.0% of ask, with 21 of the 31 within five percentage points and a full range of 71% to 110%.

What is the monthly payment on a Pepper Pike home?

On the $1,009,258 average sale price with 20% down ($201,852) at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $5,183 per month on an $807,406 loan. That is the highest figure in this series. Cuyahoga County property taxes and homeowners insurance are substantial additions at this price level and should be modeled specifically rather than estimated.

How many homes are for sale in Pepper Pike?

Ten active listings against seven under contract — 1.43 active listings per pending sale. The ten available homes average 6,393 square feet and $1,468,780, roughly 1,500 square feet larger and $459,000 more expensive than what has been closing.

How long do homes take to sell in Pepper Pike?

Closed sales averaged 88 days on market and the seven pending homes took 94 days to go under contract. The active listings have been available an average of 116 days. Marketing periods of three to four months are normal at this price point — the buyer pool for a five-thousand-square-foot house is small everywhere.

Why is Pepper Pike so much more expensive than Beachwood or Shaker Heights?

House size is most of it. Pepper Pike closings averaged 4,888 square feet on large lots, and the community was developed on that pattern. On price per square foot the differences narrow considerably: Pepper Pike $209, Moreland Hills $219, Chagrin Falls $207, Beachwood $193, Solon $168, Shaker Heights $138. Pepper Pike is not the most expensive foot on the east side — it is the largest house.

What school district serves Pepper Pike?

Pepper Pike is part of the Orange City School District, shared with Moreland Hills, Orange Village, Hunting Valley and Woodmere. That shared district is one reason Pepper Pike and Moreland Hills track each other so closely on price, and it is a primary reason buyers choose this cluster over comparably priced homes elsewhere in eastern Cuyahoga County.

Is Pepper Pike a buyer market or a seller market?

It is balanced. Inventory at 1.43 active listings per pending is moderate, closings are landing at 99.9% of list, and marketing times run about three months. Neither side holds a structural advantage — outcomes at this price level are determined by the individual property far more than by market conditions.

Where should I start if I am buying or selling in Pepper Pike?

Start with live listing data and with realistic expectations about timing. Thirty-one closings a year in a city of 6,840 means the market moves in individual transactions rather than trends, and a single sale can shift any citywide average by tens of thousands of dollars. The Pepper Pike market report page updates as listings change status.

Get a Personalized Pepper Pike Market Analysis

Thirty-one sales a year, ranging from $319,000 to $1,913,000, is not a dataset that prices an individual estate. At this level the lot, the vintage, the finish quality and the tax assessment matter more than any citywide figure. If you are weighing a move in or out of Pepper Pike, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on your property and its actual competition — and for a realistic view of the marketing period a home of its size should expect.

Sources: MLS Now listing data as displayed on the Pepper Pike, Ohio real estate market report, including individual closing records used to compute median figures; Ohio REALTORS July 2026 statewide housing report; Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, August 20, 2026. Market data changes daily; figures reflect the date of publication.

Christopher Lotte, Ohio REALTOR

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Sept. 6, 2026

Columbiana, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Columbiana Ohio real estate market report

Columbiana has been closing sales at $163 per square foot. Its twenty homes under contract are priced at $185, and its twenty-two active listings ask the same. A $22-per-foot gap between what is being contracted now and what has been closing is one of the widest forward spreads recorded anywhere in this Ohio series — and in a market with 1.1 active listings per pending sale, it is a spread buyers are evidently willing to pay.

Columbiana, Ohio — Market Snapshot (corrected)
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Average Sale Price
22	20	51	$304,832
Average List (Sold)	Sale-to-List Ratio	Pending Price per Sq Ft	Active Listings per Pending
$310,613	98.1%	$185	1.1
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days on Market (Sold)	Monthly P&I at 6.65%
$163	1,882 sq ft	98 days	$1,566

Source: MLS Now data as displayed on the Columbiana market report, August 2026, corrected to exclude one MLS test record from the sold population — see the note below.

A Note on the Data: One Record Removed

The sold table for Columbiana contains 52 records, and one of them is not a sale. It is an MLS test entry, titled 1234 MLS TEST LISTING, recorded as a one-bedroom, 980-square-foot property listed at $50,000 and sold at $50,000. Test records like this occasionally reach live IDX feeds and are then blended into every citywide average built on them.

Removing it changes the picture modestly but in a direction worth knowing:

Average sale price: $299,931 ? $304,832
Average list price: $305,601 ? $310,613
Price per square foot: $161 ? $163
Sale-to-list ratio: 98.1% — unchanged

Every figure in this report uses the corrected 51-sale population. This series has found the same class of record in Tallmadge and Ashtabula, and unrelated list-price corruption in Orrville, New Philadelphia, Coshocton, Louisville and Obetz. In a market of fifty-odd sales, one bad record moves the citywide average by about $5,000.

The Forward Signal: Contracts Are $22 a Foot Above Closings

The three segments, side by side:

Active — 22 listings, $416,740 average ask, 2,246 sq ft, $185/sq ft, 87 days on market
Pending — 20 under contract, $389,880 average list, 2,174 sq ft, $185/sq ft, 79 days to pending
Sold — 51 closings, $304,832 average sale, 1,882 sq ft, $163/sq ft, 98 days on market

Part of that gap is size. The pending and active homes average roughly 300 more square feet than the ones that have closed, and larger homes usually carry lower per-foot prices, not higher — so size does not explain a $22 per-foot premium. It works against it.

What is left is a market that has been repricing upward. Twenty contracts written at $185 per square foot, against a trailing average of $163, is a substantial share of the market agreeing to a higher number. Two cautions apply: pending figures are list prices rather than agreed sale prices, and Columbiana closings have been running about two percent under ask. Even after allowing for both, the direction is clear.

The Premium Market of Columbiana County

Columbiana leads its county on both measures, and not narrowly:

Columbiana — $304,832 average sale, $163/sq ft
Leetonia — $267,894, $142/sq ft
Salem — $207,646, $127/sq ft
New Waterford — $206,380, $106/sq ft
East Liverpool — $166,151, $97/sq ft
East Palestine — $165,824, $106/sq ft

The city sits at the northern edge of Columbiana County, within a short drive of the Boardman and Canfield employment market in Mahoning County — and its price level reflects that orientation more than it reflects the county it belongs to. At $163 per square foot Columbiana prices closer to Canfield at $155 and Poland at $153 than to Salem fifteen minutes west.

A Balanced Market That Takes Its Time

Twenty-two listings against twenty contracts is as balanced as inventory gets — 1.1 active per pending, the tightest ratio in Columbiana County. Neither side of the transaction has structural leverage.

What the market does not do is move quickly. Closed sales averaged 98 days and pendings took 79 days to go under contract. Both figures are slow by statewide standards, though not out of line locally: East Liverpool runs 106 days, East Palestine 89, Leetonia 83.

Pricing accuracy still matters. Across the 49 clean detailed closings the median sale finished at exactly 100.0% of ask and 29 landed within five percentage points — but the full range ran from 67% to 126%, which is a wide dispersion for a market this size and a reminder that condition and specific property characteristics carry a lot of weight here.

Ohio Context and What Financing Costs Today

Ohio REALTORS reported a statewide median sale price of $285,000 for July 2026, up 3.6% year over year, on 12,723 closed sales against 39,641 active listings and 3.72 months of supply. Columbiana sells modestly above the state figure — unusual for southeastern Ohio and consistent with its orientation toward the Mahoning Valley job market.

Freddie Mac put the thirty-year fixed at 6.65% and the fifteen-year at 5.95% in its August 20, 2026 survey — a second consecutive weekly decline. At 6.65% with 20% down, the corrected $304,832 average sale carries principal and interest of about $1,566 per month on a $243,866 loan. At the $389,880 average pending list price it would be about $2,003 — a $437 monthly difference that shows how much the market is currently repricing. Columbiana County taxes and insurance are additional.

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Featured Columbiana Neighborhoods

Columbiana activity spreads across a long list of plats that differ substantially in age and lot size, and the newer developments carry a different price profile than the older streets near downtown:

Anna Groves · Arrowhead Bay Condos · Arrowhead Bay Village Condos · Arthur Townsends Add · Back Bay At Arrowhead · Beaver Lake · Bell Park · Beulah Zellers First Add · Briarwood Estates · Cedar Run · Columbiana Village · Cook Corner · Country Side · Crestwood Estate · Deemer Stouffer Lamb Add · Firestone Farms · Firestone Park · Fitzpatrick Brothers · Frederick Park Add · Frederick Place

What This Means If You Are Buying in Columbiana

Understand what you are stepping into. Twenty of your fellow buyers have already agreed to $185 per square foot while the trailing closings sit at $163. If you anchor your offers to the closed data alone, you will lose houses to people reading the current market instead.

That does not mean paying anything asked. Columbiana closings have been finishing about two percent under list, and with a 98-day average marketing time there is no urgency premium to pay on a listing that has been sitting. The 87-day average age of the active inventory tells you many have been.

If the price level is the obstacle, the county alternatives are stark: Salem at $207,646 and $127 per square foot with 43 listings, or Leetonia at $267,894 and $142. Both are materially cheaper, and both are slower markets with far less choice.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Columbiana

This is a good moment to be selling here, and the pending data is the reason. Contracts are being written at a per-foot number well above the trailing closings, which means a current appraisal-supported price is likely higher than a comparative market analysis built purely on the last twelve months would suggest.

Price it on current activity, not on trailing averages — but be ready to support the number. In a market where the last 49 sales ranged from 67% to 126% of asking, an appraiser and a buyer agent will both want to see why your house belongs at the top of that range rather than the middle.

Plan for about three months. Ninety-eight days is the closed average and 79 days is what the current contracts took. A balanced market at 1.1 listings per pending is not a market that produces instant sales; it is one that produces fair prices to sellers who wait for them.

How Columbiana Compares Nearby

Canfield — $431,168 average sale, 45 active, 23 pending, $155/sq ft
Poland — $313,517 average sale, 61 active, 31 pending, $153/sq ft
Columbiana — $304,832 average sale, 22 active, 20 pending, $163/sq ft
New Middletown — $283,827 average sale, 11 active, 5 pending, $166/sq ft
Leetonia — $267,894 average sale, 6 active, 8 pending, $142/sq ft
Salem — $207,646 average sale, 43 active, 32 pending, $127/sq ft
New Waterford — $206,380 average sale, 2 active, 3 pending, $106/sq ft
East Liverpool — $166,151 average sale, 53 active, 31 pending, $97/sq ft
East Palestine — $165,824 average sale, 6 active, 10 pending, $106/sq ft

The comparison that explains Columbiana is Canfield, twenty minutes north. Canfield averages $126,336 more per sale but sells at $155 per square foot against Columbiana $163 — bigger houses, cheaper per foot, and 45 listings against 22. Columbiana is where a buyer priced out of Canfield lands, and the per-foot data suggests enough of them are landing there to move the market.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Columbiana, Ohio?

Correcting for one bad record, closed sales averaged $304,832 across 51 real transactions at about $163 per square foot on homes averaging 1,882 square feet. The published citywide figures of $299,931 and $161 per square foot include an MLS test entry — see the note below. Columbiana is the highest-priced market in Columbiana County by a wide margin.

Why does this report differ from the figures on the market report page?

One record in the sold table is not a real sale. It is an MLS test entry titled 1234 MLS TEST LISTING, recorded as a one-bedroom, 980-square-foot property listed and sold at $50,000. Removing it from the 52 sold records raises the average sale price from $299,931 to $304,832, the average list price from $305,601 to $310,613, and the price per square foot from $161 to $163. The sale-to-list ratio is unaffected at 98.1%.

Are Columbiana home prices rising?

The forward indicators say yes. The 20 homes under contract are priced at $185 per square foot and the 22 active listings ask $185 — against a corrected closing average of $163. That is a $22-per-foot gap between what is being contracted today and what has been closing, one of the widest forward spreads in this series. It is not a guarantee, since pending prices are list prices rather than agreed sale prices, but it is a real signal.

How many homes are for sale in Columbiana?

Twenty-two active listings against 20 under contract — 1.1 active listings per pending sale. That is genuinely balanced inventory, and it is the tightest reading among the Columbiana County markets in this series.

How long do homes take to sell in Columbiana?

Closed sales averaged 98 days on market, and the 20 pending homes took 79 days to go under contract. Both are slow by statewide standards, though they are quicker than East Liverpool at 106 days and comparable to East Palestine at 89.

Do sellers get their asking price in Columbiana?

Close to it. The corrected closings finished at 98.1% of list, an average of about $5,781 below asking, and the median individual sale closed at exactly 100.0% of ask. Twenty-nine of the 49 clean detailed records landed within five percentage points, with results ranging from 67% to 126%.

What is the monthly payment on an average Columbiana home?

On the corrected $304,832 average sale price with 20% down ($60,966) at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $1,566 per month on a $243,866 loan. Columbiana County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional.

Why is Columbiana more expensive than the rest of Columbiana County?

It is the county premium market by a wide margin: $304,832 against Leetonia at $267,894, Salem at $207,646, New Waterford at $206,380, East Liverpool at $166,151 and East Palestine at $165,824. Its per-foot price of $163 leads the county too. Proximity to the Boardman and Canfield employment market in Mahoning County, a well-maintained downtown and school district reputation are the usual explanations, and the pending data suggests the gap is currently widening rather than closing.

Where should I start if I am buying or selling in Columbiana?

Start with live listing data and treat the citywide averages with the correction above in mind. The Columbiana market report page updates as listings change status, and in a market where contracts are being written well above the closing average, current activity matters more than trailing figures.

Get a Personalized Columbiana Market Analysis

A market where the published averages include a test record and the current contracts are running $22 a foot above the trailing closings is a market where a trailing comparative analysis will get your price wrong. If you are weighing a move in or out of Columbiana, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on current activity and your specific property rather than a citywide average.

Sources: MLS Now listing data as displayed on the Columbiana, Ohio real estate market report, with one MLS test record identified and excluded from all sold-segment calculations; Ohio REALTORS July 2026 statewide housing report; Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, August 20, 2026. Market data changes daily; figures reflect the date of publication.

Christopher Lotte, Ohio REALTOR

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Sept. 6, 2026

Kirtland, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Kirtland Ohio real estate market report

The median home listed for sale in Kirtland is asking $114,779. The median home that actually sold went for $466,000. That is not a market crashing or booming — it is a market where what is on the shelf and what is being bought are almost entirely different products. Kirtland is the highest-priced city in Lake County, and it currently has sixteen listings that break into three groups with nothing in common.

Kirtland, Ohio — Market Snapshot
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Average Sale Price
16	4	23	$467,296
Median Sale Price	Average List (Sold)	Sale-to-List Ratio	Median Active Asking Price
$466,000	$462,428	101.1% (+$4,868)	$114,779
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days on Market (Sold)	Monthly P&I at 6.65%
$156	3,005 sq ft	91 days	$2,400

Source: MLS Now data as displayed on the Kirtland market report, August 2026. All 23 closings are shown individually, so median sale figures reflect the full sold population.

Ignore the Average Asking Price Entirely

The summary reports an average active list price of $614,888. One listing produces it: a 14,936-square-foot property asking $5,950,000. Strip that single record out and the remaining fifteen listings average about $259,214.

Sorted by price, the sixteen active listings look like this:

Nine listings from $55,000 to $115,000, on 536 to 1,280 square feet — small attached-scale units. Five of the nine have been on the market 439 days.
Five houses from $265,000 to $575,000, on 1,005 to 2,628 square feet — the conventional market, and the newest inventory, with three listed inside the last three weeks.
Two outliers — a $780,000 listing with no square footage recorded, and the $5.95 million estate.

There is no meaningful average across those three groups. The median asking price of $114,779 sits inside the small-unit cluster, and the mean sits inside the estate. Neither describes the Kirtland market that is transacting.

What Is Actually Selling: Large Houses at $466,000

The sold data, by contrast, is clean and consistent. Twenty-three closings, an average sale price of $467,296 and a median of $466,000 — within $1,300 of each other. Homes averaged 3,005 square feet, and the market paid 101.1% of asking, $4,868 over list.

That is a coherent picture: Kirtland sells large houses, at par or slightly above, to buyers who are choosing the community deliberately. Seventeen of the 23 closings landed within five percentage points of the asking price.

Set against Lake County, Kirtland is the price leader by a considerable margin — $467,296 against Mentor at $298,916, Willoughby at $279,735, Painesville at $274,045, Eastlake at $225,639 and Wickliffe at $216,839. But its price per square foot, $156, is actually below Mentor at $161 and Willoughby at $162. Kirtland premium is a size and land premium, not a per-foot one.

A Slow Market With a Stalled Tail

Closed sales averaged 91 days on market, slower than every neighboring Lake County market in this report — Mentor at 54 days, Eastlake at 59, Painesville at 60, Willoughby at 66. The four homes under contract took 71 days to get there.

The active listings show a 154-day average, but that number is carrying four listings that have been available more than a year, several at 439 days. The five conventional houses in the $265,000 to $575,000 range have been listed 0 to 81 days. In other words, the conventional Kirtland market moves at a normal pace; the small-unit inventory is what has been sitting.

With four homes under contract in the entire city, though, thin absorption is the honest overall description. This is a market where individual buyers, not market conditions, determine what sells in a given month.

Ohio Context and What Financing Costs Today

Ohio REALTORS reported a statewide median sale price of $285,000 for July 2026, up 3.6% year over year, on 12,723 closed sales against 39,641 active listings and 3.72 months of supply. Kirtland median sale of $466,000 runs about 63% above the state figure — one of the larger premiums recorded in this series outside the Columbus and Cleveland high-end suburbs.

Freddie Mac put the thirty-year fixed at 6.65% and the fifteen-year at 5.95% in its August 20, 2026 survey — a second consecutive weekly decline. At 6.65% with 20% down, the $467,296 average sale carries principal and interest of about $2,400 per month on a $373,837 loan. Lake County taxes and insurance are additional, and many Kirtland parcels carry well and septic systems whose inspection and long-term replacement cost belong in the purchase budget.

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Featured Kirtland Neighborhoods

Kirtland is a low-density community where parcel size and road frontage vary enormously, and the plats below have little in common beyond a shared school district. Current activity is showing up in these areas:

Alpine Drive · Barristers Coast · Berkshire Hills Estates · Briar Hill · Chillicothe Road · Christina Estates · Eagle Mobile Home Park · Euclid Ind Park · Foxwood Trail · Halewood Park Estates · Kirtland Heights · Kirtland Lake · Ledgewood Drive Ext · Loreto Ridge Estate · Racoon Hill · Regency Woods · River Oaks Estates · Rocking Horse Farms Ii-A · Rockwood Ledges Estates · Shadowbrook Estates

What This Means If You Are Buying in Kirtland

Know which of the three Kirtland markets you are shopping. If you want a 3,000-square-foot house on land, your competition is the five conventional listings and the pipeline behind them — and the closing data says you will pay about list, possibly a little over.

If your budget is under $150,000, the nine small units are the entire opportunity, and several of them have been available for more than a year. That is where the negotiating leverage in this market sits by a wide margin. Understand what those units are before you write — square footage in the 536 to 1,280 range in a community of this price level usually means a specific development with its own rules, fees and financing considerations.

Either way, budget time. Twenty-three closings a year in a city of 6,911 means the right house may not be listed this month, and Kirtland 91-day average marketing period is the slowest in Lake County.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Kirtland

If you own a conventional Kirtland house, the market is favorable and the pricing guidance is simple: the last 23 sales closed at 101.1% of asking, and 17 of them within five points. Price it correctly and expect your number. The average sale of $467,296 on 3,005 square feet is a solid benchmark — and note that at $156 per square foot, Kirtland is not a per-foot premium market. Pricing above Mentor and Willoughby on a per-foot basis is not supported by the data.

Do not benchmark against the active listings. With a $5.95 million estate and nine sub-$115,000 units in the mix, the citywide asking averages are meaningless, and any pricing conversation that starts from them starts wrong.

Plan on roughly three months. Ninety-one days is the closed average, and with only four contracts written across the entire city, your buyer pool is small, specific and worth marketing to deliberately.

How Kirtland Compares Nearby

Kirtland — $467,296 average sale, 16 active, 4 pending, $156/sq ft
Chardon — $436,613 average sale, 48 active, 26 pending, $157/sq ft
Chesterland — $422,987 average sale, 12 active, 6 pending, $175/sq ft
Willoughby Hills — $421,080 average sale, 18 active, 6 pending, $173/sq ft
Mentor — $298,916 average sale, 80 active, 75 pending, $161/sq ft
Willoughby — $279,735 average sale, 39 active, 25 pending, $162/sq ft
Painesville — $274,045 average sale, 27 active, 35 pending, $146/sq ft
Eastlake — $225,639 average sale, 33 active, 29 pending, $149/sq ft
Wickliffe — $216,839 average sale, 18 active, 19 pending, $146/sq ft

Kirtland closest peers are across the Geauga line rather than inside Lake County. Chardon prices within a dollar per square foot of it and sells for $30,683 less on average, with three times the inventory. Mentor, Kirtland immediate neighbor to the north, has 75 homes under contract to Kirtland four — the practical difference between a market with depth and a market of 6,911 people where two dozen houses trade a year.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Kirtland, Ohio?

Closed sales averaged $467,296 with a median of $466,000 across 23 transactions — the two agree closely, so that figure is a reliable description of what has been selling. Homes averaged 3,005 square feet at about $156 per square foot. Kirtland is the highest-priced market in Lake County by a wide margin: Mentor averages $298,916, Willoughby $279,735 and Painesville $274,045.

Why is the average asking price in Kirtland so much higher than the average sale?

One listing. Among the sixteen active listings there is a 14,936-square-foot property asking $5,950,000, and it alone lifts the active average to $614,888. Remove it and the other fifteen average about $259,214. The active average asking price in Kirtland should not be used for anything.

What is actually for sale in Kirtland right now?

Two very different groups. Nine listings priced between $55,000 and $115,000 on 536 to 1,280 square feet — small attached-scale units, five of which have been on the market 439 days. Five conventional houses between $265,000 and $575,000. And the single $5,950,000 estate. The median active asking price is $114,779, which tells you almost nothing about the market that is actually transacting.

Do sellers get their asking price in Kirtland?

Slightly above it. The 23 closings finished at 101.1% of list, $4,868 over asking on average, and the median individual sale closed at exactly 100.0% of ask. Seventeen of the 23 landed within five percentage points, with results ranging from 80% to 117%.

How long do homes take to sell in Kirtland?

Closed sales averaged 91 days on market — slower than Mentor at 54, Willoughby at 66 or Painesville at 60. The four homes under contract took 71 days to go pending. The 154-day average attached to active listings is distorted by four listings that have been available more than a year, including several at 439 days.

What is the monthly payment on an average Kirtland home?

On the $467,296 average sale price with 20% down ($93,459) at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $2,400 per month on a $373,837 loan. Lake County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional, and many Kirtland properties sit on larger parcels with well and septic systems that carry their own maintenance costs.

Why are Kirtland homes so much larger than the county average?

Closed sales averaged 3,005 square feet, against roughly 1,800 to 2,000 in the surrounding Lake County markets. Kirtland is a low-density community of 6,911 with substantial acreage, and the housing that trades here skews toward larger homes on larger lots. That size is most of the reason its average sale price sits $168,000 above Mentor while its price per square foot, $156, is actually below Mentor $161.

How does Kirtland compare to Chesterland and Chardon?

They are the closest comparables, sitting just across the Geauga County line. Chardon averages $436,613 at $157 per square foot with 48 active listings; Chesterland averages $422,987 at $175 with twelve. Kirtland tops both on average sale price at $467,296 while pricing at $156 per square foot — again, size rather than per-foot premium.

Where should I start if I am buying or selling in Kirtland?

Start with live listing data, and disregard the citywide asking-price average entirely — a single $5.95 million listing controls it. The Kirtland market report page updates as listings change status, and with only 23 closings recorded, a specific conversation about your property will be far more useful than any average shown here.

Get a Personalized Kirtland Market Analysis

In a market where a single listing controls the average asking price and the median listing is a quarter the price of the median sale, no citywide figure will value your property. If you are weighing a move in or out of Kirtland, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on your acreage, your square footage and your systems — and an honest read on how long a house like yours should expect to be on the market in a city that closes about two sales a month.

Sources: MLS Now listing data as displayed on the Kirtland, Ohio real estate market report, including individual listing and closing records used to compute median figures and isolate outlier listings; Ohio REALTORS July 2026 statewide housing report; Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, August 20, 2026. Market data changes daily; figures reflect the date of publication.

Christopher Lotte, Ohio REALTOR

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Sept. 6, 2026

Ohio Tax Certificate Sales: What Happens When the County Sells Your Tax Debt

Illustration of a county courthouse with a tax certificate being handed from a county treasurer to a private investor

The county did not sell your house. It sold the tax lien that was already sitting on it. In an Ohio tax certificate sale, the county treasurer transfers the government's first lien for the delinquent taxes to a private buyer, the county gets paid that day, and the buyer — the certificate holder — now owns the claim against your parcel. You still own the house. You still hold the deed. What changed is who you owe and what it costs, because under ORC 5721.35 the certificate vests in the holder the same first lien the state held, superior to other liens and encumbrances on the parcel.

The number that matters next is one year. Under ORC 5721.37, a certificate holder may not start a foreclosure until one year has passed from the date the certificate was sold, and must start it before the end of the certificate period — a window the treasurer sets at the auction, no shorter than three years and no longer than six (ORC 5721.32). So the honest answer to "how long do I have" is: at least a year before anything can be filed, and usually several years before the outside deadline, with interest running at a rate that was set by bidding the day your certificate sold. That is more room than most people fear and less than the silence after the sale suggests.

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Why your county sold the lien instead of foreclosing

Schools, townships and levies are funded from tax collections that have to arrive on schedule. When a parcel goes delinquent, the county is short that cash and facing a foreclosure that costs money and takes years. Selling the lien converts the delinquency into cash immediately and moves the collection work to a private buyer who wants the interest.

It is optional. ORC 5721.31 says the treasurer may select delinquent parcels for a certificate sale, which means some Ohio counties run one and some do not. Franklin County runs an annual tax lien sale and warns owners on its own site that once a lien sells, fees and interest of up to eighteen per cent are added to the bill. Whether your county sells certificates at all is a question for your county treasurer's office, not for a general article.

The auction bids the interest rate down, not the price up

This is the part that surprises people, because it runs backwards from every other auction. Under ORC 5721.32, bidding opens at eighteen per cent per year simple interest and buyers bid the rate down, in quarter-point increments, as far as zero. The certificate goes to whoever will accept the lowest return. Bidders register in advance on a form prescribed by the tax commissioner and put up a five-hundred-dollar cash registration fee.

So the rate you end up paying is not a policy number someone chose for you; it is whatever competition existed for your parcel on that particular morning. A parcel investors want gets bid down. A parcel nobody wants sits near the top of the range. Neither outcome is negotiable after the fact.

What you owe the day after the certificate sells

The starting figure is the certificate purchase price: the delinquent taxes charged against the parcel at the time of the sale, not counting liens already conveyed by earlier certificates, plus the treasurer's fee (ORC 5721.30). On top of that sits the interest, and the payoff figure has a name — the certificate redemption price.

For a certificate sold at a public auction under ORC 5721.32, that redemption price is the purchase price plus the greater of interest at the bid rate or six per cent of the purchase price. Read that twice, because it is the trap in a low bid: even a certificate bought at zero per cent costs you a minimum of six per cent of the purchase price to redeem. There is no such thing as a free year here.

The one-year clock, and the certificate period behind it

Two deadlines run at once, and they belong to the certificate holder, not to you. The first is the earliest date the holder can act: one year from the sale date, per ORC 5721.37. The second is the last date — the end of the certificate period the treasurer specified, three to six years out.

Missing that outside date has real consequences for the holder. If the certificate has not been redeemed or voided and no foreclosure was filed in time, the statute cancels the holder's lien against the parcel and voids the certificate. That is not a strategy to plan a life around, because the delinquent taxes underneath do not disappear and the county can pursue them by other routes. But it does tell you the holder is on a clock too, which is often why an offer to settle arrives before the deadline rather than after it.

How a certificate foreclosure actually starts

The holder does not simply file a lawsuit. Under ORC 5721.37 the holder files a request for foreclosure with the county treasurer — or a private attorney files a notice of intent to foreclose — and must submit a payment covering the redemption prices of any other outstanding certificates on the parcel, any delinquent taxes not covered by a certificate, and, if the county prosecuting attorney will be handling it, the prosecutor's fee.

That payment is why a foreclosure is not automatic at the one-year mark. The holder has to write a real check to begin, and from the day that check is submitted, ORC 5721.39 has the court add interest at eighteen per cent per year to those amounts in the judgment. The cheap phase, from the holder's point of view, ends the moment they file. From yours, the number stops being negotiable.

How late can you redeem the certificate?

Later than most people believe. Before the holder submits that foreclosure payment, ORC 5721.38 lets the owner of record redeem by paying the county treasurer the total certificate redemption prices of all certificates on the parcel. After foreclosure has begun, redemption is still available — and stays available until the entry of confirmation of sale is filed — but the price now adds eighteen per cent interest on the certificate purchase price, the prosecutor's fee with the same eighteen per cent on it, reasonable attorney's fees, and the other costs of the proceeding.

That structure mirrors the redemption rule in an ordinary Ohio mortgage foreclosure under ORC 2329.33: confirmation, not the auction, is the real deadline. It also means every week of delay after filing is measurably more expensive, in a way the pre-filing period is not.

Is there a payment plan after a certificate has been sold?

Yes, and which one depends on how the certificate was sold. For a certificate sold at public auction under ORC 5721.32, the county treasurer may enter into a redemption payment plan with you during the first year after the sale, with the final installment due no later than one year from the sale date. For certificates sold in a negotiated sale under ORC 5721.33, the plan is made with the certificate holder and its secured parties, and can run until the decree is rendered in the foreclosure.

What is no longer available is the ordinary delinquent tax contract. ORC 323.31 gives an owner-occupant of residential property at least one shot at a written payment contract with the treasurer — but the statute conditions it on property that does not already have an outstanding tax lien certificate or judgment of foreclosure against it. That is the single strongest argument for calling the treasurer before the sale list is finalized rather than after: ORC 5721.31 bars the treasurer from putting a parcel in a certificate sale while a valid contract under ORC 323.31 is in force.

Can you still sell a house that has a tax certificate on it?

You can. You own it, and nothing in the certificate statutes stops a transfer. What the certificate does is guarantee that the lien gets paid out of the closing, because the redemption price has to be cleared before a title insurer will write a policy for your buyer. In practice the title company orders the payoff from the treasurer, the figure comes off the top of your proceeds, and you keep whatever is left.

The arithmetic gets tight when the redemption price plus a mortgage balance approaches what the house is worth, and it tightens every month interest runs. If there is equity to protect, moving early is the whole point — and if there is not, that is worth knowing before you spend another year paying interest to find out.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does a tax certificate sale mean someone else now owns my Ohio house?

No. The sale transfers the tax lien, not the title. You remain the owner of record and keep the deed. What the buyer holds is the first lien the state previously held under ORC 5721.35, in the amount of the certificate redemption price, plus the right to foreclose that lien later if the certificate is never redeemed.

How soon can a tax certificate holder foreclose in Ohio?

Not before one year from the date the certificate was sold, and not after the end of the certificate period, which ORC 5721.32 allows the treasurer to set between three and six years. The holder also has to file a request for foreclosure with the county treasurer and submit a payment before anything is filed in court.

What interest rate will I pay on a sold Ohio tax certificate?

Whatever rate won the auction. Bidding starts at eighteen per cent simple interest and drops in quarter-point steps to zero, so the rate is set by competition for your parcel. On an auction certificate the redemption price is never less than the purchase price plus six per cent of it, even if the winning bid was zero.

Can I set up a payment plan after my tax lien was sold?

Sometimes. For an auction certificate, the county treasurer may agree to a redemption payment plan during the first year after the sale, with the last installment due within that year. For a negotiated sale certificate, the plan is arranged with the certificate holder. The ordinary delinquent tax contract under ORC 323.31 is generally not available once a certificate exists.

What happens if the certificate holder never forecloses?

If the certificate period ends with no redemption, no voiding and no foreclosure filed, ORC 5721.37 cancels the holder's lien against the parcel and voids the certificate. The underlying delinquency does not vanish, though, and the county can still pursue the taxes through its own collection routes, so it is not a way out.

Logan, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Logan Ohio real estate market report

Logan has 158 homes for sale and 30 under contract. That is 5.27 active listings for every pending sale — among the loosest inventory readings of any market in this Ohio series, behind only Wellsville at 5.5, in a county seat of 6,993 people. It is also a market where the asking prices in the current inventory run from $1,399 to $3,890,000 and where the average sale price and the typical sale price are roughly $100,000 apart. Logan is not one housing market. It is a conventional small-city market and the Hocking Hills cabin market sharing a set of statistics, and reading them as one thing will mislead you badly.

Logan, Ohio — Market Snapshot
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Average Sale Price
158	30	121	$343,614
Typical (Median) Residential Sale	Sale-to-List Ratio	Active Listings per Pending	Days to Pending
$245,000	96.4% (−$12,676)	5.27	115 days
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days on Market (Sold)	Monthly P&I at 6.65%
$206	1,709 sq ft	81 days	$1,194 at the median

Source: Columbus MLS data as displayed on the Logan market report, August 2026. Median residential figures computed from the individual closing records that carry recorded square footage — see the note below.

Why the Average and the Typical Sale Are $100,000 Apart

The citywide average sale price is $343,614. Among the 45 closings shown in detail that are actual houses with recorded square footage, the median sale was $245,000 and the mean was $371,383. When a mean sits half again above its own median, a minority of large transactions is doing the work.

In Logan those transactions are identifiable. The detailed closings run up to $1,200,000, and five of the 50 shown carry no square footage at all — raw land rather than housing. In the active inventory the effect is larger still: 12 of 50 listings shown have no square footage, asking prices reach $3,890,000, and the residential median ask of $342,450 sits well below the $506,773 residential mean.

None of that is a data error. It is an accurate picture of a market where wooded acreage, cabin tracts and multi-unit rental compounds trade alongside three-bedroom houses in town. But it does mean the honest answer to what a Logan house costs is about $245,000, not $343,614.

The Hocking Hills Effect on Price per Square Foot

Logan closed at $206 per square foot on homes averaging 1,709 square feet. Set that against the surrounding region:

Laurelville — $303/sq ft
Nelsonville — $220/sq ft
Logan — $206/sq ft
Circleville — $178/sq ft
Lancaster — $176/sq ft
New Lexington — $158/sq ft
Chillicothe — $157/sq ft
Zanesville — $148/sq ft

The three highest per-foot markets in southeastern Ohio are the three inside Hocking Hills, and none of them is a wealthy market by any other measure. A small cabin on five wooded acres with a hot tub and a rental history sells for a number that has almost nothing to do with its square footage — which is precisely why per-foot figures in this region should be treated as a curiosity rather than a valuation tool.

For a buyer looking at a conventional house in town, the useful comparison is Lancaster at $176 per square foot or Chillicothe at $157, not the Logan citywide figure.

Five Listings for Every Contract

A 5.27 ratio of active listings to pending sales is extraordinary. For comparison, most Northeast Ohio markets in this series run between 0.4 and 2.0, and only Wellsville, at 5.5, runs looser. Logan has 158 homes competing for the attention of a buyer pool producing 30 contracts.

The consequences show up everywhere in the data. Closings finish at 96.4% of list, an average of $12,676 below asking — one of the deeper discounts in this series. Homes under contract took 115 days to get there. Closed sales averaged 81 days on market. This is a slow, well-supplied, buyer-favoring market by every available measure.

One counterpoint worth noting: the median active listing has been on the market only 19 days. Inventory keeps arriving. The problem is not that Logan listings are stale on arrival — it is that the market absorbs them slowly, and the pile has grown.

Ohio Context and What Financing Costs Today

Ohio REALTORS reported a statewide median sale price of $285,000 for July 2026, up 3.6% year over year, on 12,723 closed sales against 39,641 active listings and 3.72 months of supply. Logan typical residential sale at roughly $245,000 runs about 14% below the state median, even though its citywide average sits well above it.

Freddie Mac put the thirty-year fixed at 6.65% and the fifteen-year at 5.95% in its August 20, 2026 survey — a second consecutive weekly decline. At 6.65% with 20% down, a $245,000 purchase carries principal and interest of about $1,194 per month on a $196,000 loan; the $343,614 citywide average works out to about $1,765. Hocking County taxes and insurance are additional — and financing or insuring a property intended for short-term rental use is a different exercise from financing a primary residence. Establish those terms before you write an offer, not after.

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Logan and the surrounding Hocking County plats cover everything from in-town streets to cabin tracts on wooded acreage, and the difference in price behavior between them is enormous. Current activity is showing up in these areas:

Aspen Ridge · Big Pine Estates · Bowers Heights · Brad-Mer Acres · Carlin Estate · Clearview Farms · Deerfield Farms · Dickens Addition · Downtown Logan · Edgehill Estates · Glenova Addition · Glenview Heights · Highland Park · Historic District · Hocking Farms · Hocking Hills · Honey Run · Hunter Woods Estate · Irish Ridge Cabins · Lake Logan Area

What This Means If You Are Buying in Logan

This is as favorable a buying position as exists in Ohio right now. One hundred fifty-eight listings, four-month absorption times, and closings at 96.4% of asking. You can take your time, see everything, and make a considered offer below list without any expectation of losing the house to a competing bid.

Decide first which market you are actually in. A conventional house in town should be valued against Lancaster and Chillicothe comparables — square footage, condition, lot. A cabin or acreage property with rental history is valued on income, access, seclusion and finish, and its per-square-foot number will look absurd next to any conventional comparable. Mixing the two is the most expensive mistake available in this market.

For income property specifically: the purchase is only half the analysis. Occupancy, nightly rates, cleaning and management costs, insurance for rental use, and Hocking County and township permitting all determine whether a given cabin works. This report describes the price side only.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Logan

You have 157 competitors and a buyer pool producing 30 contracts. Price is not one factor among several here — it is the whole strategy.

Look at what has actually cleared rather than at what is listed. The market has been closing at 96.4% of ask after 81 days, and the homes now under contract needed 115 days. If your timeline is shorter than four months, your price needs to be visibly better than the competition rather than in line with it.

If you are selling a cabin or a rental property, lead with the operating story: documented income, occupancy history, what conveys, and what the permitting position is. In a market this oversupplied, the listings that sell are the ones that answer a buyer questions before the buyer has to ask them.

How Logan Compares Nearby

Laurelville — $438,768 average sale, 23 active, 10 pending, $303/sq ft
Logan — $343,614 average sale, 158 active, 30 pending, $206/sq ft
Circleville — $293,223 average sale, 54 active, 49 pending, $178/sq ft
Lancaster — $290,015 average sale, 166 active, 93 pending, $176/sq ft
Chillicothe — $256,710 average sale, 59 active, 18 pending, $157/sq ft
Zanesville — $256,060 average sale, 192 active, 86 pending, $148/sq ft
Nelsonville — $201,011 average sale, 13 active, 1 pending, $220/sq ft
New Lexington — $195,845 average sale, 27 active, 8 pending, $158/sq ft

The comparison that puts Logan in perspective is Lancaster, thirty minutes north. Lancaster has 166 active listings — eight more than Logan — but 93 homes under contract against Logan 30. Nearly identical inventory, three times the absorption. That difference is the clearest available measure of how much of Logan listing count belongs to a discretionary recreational market rather than to people who need somewhere to live.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Logan, Ohio?

Closed sales averaged $343,614 across 121 transactions, but the average is a poor guide here. Among the 45 closings that were actual houses with recorded square footage, the median sale was $245,000 while the mean was $371,383 — a gap that size means a minority of high-priced cabin and acreage sales are carrying the average. Use roughly $245,000 as the typical Logan house.

Why is Logan price per square foot so high?

Logan closed at $206 per square foot on homes averaging 1,709 square feet — higher than Lancaster at $176, Circleville at $178, Chillicothe at $157 or Zanesville at $148, all of which are larger and wealthier markets on paper. The reason is Hocking Hills. Small cabins on acreage, many of them income-producing short-term rentals, sell for far more per square foot than an equivalent house in a conventional market. Neighboring Laurelville shows the same effect more extremely at $303 per square foot, and Nelsonville at $220.

How many homes are for sale in Logan?

One hundred fifty-eight active listings against 30 under contract — 5.27 active listings per pending sale, among the loosest inventory readings in this entire Ohio series, behind only Wellsville at 5.5. Asking prices among the listings shown in detail run from $1,399 to $3,890,000, and 12 of 50 carry no square footage at all because they are land rather than houses.

Is Logan a buyer market?

Decisively. More than five homes are listed for every one under contract, closings finish at 96.4% of list price, and active listings sit an average of 93 days. Any buyer in the Hocking Hills market has selection and time, both of which are unusual in Ohio right now.

How long do homes take to sell in Logan?

Closed sales averaged 81 days on market and homes currently under contract took 115 days to go pending — nearly four months. The median active listing has been available only 19 days, so new inventory keeps arriving; it simply takes a long time to place.

What is the monthly payment on a home in Logan?

On the $245,000 range where a typical Logan house sells, with 20% down at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $1,194 per month. On the $343,614 citywide average sale price the figure is about $1,765. Hocking County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional, and any property intended for short-term rental use should be underwritten with insurance and financing terms that reflect that use.

Can you buy a short-term rental cabin in Logan?

It is one of the most active markets in Ohio for that kind of purchase, and this report is not investment advice. What the data shows is a market with 158 active listings, 96.4% sale-to-list pricing and four-month marketing times — favorable conditions for a buyer. What it does not show is occupancy, nightly rates, local permitting or the operating cost of a rental cabin, all of which determine whether a specific property works. Those need to be checked property by property.

What is the difference between the average and median sale price in Logan?

A large one, and it matters more here than in almost any market in this series. The citywide average sale price is $343,614; the median among detailed residential closings is $245,000. Sales in the detailed records ranged from a nominal transfer at the bottom to $1,200,000 at the top. Any figure quoted as the Logan average should be treated as describing the market as a whole, not a house you might buy.

Where should I start if I am buying or selling in Logan?

Start by separating the two markets inside this one — conventional in-town housing and Hocking Hills cabin and acreage property behave nothing alike, and blending them is what produces the strange citywide figures above. The Logan market report page updates as listings change status.

Get a Personalized Logan Market Analysis

Logan citywide figures blend two markets that price on entirely different logic, and no average in this report will value a specific property. If you are weighing a purchase or a sale in Logan or the wider Hocking Hills area, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on your property type — in-town house, acreage, or income cabin — and a realistic marketing timeline for a market currently taking about four months to place a listing.

Sources: Columbus MLS listing data as displayed on the Logan, Ohio real estate market report, including individual listing and closing records used to separate residential sales from land and to compute median figures; Ohio REALTORS July 2026 statewide housing report; Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, August 20, 2026. Market data changes daily; figures reflect the date of publication.

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