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. 5, 2026

Cortland, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Cortland Ohio real estate market report

Cortland recorded 99 closings — more than Niles, more than Vienna, more than any comparable community in Trumbull County — from a population of 7,080. It also carries the county highest price per square foot at $142. Both facts trace to the same feature: Cortland sits at the foot of Mosquito Lake, and water proximity is doing work in this market that no citywide average will show you.

Cortland, Ohio — Market Snapshot
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Average Sale Price
21	17	99	$255,303
Average List (Sold)	Sale-to-List Ratio	Median Active Asking Price	Active Listings per Pending
$259,911	98.2% (−$4,608)	$257,500	1.24
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days on Market (Sold)	Monthly P&I at 6.65%
$142	1,862 sq ft	77 days	$1,311

Source: MLS Now data as displayed on the Cortland market report, August 2026. Median figures computed from the individual listing and closing records shown in detail.

The Lake Is the Market

Ninety-nine sales in a city of 7,080 is a turnover rate that inland Trumbull County does not produce. Hubbard, with 7,598 residents, recorded 59. Girard recorded 61. Vienna 85, Niles 92 — and Niles has more than twice Cortland population.

Mosquito Creek Lake and Mosquito Lake State Park sit immediately north of the city, and the recreational demand that comes with them adds a category of buyer that a purely residential market does not have. It also explains the price structure. At $142 per square foot Cortland is the most expensive foot in Trumbull County:

Cortland — $142/sq ft
Hubbard — $137/sq ft
Mineral Ridge — $133/sq ft
Vienna — $124/sq ft
Masury — $114/sq ft
Warren — $112/sq ft
Niles — $110/sq ft
Girard — $109/sq ft
Brookfield — $103/sq ft

The practical consequence is that a Cortland citywide average is less informative than usual. Asking prices in the current inventory run from $50,000 to $825,000 — a sixteen-fold spread in a 21-listing market. Distance from the water, more than square footage or age, is what separates the two ends.

Buyers Are Negotiating, but Not Much

The 99 closings finished at 98.2% of list, an average of $4,608 below asking. The individual records tighten that picture: the median sale closed at 98.8% of ask, 42 of the 50 detailed closings landed within five percentage points, and the full range ran from 85% to 107%. There are no corrupted records or impossible ratios in this data — Cortland is simply a market where buyers get a small discount.

Where the discount comes from is the marketing time. Closed sales averaged 77 days and the 17 pending homes took 79 days to go under contract. That is slower than Hubbard at 65 days and Warren at 74. A market that takes two and a half months to place a house is a market where the buyer has time to make a case.

The one bright signal is the age of the current inventory. The median active listing has been available 20 days, against a 38-day average pulled up by a 192-day outlier. What is on the market in Cortland right now is largely new to it.

The Asking Prices Are Ahead of the Market

The segments:

Active — 21 listings, $277,876 average ask, 1,835 sq ft, $158/sq ft; median ask $257,500, median 20 days on market
Pending — 17 under contract, $247,976 average list, 1,902 sq ft, $142/sq ft, 79 days to pending
Sold — 99 closings, $255,303 average sale, 1,862 sq ft, $142/sq ft, 77 days on market

Notice that pending and sold agree exactly at $142 per square foot, on almost identical house sizes. That is a market that has found its level and is transacting there consistently — an unusually clean signal, and a reliable one.

The active listings ask $158, about $16 per foot above that level. On an 1,850-square-foot house that is roughly $30,000 of asking-price ambition. Some of those listings will sell after a reduction; the ones that hold the number will contribute to the 192-day tail.

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. Cortland sells about 10% below the state median — the closest any Trumbull County market in this series comes to the statewide 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 $255,303 average sale carries principal and interest of about $1,311 per month on a $204,242 loan. At the $247,976 average pending list price it is about $1,274. Trumbull County taxes and homeowners insurance are additional — and for anything near the water, confirm flood insurance requirements before you are under contract rather than after.

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Featured Cortland Neighborhoods

Cortland activity is spread across a long list of plats, and their distance from Mosquito Lake matters more to price than almost anything else a citywide average captures. Current activity is showing up in these areas:

Aspen Shepherds Hill · Brynwood Acres · Connecticut Western Reserve · Copper Lake · Cort Homes · Cortland Estates · Cortland Heights · Cortland Village · Deer Creek Estates · Drawings Ivy Hill Bazetta · Eagle Pointe · Elm Grove · Fowler Ridge · Fox Run · Gemwood Knolls · Governor Estates · Green Acres · Harneds Landing · Heritage Heights · Hidden Lakes

What This Means If You Are Buying in Cortland

The pending and closed data agree at $142 per square foot, which gives you an unusually firm benchmark. Anything asking materially above that needs to justify it — and in Cortland the justification is usually water access, so establish exactly what a listing has: frontage, deeded access, a shared easement, or simply a nearby view. Those are four different prices.

You have room to negotiate. Closings ran 98.2% of list and homes take 77 days to sell, so an offer below asking is normal here rather than aggressive. Concentrate that leverage on the listings that have aged past the 20-day median — the tail in this market runs out to 192 days.

If Cortland turns out to be more than your budget, Warren has 147 active listings at $185,831 and Niles 35 at $163,184. What you give up is the lake.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Cortland

Price at $142 per square foot and adjust for water. That is the entire strategy, and the data supports it more clearly here than in most markets: both the closed sales and the pending contracts landed on the same per-foot number.

Your competition is asking $158. Meeting them there means competing with 20 other listings for a buyer pool that has been taking 77 days to commit. Coming in at the level where business is actually being written is what separates a summer sale from a winter price reduction.

If you own genuine lake frontage, the citywide figures do not describe your property and you should not price from them. The $825,000 top of the current asking range and the $50,000 bottom are the same market only in the sense that they share a postal address.

How Cortland Compares Nearby

Mineral Ridge — $256,404 average sale, 6 active, 5 pending, $133/sq ft
Cortland — $255,303 average sale, 21 active, 17 pending, $142/sq ft
Vienna — $253,293 average sale, 36 active, 16 pending, $124/sq ft
Hubbard — $220,258 average sale, 26 active, 16 pending, $137/sq ft
Brookfield — $202,100 average sale, 6 active, 4 pending, $103/sq ft
Warren — $185,831 average sale, 147 active, 93 pending, $112/sq ft
Girard — $178,248 average sale, 21 active, 16 pending, $109/sq ft
Niles — $163,184 average sale, 35 active, 23 pending, $110/sq ft

Cortland, Mineral Ridge and Vienna all average within $3,111 of each other — but Cortland does it at $142 per square foot against Vienna $124, and it closed 99 sales to Vienna 85 and Mineral Ridge 22. Same price level, more expensive square foot, far more transaction volume. That is the Mosquito Lake premium expressed three different ways.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Cortland, Ohio?

Closed sales averaged $255,303 across 99 transactions, on homes averaging 1,862 square feet — about $142 per square foot, the highest per-foot price in Trumbull County. Hubbard is $137, Mineral Ridge $133, Vienna $124, Warren $112, Niles $110 and Girard $109.

Do sellers get their asking price in Cortland?

Not quite. The 99 closings finished at 98.2% of list — an average concession of $4,608 — and among the 50 sales shown in detail the median closed at 98.8% of ask, with 42 of the 50 within five percentage points. Individual results ran from 85% to 107%. Cortland buyers negotiate, but modestly.

How many homes are for sale in Cortland?

Twenty-one active listings against 17 under contract — 1.24 active listings per pending sale. Asking prices span $50,000 to $825,000 with a median of $257,500, and the median active listing has been on the market just 20 days.

How long do homes take to sell in Cortland?

Closed sales averaged 77 days on market and the 17 pending homes took 79 days to go under contract. Both are slower than the Trumbull County norm for closings, which makes the 20-day median age of the current active listings the more encouraging signal — what is on the market now is largely new.

What is the monthly payment on a Cortland home?

On the $255,303 average sale price with 20% down ($51,061) at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $1,311 per month on a $204,242 loan. Trumbull County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional, and waterfront or near-water properties may carry flood insurance requirements worth checking early.

Why is Cortland more expensive than the rest of Trumbull County?

Mosquito Lake is the short answer. Cortland sits at the southern end of Mosquito Creek Lake and Mosquito Lake State Park, and proximity to the water supports a price level and a per-foot figure that the inland Trumbull County markets do not reach. The Lakeview school district and the volume of recreational demand reinforce it — 99 closings in a city of 7,080 is a great deal of turnover for a community this size.

Why are the active listings priced above the market?

The 21 active listings ask $158 per square foot on homes averaging 1,835 square feet. Closings have been happening at $142 per square foot and the 17 homes under contract were priced at $142 as well. The current asking prices sit about $16 per foot above the level at which both closed and pending business has actually been written.

Is Cortland a buyer market or a seller market?

Close to balanced. Inventory at 1.24 active listings per pending is tight, but the 98.2% sale-to-list ratio and 77-day marketing times give buyers real room. Neither side dominates, and pricing accuracy decides individual outcomes.

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

Start with live listing data, and pay particular attention to water proximity — with asking prices ranging from $50,000 to $825,000 in a 21-listing market, lake access is doing much of the work that the citywide average conceals. The Cortland market report page updates as listings change status.

Get a Personalized Cortland Market Analysis

In a market where asking prices run from $50,000 to $825,000 and water access explains most of the difference, no citywide average will price your property. If you are weighing a move in or out of Cortland, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on your location relative to the lake, your square footage and your condition — including a realistic marketing timeline for a market that has been taking about eleven weeks.

Sources: MLS Now listing data as displayed on the Cortland, 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. 5, 2026

Chesterland, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Chesterland Ohio real estate market report

Across 48 closings, Chesterland sellers asked an average of $423,263 and received an average of $422,987. The gap is $276 — 99.9% of list, and one of the closest readings to true par this series has recorded anywhere in Ohio. Chesterland also carries the highest price per square foot in Geauga County at $175. Put together, that describes a market that knows exactly what it is worth and transacts there.

Chesterland, Ohio — Market Snapshot
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Average Sale Price
12	6	48	$422,987
Median Sale Price	Average List (Sold)	Sale-to-List Ratio	Active Listings per Pending
$403,750	$423,263	99.9% (−$276)	2.0
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days on Market (Sold)	Monthly P&I at 6.65%
$175	2,675 sq ft	59 days	$2,172

Source: MLS Now data as displayed on the Chesterland market report, August 2026. All 48 closings are shown individually, so median figures reflect the full sold population. Chesterland is an unincorporated community in Chester Township; the report area follows MLS and postal boundaries.

A Market That Closes at Its Asking Price

A $276 difference between the average list price and the average sale price, on transactions averaging $423,000, is a rounding error. The median tells the same story: the middle sale in Chesterland closed at exactly 100.0% of ask, and 31 of the 48 landed within five percentage points.

It is worth checking whether that tidy result is an artifact of offsetting outliers, because it can be. Chesterland does have four extreme records — three sales above 120% of list, one at 184%, and one at 68%. Remove all four and the remaining 44 closings aggregate to 99.3% of list. The par reading survives the check. This really is a market transacting at asking price.

For both sides of a transaction, that has a clear practical meaning. Sellers should expect to get their number if they set it correctly, and should not build in negotiating padding — the data says padding does not get paid. Buyers should expect to pay close to ask on anything well-priced, and should focus their leverage on the listings that have been sitting rather than on a general assumption of discount.

The Highest Per-Foot Price in Geauga County

Per-foot pricing across Geauga County and its immediate neighbors:

Chesterland — $175/sq ft
Novelty — $174/sq ft
Willoughby Hills — $173/sq ft
Newbury — $159/sq ft
Chardon and Middlefield — $157/sq ft
Kirtland — $156/sq ft
Burton — $153/sq ft

On total price the ordering shifts, because house sizes vary: Novelty averages $470,508, Kirtland $467,296, Chardon $436,613, then Chesterland at $422,987. So Chesterland sells the most expensive square foot in the county without carrying the highest average price — its housing stock is somewhat smaller than the top-priced pockets around it, but it commands more per foot than any of them.

The West Geauga school district and the drive time to the eastern Cuyahoga employment centers are the usual explanations, and both hold up against the numbers: Chesterland prices closer to Willoughby Hills at $173 per foot than to the more rural Geauga townships at $153 to $159.

Twelve Listings, and They Are Much Larger

The segments:

Active — 12 listings, $562,458 average ask, 3,200 sq ft, $183/sq ft, 71 days on market
Pending — 6 under contract, $463,816 average list, 2,994 sq ft, $170/sq ft, 32 days to pending
Sold — 48 closings, $422,987 average sale, 2,675 sq ft, $175/sq ft, 59 days on market

The gap between the active average of $562,458 and the closing average of $422,987 looks alarming until you notice the square footage: the available homes are 525 square feet larger than the ones that have sold. That accounts for much of it. The remainder is in the per-foot ask — $183 against a $175 closing average and $170 for homes under contract — and it shows up as a 71-day average time on market for the active pool against 32 days to pending.

The pending group is the more useful benchmark for anyone selling a large Chesterland home. At 2,994 square feet and $170 per square foot, those six contracts were written quickly. Larger homes here are selling; they are selling at a per-foot discount to the smaller stock, which is the normal pattern and one this series has recorded across Northeast Ohio.

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. Chesterland sells about 42% above the state median at its own median of $403,750.

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 $422,987 average sale carries principal and interest of about $2,172 per month on a $338,390 loan. At the $463,816 average pending list price it is about $2,382. Geauga County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional, and many properties in Chester Township are on private well and septic systems — inspection and long-term maintenance of those belong in any Chesterland budget.

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Featured Chesterland Neighborhoods

Chester Township covers a wide area with large lots and a mix of ages, and the plat names below differ enough in size and vintage that any township-wide average smooths over most of what matters. Current activity is showing up in these areas:

Barber Trail · Brawn Estate · Buckingham Square Estate · Butternut Estate · Carmichael Estate · Cave Road · Cedar Acres · Charter Oak Estate · Chester Estate · Chesterland Hills · Chester Park Estate · Connecticut Western Reserve · Elizabeth Sharp Surv · Gail Jacobs · Glacial Stone Estate · Herrick Country Estate · Ireles Park Estate · Lyman Acres · Manchester Farms · Maywood Community

What This Means If You Are Buying in Chesterland

Twelve listings against six contracts is a comfortable position, but the inventory is skewed large and expensive — the available homes average 3,200 square feet and $562,458. If you are shopping the $400,000 range where most sales actually happen, the current selection may not contain your house, and waiting is a legitimate strategy in a market that clears in 59 days.

Expect to pay asking price on anything correctly priced. The 99.9% ratio and the 100.0% median are not soft numbers — they held up when the outlier sales were removed. Where the leverage exists is in the active pool, which has been sitting an average of 71 days at $183 per square foot while the market pays $175.

Budget beyond the mortgage. Chester Township properties commonly sit on well and septic, and the inspection scope for a rural Geauga property is wider than for a suburban parcel. That is not a reason to avoid the market — it is a reason to build the inspection contingency properly.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Chesterland

Set the right price and you will get it. That is an unusually direct thing to be able to say, and the data supports it: 48 closings, a $276 average gap between list and sale, a median at exactly par.

The corollary is that padding does not work here. The twelve active listings asking $183 per square foot have been on the market 71 days on average; the six that went under contract at $170 took 32 days. In a market that transacts at asking, an inflated asking price does not create room to negotiate — it creates time on market.

If your home is on the larger end, at or above the 2,994-square-foot pending average, price it on the per-foot logic that is clearing rather than on the smaller-home comparables. Larger houses in Chesterland sell — the six current contracts prove it — at a per-foot number below the citywide average.

How Chesterland Compares Nearby

Novelty — $470,508 average sale, 9 active, 4 pending, $174/sq ft
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
Newbury — $394,181 average sale, 6 active, 3 pending, $159/sq ft
Middlefield — $329,660 average sale, 6 active, 5 pending, $157/sq ft
Burton — $320,652 average sale, 4 active, 7 pending, $153/sq ft

The comparison that clarifies Chesterland is Chardon, ten minutes east. Chardon averages $13,626 more per sale but does it at $157 per square foot against Chesterland $175 — larger houses, cheaper per foot, and four times the inventory with 48 active listings. A buyer who wants space should be looking at Chardon; a buyer who wants the West Geauga district and a shorter drive to the eastern suburbs is paying the Chesterland per-foot premium for exactly that.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Chesterland, Ohio?

Closed sales averaged $422,987 across 48 transactions, with a median of $403,750, on homes averaging 2,675 square feet — about $175 per square foot. That per-foot figure is the highest in Geauga County: Novelty is $174, Newbury $159, Chardon and Middlefield $157, Kirtland $156 and Burton $153.

Do sellers in Chesterland get their asking price?

Almost exactly. Across 48 closings the average sale price was $422,987 against an average list price of $423,263 — a gap of $276, or 99.9% of list. The median individual sale also closed at exactly 100.0% of asking. It is one of the closest readings to true par this series has recorded.

How many homes are for sale in Chesterland?

Twelve active listings against six under contract — 2.0 active listings per pending sale. That is looser inventory than most of Northeast Ohio, and the twelve homes available average 3,200 square feet and $562,458, well above what has been closing.

How long do homes take to sell in Chesterland?

Closed sales averaged 59 days on market, faster than Chardon at 73 and Kirtland at 91. The six homes currently under contract went pending in an average of 32 days, which suggests the market has picked up pace relative to the sales already closed.

What is the monthly payment on an average Chesterland home?

On the $422,987 average sale price with 20% down ($84,597) at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $2,172 per month on a $338,390 loan. Geauga County property taxes, homeowners insurance and — for many properties here — private well and septic maintenance are additional considerations.

Why are the active listings so much larger than what has sold?

The twelve active listings average 3,200 square feet against 2,675 for closed sales — a 525-square-foot difference — and ask $183 per square foot against the $175 the market has been paying. Part of the $139,000 gap between the active average of $562,458 and the closing average is genuine size difference; the rest is asking price ambition.

Is Chesterland a city?

No. Chesterland is an unincorporated community in Chester Township, Geauga County, served by the West Geauga Local School District. Because it has no municipal boundary in the usual sense, this market report follows MLS and postal boundaries, which is why a community of 7,086 records 48 closings across a wide range of property types.

How does Chesterland compare to Chardon?

Chardon, the Geauga County seat, averaged $436,613 across 106 closings at $157 per square foot with 48 active listings. Chesterland averaged $422,987 at $175 per square foot with twelve. Chardon sells for slightly more in total on larger or differently-configured homes; Chesterland commands the higher per-foot price and offers a fraction of the choice.

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

Start with live listing data. In a twelve-listing market where the available homes average 525 square feet more than what has been closing, the citywide averages describe two different populations. The Chesterland market report page updates as listings change status.

Get a Personalized Chesterland Market Analysis

A twelve-listing market where the available homes average 525 square feet more than the ones that sold is a market where citywide averages are describing two different things at once. If you are weighing a move in or out of Chesterland, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on your acreage, your square footage and your systems rather than a township average — including a realistic asking price in a market that has shown it pays list and nothing more.

Sources: MLS Now listing data as displayed on the Chesterland, Ohio real estate market report, including individual closing records used to compute median figures and test the sale-to-list result against outliers; 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. 5, 2026

Obetz, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Obetz Ohio real estate market report

Six homes are for sale in Obetz, and they have been on the market an average of 177 days. Homes that actually sell here take 57. That contrast is the whole story of this market: Obetz is the most affordable place to buy in Franklin County at $163 per square foot, it clears correctly priced homes in under two months, and the handful of listings still available are asking about $56,550 more than the market has been paying.

Obetz, Ohio — Market Snapshot
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Average Sale Price
6	4	27	$228,548
Median Sale Price	Sale-to-List (Median Sale)	Average List (Active)	Days on Market (Active)
$230,000	100.0%	$285,098	177 days
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days on Market (Sold)	Monthly P&I at 6.65%
$163	1,397 sq ft	57 days	$1,174

Source: Columbus MLS data as displayed on the Obetz market report, August 2026. All 27 closings are shown individually; median and adjusted ratio figures are computed from those records — see the note below.

A Note on the Sale-to-List Number

The summary page reports a 100.6% sale-to-list ratio for Obetz. Two of the 27 closings are responsible for holding it above par, and neither is a real result: one is recorded at 334% of list price and another at 278%. No house sells for more than triple its asking price. These are list prices entered incorrectly in the MLS record.

Excluding those two records, the remaining 25 closings aggregate to 97.5% of list, and the median individual sale across all 27 closed at exactly 100.0%. Nineteen of the 27 landed within five percentage points of asking. The accurate description of Obetz is a market at par, with a modest tilt toward the buyer — not a market where sellers beat their price.

This is the same class of MLS data problem this series has documented in Orrville, New Philadelphia, Coshocton and Louisville. It matters most in small markets, where a single corrupted record can move a citywide figure by several points.

The Cheapest Square Foot in Franklin County

Per-foot pricing across the Franklin County markets in this series:

Columbus and Grove City — $195/sq ft
Groveport and Pickerington — $184/sq ft
Canal Winchester — $182/sq ft
Lockbourne — $178/sq ft
Whitehall and Reynoldsburg — $174/sq ft
Obetz — $163/sq ft

On total price the picture is similar. Obetz averaged $228,548 and Whitehall $228,544 — a $4 difference, which is as close as two markets get. Everything else in the county sits above them: Reynoldsburg at $292,461, Groveport at $311,613, Columbus at $325,855, Canal Winchester at $357,806, Grove City at $377,528 and Pickerington at $463,638.

At $1,174 a month in principal and interest, Obetz is one of the few places in Franklin County where the average sale price still finances under $1,200. That is the practical meaning of $163 per square foot inside a county where the typical figure is $180 to $195.

Six Listings, Six Months, and a $56,550 Gap

The segments, side by side:

Active — 6 listings, $285,098 average ask, 1,608 sq ft, $177/sq ft, 177 days on market
Pending — 4 under contract, $265,974 average list, 1,590 sq ft, $172/sq ft, 50 days to pending
Sold — 27 closings, $228,548 average sale, 1,397 sq ft, $163/sq ft, 57 days on market

The six active listings ask $56,550 more than the market has been paying, on homes 211 square feet larger. Some of that is a legitimate size difference. Most of it is not — the per-foot ask of $177 sits $14 above what closings have delivered, and the result is a 177-day average time on market against a 57-day selling pace.

The four pendings are the interesting middle case. At $265,974 and $172 per square foot they are priced above the closing average too, and they went under contract in 50 days. That suggests the ceiling in Obetz is higher than the closed average implies — but not as high as the active listings are testing.

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. Obetz sells at roughly two-thirds of that regional median. Statewide, Ohio REALTORS reported a $285,000 July median, up 3.6% year over year — Obetz runs about 20% below the state as well.

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 $228,548 average sale carries principal and interest of about $1,174 per month on a $182,838 loan. At the $265,974 average pending list price it is about $1,366. Franklin County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional.

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Featured Obetz Neighborhoods

Obetz is small, and the plat names below often describe individual streets or single developments rather than neighborhoods in the usual sense. They are where the recent activity has been recorded:

Alum Creek Drive Acres · Bridlewood Estates · Buckstone Bend · Butler Farms · Columbus Terrace · Dexter Court · Dexter Village · Elks Acres · Enchanted Acres · Garden Farms · Howard Acres · Mcfadyens Acres · Mulberry Grove · Obetz Village · Scioto Heights · Village Of Obetz

What This Means If You Are Buying in Obetz

Six listings is a very short menu, and all six have been available for months. That is unusual, and it cuts both ways: there is not much to choose from, but what exists has no competing bidders and every incentive to negotiate.

Anchor to the closings. The market has been paying $163 per square foot and $228,548 on average; the six listings ask $177 and $285,098. On a 1,600-square-foot house, that per-foot gap alone is about $22,000. A listing that has been sitting 177 days in a market that sells in 57 is a listing whose price has already been rejected by every buyer who has looked at it.

If none of the six work, Groveport next door has 30 listings at $311,613 and Whitehall prices almost identically to Obetz at $228,544. Widening the search by a few miles multiplies the selection.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Obetz

The market is not slow — the listings are overpriced. Fifty-seven days to sell and fifty days to pending are healthy numbers, quicker than Columbus, Groveport or Grove City. What is not working is asking $177 per square foot in a market that pays $163.

Price at or just above the closing average and you should expect a sale inside two months. The pending group, contracted at $172 per square foot in 50 days, marks the realistic upper edge of what this market will bear — go beyond it and you join the six listings at 177 days.

One more consideration in a 27-sale market: your buyer pool is small and price-sensitive, and Obetz competes directly with Whitehall and the lower end of Reynoldsburg and Groveport. A modest price advantage is worth more here than presentation upgrades that push the number above the band buyers are shopping.

How Obetz 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
Whitehall — $228,544 average sale, 3 active, 5 pending, $174/sq ft

Obetz and Groveport share a border and a school connection, and the price gap between them is $83,065 — Groveport at $311,613 against Obetz at $228,548, and $184 per square foot against $163. For a buyer working within Franklin County on a limited budget, that gap is the single most useful fact in this report.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Obetz, Ohio?

Closed sales in Obetz averaged $228,548 with a median of $230,000 across 27 transactions, on homes averaging 1,397 square feet — about $163 per square foot. That is the lowest price per square foot of any Franklin County market in this series, against $174 in Whitehall and Reynoldsburg, $184 in Groveport and Pickerington, and $195 in Columbus and Grove City.

Is the 100.6% sale-to-list figure for Obetz accurate?

Not quite, and this report adjusts it. Two of the 27 closings carry impossible ratios — one recorded at 334% of list price and another at 278% — which indicates a list price entered incorrectly rather than a sale at more than triple asking. Excluding those two records, the remaining 25 closings aggregate to 97.5% of list, and the median individual sale closed at exactly 100.0%. The honest reading is a market at or slightly below asking, not above it.

How many homes are for sale in Obetz?

Six, against four under contract. That is one of the smallest active inventories in this series, and those six listings have been on the market an average of 177 days — nearly six months.

Why have the Obetz listings been sitting so long?

Price is the visible reason. The six active listings ask an average of $285,098 and $177 per square foot; the market has been closing at $228,548 and $163. That is roughly $56,550 above the closing average on homes only 211 square feet larger. Homes that do sell in Obetz take 57 days; the six that have not are asking well above what the market has been paying.

What is the monthly payment on a home in Obetz?

On the $228,548 average sale price with 20% down ($45,710) at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $1,174 per month on a $182,838 loan. Franklin County property taxes, homeowners insurance and any association dues are additional.

How does Obetz compare to the rest of Franklin County?

It is the most affordable market covered here, effectively level with Whitehall — the two averaged within $4 of each other, $228,548 against $228,544 — and well below Reynoldsburg at $292,461, Groveport at $311,613, Columbus at $325,855, Canal Winchester at $357,806, Grove City at $377,528 and Pickerington at $463,638.

How long do homes take to sell in Obetz?

Closed sales averaged 57 days on market, quicker than Columbus at 67, Groveport at 66 and Grove City at 68. The four homes under contract took 50 days to go pending. The 177-day figure attached to the active listings describes homes that have not sold, not the pace of the market.

What is driving development around Obetz?

Obetz is a Franklin County village of 7,330 immediately south of Columbus, and its recent growth has been shaped by the large logistics and distribution corridor along Alum Creek Drive and the surrounding interstate access. That commercial base is a significant part of the village revenue picture and a reason its residential market behaves differently from a comparable suburb without it.

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

Start with live listing data, and be aware that citywide figures built on 27 closings — two of them with corrupted price records — need a second look. The Obetz market report page updates as listings change status.

Get a Personalized Obetz Market Analysis

Twenty-seven closings, two of them with corrupted price records, and six long-sitting listings is not a dataset that prices a house on its own. If you are weighing a purchase or a sale in Obetz, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on your specific property and its real competition — including a straight answer on where your price needs to be to sell in 57 days rather than 177.

Sources: Columbus MLS listing data as displayed on the Obetz, Ohio real estate market report, including individual closing records used to identify and exclude corrupted list-price entries; 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. 5, 2026

Independence, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Independence Ohio real estate market report

Independence sells the most expensive square foot on Cleveland south side. At $173 per square foot it prices above Brecksville and Broadview Heights at $166, Valley View at $163, Walton Hills and North Royalton at $148, Seven Hills at $147 and Parma at $139 — even though Brecksville average sale price is roughly $53,000 higher. Independence houses are smaller than Brecksville houses and cost more per foot, which is a useful thing to know before comparing asking prices across the two.

Independence, Ohio — Market Snapshot
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Average Sale Price
11	7	18	$439,338
Median Sale Price	Average List (Sold)	Sale-to-List Ratio	Active Listings per Pending
$432,450	$433,472	101.4% (+$5,866)	1.57
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days on Market (Sold)	Monthly P&I at 6.65%
$173	2,601 sq ft	49 days	$2,256

Source: MLS Now data as displayed on the Independence market report, August 2026. All 18 closings are shown individually, so the median reflects the full sold population.

A Small Market, Read It Accordingly

Eighteen closings. Eleven active listings. Seven contracts. Independence is among the smallest transaction pools in this series, and that fact should govern how every other number here is read.

The reassuring part is that the average and the median agree: $439,338 against $432,450, across sales ranging from $225,000 to $875,000. A sample this size can easily produce an average that describes no actual house, and this one does not — the middle of the Independence market really is in the low $430,000s.

The caution is that a single unusual transaction can move any of these figures by several percent next month. Treat the direction as reliable and the decimal places as noise.

The Most Expensive Square Foot on the South Side

Per-foot pricing across the southern Cuyahoga suburbs:

Independence — $173/sq ft
Brecksville and Broadview Heights — $166/sq ft
Valley View — $163/sq ft
Walton Hills and North Royalton — $148/sq ft
Seven Hills — $147/sq ft
Parma — $139/sq ft
Garfield Heights — $95/sq ft

Independence tops that list while ranking second on average sale price, behind Brecksville at $492,540 and just ahead of Walton Hills at $436,536. The difference is house size: a 2,601-square-foot Independence closing against Brecksville larger stock. Per dollar, Independence buys less space than any of its neighbors; per address, it is a premium south-side location with a fraction of the inventory.

One factor a buyer should investigate specifically rather than assume: Independence carries a large commercial and office base for a city of 7,534, concentrated along the Rockside Road corridor. Tax structure differs meaningfully across these south-side suburbs, so pull the actual figure on any specific parcel before comparing monthly costs between Independence and a neighboring city.

Sellers Are Getting a Little Over Asking

The 18 closings finished at 101.4% of list — $5,866 above asking on average — and the median sale closed at exactly 100.0% of ask. Fourteen of the 18 landed within five percentage points of the asking price, with the full range running from 90% to 112%.

That is a market where correct pricing gets rewarded and aggressive pricing gets tested. It is not a market where a seller should assume an over-ask premium: the median says par, and the average is lifted by a small number of homes that drew competition.

Speed supports the same reading. Forty-nine days on market for closed sales is quicker than every neighboring market in this report — Seven Hills at 55 days, Broadview Heights at 58, Brecksville at 65. The Independence homes that are priced right do not sit.

The Pending Group Is Bigger and Slower

The three segments:

Active — 11 listings, $486,356 average ask, 2,712 sq ft, $175/sq ft, 59 days on market
Pending — 7 under contract, $452,385 average list, 3,062 sq ft, $158/sq ft, 100 days to pending
Sold — 18 closings, $439,338 average sale, 2,601 sq ft, $173/sq ft, 49 days on market

The seven homes under contract are 460 square feet larger than what has been closing and priced $15 per foot lower — and they took 100 days to find a buyer, twice the closed average. In a seven-contract sample that may be coincidence, but the direction is consistent with what this series has recorded across Northeast Ohio: the largest homes take the longest to place and give up the most per square foot to do it.

For an Independence seller with a 3,000-square-foot house, that is the relevant benchmark — not the 49-day closed average, which was set by smaller homes.

Ohio Context and What Financing Costs Today

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 $439,338 average sale carries principal and interest of about $2,256 per month on a $351,470 loan. At the $486,356 average active asking price it is about $2,498. Cuyahoga County taxes and insurance are additional and are a substantial line item in this county.

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Featured Independence Neighborhoods

Independence is compact, but the MLS still records activity across a long list of platted subdivisions, and the newer developments differ substantially from the older sections near the village center:

Ambrose Anthony · Braewood Estates · Brampton Hunts · Brook-Dale Estates · Cascade Creek · Chestnut Creek Hoa · Chestnut Crk · Chestnut Woods Reserve · Dalebrook Estates · Forest Woods Estates · Independence Estates · Kingscote Park · Lake Charles Estates · Oak Park · Pin Oak · Pine Rdg Estates · Pleasant Valley · Reserve At Chestnut Woods · Scenic Highlands · Scenic Hlnds

What This Means If You Are Buying in Independence

Eleven listings is a watch list, not a shopping trip. If Independence specifically is the requirement — for the schools, the location, or the tax structure — set alerts and be ready to act, because the market clears a correctly priced home in about seven weeks.

Do the per-foot math before you decide the price is right. At $173 per square foot, Independence is the most expensive per-foot market on the south side, and the active listings are asking $175. If space is what you are buying, North Royalton and Seven Hills at $148 and $147 per foot deliver materially more of it for the money, and Brecksville at $166 delivers more house for a higher total price.

There is one place where the numbers favor a buyer here: large homes. The pending group at 3,062 square feet went under contract at $158 per foot after 100 days. If the biggest house in the market is what you want, this is where the negotiating room is.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Independence

You have ten competitors and a market that closes in 49 days above asking. That is a strong position, and the main thing that can spoil it is over-pricing into a very small buyer pool.

Price to the closings, not to the active list. The eleven active listings ask an average of $486,356 and $175 per square foot; the market has been closing at $439,338 and $173. The gap is not enormous, but in an eighteen-sale market there is no depth of buyers to absorb an ambitious number, and the 100-day pending average on larger homes shows what happens when a listing misses its audience.

If your home is in the 2,600-square-foot range that has been selling, you are in the fastest part of this market. If it is closer to 3,000 square feet, plan for a longer runway and price with that in mind from the start.

How Independence Compares Nearby

Brecksville — $492,540 average sale, 11 active, 25 pending, $166/sq ft
Independence — $439,338 average sale, 11 active, 7 pending, $173/sq ft
Walton Hills — $436,536 average sale, 6 active, 1 pending, $148/sq ft
Valley View — $411,400 average sale, 1 active, 1 pending, $163/sq ft
Broadview Heights — $402,935 average sale, 30 active, 16 pending, $166/sq ft
Seven Hills — $355,307 average sale, 14 active, 17 pending, $147/sq ft
North Royalton — $345,164 average sale, 41 active, 44 pending, $148/sq ft
Parma — $235,497 average sale, 89 active, 95 pending, $139/sq ft
Garfield Heights — $148,186 average sale, 63 active, 35 pending, $95/sq ft

The comparison that matters most is Brecksville, four miles south. Both have exactly eleven active listings; Brecksville has 25 homes under contract to Independence seven. Brecksville sells for more in total and less per square foot. A buyer choosing between them is trading Independence per-foot premium and faster clearing times against Brecksville deeper pipeline and larger houses.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Independence, Ohio?

Closed sales averaged $439,338 with a median of $432,450 across 18 transactions — the two figures agree closely, so the average is a fair description of the market. That works out to about $173 per square foot on homes averaging 2,601 square feet, the highest per-foot price among the southern Cuyahoga County suburbs in this series.

Why does Independence cost more per square foot than Brecksville?

Brecksville averages $492,540 per sale — about $53,000 more than Independence — but does it on larger homes, so its per-foot price is $166 against Independence at $173. The same pattern holds across the south side: Broadview Heights $166, Valley View $163, Walton Hills $148, North Royalton $148, Seven Hills $147, Parma $139. Independence sells the most expensive square foot on Cleveland southern edge.

How many homes are for sale in Independence?

Eleven active listings against seven under contract — 1.57 active listings per pending sale. With only 18 closings recorded, this is one of the smallest transaction pools in the series, and every figure here should be read with that sample size in mind.

Do sellers get their asking price in Independence?

Yes, slightly above it. The 18 closings finished at 101.4% of list, or $5,866 over asking on average, and the median sale closed at exactly 100.0% of ask. Individual results ranged from 90% to 112%, with 14 of the 18 within five percentage points of the asking price.

How long do homes take to sell in Independence?

Closed sales averaged 49 days on market — quicker than Brecksville at 65, Broadview Heights at 58 or Seven Hills at 55. The seven homes currently under contract took an average of 100 days to go pending, but they are also 460 square feet larger than the closings, and larger homes take longer to place in a market this small.

What is the monthly payment on an average Independence home?

On the $439,338 average sale price with 20% down ($87,868) at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $2,256 per month on a $351,470 loan. Cuyahoga County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional — and Independence carries a large commercial and office base along the Rockside Road corridor, so a buyer comparing it to a neighboring suburb should look at the actual tax figure on the specific parcel rather than assume county norms.

Is Independence a good place to buy right now?

Inventory is thin but not desperate at eleven listings, and the market is closing marginally above asking rather than in a bidding frenzy. The practical constraint is selection: with eleven homes available in a city of 7,534, a buyer with specific requirements should plan to watch the market rather than shop it.

Why are Independence homes under contract so much larger than the ones that sold?

The seven pendings average 3,062 square feet against 2,601 for closed sales — a 460-square-foot difference — and they are priced at $158 per square foot against $173 for closings. In a seven-contract sample, that is as likely to be coincidence as trend, but it does mean the pending average of $452,385 is describing bigger houses than the sold average of $439,338.

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

Start with live listing data. Eighteen closings and eleven active listings is a small enough market that a single transaction moves the averages meaningfully. The Independence market report page updates as listings change status.

Get a Personalized Independence Market Analysis

Eighteen closings is not enough data to price a specific house, and in Independence the tax picture and the subdivision matter as much as the square footage. If you are weighing a move in or out of Independence, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on your property and its actual competition rather than an eighteen-sale citywide average.

Sources: MLS Now listing data as displayed on the Independence, 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. 5, 2026

Hubbard, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Hubbard Ohio real estate market report

Hubbard homes are going under contract in 32 days — half the 65-day average that the closed sales recorded. That is the most important number in this report, because it says the Hubbard market is moving faster now than the sales already on the books would suggest. Add a 98.9% sale-to-list ratio and $137 per square foot, the second-highest per-foot price in Trumbull County, and Hubbard looks considerably healthier than the county averages around it.

Hubbard, Ohio — Market Snapshot
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Average Sale Price
26	16	59	$220,258
Average List (Sold)	Sale-to-List Ratio	Median Active Asking Price	Active Listings per Pending
$222,610	98.9% (−$2,352)	$229,900	1.63
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days to Pending	Monthly P&I at 6.65%
$137	1,679 sq ft	32 days	$1,131

Source: MLS Now data as displayed on the Hubbard market report, August 2026. Median figures computed from the individual listing and closing records shown in detail.

The Market Is Faster Than Its Own History

Three timing measures, pointing the same direction:

Closed sales — 65 days on market on average
Active listings — 27 days on market at the median
Pending sales — 32 days to go under contract

Closed days-on-market is a backward-looking figure. It records how long the homes that have already sold sat, including the difficult ones. The pending number is the live one, and at 32 days it is less than half the closed average. What is currently being listed in Hubbard is finding a buyer in about a month.

Against the rest of Trumbull County, where Vienna closings averaged 91 days, Cortland 77, Niles 76 and Warren 74, Hubbard 65-day closed average is already at the quick end. The 32-day pending figure is quicker still.

The Second-Highest Per-Foot Price in Trumbull County

Hubbard sells at $137 per square foot. Its neighbors do not:

Cortland — $142/sq ft
Hubbard — $137/sq ft
Mineral Ridge — $133/sq ft
Vienna — $124/sq ft
Masury — $114/sq ft
Warren — $112/sq ft
Niles — $110/sq ft
Girard — $109/sq ft
Brookfield — $103/sq ft

The gap to Girard — $28 per square foot, on comparable house sizes across a short drive — is the kind of spread that only school district, condition and location produce. Hubbard sits on the eastern edge of Trumbull County with direct access to the Sharon and Hermitage employment market across the Pennsylvania line, and its housing stock has held condition better than much of the Mahoning Valley average.

What Hubbard is not is expensive in absolute terms. A $220,258 average sale and a $1,131 monthly principal-and-interest payment place it well below the $285,000 Ohio median. It is a modestly priced market that commands a per-foot premium within its own county.

Where the Current Demand Sits

The three segments diverge on price per foot more than on size:

Active — 26 listings, $246,813 average ask, 1,972 sq ft, $147/sq ft; median ask $229,900, range $59,900 to $599,000
Pending — 16 under contract, $206,806 average list, 1,662 sq ft, $118/sq ft, 32 days to pending
Sold — 59 closings, $220,258 average sale, 1,679 sq ft, $137/sq ft, 65 days on market

Pendings and closings are almost identical in size — 1,662 against 1,679 square feet — but the pending group is priced $19 per foot below what has been closing. Current buyers are choosing the value end of comparable inventory rather than trading down in size.

Meanwhile the active listings ask $147 per square foot on homes averaging 300 square feet larger. Six of the 27 active records shown carry no square footage at all, and the asking range from $59,900 to $599,000 is wide enough that the $246,813 average describes almost nothing in particular. Use the $229,900 median asking price instead.

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. Hubbard sells roughly 23% below the state median — typical for the Mahoning Valley, and considerably above the county floor.

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 $220,258 average sale carries principal and interest of about $1,131 per month on a $176,206 loan. At the $206,806 average pending list price it is about $1,062. Trumbull County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional.

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What This Means If You Are Buying in Hubbard

Move at the pace the market is setting. Thirty-two days to pending is not frantic, but it does mean a house you see on a Saturday can be under contract before the following weekend. Have financing arranged before you start.

Negotiating room exists but it is narrow. The median sale closed at exactly the asking price and 38 of the 50 detailed closings landed within five points of ask. Plan on paying close to list for anything in good condition, and reserve the below-ask offers for the listings that have been sitting — the market has a tail running out to 172 days.

On value, the pending data is your guide: current contracts were written at $118 per square foot against a $137 closing average. Homes at the value end of the inventory are what buyers are choosing, and there is no evidence that paying up per foot is necessary to compete here.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Hubbard

The speed is on your side. Homes going under contract in 32 days, closing at 98.9% of list — that is a market that will take a correctly priced home quickly and give you nearly your number.

The risk is the same as everywhere else in this series: pricing against the other listings instead of the closings. The active pool asks $147 per square foot, the market pays $137, and current contracts were written at $118. The asking averages in Hubbard are also badly distorted by a $599,000 outlier at the top and a $59,900 listing at the bottom, so the $246,813 average asking price is not a benchmark you should use for anything.

If your home is well updated, this is a favorable market for it — Hubbard already earns a $28-per-foot premium over Girard four miles away, and condition is a large part of why. Present it accordingly and price it against the closings.

How Hubbard Compares Nearby

Mineral Ridge — $256,404 average sale, 6 active, 5 pending, $133/sq ft
Cortland — $255,303 average sale, 21 active, 17 pending, $142/sq ft
Vienna — $253,293 average sale, 36 active, 16 pending, $124/sq ft
Hubbard — $220,258 average sale, 26 active, 16 pending, $137/sq ft
Brookfield — $202,100 average sale, 6 active, 4 pending, $103/sq ft
Warren — $185,831 average sale, 147 active, 93 pending, $112/sq ft
Girard — $178,248 average sale, 21 active, 16 pending, $109/sq ft
Niles — $163,184 average sale, 35 active, 23 pending, $110/sq ft
Masury — $152,645 average sale, 6 active, 1 pending, $114/sq ft

Hubbard and Girard make the sharpest comparison in the county. Both have 21 to 26 active listings and 16 pendings. Both sell homes in the same size range. Hubbard averages $42,010 more per sale and $28 more per square foot. If you are searching Trumbull County on price alone, Girard is the value; if you are searching on the profile of the house and the district, Hubbard is what the extra $28 a foot is buying.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Hubbard, Ohio?

Closed sales in Hubbard averaged $220,258 across 59 transactions, on homes averaging 1,679 square feet — about $137 per square foot. That per-foot figure is the second highest in Trumbull County, behind Cortland at $142 and ahead of Mineral Ridge at $133, Vienna at $124, Niles at $110 and Girard at $109.

How fast do homes sell in Hubbard?

Faster than the closed average suggests. Homes currently under contract went pending in an average of 32 days, while closed sales averaged 65 days on market. The median active listing has been available 27 days. The forward-looking numbers here are all substantially quicker than the backward-looking one.

Do sellers get their asking price in Hubbard?

Very nearly. The 59 closings finished at 98.9% of list — an average concession of $2,352 — and among the 50 sales shown in detail the median closed at exactly 100.0% of ask, with 38 of the 50 within five percentage points. Individual results ranged from 84% to 111%.

How many homes are for sale in Hubbard?

Twenty-six active listings against sixteen under contract — 1.63 active listings per pending sale. Asking prices among the current listings range from $59,900 to $599,000, with a median of $229,900, so the citywide average of $246,813 describes a wide spread rather than a typical house.

What is the monthly payment on a Hubbard home?

On the $220,258 average sale price with 20% down ($44,052) at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $1,131 per month on a $176,206 loan. Trumbull County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional.

Why do Hubbard homes cost more per square foot than Girard or Niles?

Hubbard sells at $137 per square foot against $109 in Girard and $110 in Niles, on homes of broadly comparable size. The premium reflects the Hubbard school district, the condition and age profile of the housing stock, and the city position on the eastern edge of the county with straightforward access to the Sharon and Hermitage employment market across the Pennsylvania line.

Why is the pending price per square foot so much lower than the sold figure?

The sixteen homes under contract are priced at $118 per square foot on 1,662 square feet, against $137 and 1,679 square feet for closed sales. Current demand has concentrated in the less expensive part of the market — which is a useful warning for a seller pricing a well-updated home off the citywide closing average.

Is Hubbard a buyer market or a seller market?

It is balanced, with a slight edge to sellers on speed. Inventory at 1.63 active listings per pending is moderate, sale-to-list at 98.9% gives buyers a small amount of room, and 32-day pending times mean a well-priced home does not linger. Neither side has a decisive advantage.

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

Start with live listing data. With active asking prices spanning $59,900 to $599,000 in a 26-listing market, the citywide averages blur together houses that have almost nothing in common. The Hubbard market report page updates as listings change status.

Get a Personalized Hubbard Market Analysis

Twenty-six listings spanning $59,900 to $599,000 is not a market that any single average describes. If you are weighing a move in or out of Hubbard, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on your street, your square footage and your condition rather than a citywide figure — and for a realistic read on whether your home belongs in the group selling in 32 days or the group still on the market at 172.

Sources: MLS Now listing data as displayed on the Hubbard, 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.

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Sept. 5, 2026

Canfield, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Canfield Ohio real estate market report

The average Canfield buyer paid $14,041 below the asking price. Across 130 closings the market settled at 96.8% of list — one of the deepest average discounts in this entire Ohio series, and a striking figure for a market that is also, by a wide margin, the most expensive in the Mahoning Valley. Canfield averages $431,168 while Poland averages $313,517 and Boardman $226,815. It is the county premium market and the county negotiating market at the same time, and the reason for both is the same: 45 homes are for sale and 23 are under contract.

Canfield, Ohio — Market Snapshot
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Average Sale Price
45	23	130	$431,168
Average List (Sold)	Sale-to-List Ratio	Average Concession	Active Listings per Pending
$445,209	96.8%	−$14,041	1.96
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days on Market (Sold)	Monthly P&I at 6.65%
$155	2,958 sq ft	75 days	$2,214

Source: MLS Now data as displayed on the Canfield market report, August 2026. Median figures computed from the individual closing and listing records shown in detail.

The Valley Premium Market — With the Valley Negotiating Room

Canfield sells for more than anywhere else in Mahoning County, and it is not close:

Canfield — $431,168
Poland — $313,517
New Middletown — $283,827
Boardman — $226,815
Austintown — $212,335
Struthers — $163,514
Youngstown — $153,580
Campbell — $138,903

Two things produce that gap, and both are visible in the data. The first is size: Canfield closings average 2,958 square feet, against 1,461 in Campbell and roughly 2,000 across much of the valley. At $155 per square foot Canfield is not expensive per foot — Columbiana is $161, New Middletown $166 — it simply sells much larger houses. The second is the Canfield Local School District, which draws buyers from well beyond the city limits and is the most common reason a family pays a Canfield premium to live four miles from a cheaper alternative.

Why Buyers Are Getting $14,041 Off

Forty-five active listings against 23 pendings is a supply picture almost no other market in this series shares. Most Ohio cities this size have run out of inventory. Canfield has nearly two homes listed for every one under contract, and that surplus is what shows up as the 96.8% sale-to-list ratio.

The individual records fill in the shape of it. Among the 50 closings shown in detail, the median sale closed at 98.0% of ask and 37 of the 50 landed within five percentage points of the asking price. The tail is what makes the average: results run from 74% to 107%, and a handful of deeply discounted sales — likely long-marketed or condition-challenged homes — pull the citywide figure down to 96.8%.

So the honest version for both sides is: expect roughly two percent under asking as the normal outcome, and know that the homes which sit are the ones that eventually take ten or twenty percent off. A 346-day listing exists in this market right now.

Demand Has Moved Down-Market

The gap between what has closed and what is under contract is the largest single divergence in this report:

Active — 45 listings, $443,762 average ask, 2,642 sq ft, $178/sq ft; median ask $405,000, median 38 days on market
Pending — 23 under contract, $340,404 average list, 2,243 sq ft, $152/sq ft, 64 days to pending
Sold — 130 closings, $431,168 average sale, 2,958 sq ft, $155/sq ft, 75 days on market

Current contracts are being written about $90,000 and 700 square feet below the closing average. Part of that is ordinary seasonal mix. Part of it is a real signal: at 6.65% financing, the buyer pool for a 2,900-square-foot Canfield house is thinner than the buyer pool for a 2,200-square-foot one, and the contracts are landing where the buyers are.

Note also that the active listings ask $178 per square foot while the market pays $155 and the pending group agreed to $152. That is a 15% gap between asking and clearing, on inventory that is smaller than what has been selling. It is the clearest explanation of why 45 homes are still available.

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. Canfield sells about 50% above the state median — a Mahoning County outlier in a region that otherwise trades well below 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, the $431,168 average sale carries principal and interest of about $2,214 per month on a $344,934 loan. At the $340,404 average pending list price it is about $1,748 — and that $466 monthly difference is a fair description of why demand has drifted toward the smaller houses.

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Featured Canfield Neighborhoods

Canfield covers a substantial area for its population, and the subdivisions below differ sharply in age, lot size and price — which is why a citywide average built on 130 sales tells you little about any one street. Current activity is showing up in these areas:

Bay Hill Drive · Beaver Ridge Estates · Blueberry Hill Drive · Bon Air Estates · Bradford Green · Briarcliff Heights · Briarwood Acres · Brookwood Estates · Camelot Court · Canfield Acres · Canfield Village · Caymen Bluff · Connecticut Wester Reserve · Country Club Commons · Country Club Square Condos · Country Lane Estates · Covington Creek · Cross Creek · Dublin Estates · Hidden Meadows

What This Means If You Are Buying in Canfield

This is the best buyer position in the Mahoning Valley. Forty-five listings, a median asking price of $405,000, a range running from $134,900 to $950,000, and a market that has been closing $14,041 under ask. You have selection and you have leverage, which is a combination this series rarely records together.

Focus the leverage where it works. The median sale closed at 98% of asking, so two percent is the ordinary negotiation. The much larger discounts went to homes that had been sitting — and with a 38-day median but a 346-day maximum, this market has a clear stale tier. Days on market is the single most useful field on a Canfield listing sheet.

On size, the arithmetic favors you at the top end. A 2,900-square-foot Canfield house is competing for a thinner buyer pool than a 2,200-square-foot one, and the pending data shows where everyone else is shopping. If you want the larger house, this is a good moment to buy it.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Canfield

Price honestly and price once. In a market with 45 competing listings and a 96.8% sale-to-list average, the cost of starting high is not a lower final price — it is 200 extra days on market and then a lower final price.

Your competition is asking $178 per square foot. The market is paying $155, and the buyers writing contracts right now agreed to $152. If your listing is priced against the other listings, it is priced against a group that is, collectively, not selling.

If your home is large — near or above the 2,958-square-foot closing average — plan for a longer marketing period and price accordingly from day one. If it is closer to the 2,243-square-foot pending profile, you are in the most active part of this market and should expect a materially faster result.

How Canfield Compares Nearby

North Lima — $463,189 average sale, 6 active, 1 pending, $155/sq ft
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 — $299,931 average sale, 22 active, 20 pending, $161/sq ft
New Middletown — $283,827 average sale, 11 active, 5 pending, $166/sq ft
Boardman — $226,815 average sale, 56 active, 30 pending
Austintown — $212,335 average sale, 33 active, 23 pending, $133/sq ft
Salem — $207,646 average sale, 43 active, 32 pending, $127/sq ft

The pairing that explains Canfield best is against Poland. The two are the valley premium markets, they price within $2 per square foot of each other, and both carry roughly two active listings per pending sale. The difference is scale: Canfield homes are larger, so the same per-foot price produces a $118,000 higher average sale. A buyer choosing between them is not choosing between price levels — they are choosing between house sizes and school districts.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Canfield, Ohio?

Closed sales in Canfield averaged $431,168 across 130 transactions, on homes averaging 2,958 square feet — about $155 per square foot. That is the highest average sale price in the Mahoning Valley by a wide margin: Poland averages $313,517, New Middletown $283,827, Boardman $226,815 and Austintown $212,335.

Do buyers negotiate in Canfield?

More than almost anywhere else in this series. The 130 closings finished at 96.8% of list price — an average of $14,041 below asking. Among the 50 sales shown in detail the median closed at 98.0% of ask, with individual results ranging from 74% to 107%. Canfield is a market where the asking price is a starting point.

How many homes are for sale in Canfield?

Forty-five active listings against 23 under contract — 1.96 active listings per pending sale. For a city of 7,649 that is unusually deep inventory, and it is the structural reason buyers have negotiating room here.

How long do homes take to sell in Canfield?

Closed sales averaged 75 days on market. The active listings show a 64-day average, but the median active listing has been available 38 days — a long tail, including one listing at 346 days, pulls that average up. Homes under contract took 64 days to go pending.

Why is the pending average so much lower than the sold average?

The 23 homes under contract average $340,404 on 2,243 square feet. Closings averaged $431,168 on 2,958 square feet. Current demand is running about $90,000 and 700 square feet below what has been closing, which matters a great deal if you own a large Canfield home and are pricing off the closing average.

What is the monthly payment on an average Canfield home?

On the $431,168 average sale price with 20% down ($86,234) at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $2,214 per month on a $344,934 loan. At the $340,404 average pending list price the same structure runs about $1,748. Mahoning County property taxes, homeowners insurance and any association dues are additional.

Why is Canfield more expensive than the rest of the Mahoning Valley?

Two reasons show up directly in the data. The housing stock is larger — 2,958 square feet on average against 1,461 in Campbell and roughly 2,000 in much of the valley — and the Canfield Local School District draws buyers from across the county. The result is a market that prices closer to a Cleveland or Columbus suburb than to its immediate neighbors.

Is Canfield a buyer market?

By the two measures that matter most, yes. Nearly two homes are listed for every one under contract, and the average sale closes $14,041 under asking. What Canfield is not is a cheap market — it is the most expensive market in the valley, with the most negotiating room in it.

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

Start with live listing data and pay attention to the spread. With 45 active listings ranging from $134,900 to $950,000 and sale-to-list ratios running from 74% to 107%, the citywide average describes very few actual houses. The Canfield market report page updates as listings change status.

Get a Personalized Canfield Market Analysis

A market with 45 listings spanning $134,900 to $950,000, and sale-to-list ratios from 74% to 107%, cannot be priced from a citywide average. If you are weighing a move in or out of Canfield, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on your subdivision, your square footage and current competing inventory — including a realistic marketing timeline for a market where the median listing sells in five weeks and the tail sells in a year.

Sources: MLS Now listing data as displayed on the Canfield, 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. 5, 2026

Fairlawn, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Fairlawn Ohio real estate market report

Fairlawn sells houses at $152 per square foot — the lowest per-foot price of any suburban market in the Akron area, under Stow at $153, Tallmadge and Cuyahoga Falls at $158, Copley at $160, Norton at $163, Green at $164 and Wadsworth at $166. Its average sale price, $356,940, sits comfortably in the upper half of that same group. A market cannot normally have both, and the reason Fairlawn does is size: the average closing here is 2,403 square feet, and square footage is what buyers are coming for.

Fairlawn, Ohio — Market Snapshot
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Average Sale Price
16	17	59	$356,940
Average List (Sold)	Sale-to-List Ratio	Average List (Active)	Active Listings per Pending
$354,343	100.7% (+$2,597)	$400,800	0.94
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days on Market (Sold)	Monthly P&I at 6.65%
$152	2,403 sq ft	68 days	$1,833

Source: MLS Now data as displayed on the Fairlawn market report, August 2026. Averages cover all listings in each segment.

The Most Square Footage per Dollar in the Akron Suburbs

Line the western Summit County markets up by price per square foot and Fairlawn is at the bottom of the suburban group:

Wadsworth — $166/sq ft
Green — $164/sq ft
Norton — $163/sq ft
Copley — $160/sq ft
Tallmadge and Cuyahoga Falls — $158/sq ft
Stow — $153/sq ft
Fairlawn — $152/sq ft

Now sort the same markets by average sale price and the order changes: Copley $384,322, Green $379,611, Wadsworth $368,233, Fairlawn $356,940, Tallmadge $332,333, Norton $308,556, Stow $301,382, Cuyahoga Falls $243,434. Fairlawn is fourth on total price and last on price per square foot. The reason is straightforward — at 2,403 square feet, the average Fairlawn closing is a larger house than most of these markets sell.

That is a useful thing for a buyer to know. If your budget is fixed and your priority is space, Fairlawn converts dollars into square feet more efficiently than the neighboring suburbs. If your priority is a newer or smaller home, the per-foot advantage disappears, because it is a function of the size of the housing stock rather than a discount on the market.

Sixteen Listings, Seventeen Contracts

More Fairlawn homes are under contract than are available to buy. That is 0.94 active listings per pending sale, and it is the reason closings are finishing above asking — 100.7% of list, $2,597 over the sign on average across 59 sales.

The other number worth noticing is how fresh the inventory is. The sixteen active listings have been on the market an average of 32 days — the freshest of any Akron-area market in this series, against 48 days in Stow, 50 in Cuyahoga Falls and 65 in Akron. Nothing sits in Fairlawn. Either it sells or it has only just arrived.

Sixty-eight days is the closed average, which is the slowest reading in this report and the one that needs the most care. It measures how long the homes that have sold took to sell, including the harder ones. The 32-day active average and the 56-day pending average are the forward-looking numbers, and both are faster.

The Active Listings Are Smaller and Priced Higher

The three segments split in an unusual way here:

Active — 16 listings, $400,800 average ask, 2,154 sq ft, $182/sq ft, 32 days on market
Pending — 17 under contract, $387,098 average list, 2,634 sq ft, $150/sq ft, 56 days to pending
Sold — 59 closings, $356,940 average sale, 2,403 sq ft, $152/sq ft, 68 days on market

The pending group is the largest housing in the market by a wide margin — 480 square feet more than the active listings — at the lowest per-foot price. That is where the demand went. The active listings are the smallest homes at the highest per-foot ask, and they are asking $30 per foot more than the market has been paying.

Some of that gap is legitimate size mix, since smaller homes always carry higher per-foot prices. Some of it is not. A buyer should run the per-foot math on every Fairlawn listing before assuming the asking price is market; a seller should do the same before setting one.

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. Fairlawn sells about a quarter above the state median, and roughly 80% above Akron at $198,244 — the gap between a Summit County suburb and the city it borders.

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 $356,940 average sale carries principal and interest of about $1,833 per month on a $285,552 loan. At the $400,800 average active asking price, the same structure runs about $2,058. Summit County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional.

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Featured Fairlawn Neighborhoods

Fairlawn subdivisions differ enough in age and lot size that citywide averages hide most of what matters — the Montrose-side developments and the older sections off Smith Road are effectively separate markets. Current activity is showing up in these areas:

Beck Fairlawn · Blue Hill Estates · Eighteen Riviera · Fairlawn Height · Fairlawn Heights East · Fairlawn Heights Estates · Fairlawn Heights Gardens · Fairlawn Hts · Fairlawn Village Heights · Fairlawn Villas · Falmouth Place · French Quarter · Hilary Heights · Lake Of The Woods · Lenox Village · Osborn Acres · Retreat At Rosemont · Ridge Wood Lakes · Riviera Drive · Rosemont Ridge

What This Means If You Are Buying in Fairlawn

Sixteen listings and seventeen contracts means you are shopping a market where the good houses do not wait. The 32-day average time on market for current listings is the practical warning: if you see something that fits, a second showing next weekend may not be an option.

Use the per-foot number as your filter. The market has been closing at $152 per square foot and the current contracts were written at $150. Anything asking meaningfully above that needs to justify itself on condition, lot or recent updates — not on the fact that it is in Fairlawn.

If Fairlawn specifically is not the requirement, Copley next door averages $384,322 at $160 per foot with eleven listings, and Stow averages $301,382 at $153 with 51 homes under contract. Widening the search materially increases what you can see.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Fairlawn

You are selling into the tightest inventory position in western Summit County, and the market has been paying $2,597 over asking on average. That is a good place to start.

Be careful with the active-listing comparison. Your competition is asking $182 per square foot; the market has been paying $152 and the current contracts were signed at $150. Pricing against the other listings rather than against the closings is the most common way a Fairlawn seller turns a 32-day market into a 90-day one.

If your home is on the larger end — near or above the 2,634-square-foot pending average — you are in the sweet spot of current demand, and the per-foot price you can defend will be lower than a smaller home would command. That is not a discount. It is how this market has always priced size, and it is why buyers come to Fairlawn in the first place.

How Fairlawn Compares Nearby

Copley — $384,322 average sale, 11 active, 20 pending, $160/sq ft
Green — $379,611 average sale, 24 active, 18 pending, $164/sq ft
Wadsworth — $368,233 average sale, 31 active, 43 pending, $166/sq ft
Fairlawn — $356,940 average sale, 16 active, 17 pending, $152/sq ft
Tallmadge — $332,333 average sale, 20 active, 18 pending, $158/sq ft
Norton — $308,556 average sale, 8 active, 18 pending, $163/sq ft
Stow — $301,382 average sale, 22 active, 51 pending, $153/sq ft
Cuyahoga Falls — $243,434 average sale, 53 active, 59 pending, $158/sq ft
Akron — $198,244 average sale, 556 active, 307 pending, $121/sq ft

The instructive pair is Fairlawn against Copley, its immediate neighbor to the west. Copley averages $27,000 more per sale at $8 more per square foot, with eleven active listings to Fairlawn sixteen. The two markets are close enough that many buyers should be searching both — and the per-foot difference tells you Fairlawn is where the same money buys the larger house.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Fairlawn, Ohio?

Closed sales in Fairlawn averaged $356,940 across 59 transactions, on homes averaging 2,403 square feet — about $152 per square foot. That places it in the upper half of the Akron-area suburbs in this series on total price, while carrying the lowest price per square foot of any of them.

Why is Fairlawn price per square foot lower than smaller suburbs nearby?

Because Fairlawn homes are larger. At 2,403 square feet on average, a Fairlawn closing is bigger than what sells in Cuyahoga Falls, Stow or Tallmadge, and buyers do not pay proportionally more per foot as houses grow. The result is a market with a high average price and a low per-foot price: $152 here against $158 in Tallmadge and Cuyahoga Falls, $163 in Norton, $164 in Green and $166 in Wadsworth.

Is Fairlawn a seller market?

It is balanced and leaning to sellers. Sixteen homes are listed against seventeen under contract — 0.94 active listings per pending sale, meaning more Fairlawn homes are spoken for than are available. Closings finished at 100.7% of list, $2,597 above asking on average.

How long do homes take to sell in Fairlawn?

Closed sales averaged 68 days on market. The current active listings tell a different story: they have been available an average of just 32 days, the freshest inventory of any Akron-area market in this series. Homes under contract took 56 days to go pending.

How many homes are for sale in Fairlawn?

Sixteen. For a city of 7,711 that is thin, and it is fewer than the seventeen homes currently under contract. Buyers looking specifically in Fairlawn are working from a very short list.

What is the monthly payment on an average Fairlawn home?

On the $356,940 average sale price with 20% down ($71,388) at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $1,833 per month on a $285,552 loan. Summit County property taxes, homeowners insurance and any association dues are additional.

Why are Fairlawn active listings asking $182 per square foot?

The sixteen active listings average 2,154 square feet — about 250 square feet smaller than what has been closing and 480 square feet smaller than what is under contract — and they ask $400,800. Smaller homes carry higher per-foot prices, so part of that $182 is simply size mix. The rest is optimism: closings have been happening at $152 and the pending group agreed to $150.

What makes Fairlawn different from the rest of the Akron market?

Fairlawn sits directly northwest of Akron and functions as the retail and office hub of western Summit County, with Summa Health, the Montrose corridor and a substantial daytime population in a city of only 7,711 residents. For housing, the relevant effect is that the residential stock is comparatively large-lot and large-house, which is what produces the high average price and low per-foot price described above.

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

Start with live listing data. Sixteen active listings is a small enough number that the market can change materially in a week, and the citywide averages blend a 2,154-square-foot active pool with 2,634-square-foot pendings. The Fairlawn market report page updates as listings change status.

Get a Personalized Fairlawn Market Analysis

A sixteen-listing market can shift in a week, and citywide averages that blend 2,154-square-foot listings with 2,634-square-foot contracts will not price your house. If you are weighing a move in or out of Fairlawn, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on your home, your square footage and your subdivision rather than a city average — including a defensible per-foot number for a market where per-foot pricing does most of the work.

Sources: MLS Now listing data as displayed on the Fairlawn, Ohio real estate market 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. 5, 2026

Campbell, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Campbell Ohio real estate market report

A house in Campbell costs $713 a month in principal and interest at the current thirty-year rate. That is among the lowest figures in this entire Ohio series — under Warrensville Heights at $768 and Maple Heights, and just above Martins Ferry at $677. The catch is on the other side of the ledger: Campbell homes take 126 days to sell, the slowest average in the series, and sellers close at 95.5% of asking. This is one of the two most affordable markets in Ohio that we track, and affordability here is a function of a market that moves slowly and negotiates hard.

Campbell, Ohio — Market Snapshot
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Average Sale Price
13	7	28	$138,903
Median Sale Price	Average List (Sold)	Sale-to-List Ratio	Average Concession
$137,750	$145,374	95.5%	−$6,471
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days on Market (Sold)	Monthly P&I at 6.65%
$92	1,461 sq ft	126 days	$713

Source: MLS Now data as displayed on the Campbell market report, August 2026. All 28 closings are shown individually, so median figures reflect the full sold population. Ten of those records are missing at least one data field.

Among the Most Affordable Markets in the Series

Campbell closed at an average of $138,903 and a median of $137,750. Those two numbers sitting within $1,200 of each other, across 28 sales ranging from $46,000 to $255,000, means the middle of this market is real — it is not an average dragged down by a handful of distressed transfers.

Set against the other low-cost markets in this series, Campbell sits at the bottom end alongside Martins Ferry ($131,889, $101/sq ft): Maple Heights averaged $139,984 at $97 per square foot, Warrensville Heights $149,587 at $98, Youngstown $153,580 at $98, Struthers $163,514 at $119. Campbell sits under all of them at $138,903 and $92 per square foot, just above Mingo Junction at $91.

The $713 monthly principal and interest is the number worth holding onto. At 6.65% with 20% down, that is what the average Campbell house costs to finance. Property taxes and insurance are additional and, at this price point, they are a much larger share of the total housing payment than a buyer in a $400,000 suburb would expect — which is the single most important adjustment to make before comparing Campbell to anywhere else in this report.

Four Months to Sell, and Buyers Negotiate

One hundred twenty-six days on market is among the slowest averages this series has recorded — ahead of Marietta at 118 days and well beyond Poland at 94 or Youngstown at 81. And when the sale finally happens, it happens at 95.5% of list. The median individual sale closed at 96.6% of ask, and the range ran from 81% to 107%.

Both facts point the same direction. Campbell has thirteen homes for sale and seven under contract, and demand is thin enough that a seller who wants a fast sale has to price for it. Only 16 of the 28 closings landed within five percentage points of asking — the widest dispersion of any market in this series, which is what happens when each sale is negotiated on the specific condition of the specific house rather than against a competitive market rate.

There is one encouraging counter-signal. The seven homes currently under contract went pending in an average of 71 days, well inside the 126-day closed average. If that holds through closing, the market is moving somewhat faster now than it was for the sales already on the books.

A Steel Town Housing Stock

Campbell is a Mahoning County city of 7,784 immediately southeast of Youngstown, built around the Youngstown Sheet and Tube works. The housing stock reflects that history: 1,461 square feet on average, 3.1 bedrooms and 1.8 baths, largely pre-war, and priced accordingly at $92 per square foot.

Four miles away, Poland averages $313,517 and $153 per square foot. That is the same county, the same labor market and a fundamentally different housing product. It is why per-square-foot comparisons across the Mahoning Valley need to account for age and condition before they mean anything — a $92 foot in Campbell and a $153 foot in Poland are not buying the same construction.

The practical consequence for anyone transacting here is that condition dominates. In a market where the citywide average is $138,903, a roof, a furnace and a service upgrade are not rounding errors. They are a meaningful percentage of the purchase price, and they are where the 81%-to-107% spread in sale-to-list ratios comes from.

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. Campbell sells at roughly half the state median — among the widest discounts to the statewide figure of any market covered so far.

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 $138,903 average sale carries principal and interest of about $713 per month. Worth noting for buyers at this price point: many lenders apply minimum loan amounts, and a $111,122 mortgage sits near or below the threshold where some loan programs become impractical. Confirm financing availability early rather than assuming it.

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Featured Campbell Neighborhoods

Campbell is small enough that the MLS plat names below often describe a few streets rather than a neighborhood in the usual sense — but they are where the recent activity has been recorded:

Adaline Ave · Anita Lane · Bright Ave · Campbell City Rep · Campell City · Chapel Hill Drive · Chapel Lane · City Campbell · Creed Circle Rep · East Youngstown · East Youngstown Village · Edward Lane · Elizabeth Lane · Harmony Lane · Lourdes Lane · Peter Julius · Pin Oaks Village Condos · Robinson Heights · Whipple Ave

What This Means If You Are Buying in Campbell

You have time and you have leverage. A market that takes 126 days to sell a house and closes at 95.5% of ask is a market where a considered offer below the list price is normal rather than insulting. Thirteen active listings is not much selection, but the seven pendings tell you competition is limited.

Spend the money you save on price on the inspection instead. At a $138,903 average and 1,461 square feet of largely pre-war housing, the difference between a good buy and a bad one is almost entirely mechanical — roof, furnace, electrical service, sewer lateral, foundation. The sale-to-list spread here running from 81% to 107% is a direct measurement of how much condition varies.

If your search is really about price rather than about Campbell specifically, look at Youngstown and Struthers alongside it. Youngstown has 180 active listings against Campbell thirteen, at $153,580 average and $98 per square foot — more choice for modestly more money.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Campbell

Price realistically on day one and be prepared to hold the listing for four months. That is the honest version. The market average is 126 days, and a listing priced above the market does not get 126 days — it gets 126 days plus two price reductions.

Condition is your lever. In a market where buyers are negotiating an average of $6,471 off the asking price, the seller who has already handled the roof, the furnace and the obvious deferred maintenance removes the buyer main argument for a reduction. The 107% sale on the upper end of this market went to a house that gave a buyer nothing to negotiate about.

Set expectations on the payoff side too. At a $138,903 average sale price, commissions, transfer costs and any repair credits consume a larger proportion of proceeds than they would at a higher price point. Run those numbers before you list, not after you have an offer.

How Campbell Compares Nearby

Poland — $313,517 average sale, 61 active, 31 pending, $153/sq ft
Lowellville — $230,963 average sale, 3 active, 4 pending, $106/sq ft
Boardman — $226,815 average sale, 56 active, 30 pending
Austintown — $212,335 average sale, 33 active, 23 pending, $133/sq ft
Struthers — $163,514 average sale, 22 active, 16 pending, $119/sq ft
Youngstown — $153,580 average sale, 180 active, 111 pending, $98/sq ft
Campbell — $138,903 average sale, 13 active, 7 pending, $92/sq ft

The clearest comparison is Struthers, which shares a border with Campbell to the south. Struthers averages $163,514 and $119 per square foot and sells in 79 days; Campbell averages $138,903 and $92 per square foot and sells in 126. A buyer moving from Campbell to Struthers pays about $25,000 more and roughly $27 more per square foot — and buys into a market that turns over about six weeks faster.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Campbell, Ohio?

Closed sales in Campbell averaged $138,903, with a median of $137,750 across 28 transactions — the two figures agree closely, so the average is a fair description of the market. Sales ranged from $46,000 to $255,000. At about $92 per square foot on homes averaging 1,461 square feet, Campbell is among the least expensive markets in this Ohio series, alongside Martins Ferry at $131,889.

What is the monthly payment on a home in Campbell?

On the $138,903 average sale price with 20% down ($27,781) at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $713 per month on a $111,122 loan. Only Martins Ferry, at $677, finances for less among the markets in this series. Mahoning County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional and, at this price point, they represent a much larger share of the total payment than they would in a Columbus or Cleveland suburb.

Do sellers in Campbell get their asking price?

Generally not. The 28 closings finished at 95.5% of list — an average concession of $6,471 — and the median individual sale closed at 96.6% of ask. Individual sales ran from 81% to 107%. Campbell is one of the few markets in this series where the buyer, not the seller, holds the pricing advantage.

How long do homes take to sell in Campbell?

Closed sales averaged 126 days on market — more than four months, and the slowest average in this series so far, against 118 days in Marietta, 94 in Poland and 81 in Youngstown. Homes currently under contract took 71 days to go pending, which suggests the current inventory is moving somewhat faster than the closings that preceded it.

How many homes are for sale in Campbell?

Thirteen active listings against seven under contract — 1.86 active listings per pending sale. In absolute terms that is a very small market, and it means individual listings carry a great deal of weight in every average shown here.

Why is Campbell so much less expensive than nearby Poland or Boardman?

Campbell is a former steel city of 7,784 immediately southeast of Youngstown, built around the Youngstown Sheet and Tube works that closed decades ago. Its housing stock is older, smaller and largely pre-war, and the local tax base and school funding reflect the industrial decline. Poland, four miles away, averages $313,517 at $153 per square foot. That gap is the difference between a market carrying legacy industrial housing stock and one that did not.

Is Campbell a good place to buy an investment property?

The price points make it a market investors look at, and this report is not investment advice. What the data shows is a $138,903 average sale price, a 95.5% sale-to-list ratio giving buyers room to negotiate, and 126-day marketing times that reward patience. It also shows a very small transaction pool — 28 closings — which means exit liquidity is genuinely limited. Anyone evaluating a purchase here should look closely at condition, remaining useful life of major systems, and rental demand block by block rather than relying on citywide figures.

How does Campbell compare to Youngstown and Struthers?

Youngstown averaged $153,580 at $98 per square foot across 429 closings; Struthers, directly south of Campbell, averaged $163,514 at $119 per square foot. Campbell sits below both at $138,903 and $92 per square foot, and it sells more slowly than either — 126 days against 81 in Youngstown and 79 in Struthers.

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

Start with the individual listings rather than the averages. Twenty-eight closings is a small enough sample that condition, street and school assignment matter far more than any citywide figure, and ten of those 28 records are missing at least one data field. The Campbell market report page updates as listings change status, and a walk-through conversation will tell you more here than anywhere else in this series.

Get a Personalized Campbell Market Analysis

Twenty-eight closings, ten of them with incomplete records, is not enough data to price a specific house. In Campbell more than anywhere else in this series, the house itself — its condition, its systems, its street — determines the number. If you are weighing a purchase or a sale here, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on the property rather than the citywide average, including a realistic marketing timeline and an honest read on what condition work is worth doing before listing.

Sources: MLS Now listing data as displayed on the Campbell, 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.

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Sept. 5, 2026

What Happens to Your Property Taxes When You Fall Behind in Ohio?

Illustration of an overdue county property tax bill stamped delinquent, with penalty and interest lines added

Nothing dramatic happens the month you miss a property tax payment in Ohio. A ten percent penalty attaches, interest begins to accumulate, and the parcel goes onto the county's delinquent land list. Nobody knocks on the door, and there is no universal deadline counted in days. What actually starts the clock toward losing the house is a specific, published step: under ORC 5721.13, one year after the delinquent land list is certified, the county auditor issues a delinquent land tax certificate or a master list to the prosecuting attorney, and only then can a tax foreclosure be filed under ORC 5721.18.

So the realistic answer to "how long do I have" is measured in years, not weeks — but it is also not open-ended, and the cost of drifting is real. Ohio's tax lien is superior to your mortgage. Penalty plus interest compounds the balance every year you wait. And in the many counties that sell tax certificates instead of foreclosing directly, a private certificate holder can file to foreclose after just one year from the date the certificate was sold, under ORC 5721.37. Which track your county is on changes everything about your timeline, and it is the first thing to find out.

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The penalty and the interest, exactly

Ohio bills real property taxes in two halves. Under ORC 323.121, a ten percent penalty is charged when the first-half taxes plus any delinquency are not paid by the due date, and a further ten percent applies to what is still unpaid after the second-half deadline. There is one mercy built into the statute worth knowing: if you pay the full amount within ten days after the deadline, the treasurer remits half the penalty. Ten days late is meaningfully cheaper than eleven.

Interest is separate and it keeps running. The rate is the one prescribed by ORC 5703.47 — the federal short-term rate, rounded to the nearest whole percent, plus three percentage points, set by the tax commissioner each October for the following calendar year. Counties with a county land reutilization corporation may instead elect twelve percent a year, or one percent a month. We are not going to quote you this year's number, because it changes annually and your county's election matters; the treasurer's office will tell you the exact figure on your parcel.

The delinquent land list, and what "certified" means

Delinquency becomes public early. Under ORC 5721.03 the county auditor publishes the delinquent land list twice within sixty days after the delinquent land duplicate is delivered to the treasurer, preceded by display notices running once a week for two consecutive weeks. The published list carries an explicit warning that the delinquent lands will be certified for foreclosure unless the taxes, assessments, interest and penalties are paid.

Certification is the step that matters. Under ORC 5721.13, one year after certification of a delinquent land list, the auditor makes the delinquent land tax certificate — or, as an alternative, files a master list of delinquent tracts with the prosecuting attorney. Vacant land runs faster: a delinquent vacant land tax certificate can be made twenty-eight days after final publication of the delinquent vacant land tax list. That gap is one of the more consequential differences between an occupied house and an empty lot in Ohio.

Two different foreclosure tracks, and why the difference matters

This is where most of the bad information online comes from. Ohio has more than one route to a tax foreclosure. ORC 5721.18 is the track where the prosecuting attorney forecloses the state's lien in the treasurer's name after receiving that certificate or master list. ORC 323.25 is a separate track available to the county treasurer. There is also an expedited board-of-revision process for abandoned land under ORC 323.65 to 323.79.

They do not share a single deadline, and anyone who tells you Ohio gives you a fixed number of days after a tax bill goes unpaid is describing something that does not exist. Ask your county treasurer which statute your parcel is proceeding under and whether a certificate has been sold. The answer determines who is on the other side of the case — the county, or a private investor — and how fast it can move.

If your county sells the lien instead

Many Ohio counties, including Franklin County, run an annual tax lien sale rather than foreclosing themselves. Under ORC 5721.32 the bidding at a public certificate auction starts at eighteen percent per year simple interest and is bid down in quarter-point increments, potentially to zero; the lowest rate wins. The treasurer sets a certificate period of not less than three and not more than six years.

You do not lose the house when the certificate sells. What changes is who holds the lien and what it costs to clear. Under ORC 5721.37 the certificate holder may file a notice of intent to foreclose at any time after one year from the date the certificate was sold, and no later than the end of the certificate period. Franklin County's treasurer states the same thing plainly: after a lien is sold, if the lien charges and interest are not fully paid after one year, the holder has the right to foreclose. One year is a much shorter fuse than the county track, and it is the reason a certificate sale is a signal to act rather than a bill to file away.

The payment plan that stops all of it

The single most useful thing in this article is ORC 323.31. An owner who occupies residential property may enter a written delinquent tax contract with the county treasurer, paid in installments over a period of up to five years — and not less than two years if the owner asks for that. It is not a hardship program you have to qualify for on paper so much as a statutory mechanism the treasurer administers.

Two conditions keep it alive, and both are strict. The contract becomes void if an installment is not received when due, and equally if any current taxes or special assessments go unpaid while the contract runs. So the plan only works if you can carry the arrears payment and the ongoing bill. When it does work, it is a genuine stop: under ORC 5721.18 the prosecuting attorney is not to institute foreclosure on a parcel covered by a delinquent tax contract unless the treasurer certifies that the contract has become void.

How late you can still fix it

Later than most people assume. Under ORC 5721.25, delinquent land may be redeemed before foreclosure proceedings have been instituted simply by paying the taxes, assessments, penalties, interest, charges and costs to the treasurer. After a case is filed, redemption is still available — but only before the filing of an entry of confirmation of sale, or before an alternative redemption period under ORC 323.78 expires.

The statute goes further and allows a delinquent tax contract to be entered even after the foreclosure is filed, for up to five years, provided the person has not previously defaulted on such a contract for that property. There is a condition attached that catches people off guard: the property has to comply with applicable zoning, land use and building, health and safety codes, and stay compliant through the contract term. If it does not, the court or board of revision can order the land sold without an appraisal.

Selling with back taxes owed

Back taxes are a closing-statement problem, not a wall. The county's lien is superior to a mortgage, which means it gets paid from the proceeds before anything else, and a title company handles that as routine business. If the house has equity, you generally do not need cash to sell it — the taxes come out of the sale. What kills these deals is not the lien; it is running out of calendar because the owner waited for a notice that reads urgent enough.

One correction worth making, because it circulates constantly: land banks in Ohio are county land reutilization corporations, and they acquire property through tax delinquency and forfeiture, not by seizing houses that merely look empty. A city or township can ask for an expedited foreclosure on unoccupied delinquent property — Franklin County's treasurer describes exactly that request being made through a land bank program — but the route still runs through the delinquent taxes. If your taxes are current, vacancy alone does not put your house in a land bank.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long can property taxes go unpaid in Ohio before foreclosure?

There is no single statewide number of days. On the county track, ORC 5721.13 has the auditor certify a delinquent land tax certificate one year after the delinquent land list is certified, which is what allows a foreclosure filing. If a tax certificate has been sold to an investor, ORC 5721.37 lets that holder file after one year.

What is the penalty for paying Ohio property taxes late?

Ten percent under ORC 323.121, charged when the half-year taxes plus any delinquency are not paid by the due date, with a further ten percent on amounts still unpaid after the second-half deadline. If you pay in full within ten days after the deadline, the treasurer remits half the penalty. Interest runs separately.

Can I set up a payment plan for delinquent property taxes in Ohio?

Yes. ORC 323.31 allows an owner-occupant of residential property to enter a written delinquent tax contract with the county treasurer, in installments over up to five years, and not less than two years if requested. The contract becomes void if an installment is missed or if current taxes go unpaid while it runs.

What happens if someone buys the tax lien on my Ohio house?

You keep the house, but the lien is now held by a private buyer whose rate was set at auction. ORC 5721.32 starts the bidding at eighteen percent simple interest and bids it down. The holder may begin foreclosure one year after the certificate sale under ORC 5721.37, so treat a certificate sale as a deadline.

Can I sell a house in Ohio with back property taxes owed?

Yes, and it is common. The tax lien is superior to the mortgage and is paid from the sale proceeds at closing, which a title company handles routinely. You generally need equity rather than cash. The practical limit is timing: once a confirmation of sale is entered in a tax foreclosure, the chance to sell has passed.

Uniontown, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Uniontown Ohio real estate market report

Uniontown sellers averaged $9,248 above their asking price across 159 closings — a 102.5% sale-to-list ratio that is among the strongest in this series. Look at the individual sales, though, and a different picture emerges: the median Uniontown home closed at exactly 100.0% of ask, and 43 of the 48 closings shown in detail landed within five percentage points of the number on the sign. This is not a market where every seller beats their price. It is a market where a minority do, dramatically, and pull the average with them.

Uniontown Area, Ohio — Market Snapshot
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Average Sale Price
67	36	159	$379,225
Average List (Sold)	Sale-to-List (Average)	Sale-to-List (Median Sale)	Active Listings per Pending
$369,977	102.5% (+$9,248)	100.0%	1.86
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days on Market (Sold)	Monthly P&I at 6.65%
$159	2,400 sq ft	50 days	$1,948

Source: MLS Now data as displayed on the Uniontown market report, August 2026. Median figures computed from the individual closing records shown in detail. Uniontown is an unincorporated community in Lake Township, and the report area follows MLS and postal boundaries.

The Average Says Over Asking. The Median Says At Asking.

Both numbers are true, and the difference between them is the most useful thing in this report.

Across 159 closings, the average sale price of $379,225 exceeded the average list price of $369,977 by $9,248 — 102.5%. Of the 48 closings whose individual records are shown, the ratios run from 95% to 112%, the median is exactly 100.0%, and 43 of the 48 sit within five points of asking. So the typical Uniontown seller got their price. A smaller group got well over it, some by ten percent or more, and in a 48-record sample that group moves the average by two and a half points.

For a seller, the practical reading is: price it right and expect to get it, but do not build an over-ask premium into your list price. For a buyer, it is: most homes here trade at asking, and the ones that go well over are the exception you should be prepared to lose rather than the rule you have to plan around.

The 98-Day Average Days on Market Is a Mirage

The active listings show an average of 98 days on market, which would suggest a sluggish market. The median active listing has been available 27 days.

The gap comes from the tail. Among the 51 active listings shown in detail, eight carry no square footage — land and parcel listings rather than houses — and the oldest listing has been on the market 173 days. Those records inflate the average without describing what a buyer looking at houses would encounter. Closed sales averaged 50 days on market and pendings took 41 days to go under contract, which are the numbers that reflect actual house-selling velocity here.

Demand Is Concentrated Below the Closing Average

The three segments diverge in a way that matters if you own a larger home:

Active — 67 listings, $391,605 average ask, 2,267 sq ft, $180/sq ft
Pending — 36 under contract, $282,133 average list, 1,900 sq ft, $148/sq ft
Sold — 159 closings, $379,225 average sale, 2,400 sq ft, $159/sq ft

The homes going under contract right now are 500 square feet smaller and roughly $97,000 cheaper than what has been closing. Some of that is seasonal mix, and some of it is a straightforward statement about where the buyer pool sits: at $282,000 and 1,900 square feet, not at $379,000 and 2,400.

Meanwhile the active listings ask $180 per square foot — $21 above the closing average and $32 above what the pending group agreed to. That combination, expensive asks and cheaper contracts, is why 67 listings are competing for 36 contracts rather than the other way around.

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. Uniontown sells about a third above the state median, which places it in the upper tier of the Akron-Canton corridor alongside Green and New Franklin.

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 $379,225 average sale carries principal and interest of about $1,948 per month on a $303,380 loan. At the $282,133 average pending list price, the same structure runs about $1,449. Stark County property taxes and homeowners insurance sit on top of both figures.

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What This Means If You Are Buying in Uniontown

Sixty-seven listings against 36 contracts is a comfortable buying position by Northeast Ohio standards, and the 27-day median time on market means you are usually seeing houses while they are still fresh rather than picking through leftovers.

Use the per-foot numbers to sort the inventory. The market has been closing at $159 per square foot and the current contracts were written at $148. A listing asking $180 is asking a premium, and it needs to be visibly better — newer, larger lot, finished lower level, updated systems — to be worth it. Many of the 67 will not be.

On offer strategy, do not assume you need to bid over. The median sale here closed at exactly the list price. Save the aggressive offer for the small share of homes that genuinely draw a crowd, and negotiate normally on everything else.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Uniontown

The 102.5% headline is flattering and you should not price against it. Your realistic expectation is the median: list correctly and close at or very near your number, in about 50 days.

Size is the variable to watch. The pending pool is running at 1,900 square feet and $282,000, well under the 2,400-square-foot, $379,000 closing average. If your home is at or below that pending profile, you are in the part of the market with the most buyers and you should price to move. If your home is larger, understand you are selling into a thinner pool this season and give the pricing more room than the closing average alone suggests.

And check your competition honestly. Sixty-seven active listings asking an average of $180 per square foot, against closings at $159, means a lot of your neighbors are sitting on optimistic numbers. Being the reasonably priced listing in that group is an advantage, not a concession.

How Uniontown Compares Nearby

Green — $379,611 average sale, 24 active, 18 pending, $164/sq ft
Uniontown — $379,225 average sale, 67 active, 36 pending, $159/sq ft
New Franklin — $355,607 average sale, 14 active, 12 pending, $160/sq ft
North Canton — $309,630 average sale, 51 active, 53 pending, $158/sq ft
Massillon — $255,320 average sale, 77 active, 74 pending, $145/sq ft
Canton — $227,580 average sale, 236 active, 190 pending, $127/sq ft
Akron — $198,244 average sale, 556 active, 307 pending, $121/sq ft
Barberton — $194,145 average sale, 36 active, 40 pending, $132/sq ft

Uniontown and Green sell for within $400 of each other on average, which is remarkable given they sit on opposite sides of the Stark-Summit line with different school districts and different tax bills. The difference is inventory: Green has 24 active listings, Uniontown has 67. A buyer priced for this tier of the Akron-Canton market has nearly three times the choice on the Uniontown side, at $5 less per square foot.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Uniontown, Ohio?

Closed sales in the Uniontown area averaged $379,225 across 159 transactions, at about $159 per square foot on homes averaging 2,400 square feet. That is within $400 of neighboring Green, which averaged $379,611 — the two Stark and Summit County markets on either side of the county line are priced almost identically.

Do homes in Uniontown sell for more than the asking price?

On average, yes — the citywide figure is 102.5% of list, or $9,248 above asking. But the individual records add an important qualification: among the 48 closings shown in detail, the median sale closed at exactly 100.0% of ask and 43 of the 48 closed within five percentage points of the asking price, in both directions. A minority of over-ask sales, running as high as 112%, is what lifts the average. Most Uniontown homes sell at their number, not above it.

How many homes are for sale in Uniontown?

Sixty-seven active listings against 36 under contract — 1.86 active listings per pending sale. For a community of 7,920 that is substantial choice, and considerably looser than the tight small markets elsewhere in Northeast Ohio.

How long do homes take to sell in Uniontown?

Closed sales averaged 50 days on market, and homes now under contract took 41 days to go pending. The active listings show an average of 98 days, but that figure is misleading — the median active listing has been available just 27 days. A tail of long-sitting listings, including several parcels with no square footage recorded and one at 173 days, pulls the average up.

Why is the pending average so much lower than the sold average?

The 36 homes under contract average $282,133 on 1,900 square feet at $148 per square foot. Closings averaged $379,225 on 2,400 square feet at $159. Current demand is concentrated in smaller, less expensive homes than the ones that have been closing — which is worth knowing if you own a larger house here and are pricing off the closing average.

What is the monthly payment on an average Uniontown home?

On the $379,225 average sale price with 20% down ($75,845) at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $1,948 per month on a $303,380 loan. Stark County property taxes, homeowners insurance and any association dues are additional.

Is Uniontown a city?

No. Uniontown is an unincorporated community in Lake Township, Stark County, served by Lake Local Schools. Because it has no city limits in the usual sense, this market report follows MLS and postal boundaries, which is part of why a community of 7,920 records 159 closings.

How does Uniontown compare to Green and North Canton?

Green averaged $379,611 at $164 per square foot with 24 active listings; North Canton averaged $309,630 at $158 per square foot with 51 active. Uniontown sits between them on inventory and effectively level with Green on price. All three are the higher-priced tier of the Akron-Canton corridor, well above Canton at $227,580 and Akron at $198,244.

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

Start with live listing data rather than an area average that blends 2,400-square-foot closings with a pending pool 500 square feet smaller. The Uniontown market report page updates as listings change status, and a conversation about your street, your square footage and your timeline will be more useful than any of the figures here.

Get a Personalized Uniontown Market Analysis

An area average that mixes 1,900-square-foot contracts with 2,400-square-foot closings, and 27-day listings with 173-day parcels, can only tell you so much. If you are weighing a move in or out of the Uniontown area, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on your home, your square footage and your Lake Township location rather than an area average — and for a straight answer on whether your house belongs in the group that sells at asking or the group that sells above it.

Sources: MLS Now listing data as displayed on the Uniontown, 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.

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