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. 4, 2026

Sunbury, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Sunbury Ohio real estate market report

The Sunbury area now sells houses at $213 per square foot — the same number as Dublin, a dollar under Powell, and five dollars above Westerville. A Delaware County town of 8,005 that most of Central Ohio still thinks of as a rural crossroads is pricing with the established Columbus suburbs, on 156 closings and an average sale price of $570,338. This report covers what that market actually looks like, including one figure on the summary page that should not be used at all.

Sunbury Area, Ohio — Market Snapshot
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Average Sale Price
87	49	156	$570,338
Median (Detailed Records)	Sale-to-List Ratio	Residential Pending Median	Active Listings per Pending
$533,750	100.2% (+$1,119)	$554,898	1.78
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days on Market (Sold)	Monthly P&I at 6.65%
$213	2,745 sq ft	86 days	$2,929

Source: Columbus MLS data as displayed on the Sunbury market report, August 2026. Median and residential-only figures computed from individual listing records — see the note below. The report area follows MLS boundaries and extends beyond the Sunbury city limits.

The Pending Average Is Not a House Price

The summary page reports an average list price of $1,026,880 for homes under contract in Sunbury. That number is real arithmetic and completely useless as a guide to what a house costs here.

Seven of the 49 pending records carry no bedrooms and no square footage. They are land and commercial parcels, and they average $3.17 million apiece — including one listed at $12,500,000 that has been on the market 460 days, and another at $7,680,000 listed for 258 days. Seven records out of 49 are doing almost all of the work in that average.

Filter to the 42 actual residential listings under contract and the picture becomes ordinary: a median list price of $554,898 and an average of $670,018, with a median 81 days to go pending. That is the number a buyer or seller should be working from. The same caution applies, in smaller measure, to the $762,760 active average — four of the 50 displayed active records also carry no square footage, and the residential median among the rest is $562,500.

Land trading at these prices in southern Delaware County is not a data error, and it is worth knowing about if you own acreage. It simply is not a residential comparable, and a market summary that blends the two will mislead anyone pricing a house.

Sunbury Now Prices With Dublin

Set the Central Ohio markets in this series side by side on price per square foot and Sunbury lands in the middle of the established suburbs rather than below them:

Worthington — $251/sq ft
New Albany — $229/sq ft
Powell — $216/sq ft
Sunbury — $213/sq ft
Dublin — $213/sq ft
Westerville — $208/sq ft
Gahanna — $202/sq ft
Delaware — $200/sq ft

On total price the ordering shifts, because Sunbury-area homes are larger. The $570,338 average sale here exceeds Dublin at $551,899, Powell at $580,198 only narrowly trails it, and Delaware at $493,478 sits well below. Two and a half hours of Central Ohio growth pressure and a great deal of new construction have closed a gap that used to be obvious.

What has not converged is speed. Sunbury takes 86 days to sell a house against 52 in Westerville and 43 in Worthington. New-construction markets are structurally slower — a build-to-order contract sits in the pending column for months — and 1.78 active listings per pending is a looser supply picture than the older suburbs carry.

A Market at Par

The 156 closings finished at 100.2% of list price, $1,119 above asking on average, and the median individual sale closed at exactly 100.0% of ask. There is no bidding-war premium in these numbers and no buyer discount either.

For context, 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. Sunbury sells at roughly 1.6 times that regional median. Statewide, Ohio REALTORS reported a $285,000 July median, up 3.6% year over year, with 3.72 months of supply — Sunbury runs at twice the state median price.

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 $570,338 average sale carries principal and interest of about $2,929 per month. At the $554,898 residential pending median it is about $2,850. Delaware County taxes, insurance, HOA dues and — in several communities here — new community authority charges are additional, and they are not trivial in a new-construction market.

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What This Means If You Are Buying in Sunbury

Eighty-seven listings is real choice by Central Ohio standards, and a market closing at par is a market where you do not have to bid against yourself. The median active residential listing has been available 41 days, which means you can see a house twice before deciding.

The decision that matters most here is new construction versus resale. A large share of this inventory is builder product, and builder pricing behaves differently from resale pricing: the base price is firm, the incentives sit in the financing and the options, and the timeline runs months rather than weeks. If you are comparing a $570,000 build against a $570,000 resale, compare the total cost — lot premium, options, HOA and community authority charges, and the rate buydown the builder is offering — rather than the sticker.

And do not let the $1,026,880 pending average scare you off. It is seven land parcels. The houses under contract in Sunbury have a median list price of $554,898.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Sunbury

Your competition is not only the other resale listings — it is the builder down the road with a model home, an incentive package and a sales office open seven days a week. That is the defining feature of selling in a growth market, and it shapes everything about how a resale should be positioned.

The good news is the numbers support you. Sunbury closes at 100.2% of list, and at $213 per square foot the area is now priced with Dublin and Powell rather than with the rural Delaware County market it grew out of. A well-presented resale with mature landscaping, finished basement space and no build wait has genuine advantages over a build-to-order contract.

Where sellers get hurt is time. Eighty-six days is the area average, and a listing priced against the $762,760 active average rather than the $570,338 closing average will spend far longer than that on the market. Price to the closings.

How the Sunbury Area Compares Nearby

New Albany — $718,107 average sale, 73 active, 49 pending, $229/sq ft
Powell — $580,198 average sale, 152 active, 96 pending, $216/sq ft
Sunbury — $570,338 average sale, 87 active, 49 pending, $213/sq ft
Dublin — $551,899 average sale, 162 active, 104 pending, $213/sq ft
Worthington — $504,929 average sale, 27 active, 21 pending, $251/sq ft
Delaware — $493,478 average sale, 239 active, 130 pending, $200/sq ft
Westerville — $470,188 average sale, 180 active, 135 pending, $208/sq ft
Gahanna — $435,930 average sale, 23 active, 20 pending, $202/sq ft

The comparison that captures Sunbury best is against Delaware, the county seat fifteen minutes west. Delaware sells for $77,000 less on average at $13 less per square foot, with 239 active listings to Sunbury 87. Delaware is the deeper, more varied market; the Sunbury area is the newer and more expensive one, which is a reversal of how these two towns compared a decade ago.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Sunbury, Ohio?

Closed sales averaged $570,338 across 156 transactions, at about $213 per square foot on homes averaging 2,745 square feet. The middle of the market sits somewhat lower — the median among the 50 closings shown in detail was $533,750 — because a handful of sales above $1 million pull the average up.

Why does the Sunbury pending average show over $1 million?

Because seven of the 49 pending listings are not houses. They are land or commercial parcels with no bedrooms and no square footage recorded, and they average $3.17 million each — including one at $12.5 million that has been listed 460 days and another at $7.68 million listed 258 days. Those seven records lift the pending average to $1,026,880. Strip them out and the 42 residential homes under contract have a median list price of $554,898 and an average of $670,018. Use the residential figure.

Is Sunbury expensive compared to the rest of Central Ohio?

It is now priced with the established Columbus suburbs. At $213 per square foot, Sunbury matches Dublin exactly and sits just under Powell at $216 and Westerville at $208. Its $570,338 average sale price runs above Dublin ($551,899) and Delaware ($493,478), and behind only New Albany ($718,107) among the Central Ohio markets in this series.

How many homes are for sale in Sunbury?

Eighty-seven active listings against 49 under contract — 1.78 active listings per pending sale. That is looser than most of Central Ohio and reflects the volume of new construction feeding this market. Buyers here have choice that Westerville and Worthington buyers do not.

How long do homes take to sell in Sunbury?

Closed sales averaged 86 days on market. Among the current residential listings, the median has been active 41 days; among residential pendings, the median took 81 days to go under contract. Sunbury is slower than Westerville (52 days) or Worthington (43) and faster than Dublin (112).

Do sellers get their asking price in Sunbury?

Essentially, yes. The 156 closings finished at 100.2% of list price, $1,119 above asking on average, and the median individual sale closed at exactly 100.0% of ask. This is a market at par — neither the bidding wars of a supply shortage nor a market where buyers dictate terms.

What is the monthly payment on an average Sunbury home?

On the $570,338 average sale price with 20% down ($114,068) at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $2,929 per month on a $456,270 loan. At the $554,898 median residential pending price the same structure runs about $2,850. Delaware County property taxes, homeowners insurance and any HOA dues are additional, and new-construction communities here commonly carry both HOA dues and new community authority charges.

What school district serves Sunbury?

Sunbury is the seat of the Big Walnut Local School District, which also serves Galena and the surrounding Delaware County townships. The district is a primary driver of demand in this market and one of the reasons the report area extends well beyond the 8,005 residents inside the city limits.

Why does a city of 8,005 have 156 home sales?

Because the market report area follows MLS and postal boundaries rather than city limits, and it captures the fast-growing townships and new-construction communities around Sunbury as well as the city itself. Read every figure in this report as describing the Sunbury area market, not only the incorporated city.

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

Start with live listing data, and be careful which average you are reading — as the pending figure above shows, land and commercial records sit alongside houses in the citywide summaries. The Sunbury market report page updates as listings change status, and a conversation about your specific community, builder and timeline will beat any area average.

Get a Personalized Sunbury Market Analysis

In a market where the published pending average is seven land parcels and the housing stock ranges from century farmhouses to homes still under roof, an area average is a starting point at best. If you are weighing a move in or out of the Sunbury area, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on your community, your builder and your square footage — including an honest read on how your resale should be positioned against the new construction competing with it.

Sources: Columbus MLS listing data as displayed on the Sunbury, Ohio real estate market report, including individual listing records used to separate residential from land and commercial listings; 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. 4, 2026

Oberlin, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Oberlin Ohio real estate market report

Oberlin takes 92 days to sell a house. That is the slowest average in Lorain County — Avon Lake does it in 57, Elyria and Amherst in 69, Vermilion in 88 — and it comes with the county loosest inventory ratio, fifteen homes for sale against six under contract. Buyers here are negotiating $5,841 off the asking price on average and taking three months to decide. In a Northeast Ohio market where most cities have run out of listings, Oberlin is the place where a buyer still has room to think.

Oberlin, Ohio — Market Snapshot
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Average Sale Price
15	6	40	$294,335
Median Sale Price	Average List (Sold)	Sale-to-List Ratio	Average Concession
$295,326	$300,176	98.1%	−$5,841
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days on Market (Sold)	Active Listings per Pending
$157	2,077 sq ft	92 days	2.5

Source: MLS Now data as displayed on the Oberlin market report, August 2026. All 40 closings carry complete price records; median and ratio figures are computed from those individual sales.

The Slowest Market in Lorain County

Ninety-two days on market is not a distress signal — Oberlin sells at 98.1% of list, which is a healthy number. It is a signal about matching. This is a city of 8,329 with six homes under contract at any given moment, and a housing stock that runs older and more architecturally specific than the subdivision inventory that dominates North Ridgeville or Avon. A house with a particular character sells to a buyer looking for that character, and finding that buyer takes time.

Set against the county, the pattern is consistent: Oberlin 92 days, Vermilion 88, Avon 79, Lorain 71, Amherst and Elyria 69, Avon Lake 57. The slower markets in this group are the ones with distinctive housing — historic, lakefront, or both — and the faster ones are where a buyer can find three comparable houses in the same week.

Average and Median Agree — Which Is Rare

Oberlin closings averaged $294,335. The median sale was $295,326. Those two numbers being within $1,000 of each other, across a price range running from $72,000 to $825,000, says the middle of this market is genuinely well populated. There is no thin band of luxury sales dragging the average away from reality, and no cluster of distressed sales pulling it down.

Practically, that means you can use the $294,000 figure with more confidence here than in most small Ohio markets. It describes an actual typical Oberlin house: roughly 2,077 square feet, 3.6 bedrooms, 2.2 baths, at about $157 per square foot.

Sellers Are Still Starting High

The three segments do not line up, and the direction of the mismatch matters:

Active — 15 listings, $330,872 average ask, 2,025 sq ft, $176/sq ft
Pending — 6 under contract, $269,783 average list, 1,924 sq ft, $138/sq ft
Sold — 40 closings, $294,335 average sale, 2,077 sq ft, $157/sq ft

The homes still on the market are asking $176 per square foot on less square footage than what has been selling. The homes buyers actually put under contract agreed to $138. That is a 27% per-foot gap between what is being asked and what is being accepted, on inventory that is not larger or newer to justify it.

Combine that with a 92-day marketing time and the story writes itself: Oberlin sellers list optimistically, the market takes three months to negotiate them down, and the sale finally closes about two percent under the last asking price. The 98.1% ratio measures the gap against the final list price, not the original one — which is why a healthy-looking ratio and a slow market can coexist.

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. Oberlin at a $295,326 median sits just above the state, in a county where Avon clears $588,200 and Lorain averages $201,836.

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 $294,335 average sale carries principal and interest of about $1,512 per month on a $235,468 loan. Lorain County property taxes, homeowners insurance and the Oberlin city income tax belong in any full comparison against a surrounding township address.

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What This Means If You Are Buying in Oberlin

You have leverage, and it is worth using deliberately rather than aggressively. Fifteen listings against six pendings means most of what you see is not being competed for. Homes that have been on the market past the 92-day average are the ones where a well-supported offer below ask has the best chance — and given the 27% per-foot gap between asking and pending prices, below ask is where this market has been settling.

Anchor your offer to the pending group, not to the active list. Those six contracts were written at $138 per square foot. The active listings ask $176. Somewhere between them is a defensible number, and the closing data says the market has been landing near $157.

The other advantage of a slow market is inspection and financing timelines that do not have to be waived. In North Ridgeville, with 70 homes under contract against 40 listed, a buyer often cannot ask for that. In Oberlin you can.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Oberlin

Price is the entire strategy here. The 98.1% sale-to-list ratio looks reassuring, but it is measured against wherever your list price ends up after reductions — not where you started. The market that takes 92 days to sell a house is a market that spends most of that time waiting for the price to come to it.

The active inventory is asking $176 per square foot on homes averaging 2,025 square feet. If your listing is priced in that band, you are competing with fourteen other homes for six buyers. Pricing at or slightly below the $157 per-foot closing average is what separates a sale in six weeks from a sale in four months with two reductions along the way.

Where Oberlin sellers do have a real advantage: distinctive homes are the norm here, not the exception. Architecture, lot, walkability to the college and downtown, and condition all carry weight with the buyer pool this market attracts. Presentation and photography earn more in Oberlin than they do in a subdivision market where the comparison is purely numeric.

How Oberlin Compares Nearby

Avon — $588,200 average sale, 21 active, 35 pending, $188/sq ft
Avon Lake — $459,987 average sale, 27 active, 20 pending, $187/sq ft
Vermilion — $422,432 average sale, 32 active, 31 pending, $185/sq ft
North Ridgeville — $370,868 average sale, 40 active, 70 pending, $170/sq ft
Amherst — $316,564 average sale, 27 active, 26 pending, $157/sq ft
Oberlin — $294,335 average sale, 15 active, 6 pending, $157/sq ft
Sheffield Lake — $243,281 average sale, 12 active, 17 pending, $152/sq ft
Elyria — $213,679 average sale, 83 active, 71 pending, $135/sq ft
Lorain — $201,836 average sale, 94 active, 67 pending, $117/sq ft

The pairing worth studying is Oberlin against Amherst. Both close at $157 per square foot. Amherst has 26 homes under contract against 27 listed and sells in 69 days; Oberlin has six under contract against fifteen listed and sells in 92. Identical pricing, completely different velocity — which is the practical difference between a market with depth and a market with character.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Oberlin, Ohio?

Closed sales in Oberlin averaged $294,335, and the median was $295,326 — unusually close together, which means the market is not being distorted by a handful of high or low sales despite a range running from $72,000 to $825,000. That works out to about $157 per square foot on homes averaging 2,077 square feet.

Is Oberlin a buyer market?

It is the most buyer-friendly market in Lorain County right now. Fifteen homes are listed against six under contract — 2.5 active listings per pending sale, where most of the county runs near or below 1.0. Closings finished at 98.1% of list, meaning the average buyer negotiated $5,841 off the asking price, and homes took 92 days on market to get there.

Why do homes take so long to sell in Oberlin?

Ninety-two days is the slowest average in Lorain County — against 88 in Vermilion, 79 in Avon, 69 in Amherst and Elyria and 57 in Avon Lake. Two things drive it. Oberlin is a small market with only six homes under contract at any moment, so each sale needs to find its particular buyer. And the housing stock skews toward older, architecturally specific homes, which sell to a narrower audience than a subdivision colonial does.

How much do buyers negotiate off the asking price in Oberlin?

The median sale closed at 98.5% of list and the aggregate across all 40 closings was 98.1%. Individual sales ran from 89% to 106% of ask, and 27 of the 40 closed within five percentage points of the asking price. On the average $300,176 list price, the typical concession was $5,841.

What is the monthly payment on an average Oberlin home?

On the $294,335 average sale price with 20% down ($58,867) at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $1,512 per month on a $235,468 loan. Lorain County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional, and Oberlin carries a city income tax that belongs in a full cost comparison against surrounding townships.

Why are Oberlin active listings priced above what is selling?

The fifteen active listings average $330,872 and $176 per square foot. Closings averaged $294,335 and $157 per square foot, and the six pending homes average $269,783 and $138. The asking prices on the open market sit roughly 12% above the closing average and 27% above the per-foot price the pending group agreed to — which, combined with 92-day marketing times, is the clearest signal in this report that Oberlin sellers are still starting high.

How does Oberlin compare to Amherst and Elyria?

Amherst averaged $316,564 on 101 closings at $157 per square foot with 27 active listings against 26 pendings — a balanced market at almost exactly the same per-foot price as Oberlin. Elyria averaged $213,679 at $135 per square foot. Oberlin sits between them on price and well behind both on speed.

Does Oberlin College affect the local housing market?

Oberlin College and Conservatory is the dominant institution in a city of 8,329, and it shapes the market in ways the averages do not show: a steady faculty and staff buyer pool, a significant rental segment serving students, and a historic housing stock near the campus that trades on architecture rather than square footage. It is one reason per-square-foot comparisons against subdivision markets like North Ridgeville are less useful here than usual.

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

Start with live listing data rather than a citywide average. The Oberlin market report page updates as listings change status, and in a market where homes take three months to sell and buyers negotiate two percent off, pricing strategy matters more than in most of Lorain County.

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Citywide averages are a poor guide in a market where a Victorian near Tappan Square and a ranch on the edge of town are both counted as one sale. If you are weighing a move in or out of Oberlin, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on your home, its architecture and its location rather than a city average — and for a realistic read on how long your particular house should expect to be on the market.

Sources: MLS Now listing data as displayed on the Oberlin, 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. 4, 2026

Orrville, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Orrville Ohio real estate market report

Orrville has nine homes for sale and twelve under contract. More houses in this Wayne County city of 8,343 are already spoken for than a buyer can walk into today. And the nine that remain average $324,577 — about $46,000 above what the market has actually been paying and roughly 400 square feet larger than the typical closing. In a market this small, that is not a price trend. It is a description of nine specific houses, and it is the single most important thing to understand before reading any average in this report.

Orrville, Ohio — Market Snapshot
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Average Sale Price
9	12	52	$278,641
Median Sale Price	Average List (Active)	Average List (Pending)	Sale-to-List (Verified)
$237,450	$324,577	$223,916	100.0% median / 100.8% aggregate
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days on Market (Sold)	Days to Pending
$156	1,821 sq ft	58 days	57 days

Source: MLS Now data as displayed on the Orrville market report, August 2026. Sale-to-list and median figures computed from the 46 closings carrying both a list and a sale price — see the note below.

A Note on the Sale-to-List Number

The citywide summary for Orrville reports an average list price of $250,746 against an average sale price of $278,641. Taken at face value that is a sale-to-list ratio of 111.1% — sellers beating their asking price by eleven percent, across 52 closings. No Ohio market is doing that, and Orrville is not either.

Working from the individual closings instead, 46 of the 52 sales carry both a list price and a sale price. Those 46 records give a median sale-to-list ratio of 100.0% and an aggregate of 100.8%, with individual sales ranging from 92% to 115% of ask. Thirty-four of the 46 closed within five percentage points of the asking price. That is a market at par, which is a very different story from a market eleven points over.

The distortion comes from the records excluded from that detailed set — closings entered with a missing or nominal list price, which drag the citywide average list down while leaving the average sale price untouched. It is the same data problem this series has documented in New Philadelphia, Coshocton and Louisville. The average sale price of $278,641 is sound; the ratio built against the average list price is not, and this report uses the verified figure instead.

Average Versus Median: Use the Median Here

Fifty-two closings is a small enough sample that a few large sales move the average noticeably. Orrville sales ranged from $132,000 to $535,000. The average landed at $278,641; the median — the sale in the middle — was $237,450, about $41,000 lower.

For a buyer trying to understand what a normal Orrville house costs, the median is the honest number. It puts Orrville roughly 17% below the $285,000 Ohio statewide median, which is what you would expect from a Wayne County manufacturing town rather than a Cleveland or Columbus suburb. For a seller of a larger or updated home, the average is the reminder that the upper half of this market does exist and does transact.

Nine Listings, and They Are the Expensive Ones

Line the three segments up and the shape of the market is immediate:

Active — 9 listings, $324,577 average ask, 2,236 sq ft, $162/sq ft, 40 days on market
Pending — 12 under contract, $223,916 average list, 1,722 sq ft, $143/sq ft, 57 days to pending
Sold — 52 closings, $278,641 average sale, 1,821 sq ft, $156/sq ft, 58 days on market

The pending group is the cheapest and smallest of the three. That is the market telling you where the demand is: buyers in Orrville are transacting at the $220,000 to $240,000 level, on homes around 1,700 to 1,800 square feet. The nine active listings sit a full tier above that, and the newest of them have been listed an average of 40 days.

One more detail worth noticing: closings averaged 58 days on market and pendings took 57 days to go under contract. In most markets in this series the pending number is well below the closed number, because buyers pick off the freshest listings first. In Orrville the two match, which suggests buyers are working through the entire available inventory rather than competing over new arrivals — a natural consequence of having only nine houses to choose 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 statewide. Orrville median at $237,450 runs well under that, and Orrville inventory runs dramatically tighter than the statewide picture.

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 $237,450 median sale carries principal and interest of about $1,220 per month on a $189,960 loan. At the $278,641 average, the same structure runs about $1,431. Wayne County property taxes and homeowners insurance sit on top of both.

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What This Means If You Are Buying in Orrville

Nine listings is not a shopping trip, it is a watch list. Set up alerts, know your financing before you look, and accept that the right house may be four weeks away from listing. The alternative is widening the search — Wooster has 68 active listings at a nearly identical $158 per square foot, and Massillon has 77.

On price, use the median. If your budget is around $240,000 you are buying at the center of this market, in the same band where all twelve current contracts were written. If you are shopping the active list as it stands, understand you are shopping the top of the market — those nine homes ask $324,577 on average, and the market has been settling closer to $278,000.

And do not read the 111% figure as a warning that you will have to overbid. Verified against individual closings, Orrville sells at par. Thirty-four of the last 46 sales closed within five percent of asking, in both directions.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Orrville

You have eight competitors. That is as close to a monopoly position as a residential seller gets, and it is the reason twelve homes went under contract while only nine remain listed. If your house is in the 1,700 to 1,900 square foot range and priced near the median, it will find a buyer.

The caution is at the top end. The active inventory is already skewed expensive and larger, and it is sitting — 40 days average and climbing for homes asking well above the closing average. If you are bringing a $325,000-plus house to market in Orrville, price it against the actual closings rather than against the other listings, because the other listings are not the market. They are what the market has passed on so far.

At par pricing, list price and sale price are effectively the same decision here. Set the number correctly on day one and expect to hold it.

How Orrville Compares Nearby

Medina — $417,997 average sale, 95 active, 87 pending, $173/sq ft
Wadsworth — $368,233 average sale, 31 active, 43 pending, $166/sq ft
North Canton — $309,630 average sale, 51 active, 53 pending, $158/sq ft
Norton — $308,556 average sale, 8 active, 18 pending, $163/sq ft
Wooster — $287,722 average sale, 68 active, 47 pending, $158/sq ft
Orrville — $278,641 average sale, 9 active, 12 pending, $156/sq ft
Massillon — $255,320 average sale, 77 active, 74 pending, $145/sq ft
Barberton — $194,145 average sale, 36 active, 40 pending, $132/sq ft

The closest comparison is Norton, the other very tight small market in this group: eight active listings against eighteen pendings, a $308,556 average sale and $163 per square foot. Between them, Orrville and Norton describe the same condition — small Northeast Ohio cities where inventory has simply run out and the per-square-foot price has drifted up toward what the larger county-seat markets command.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Orrville, Ohio?

Closed sales in Orrville averaged $278,641. The median is a more useful number in a market this small: across the 46 closings with complete price records, the median sale was $237,450. A handful of sales up to $535,000 pull the average well above what a typical Orrville house trades for.

Is the 111% sale-to-list ratio shown for Orrville accurate?

No, and this report does not use it. The citywide average row reports an average list price of $250,746 against an average sale price of $278,641, which would mean sellers here beat their asking price by eleven percent. Working from the 46 individual closings that carry both a list and a sale price, the median ratio is 100.0% and the aggregate is 100.8% — par, not eleven points over. The citywide figure appears to be distorted by records with a missing or nominal list price, a data problem seen in several small Ohio MLS markets.

How many homes are for sale in Orrville?

Nine active listings against twelve homes under contract. More Orrville homes are spoken for than are available — 0.75 active listings per pending sale, one of the tighter readings in Wayne County and the surrounding markets.

How long do homes take to sell in Orrville?

Closed sales averaged 58 days on market, and the twelve homes currently under contract took an average of 57 days to go pending. Unlike most markets in this series, the two numbers match — buyers here are not skimming the newest listings, they are working through the whole inventory.

Why are the active listings so much more expensive than what is selling?

The nine homes on the market average $324,577 and 2,236 square feet. Closings averaged $278,641 on 1,821 square feet, and the pending group averages $223,916 on 1,722 square feet. What is left unsold is roughly 400 square feet larger and $46,000 more expensive than what the market has been absorbing. In a nine-listing market that is a statement about the specific houses available, not a price trend.

What is the monthly payment on an average Orrville home?

On the $278,641 average sale price with 20% down ($55,728) at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $1,431 per month. At the $237,450 median sale price the same structure runs about $1,220. Wayne County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional.

How does Orrville compare to Wooster?

Wooster, twelve miles west and the Wayne County seat, averaged $287,722 on 188 closings at $158 per square foot, with 68 active listings. Orrville averaged $278,641 at $156 per square foot with nine active listings. The prices are close; the difference is scale and choice — Wooster offers seven times the inventory, Orrville offers almost none.

What drives the Orrville housing market?

Orrville is a Wayne County manufacturing town of 8,343 and the headquarters of The J. M. Smucker Company, which anchors local employment alongside the surrounding agricultural economy. That employment base, plus prices well under the $285,000 Ohio median, is what keeps a nine-listing market moving as briskly as it does.

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

Start with live listing data rather than a citywide average built on 52 closings. The Orrville market report page updates as listings change status, and a conversation about your street, your square footage and your timeline will tell you more than any average shown here.

Get a Personalized Orrville Market Analysis

Nine active listings and 52 closings is a small enough dataset that any citywide average deserves a second look — as the sale-to-list note above shows. If you are weighing a move in or out of Orrville, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on your home and your street rather than a city average, including a realistic read on how a larger Orrville home should be priced against a market that has been transacting well below it.

Sources: MLS Now listing data as displayed on the Orrville, Ohio real estate market report, including individual closing records used to verify the sale-to-list ratio; 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. 4, 2026

Highland Heights, Ohio Real Estate Market Report — August 2026

Highland Heights Ohio real estate market report

In most housing markets, the bigger the house, the more it costs per square foot. Highland Heights runs the other way. The thirty-six homes that closed here averaged 3,405 square feet at $165 per square foot. The ten homes now under contract are 164 square feet larger and priced at $146. The twelve homes still sitting on the market are 478 square feet larger than the closed average and ask $159. In this corner of eastern Cuyahoga County, buyers are paying for the house, not the foot — and the largest homes have to give something back per square foot to find a contract.

Highland Heights, Ohio — Market Snapshot
Active Listings	Under Contract	Closed Sales	Average Sale Price
12	10	36	$542,553
Average List (Active)	Average List (Pending)	Average List (Sold)	Sale-to-List Ratio
$575,391	$498,279	$539,758	100.5% (+$2,795)
Price per Sq Ft (Sold)	Average Size (Sold)	Days on Market (Sold)	Days to Pending
$165	3,405 sq ft	53 days	33 days

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

Twelve Homes for Sale in a City of 8,623

Highland Heights has twelve homes on the open market. Ten are already spoken for. That ratio — 1.2 active listings for every pending sale — is one of the tighter readings in eastern Cuyahoga County, and it is the number that shapes everything else in this report. Lyndhurst has thirty active listings against twenty-five pendings; South Euclid has fifty-nine against thirty-seven. Highland Heights has a dozen.

Thin inventory does two things at once. It pushes closings over asking — the thirty-six sales here finished at 100.5% of list, $2,795 above the sign on average. And it makes each individual listing matter enormously to the citywide averages. A single large new-construction home entering the active column can move the average ask by tens of thousands of dollars, which is why the active average of $575,391 should be read as a description of twelve specific houses rather than a forecast of where prices are headed.

Why the Per-Foot Numbers Run Backwards

Set the three segments side by side and the pattern is hard to miss:

Sold — 3,405 sq ft, $165/sq ft, $542,553 average sale
Pending — 3,569 sq ft, $146/sq ft, $498,279 average list
Active — 3,883 sq ft, $159/sq ft, $575,391 average list

The pendings are the largest-per-dollar group in the market, and they are the group that went under contract fastest — 33 days against a 53-day closed average. Buyers found the square footage that was priced to move and took it. What is left on the market is 478 square feet larger than what has been selling, asking a per-foot price that sits between the two.

The practical translation for a buyer: in Highland Heights, stretching for size is unusually efficient. Going from 3,400 to 3,900 square feet does not cost a proportional premium here, because the per-foot price falls as the house grows. The practical translation for a seller of a large home: your competition is doing the same math, and the listing that wins is the one whose per-foot number is honest.

Sellers Are Getting Their Number — Barely

The 100.5% sale-to-list ratio is a genuinely balanced reading. It is not the 104.7% seen in Worthington, and it is not the sub-96% seen in the weaker Mahoning Valley markets. It means the average Highland Heights seller listed at $539,758 and closed at $542,553 — a $2,795 difference on a half-million-dollar house, roughly half a percent.

What that ratio does not mean is that pricing does not matter. An average of 100.5% across thirty-six sales is compatible with a market where well-priced homes draw multiple offers and overpriced ones sit through two reductions before closing under ask. The 53-day average days-on-market, against 33 days to pending for the homes buyers are choosing now, points to exactly that split: a fast lane and a slow lane, separated mostly by the list price.

What the Ohio and Northeast Ohio Backdrop Looks Like

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 with 39,641 active listings statewide and 3.72 months of supply. Highland Heights sells at roughly 1.9 times the state median, which is what a Mayfield-district address in eastern Cuyahoga County has generally cost.

On financing, 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 $542,553 average sale carries principal and interest of about $2,786 per month on a $434,042 loan. At the $498,279 average pending list price, the same structure runs about $2,559. Cuyahoga County taxes and insurance sit on top of both figures and are not small in this county — budget for them before you set a price ceiling.

Search Highland Heights by Property Type

Featured Highland Heights Neighborhoods

Highland Heights is a compact city, but the MLS still splits it across a long list of platted subdivisions — and the Aberdeen developments in particular carry a different price and age profile than the older sections nearer Wilson Mills Road. Current activity is showing up in these areas:

Abeerden West · Aberdeen At Stonewater · Aberdeen Community · Aberdeen Estates · Canterbury Rdg · Canterbury Ridge · East Lynn Mdws · Glen Eden · Grappa Farms · Highland Hts · Highland Mdws Resub · Highland Meadows · Highland Park · Highland Woods East · Highland Woods Northeast · Legends At Aberdeen · Mather Stable · May Pine Farms · Mayfair Garden · Mayfield Park

What This Means If You Are Buying in Highland Heights

You are shopping a twelve-home market, so the first discipline is patience paired with speed — patience because the right house may not be listed this week, speed because when it lists, the homes buyers actually want are going pending in about a month. Get the financing letter done before you start looking, not after you find something.

The second point is the per-foot inversion above. If your budget tops out near $500,000, the pending group is your comparison set: 3,569 square feet at $146 per foot. That is more house per dollar than the closed average delivered, and it is where the current contracts are being written. Do not assume the largest listing on the market is out of reach on a per-foot basis — run the number before you rule it out.

Third, expect to pay close to ask. A market closing at 100.5% of list is not a market where a 5% opening offer gets taken seriously on a fresh listing. Save the negotiating leverage for the homes that have been sitting — with a 53-day closed average and some listings well past that, those exist here too.

What This Means If You Are Selling in Highland Heights

Twelve competitors is the friendliest inventory picture a Highland Heights seller has had in some time, and the sale-to-list ratio says the market will meet a fair price. The risk is not the market — it is the list price. The gap between the active average ask of $575,391 and the average closing of $542,553 is about $33,000, and that gap is exactly the space where listings go stale.

If your home is on the larger end, price it on the per-foot logic that is actually clearing: the pendings at $146 and the closings at $165 bracket the range, and 3,800 square feet priced at the top of that band will be shopped against homes offering the same size for less. If your home is closer to the 3,400-square-foot average, you have the strongest position in this market — that is the size band with the deepest buyer pool and the $165 per-foot number to support it.

How Highland Heights Compares Nearby

Beachwood — $668,827 average sale, 19 active, 12 pending, $193/sq ft
Highland Heights — $542,553 average sale, 12 active, 10 pending, $165/sq ft
Willoughby Hills — $421,080 average sale, 18 active, 6 pending, $173/sq ft
Mayfield Heights — $270,602 average sale, 19 active, 23 pending, $153/sq ft
Richmond Heights — $264,253 average sale, 14 active, 11 pending, $116/sq ft
Lyndhurst — $257,837 average sale, 30 active, 25 pending, $133/sq ft
Wickliffe — $216,839 average sale, 18 active, 19 pending, $146/sq ft
South Euclid — $214,735 average sale, 59 active, 37 pending, $113/sq ft

The comparison worth sitting with is Highland Heights against Willoughby Hills. Highland Heights sells for $121,000 more on average, yet its per-foot price is $8 lower. The premium here buys square footage and a Mayfield-district address, not a higher price per foot — which is the single most useful thing to know before comparing a Highland Heights listing against anything across the Lake County line.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Highland Heights, Ohio?

Closed sales in Highland Heights averaged $542,553, on homes averaging 3,405 square feet — about $165 per square foot. That is the second-highest average sale price among the eastern Cuyahoga County suburbs tracked in this series, behind Beachwood at $668,827.

Is Highland Heights a seller market or a buyer market?

It leans to sellers, but narrowly. Twelve homes are listed for sale against ten under contract — 1.2 active listings per pending sale. Closings finished at 100.5% of list price, or $2,795 above asking on average, which describes a market where a correctly priced home sells at or slightly over the number on the sign.

How long do homes take to sell in Highland Heights?

Closed sales averaged 53 days on market. Homes currently under contract went pending in an average of 33 days — twenty days faster than the closed average, which says the listings buyers are choosing right now are moving quickly while the rest of the inventory ages.

How much house does $500,000 buy in Highland Heights?

At the closed average of $165 per square foot, $500,000 buys roughly 3,030 square feet. The ten homes currently under contract average 3,569 square feet at an average list price of $498,279, so a half-million dollars is very close to the working budget in this market.

What is the monthly payment on an average Highland Heights home?

On the $542,553 average sale price with 20% down ($108,511) at the 6.65% thirty-year rate Freddie Mac reported on August 20, 2026, principal and interest run about $2,786 per month. Cuyahoga County property taxes, homeowners insurance and any association dues are additional.

Why do larger homes in Highland Heights cost less per square foot?

It is a consistent pattern here. Closed sales averaged 3,405 square feet at $165 per square foot; the ten pending homes are 164 square feet larger and priced at $146 per square foot; the twelve active listings are 478 square feet larger than the closed average and ask $159. Buyers in this price band are paying for the house rather than the foot, and the largest homes discount per square foot to compete.

How many homes are for sale in Highland Heights?

Twelve, as of this report — against thirty-six closings. For a city of 8,623 residents that is thin inventory: fewer active listings than Richmond Heights at fourteen, Wickliffe at eighteen or Mayfield Heights at nineteen.

What school district serves Highland Heights?

Highland Heights is served by the Mayfield City School District, shared with Mayfield Heights, Mayfield Village and Gates Mills. School district is one of the durable reasons the eastern Cuyahoga suburbs price apart from one another, and it belongs in any comparison of Highland Heights against a neighboring city.

Where should I start if I am buying or selling in Highland Heights?

Start with live numbers rather than a headline. The Highland Heights market report page updates as listings change status, and a specific conversation about your street, your square footage and your timeline will beat any citywide average.

Get a Personalized Highland Heights Market Analysis

Citywide averages built on twelve active listings can only tell you so much about your specific street and your specific square footage. If you are weighing a move in or out of Highland Heights, Contact Christopher Lotte for a valuation built on your home rather than the city average — including what the Aberdeen sections are doing relative to the older Wilson Mills corridor, and how your timeline lines up with a market that is going pending in about a month.

Sources: MLS Now listing data as displayed on the Highland Heights, 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. 4, 2026

Olmsted Falls Ohio Real Estate Market Report – August 2026

Olmsted Falls Ohio Real Estate Market Report August 2026

Olmsted Falls charges about $150 per square foot no matter which way you look at it — $148 asked on active listings, $151 on homes under contract, $152 on recent closings. What differs is what is moving. The homes going under contract average 2,117 finished square feet and reached that point in 35 days. The thirteen still available average 1,514. Buyers have taken the larger stock.

Olmsted Falls Ohio Market Snapshot – August 2026

Active Listings	Under Contract	Recent Closings	Avg Sale Price
13	20	65	$266,653
Avg List Price (Active)	Avg Price / Sq Ft (Sold)	Sale-to-List Ratio	Avg Days on Market
$230,861	$152	99.8%	60 (active)
Avg Beds (Sold)	Avg Baths (Sold)	Avg Living Area (Sold)	Est. Monthly P&I
3.0	2.2	1,697 sq ft	$1,369

Source: Olmsted Falls, Ohio Real Estate Market Report, MLS Now data as of August 2026. Recent closings averaged 59 days from list to contract; pending sales 35 days. Monthly payment assumes 20% down at 6.65%, principal and interest only.

One Rate, Three Different Houses

The price-per-square-foot figures across the three segments:

Active listings — 1,514 sq ft, $148/sq ft, on market 60 days
Under contract now — 2,117 sq ft, $151/sq ft, 35 days to contract
Recently closed — 1,697 sq ft, $152/sq ft, 59 days to contract

Four dollars separates the highest from the lowest. On value per square foot, Olmsted Falls is one of the most consistently priced markets in this entire report — you can multiply square footage by roughly $150, adjust for condition, and be close.

The size column is where the action is. The pending cohort is 600 square feet larger than the standing inventory and reached contract in little over a month. Buyers here are moving decisively on the bigger homes, and what is left available is the smaller stock.

Two practical consequences. If you want 2,000-plus square feet in Olmsted Falls, the current active list will not show it to you — you need to be positioned to move the week something appears. And when those twenty pending sales close, the reported average sale price will rise on mix alone, not because values moved.

Thirteen Available, Twenty Committed

An active-to-pending ratio of 0.65 puts Olmsted Falls among the tighter markets in western Cuyahoga County. Sixty-five homes have closed recently against thirteen currently listed — five to one.

Sales are landing at 99.8% of list — a difference of just $420 between the average asking price and the average sale price across sixty-five transactions. Essentially exact par.

Combined with the stable per-foot rate, that makes this an unusually predictable market. The list price is the price, the rate is about $150 a foot, and the constraint is simply that there is not much to buy.

Priced With Its Neighbours

Western Cuyahoga County is a narrow band on value per foot, and Olmsted Falls sits squarely in it:

Fairview Park — $280,562 sale, $167/sq ft
Brook Park — $231,664 sale, $161/sq ft
Middleburg Heights — $304,013 sale, $158/sq ft
Berea — $266,475 sale, $156/sq ft
North Olmsted — $279,928 sale, $153/sq ft
Olmsted Falls — $266,653 sale, $152/sq ft

Berea closes within $180 of Olmsted Falls on average sale price and within four dollars per square foot. The two are effectively the same market on price. What separates them is pace — Berea’s active listings average 20 days on market against Olmsted Falls’ 60.

North Olmsted offers the same per-foot value with more than twice the inventory, which makes it the practical widening move for a buyer stuck among thirteen listings.

Ohio Context and Mortgage Rates

Statewide, the Ohio REALTORS July 2026 report put the median Ohio sale price at $285,000, up 3.6% year over year, across 12,723 sales, with 39,641 active listings and 3.72 months of supply. Olmsted Falls closes just below that median with a substantially tighter supply picture.

Freddie Mac reported the 30-year fixed averaging 6.65% and the 15-year 5.95% as of August 20, 2026, a second consecutive weekly decline. On a $213,322 loan that is roughly $1,369 a month in principal and interest.

Cuyahoga County property taxes are a significant addition and vary by parcel. Get the actual number for any specific address.

Olmsted Falls Market Breakdown by Property Type

What This Means If You Are Buying

Value by the foot — it works here. At $148 to $152 across every segment, roughly $150 per square foot times the size gets you close on almost any Olmsted Falls property.

If you want a larger home, be ready to move immediately. The bigger stock is going under contract in 35 days and none of it is sitting on the active list.

Expect list price. A $420 average gap across sixty-five sales says neither a discount nor a premium is the norm.

Look at North Olmsted and Berea in parallel. Same value per foot, considerably more to choose from.

What This Means If You Are Selling

Twelve other homes compete with you citywide, more buyers are committed than there are homes available, and the market pays essentially list price.

Price at roughly $152 per square foot, adjusted honestly for condition, and expect to get close to it. This market has demonstrated across sixty-five transactions that it does not bid past asking — but it does not discount either.

If your home is on the larger end, the pending data says demand there is strong and fast. Confirm Cuyahoga County point-of-sale inspection requirements for your address before listing.

How Olmsted Falls Compares Nearby

Middleburg Heights — $304,013 average sale, 21 active, 15 pending, $158/sq ft
Fairview Park — $280,562 average sale, 12 active, 15 pending, $167/sq ft
North Olmsted — $279,928 average sale, 30 active, 33 pending, $153/sq ft
Olmsted Falls — $266,653 average sale, 13 active, 20 pending, $152/sq ft
Berea — $266,475 average sale, 20 active, 27 pending, $156/sq ft
Brook Park — $231,664 average sale, 18 active, 14 pending, $161/sq ft

Olmsted Falls and Berea are within $180 of each other on average sale price — the closest pair in this entire report. Both are tight on supply and both price around $150 per foot. If you are searching one, search the other.

Brook Park is the interesting outlier: the lowest average sale price in the group but the second-highest per-foot rate, because it sells the smallest homes.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Olmsted Falls, Ohio?

Recent closed sales in the Olmsted Falls market area averaged $266,653, or about $152 per square foot on an average of 1,697 finished square feet. That is roughly $18,000 below the Ohio statewide median of $285,000.

How much is the monthly payment on an average Olmsted Falls home?

At the $266,653 average closing price with 20% down and the Freddie Mac 30-year average of 6.65% as of August 20, 2026, principal and interest come to roughly $1,369 per month on a $213,322 loan. Cuyahoga County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional and are substantial.

Are asking prices in Olmsted Falls realistic?

Remarkably so. Active listings ask $148 per square foot, homes under contract are at $151, and recent closings landed at $152. A four-dollar spread across all three segments is about as tightly aligned as this data gets.

Do homes in Olmsted Falls sell for asking price?

Almost exactly. The average sale closed at 99.8% of list — $266,653 against an average list price of $267,073, a difference of just $420.

Is Olmsted Falls a buyer or a seller market right now?

A seller market. There are only 13 active listings against 20 under contract — a ratio of 0.65, meaning half again as many homes are committed as available.

What kind of homes are going under contract in Olmsted Falls?

The larger ones. Homes currently under contract average 2,117 finished square feet against 1,514 for the thirteen still available — roughly 600 square feet more — and they reached contract in just 35 days. Buyers are absorbing the bigger stock and leaving the smaller homes on the market.

How fast do homes sell in Olmsted Falls?

Pending sales reached contract in an average of 35 days, well ahead of the 59 days recent closings took. Active listings have been out 60 days. The pace has picked up noticeably.

How does Olmsted Falls compare to Berea and North Olmsted?

The three are within three dollars per square foot of each other — $152 in Olmsted Falls, $156 in Berea, $153 in North Olmsted — and their average sale prices sit within $14,000. What differs is inventory: Olmsted Falls has 13 active listings against North Olmsted’s 30 and Berea’s 20.

Get a Personalized Olmsted Falls Market Analysis

Olmsted Falls is one of the more predictable markets in this report — a stable per-foot rate, list prices that mean what they say, and a $420 average gap between asking and selling. That makes the deciding factors the ones a citywide figure cannot capture: your street, your home’s condition, and its size relative to what buyers are currently taking.

If you are selling, I will price your home on the per-foot basis this market trades on and tell you honestly how it compares to the twelve others available. If you are buying — particularly if you want a larger home — I can get you notified the day one lists, because those are not lasting.

Contact Christopher Lotte to get started, or browse the full Olmsted Falls, Ohio real estate market report for the underlying listing-level data.

Sources: MLS Now via the Olmsted Falls Ohio Market Report (August 2026) · Ohio REALTORS July 2026 Housing Report · Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, August 20, 2026. Figures are averages for the Olmsted Falls market area as reported by the MLS and are not a substitute for a professional valuation.

Christopher Lotte, Realtor

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Sept. 4, 2026

Sheffield Lake Ohio Real Estate Market Report – August 2026

Sheffield Lake Ohio Real Estate Market Report August 2026

Sheffield Lake has twelve homes for sale and seventeen under contract — noticeably more spoken for than available. The twelve that remain are asking $191 per square foot. The market has been paying $152, and the homes currently going under contract are at $144. Buyers here are clearing the affordable end of a Lake Erie town and leaving the priciest listings on the shelf.

Sheffield Lake Ohio Market Snapshot – August 2026

Active Listings	Under Contract	Recent Closings	Avg Sale Price
12	17	39	$243,281
Avg List Price (Active)	Avg Price / Sq Ft (Sold)	Sale-to-List Ratio	Avg Days on Market
$349,316	$152	100.6%	65 (active)
Avg Beds (Sold)	Avg Baths (Sold)	Avg Living Area (Sold)	Est. Monthly P&I
3.4	1.9	1,689 sq ft	$1,249

Source: Sheffield Lake, Ohio Real Estate Market Report, MLS Now data as of August 2026. Recent closings averaged 62 days from list to contract; pending sales 46 days. Monthly payment assumes 20% down at 6.65%, principal and interest only.

The Affordable End Is Clearing First

All three segments, side by side:

Active listings — 1,950 sq ft, asking $349,316, $191/sq ft, on market 65 days
Recently closed — 1,689 sq ft, sold $243,281, $152/sq ft, 62 days to contract
Under contract now — 1,944 sq ft, listed $259,317, $144/sq ft, 46 days to contract

The pending cohort is the cheapest per square foot and by far the quickest to reach a contract. The active inventory is the most expensive per foot and has been sitting the longest.

Note that the pending homes are nearly as large as the active ones — 1,944 square feet against 1,950 — so this is not a size story. It is a price story. Buyers in Sheffield Lake are finding value and taking it, and the listings priced 26% above the clearing rate are the ones waiting.

For a buyer, that means the negotiating room in this market is concentrated in the higher-priced listings. For a seller, it means the market is not paying $191 per square foot right now, whatever the neighbours are asking.

Twelve Listings, Seventeen Committed

The active-to-pending ratio is 0.71. Thirty-nine homes have closed recently against twelve currently available — more than three to one.

Sheffield Lake is a small, fully built-out Lake Erie city between Lorain and Avon Lake, with limited capacity to add housing. Twelve listings is a normal state here rather than an anomaly, and the supply picture is genuinely tight.

Sales are landing at 100.6% of list, about $1,410 over asking — a modest premium, but a premium.

The Affordable Lakeshore Address in Lorain County

At $152 per square foot, Sheffield Lake sits between the county’s premium lakeshore markets and its industrial core:

Avon Lake — $459,987 sale, $187/sq ft
Vermilion — $422,432 sale, $185/sq ft
Amherst — $316,564 sale, $157/sq ft
Sheffield Lake — $243,281 sale, $152/sq ft
Elyria — $213,679 sale, $135/sq ft
Lorain — $201,836 sale, $117/sq ft

Against Avon Lake — the closest comparison in character, immediately to the east — Sheffield Lake is 19% cheaper per square foot and closes at roughly half the average price. Both sit on Lake Erie with the same Route 6 frontage.

Amherst is priced just 3% above Sheffield Lake per foot and carries more than twice the inventory, which makes it the practical alternative for a buyer who cannot find anything among twelve listings.

Ohio Context and Mortgage Rates

Statewide, the Ohio REALTORS July 2026 report put the median Ohio sale price at $285,000, up 3.6% year over year, across 12,723 sales, with 39,641 active listings and 3.72 months of supply. Sheffield Lake closes about $42,000 below that median, and twelve listings against thirty-nine recent closings is a fraction of that supply.

Freddie Mac reported the 30-year fixed averaging 6.65% and the 15-year 5.95% as of August 20, 2026, a second consecutive weekly decline. On a $194,625 loan that is roughly $1,249 a month in principal and interest.

For any lake-proximate parcel, insurance is worth pricing before you budget from the purchase price.

Sheffield Lake Market Breakdown by Property Type

Featured Sheffield Lake Neighborhoods

Sheffield Lake runs in bands back from the lakefront, and pricing varies between them:

Cleveland Beach · Colonial Gardens · Community Beach · Copopa Trail · Coral Beach · Cove Beach · Helen Tarnavsky · Hill Road · Holl Road · Hollyview Estates · Knickerbocker Road · Lake Breeze Manor · Lake Erie Manor · Lake Road · Lakewood Beach · Maple Grove · Mariners Watch · Oak Park · Sheffield On Lake · Sunset Country Club

What This Means If You Are Buying

Anchor at $152 per square foot, not $191. The active listings are asking well above what this market has been paying. Value your offer off the closed and pending data.

The room is at the top. The higher-priced listings are the ones sitting at 65 days. That is where a considered offer below asking has a chance.

Move fast on anything well priced. With seventeen homes already under contract against twelve available, and pendings reaching contract in 46 days, the value listings do not wait.

Have Amherst ready. Three percent more per square foot with more than twice the inventory, a short drive inland.

What This Means If You Are Selling

The supply picture is strongly in your favour — eleven other listings citywide and more buyers committed than homes available.

Price to the clearing rate rather than to your neighbours’ asking prices. The current active listings average $191 per square foot and are sitting; the homes going under contract are at $144 and moving in six weeks. That gap is the whole story of this market right now.

Expect roughly two months to a contract at a sensible price, and have your Lorain County disclosures ready before you go active.

How Sheffield Lake Compares Nearby

Avon Lake — $459,987 average sale, 27 active, 20 pending, $187/sq ft
North Ridgeville — $370,868 average sale, 40 active, 70 pending, $170/sq ft
Amherst — $316,564 average sale, 27 active, 26 pending, $157/sq ft
Sheffield Lake — $243,281 average sale, 12 active, 17 pending, $152/sq ft
Elyria — $213,679 average sale, 83 active, 71 pending, $135/sq ft
Lorain — $201,836 average sale, 94 active, 67 pending, $117/sq ft

Lorain is the affordability step down at 23% less per square foot, with 94 active listings against Sheffield Lake’s twelve — a completely different amount of choice.

North Ridgeville is the step up, at 12% more per foot and with the deepest pending pipeline in the county.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Sheffield Lake, Ohio?

Recent closed sales in the Sheffield Lake market area averaged $243,281, or about $152 per square foot on an average of 1,689 finished square feet. That is roughly $42,000 below the Ohio statewide median of $285,000.

How much is the monthly payment on an average Sheffield Lake home?

At the $243,281 average closing price with 20% down and the Freddie Mac 30-year average of 6.65% as of August 20, 2026, principal and interest come to roughly $1,249 per month on a $194,625 loan. Lorain County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional.

Is Sheffield Lake a buyer or a seller market right now?

A seller market. There are only 12 active listings against 17 under contract — a ratio of 0.71, meaning noticeably more homes are committed than available — and sales are closing at 100.6% of list.

Why are the remaining listings so much more expensive than what is selling?

The twelve active listings are asking about $191 per square foot while recent sales closed at $152 and homes currently under contract are at $144. The standing inventory is also larger — 1,950 finished square feet against 1,689 on the closings. Buyers here are absorbing the smaller, more affordable stock and leaving the higher-priced properties available.

What is selling fastest in Sheffield Lake?

The more affordable homes. The seventeen properties currently under contract reached that point in an average of 46 days — faster than the 62 days recent closings took and the 65 days the active listings have been sitting — at an average list price of $259,317 and $144 per square foot.

Do homes in Sheffield Lake sell for asking price?

Slightly above. The average sale closed at 100.6% of list — about $1,410 over asking, on an average list price of $241,871.

How does Sheffield Lake compare to Avon Lake and Lorain?

It is the affordable lakeshore option between them. At $152 per square foot Sheffield Lake sits well below Avon Lake ($187) and comfortably above Lorain ($117). Its average sale price of $243,281 is roughly half Avon Lake’s $459,987.

Is Sheffield Lake a good place to buy right now?

For a buyer who wants a Lake Erie address in Lorain County without Avon Lake pricing, the case is strong — about $1,249 a month in principal and interest for an average home. The constraint is severe: twelve listings citywide, with more homes already under contract than available.

Get a Personalized Sheffield Lake Market Analysis

With twelve homes on the market and a 26% gap between what those listings ask and what this market actually pays, Sheffield Lake is a place where reading the numbers correctly saves real money on both sides.

If you are selling, I will price your home where this market is genuinely clearing rather than alongside listings that have been sitting. If you are buying, I can get you alerted the day a Sheffield Lake home lists, and tell you which of the current twelve are worth an offer.

Contact Christopher Lotte to get started, or browse the full Sheffield Lake, Ohio real estate market report for the underlying listing-level data.

Sources: MLS Now via the Sheffield Lake Ohio Market Report (August 2026) · Ohio REALTORS July 2026 Housing Report · Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, August 20, 2026. Figures are averages for the Sheffield Lake market area as reported by the MLS and are not a substitute for a professional valuation.

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Sept. 4, 2026

Girard Ohio Real Estate Market Report – August 2026

Girard Ohio Real Estate Market Report August 2026

Girard’s price per square foot is essentially flat across every segment of the market: $110 asked on active listings, $114 on homes under contract, $109 on recent closings. What has changed is size. The homes going under contract average 2,275 finished square feet against 1,692 for the ones that just closed. Girard’s reported average sale price is about to jump substantially — and not because values moved.

Girard Ohio Market Snapshot – August 2026

Active Listings	Under Contract	Recent Closings	Avg Sale Price
21	16	61	$178,248
Avg List Price (Active)	Avg Price / Sq Ft (Sold)	Sale-to-List Ratio	Avg Days on Market
$244,999	$109	98.9%	60 (active)
Avg Beds (Sold)	Avg Baths (Sold)	Avg Living Area (Sold)	Est. Monthly P&I
3.1	2.0	1,692 sq ft	$915

Source: Girard, Ohio Real Estate Market Report, MLS Now data as of August 2026. Recent closings averaged 71 days from list to contract. Monthly payment assumes 20% down at 6.65%, principal and interest only.

Same Rate, Bigger Houses

Most markets in this series show meaningful gaps between what is being asked per square foot and what is being paid. Girard shows almost none:

Active listings — 2,396 sq ft, asking $244,999, $110/sq ft
Under contract now — 2,275 sq ft, listed $260,901, $114/sq ft
Recently closed — 1,692 sq ft, sold $178,248, $109/sq ft

Five dollars separates the highest from the lowest. On the measure that strips out house size, this market is completely stable.

The size column is where everything is happening. The homes for sale and the homes under contract are roughly 600 to 700 square feet larger than the ones that closed. Buyers in Girard are currently absorbing the bigger end of the housing stock.

The consequence is arithmetic rather than economics. When those sixteen pending sales close at an average list price of $260,901, Girard’s reported average sale price will rise sharply from $178,248 — and it will look like a price surge when it is really a change in what happened to sell. If you see that number next month, this is why.

What That Means Practically

For a buyer, the stable per-foot rate is the useful takeaway. At roughly $109 to $114 across every segment, Girard is a market where you can value a property with confidence: multiply the square footage, adjust for condition, and you are close. Very few markets in this report are that legible.

For a seller, the same stability means the number is not in doubt. Sales are closing at 98.9% of list, about $2,060 under asking. Price at the per-foot rate and you will get close to it. There is no premium available for stretching and no meaningful discount being extracted.

For anyone reading Girard statistics over the next few months, remember that a jump in the average sale price here would most likely reflect the mix of homes that sold rather than any change in value. Watch price per square foot instead.

Nine Hundred Fifteen Dollars a Month

At the $178,248 average closing price with 20% down, principal and interest run about $915 a month on a $142,598 loan — for a three-bedroom home averaging 1,692 finished square feet in the Mahoning valley, minutes from both Youngstown and the Route 422 corridor.

Trumbull County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional and vary by parcel — verify them for a specific address. And at $109 per square foot in older valley housing stock, the roof, furnace, wiring, and foundation determine whether an inexpensive house is genuinely inexpensive. Budget for a thorough inspection.

Ohio Context and Mortgage Rates

Freddie Mac reported the 30-year fixed averaging 6.65% and the 15-year 5.95% as of August 20, 2026, a second consecutive weekly decline. On a $142,598 loan that is roughly $915 a month in principal and interest; the difference between 7.00% and 6.65% is about $33 a month here.

Girard Market Breakdown by Property Type

What This Means If You Are Buying

Value by the foot. At $109 to $114 across all three segments, this is one of the most legible markets in the report. A listing meaningfully above $125 per foot needs to justify itself with condition or updates.

The larger homes are what is available. Active listings average 2,396 square feet — substantially more house than the typical recent sale. If you need space, this is a good moment.

Expect roughly list price. The average buyer got 1.1% off. A small trim, not a discount.

Inspect thoroughly. At this price point in older stock, mechanical systems determine the real cost.

What This Means If You Are Selling

The per-foot rate is stable and well established, which makes pricing straightforward: multiply your square footage by roughly $109 and adjust honestly for condition.

Twenty other listings compete with you, and buyers are getting a small trim rather than a discount. Plan on roughly ten weeks to a contract based on recent closings, though the current pending cohort got there in eight.

If your home is on the larger end, the pending data is encouraging — that is where the demand currently is.

How Girard Compares Nearby

Hubbard — $220,258 average sale, 26 active, 16 pending, $137/sq ft
Austintown — $212,335 average sale, 33 active, 23 pending, $133/sq ft
Warren — $185,831 average sale, 149 active, 91 pending, $112/sq ft
McDonald — $186,632 average sale, 5 active, 5 pending, $108/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
Youngstown — $153,448 average sale, 181 active, 111 pending, $98/sq ft

Niles, McDonald, Warren, and Girard sit within four dollars per square foot of each other — effectively one value tier across the northern Mahoning valley. The differences in their average sale prices are differences in house size.

Austintown and Hubbard are where the per-foot rate steps up, both around 22% to 26% above Girard.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Girard, Ohio?

Recent closed sales in the Girard market area averaged $178,248, or about $109 per square foot on an average of 1,692 finished square feet. That is roughly 37% below the Ohio statewide median of $285,000.

How much is the monthly payment on an average Girard home?

At the $178,248 average closing price with 20% down and the Freddie Mac 30-year average of 6.65% as of August 20, 2026, principal and interest come to roughly $915 per month on a $142,598 loan. Trumbull County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional.

Is the average Girard sale price about to rise?

Probably, and for a reason worth understanding. The homes currently under contract average 2,275 finished square feet against 1,692 for the ones that just closed — nearly 600 square feet more — at an average list price of $260,901 against $178,248. Price per square foot is essentially unchanged. When those close, the reported average will jump sharply on mix alone, not because values moved.

Do homes in Girard sell for asking price?

Nearly. The average sale closed at 98.9% of list — about $2,060 below asking. A small trim rather than a discount.

Is Girard a buyer or a seller market right now?

Close to balanced with a mild buyer tilt. There are 21 active listings against 16 under contract — a ratio of 1.31 — and sales are landing just under asking.

How long do homes take to sell in Girard?

Recent closings averaged 71 days from list to contract. Homes currently under contract got there in 54 days and active listings have been out 60 — both faster than the closings, which suggests the pace has picked up.

How does Girard compare to Niles and Youngstown?

Girard and Niles are priced within a dollar per square foot of each other — $109 against $110 — and Girard closes about $15,000 higher because it sells slightly larger homes. Youngstown, to the south, runs $98 per square foot, about 10% cheaper.

Is Girard a good place to buy right now?

At about $915 a month in principal and interest for an average home, it is genuinely accessible, and the price-per-square-foot rate has been stable across every segment. What is worth knowing is that the larger homes are what is currently moving — if that is what you want, you are shopping the active part of this market.

Get a Personalized Girard Market Analysis

Girard is one of the more predictable markets in this report — a stable per-foot rate across every segment, and no meaningful gap between asking and paying. That makes the remaining variables the decisive ones: your specific street, the condition of the mechanical systems, and the square footage.

If you are selling, I will price your home on the per-foot basis this market actually trades on and give you an honest timeline. If you are buying, I can tell you which of the twenty-one listings are worth your time and what an inspection is likely to turn up.

Contact Christopher Lotte to get started, or browse the full Girard, Ohio real estate market report for the underlying listing-level data.

Sources: MLS Now via the Girard Ohio Market Report (August 2026) · Ohio REALTORS July 2026 Housing Report · Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, August 20, 2026. Figures are averages for the Girard market area as reported by the MLS and are not a substitute for a professional valuation.

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Sept. 4, 2026

Louisville Ohio Real Estate Market Report – August 2026

Louisville Ohio Real Estate Market Report August 2026

Louisville has 21 homes for sale against 26 under contract, and the ones still available have been listed an average of just 28 days. One hundred twenty have closed recently at an average of $271,407. This is a small Stark County market absorbing inventory far faster than it is being replaced.

One figure on the market report page needs correcting before the rest makes sense: it shows homes selling 7.5% above asking, and the detailed records do not support that. The working number is closer to 100%. The explanation is below.

Louisville Ohio Market Snapshot – August 2026

Active Listings	Under Contract	Recent Closings	Avg Sale Price
21	26	120	$271,407
Avg List Price (Active)	Avg Price / Sq Ft (Sold)	Sale-to-List (detailed records)	Avg Days on Market
$334,876	$151	~100.2%	28 (active)
Avg Beds (Sold)	Avg Baths (Sold)	Avg Living Area (Sold)	Est. Monthly P&I
3.2	2.3	1,829 sq ft	$1,394

Source: Louisville, Ohio Real Estate Market Report, MLS Now data as of August 2026. Sale-to-list calculated from the 46 individually detailed closings rather than the published citywide figure — see below. Monthly payment assumes 20% down at 6.65%, principal and interest only.

A Note on the Sale-to-List Figure

The market report page reports an average sale price of $271,407 against an average list price of $252,462 — a sale-to-list ratio of 107.5%, or $18,945 over asking on a typical transaction. No Ohio market is producing a premium of that size across 120 sales.

The individually detailed closings tell a different and much more ordinary story. Across the 46 records shown:

Average list price — $263,022
Average sale price — $263,529
Ratio — 100.2%, with a median of exactly 100.0%
40 of 46 sales closed between 95% and 105% of asking; the highest was 110%

That is a normal, healthy market landing on its number — not one paying five-figure premiums. The gap between the citywide figure and the detailed records points to bad list-price data among the records not individually shown, which is a pattern that has appeared in several other Ohio markets this month.

The average sale price of $271,407 and the $151 per square foot figure are consistent with the detailed records and are used throughout the rest of this report. The sale-to-list ratio is the figure to discount.

Twenty-Eight Days, and More Committed Than Available

Active days-on-market is the statistic that reveals what a market has passed over, and Louisville is at 28 days. Every home currently for sale is, on average, less than a month old on the market. There is no accumulation here.

Twenty-one listings against twenty-six under contract gives a ratio of 0.81 — more homes committed than a buyer can walk into. Add 120 recent closings and the arithmetic is nearly six sales for every home available.

The pace is accelerating, too. Pending sales reached contract in 40 days against the 61 days the recent closings required. Whatever the closed data describes, the current market is moving faster.

Between Canton and North Canton, on Both Measures

Louisville sits neatly between its two larger Stark County neighbours:

North Canton — $309,630 sale, 2,033 sq ft, $158/sq ft
Louisville — $271,407 sale, 1,829 sq ft, $151/sq ft
Canton — $227,580 sale, 1,805 sq ft, $127/sq ft

The Canton comparison is the meaningful one. Louisville and Canton sell homes of almost identical size — within twenty-five square feet on average — but Louisville commands 19% more per square foot. That is the value the market places on the separate municipality and school district.

North Canton is only 5% above Louisville per foot, which makes it a closer competitor than the $38,000 difference in average sale price suggests.

Ohio Context and Mortgage Rates

Statewide, the Ohio REALTORS July 2026 report put the median Ohio sale price at $285,000, up 3.6% year over year, across 12,723 sales, with 39,641 active listings and 3.72 months of supply. Louisville closes slightly below that median with a dramatically tighter supply picture — twenty-one listings against 120 recent closings is a fraction of a month.

Freddie Mac reported the 30-year fixed averaging 6.65% and the 15-year 5.95% as of August 20, 2026, a second consecutive weekly decline. On a $217,126 loan that is roughly $1,394 a month in principal and interest.

Louisville Market Breakdown by Property Type

What This Means If You Are Buying

Do not budget for a 7.5% premium. The detailed records say the market pays essentially list price. Plan for the number on the sign, not $19,000 above it.

Be ready to move. Twenty-eight-day active inventory and twenty-six homes already under contract mean the constraint is response time, not selection.

Price the Canton comparison. A 19% per-foot difference on homes of the same size is real money — roughly $44,000 on an 1,800-square-foot house. Worth deciding deliberately.

Look at North Canton in parallel. Only 5% more per foot, with more than twice the inventory.

What This Means If You Are Selling

Conditions are strong: twenty other listings citywide, more homes under contract than available, and a market absorbing inventory in under a month.

Price at the market and expect to get essentially your number. The published 107.5% figure should not tempt you into building a premium into the asking price — the actual detailed records show the market paying list, not above it, and an aggressive number in a twenty-one-listing city is conspicuous.

Given the pace, be ready before you list: photographs, showing availability, and a plan for where you go next. Have your Stark County disclosures prepared in advance.

How Louisville Compares Nearby

Hartville — $376,300 average sale, 13 active, 12 pending, $177/sq ft
North Canton — $309,630 average sale, 51 active, 53 pending, $158/sq ft
Louisville — $271,407 average sale, 21 active, 26 pending, $151/sq ft
Minerva — $260,056 average sale, 12 active, 12 pending, $130/sq ft
Massillon — $255,320 average sale, 77 active, 74 pending, $145/sq ft
Canton — $227,580 average sale, 237 active, 188 pending, $127/sq ft
Alliance — $207,003 average sale, 72 active, 45 pending, $127/sq ft

Massillon is priced 4% below Louisville per square foot and carries nearly four times the inventory — the practical alternative for a buyer whose constraint is selection rather than location.

Alliance and Canton are where the per-foot rate genuinely drops, both at $127, about 16% below Louisville.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in Louisville, Ohio?

Recent closed sales in the Louisville market area averaged $271,407, or about $151 per square foot on an average of 1,829 finished square feet. That is roughly $14,000 below the Ohio statewide median of $285,000.

How much is the monthly payment on an average Louisville home?

At the $271,407 average closing price with 20% down and the Freddie Mac 30-year average of 6.65% as of August 20, 2026, principal and interest come to roughly $1,394 per month on a $217,126 loan. Stark County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional.

Do homes in Louisville really sell 7.5% above asking?

The published figure says so, but the detailed records do not support it. Across the 46 individually listed closings on the market report page, the average list price was $263,022 and the average sale price $263,529 — a ratio of 100.2%, with a median of exactly 100.0% and 40 of 46 sales landing between 95% and 105% of asking. Treat roughly 100% as the working figure and the published 107.5% as a data artifact.

Is Louisville a buyer or a seller market right now?

A seller market. There are 21 active listings against 26 under contract — a ratio of 0.81, meaning more homes are committed than available — and the active inventory has been listed an average of just 28 days.

How fast do homes sell in Louisville?

Quickly. Homes currently for sale have been on the market an average of 28 days and pending sales reached contract in 40 days, both well under the 61 days recent closings required. The pace has picked up noticeably.

How does Louisville compare to Canton and North Canton?

Louisville sits between them. At $151 per square foot it runs well above Canton ($127) and below North Canton ($158), with an average sale price of $271,407 against $227,580 and $309,630. It is also far tighter on supply than either — 21 active listings against 26 pending.

Why is there so little for sale in Louisville?

One hundred twenty homes have closed recently against twenty-one currently available — nearly six to one — with twenty-six more under contract. This is a small Stark County city absorbing inventory considerably faster than it is being added, and the 28-day average age of the active listings confirms it.

Is Louisville a good place to buy right now?

It offers newer, larger housing stock than Canton at a moderate premium, with a monthly principal-and-interest figure near $1,394. The constraint is selection — twenty-one listings and a 28-day turnover mean you need to be ready to move rather than browse.

Get a Personalized Louisville Market Analysis

Louisville is a market where the published sale-to-list ratio is misleading by a wide margin, and where inventory turns over in under a month. Both of those make timely, accurate information worth more than usual.

If you are selling, I will price your home against the individual comparable sales that actually apply and position it for the speed this market moves at. If you are buying, I can get you in front of new Louisville listings immediately and give you a realistic read on what an offer needs to be — which is not what the citywide figure implies.

Contact Christopher Lotte to get started, or browse the full Louisville, Ohio real estate market report for the underlying listing-level data.

Sources: MLS Now via the Louisville Ohio Market Report (August 2026) · Ohio REALTORS July 2026 Housing Report · Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, August 20, 2026. Sale price, price per square foot, and listing counts are as reported by the MLS; the sale-to-list ratio was calculated from the 46 individually detailed closings shown on the market report page, which do not support the published citywide figure. Not a substitute for a professional valuation.

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Sept. 4, 2026

East Liverpool Ohio Real Estate Market Report – August 2026

East Liverpool Ohio Real Estate Market Report August 2026

The cheapest homes in East Liverpool are the ones that are not selling. Active listings ask an average of $79 per square foot. Homes going under contract right now are at $114 — forty-four percent more. Recent closings landed in between at $97. When the discounted inventory is the inventory that sits, the obstacle is not the price.

East Liverpool Ohio Market Snapshot – August 2026

Active Listings	Under Contract	Recent Closings	Avg Sale Price
53	31	84	$166,151
Avg List Price (Active)	Avg Price / Sq Ft (Sold)	Sale-to-List Ratio	Avg Days on Market
$141,000	$97	97.0%	106 (sold)
Avg Beds (Sold)	Avg Baths (Sold)	Avg Living Area (Sold)	Est. Monthly P&I
2.9	1.9	1,692 sq ft	$853

Source: East Liverpool, Ohio Real Estate Market Report, MLS Now data as of August 2026. Monthly payment assumes 20% down at 6.65%, principal and interest only.

Three Segments, Three Very Different Prices

Lay the price-per-square-foot figures side by side and the gap is unusually wide:

Active listings — $141,000 average, $79 per square foot, on market 69 days
Recently closed — $166,151 average, $97 per square foot, 106 days to contract
Under contract now — $196,851 average list, $114 per square foot, 71 days to contract

The pending cohort — the most recent activity in this market — is paying 44% more per square foot than the standing inventory is asking. Buyers are not gravitating toward the cheapest listings. They are stepping past them.

That inverts the usual diagnosis. When expensive homes sit, the prescription is a price cut. When cheap homes sit while buyers pay more elsewhere, the price is already doing all it can, and the obstacle is something else: condition, deferred maintenance, layout, or location within the city.

East Liverpool is a historic Ohio River town with housing stock going back well over a century. The range in condition across that stock is enormous, and it shows up in this data more clearly than in almost any other market in this series.

What That Means for a Buyer

There is genuine opportunity here and a genuine caution, and they are the same fact viewed from two sides.

The opportunity: fifty-three listings, an average asking price of $141,000, and sellers who in many cases have been on the market for months. Principal and interest at the citywide average sale price runs about $853 a month. If you have the appetite and the budget for a house that needs work, this is a market with a lot of it available cheaply.

The caution: at $79 per square foot in a market where buyers are choosing $114-per-foot homes instead, assume there is a reason and find out what it is before you offer. Sometimes it is something you genuinely do not mind — a location, a layout, a dated kitchen. Sometimes it is a roof, a foundation, or knob-and-tube wiring. The inspection is where that gets settled, and in this market it is the most important money you will spend.

A Slow Market That Still Transacts

Recent closings took 106 days to reach a contract. Fifty-three homes are available against thirty-one under contract — a ratio of 1.71. Sales are landing at 97.0% of list, about $5,068 below asking.

None of that describes a fast market. But 84 homes have closed recently, which is real volume for a city this size, and homes currently under contract reached that point in 71 days — a third faster than the recent closings. The well-positioned properties are moving considerably quicker than the citywide average implies.

Ohio Context and Mortgage Rates

Statewide, the Ohio REALTORS July 2026 report put the median Ohio sale price at $285,000, up 3.6% year over year, across 12,723 sales, with 39,641 active listings and 3.72 months of supply. East Liverpool closes about 42% below that median, with looser supply and a much slower pace.

Freddie Mac reported the 30-year fixed averaging 6.65% and the 15-year 5.95% as of August 20, 2026, a second consecutive weekly decline. On a $132,921 loan that is roughly $853 a month in principal and interest; the difference between 7.00% and 6.65% is about $31 a month here.

Rates are not what governs this market. Condition and absorption are.

East Liverpool Market Breakdown by Property Type

Featured East Liverpool Neighborhoods

East Liverpool climbs from the Ohio River through its historic neighbourhoods, and pricing varies sharply between them:

Beaver Crestview Estate · Belmar Place · Beta Plan · Bloomfield Second Add · Bradshaw Farms Add · Bright View · Calcutta Acres · Clear View · Coach Manor · Country Estates · East Acres · Echo Valley · Edgemont Place Add · First Memorial Park Add · Fisher Park · Forsyth Place · Frederick Heights · Gaston Place · Hanley Park Place · Hillcrest Heights

What This Means If You Are Buying

Ask why a listing is cheap before you get excited about it. With the pending cohort paying 44% more per foot than the active listings are asking, that question is doing more work in East Liverpool than anywhere else in this report.

Inspect thoroughly and hold a repair reserve. At this price point the inspection determines the real cost of the house, not the contract.

Negotiate. The average buyer got about 3% off, and with a 106-day pace many sellers have had time to reconsider.

Do not read the active average as the market. At $141,000 and $79 per foot, it describes what buyers have passed over. The market is $166,151 and $97.

What This Means If You Are Selling

If your home is in sound condition, this market is better for you than the citywide numbers suggest — buyers are actively paying up for properties that do not need work, and the pending cohort is transacting well above the closings.

If your home needs work and has been sitting, the standard advice may be wrong. The listings that are sitting in East Liverpool are already the cheap ones. Another price cut puts you further into the segment buyers are stepping past. Addressing the items that make a house read as a project — and documenting the ones already addressed — is worth more here than another $10,000 off.

Plan on roughly three and a half months to a contract, with fifty-two other listings competing for the same buyers.

How East Liverpool Compares Nearby

Columbiana — $299,931 average sale, 22 active, 20 pending, $161/sq ft
Minerva — $260,056 average sale, 12 active, 12 pending, $130/sq ft
Salem — $207,646 average sale, 43 active, 32 pending, $127/sq ft
Lisbon — $184,040 average sale, 23 active, 13 pending, $97/sq ft
East Liverpool — $166,151 average sale, 53 active, 31 pending, $97/sq ft

Lisbon is priced identically per square foot at $97 and closes about $18,000 higher because it sells slightly different stock. The two are effectively one value tier, and both sit well below the rest of Columbiana County.

Salem is the step up at 31% more per foot, and Columbiana is the county’s premium market at $161.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average home price in East Liverpool, Ohio?

Recent closed sales in the East Liverpool market area averaged $166,151, or about $97 per square foot on an average of 1,692 finished square feet. That is roughly 42% below the Ohio statewide median of $285,000.

How much is the monthly payment on an average East Liverpool home?

At the $166,151 average closing price with 20% down and the Freddie Mac 30-year average of 6.65% as of August 20, 2026, principal and interest come to roughly $853 per month on a $132,921 loan. Columbiana County property taxes and homeowners insurance are additional.

Why are the cheapest listings the ones not selling?

The 53 active listings ask an average of $79 per square foot. Homes currently under contract are at $114 — 44% higher — and recent closings landed at $97. The inventory sitting on the market is materially cheaper than what buyers are actually choosing, which points to condition rather than price as the obstacle on those listings.

How much can you negotiate off asking price in East Liverpool?

Meaningfully. The average sale closed at 97.0% of list — about $5,068 below asking. With 53 active listings against 31 under contract and a 106-day pace on recent closings, buyers have selection, time, and room.

Is East Liverpool a buyer or a seller market right now?

A buyer market. The active-to-pending ratio is 1.71, sales are closing about 3% under asking, and recent closings took 106 days to reach a contract. That said, 84 homes have closed recently — this market transacts, it just does so slowly.

What should a buyer check most carefully in East Liverpool?

Condition, above everything else. At $97 per square foot in a historic Ohio River town with housing stock going back well over a century, the roof, furnace, electrical service, plumbing, and foundation determine the real cost of a house. The fact that the cheapest listings are the ones sitting makes this more important here than in most markets — find out why a home is priced below the clearing rate before you offer.

How long do homes take to sell in East Liverpool?

Recent closings averaged 106 days from list to contract. Homes currently under contract got there in 71 days and active listings have been out 69, so the better-positioned properties are moving considerably faster than the citywide average implies.

How does East Liverpool compare to nearby markets?

At $97 per square foot it is the joint cheapest market in Columbiana County alongside Lisbon, and well below Salem ($127), Minerva ($130), and Columbiana ($161). Its 53 active listings make it the deepest inventory in the county after Salem.

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East Liverpool is a market where the usual playbook does not apply. The listings that are sitting are the cheap ones, which means the standard seller advice — cut the price — is often exactly wrong, and the standard buyer instinct — the cheapest listing is the best value — is often exactly wrong too.

If you are buying, I can tell you which of the fifty-three listings are worth pursuing and what an inspection is likely to find on a home of that age. If you are selling and your home has not moved, I will tell you honestly whether the problem is the number or something else — because in this market it is frequently something else.

Contact Christopher Lotte to get started, or browse the full East Liverpool, Ohio real estate market report for the underlying listing-level data.

Sources: MLS Now via the East Liverpool Ohio Market Report (August 2026) · Ohio REALTORS July 2026 Housing Report · Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, August 20, 2026. Figures are averages for the East Liverpool market area as reported by the MLS and are not a substitute for a professional valuation.

Christopher Lotte, Realtor

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Sept. 4, 2026

Franklin County Foreclosure Process: What Columbus Homeowners Should Expect

Illustration of the Columbus skyline behind a courthouse and a foreclosure case file, representing a Franklin County foreclosure

A Franklin County foreclosure is a lawsuit, not an administrative process. It is filed in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, you have 28 days from service to file an answer, and it ends at an online sheriff's auction that opens on a Friday at 9:00 a.m. Eastern on the county's auction site. From the day the complaint is filed to the day the gavel falls, most cases run somewhere between six and fourteen months, and the single biggest variable is how contested the case is, not how fast anyone wants to move.

The deadline that decides what you can still do is not the auction. Under ORC 2329.33 an Ohio owner may redeem by paying the judgment, interest and costs any time before the court confirms the sale — and the Franklin County Sheriff's own guidance says confirmation is typically filed 30 to 60 days after the sale date. Until that entry is journalized, the house is still yours, and a sale you arrange that funds before confirmation can still pay the loan and put the equity in your pocket instead of a bidder's.

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Where the case gets filed and how to find it

Residential mortgage foreclosures in Columbus and the rest of the county are filed in the general division of the Common Pleas court, and the docket is public. Before that filing can happen at all, federal servicing rules under 12 CFR 1024.41(f)(1) generally require the borrower to be more than 120 days delinquent — roughly four missed payments. If you are two payments behind and someone tells you the sheriff is coming, that is not how this works.

Franklin County adds a wrinkle worth knowing about. The court's civil practice guidelines require plaintiff's counsel in a residential foreclosure to personally certify the authenticity and accuracy of the documents supporting a default or summary judgment motion. If that certification is missing or inadequate, the motion is overruled and the case is set for trial. It is a paperwork requirement aimed at the lender, not at you, but it is one of the reasons a Franklin County case can take longer than the calendar suggests.

The 28 days that matter most

You have 28 days from service of the complaint to file an answer. That window is the whole ballgame procedurally: miss it and the lender's attorney moves for default judgment, which the Franklin County Treasurer's published timeline puts at roughly 5 to 30 days after the answer period closes. Answer, and the case becomes contested, which buys months.

Filing an answer is not the same as winning, and it is not a reason to stop looking at the numbers. What it does is preserve the schedule you need to do anything else — apply for loss mitigation, negotiate, or sell the house on your own terms. Talk to an attorney about the answer itself; the point here is only that the date on the summons is real.

Judgment, praecipe, and the appraisal that sets your floor

After judgment, the lender's attorney files a praecipe with the Clerk of Courts, which delivers the order of sale to the Sheriff. Then the property is appraised. Under ORC 2329.17 the sheriff calls three disinterested freeholders who own real property in the county, and for residential property they must return a value within 21 calendar days of the order of appraisal. If they do not, the appraised value defaults to the county auditor's most recent value unless the court orders otherwise for good cause.

That number matters more than most people realize. Under ORC 2329.20 the property cannot sell for less than two-thirds of the appraised value at the first auction. If nobody bids that much, ORC 2329.52(B) provides for a second auction with no minimum bid. A low appraisal lowers your floor; a fair one is sometimes the difference between a sale that clears the debt and one that leaves a deficiency behind.

How Franklin County actually sells the house

Sales here are conducted online. The Sheriff's Office runs its auctions through the county's Realauction site, and its published guidance is specific: each Friday at 9:00 a.m. Eastern the online auction opens. Ohio law backs that up — ORC 2329.152 requires an online auction to stay open for bidding a minimum of seven calendar days, and ORC 2329.153 established the statewide official public sheriff sale website that county sales run on. An in-person courthouse sale still happens when a court order requires it.

Bidders must fund a deposit set by ORC 2329.211: $2,000 if the appraised value is $10,000 or less, $5,000 up to $200,000, and $10,000 above that, with the judgment creditor exempt. The Sheriff's Office requires wire deposits two business days before the Friday auction and ACH deposits seven days before. The sale is advertised for three consecutive weeks as ORC 2329.27 requires; in Franklin County that runs in the Columbus Dispatch. And per the Sheriff's FAQ, properties sold at sheriff's sale are not available for inspection — which is exactly why bidders discount them.

Confirmation is the real deadline

The auction does not transfer anything by itself. The court still has to confirm the sale, and ORC 2329.31 directs the court to do so within thirty days of the return of the writ, subject to any stay. In practice the Franklin County Sheriff says confirmation is typically filed 30 to 60 days after the sale. The confirmation entry names the purchaser, orders the deed, and orders the distribution of proceeds.

Two clocks start there. The purchaser must pay the balance of the price within thirty days of confirmation, and the officer must record the deed within fourteen days after confirmation and payment. And your right of redemption under ORC 2329.33 ends when that confirmation entry hits the journal. Everything you might still want to do — redeem, close a sale, negotiate a payoff — has to be done before it, not after.

After confirmation: possession and any deficiency

Once the deed is recorded the new owner can seek a writ of possession. The Franklin County Treasurer's published timeline describes former owners generally getting 10 to 14 days to move, extendable toward 30 days in a hardship. This is a court-ordered eviction carried out by deputies, not something a buyer can do themselves.

If the sale brought less than the debt, the lender may pursue a deficiency judgment. Ohio limits this in a narrower way than most summaries admit: the two-year limitation in ORC 2329.08 applies to one- and two-family dwellings. It is not a blanket rule for every property, and a triplex, a rental portfolio or a commercial parcel is a different conversation to have with a lawyer.

How long it takes, and where you still have leverage

Add the published steps up and the arithmetic is roughly: four months of delinquency before filing, 28 days to answer, a few weeks to judgment on an uncontested case, then the Treasurer's timeline allows about three months for appraisal, scheduling and three weeks of advertising, then 30 to 60 days to confirmation. That is why a straightforward Franklin County case lands in the six-to-fourteen-month range from filing, and why a contested one can run considerably longer. Nobody can promise you a specific date.

The leverage is that the whole sequence is public and slow at the front. Look up your own case on the Clerk of Courts docket and find the two dates that matter: the sale date, and whether a confirmation entry has been filed. If the sale has not happened, you have room to sell, refinance, or work out loss mitigation. If it has happened and confirmation has not, you have less room but it is not zero. Across the county — from Franklin County's suburbs to the older neighborhoods inside 270 — the mistake we see most is waiting until the auction week to ask what the house is worth.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does a Franklin County foreclosure take?

Most run six to fourteen months from the complaint to the sheriff's sale, and a contested case can run longer. Before filing, federal rules generally require the borrower to be more than 120 days delinquent. After the sale, confirmation typically follows in another 30 to 60 days according to the Sheriff's Office.

When are Franklin County sheriff sales held?

The Sheriff's Office conducts its sales online, with each auction opening on a Friday at 9:00 a.m. Eastern on the county's Realauction site. Ohio law requires an online auction to remain open for bidding at least seven calendar days. In-person courthouse sales still occur when a court order specifically requires one.

Can I sell my house after the foreclosure sale in Franklin County?

Only before the court confirms the sale. ORC 2329.33 lets the owner redeem by paying the judgment, interest and costs any time before confirmation, and a sale that funds before that entry can still pay the loan off. Once confirmation is journalized, ownership transfer is underway and that window has closed.

What is the minimum bid at a Franklin County sheriff sale?

At the first auction the property cannot sell for less than two-thirds of the appraised value under ORC 2329.20. If it does not sell, ORC 2329.52(B) provides for a second auction with no minimum bid. The appraisal itself is done by three disinterested freeholders under ORC 2329.17.

How long do I have to move out after a Franklin County sheriff sale?

Not immediately. The purchaser has to wait for confirmation, payment and the recorded deed before seeking a writ of possession. The Franklin County Treasurer's published timeline describes former owners generally receiving 10 to 14 days to move once that writ issues, sometimes extended toward 30 days for hardship.

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