Columbus real estate: straight answers, no fluff.
What I would tell you if you were sitting across the table. The local market, the move-up math, the things inspectors miss, and how to win the next house without overpaying.
What Salary Do You Need to Buy a House in Columbus, Ohio?
Central Ohio's median sale hit $345,000 in August 2026. At 6.95% with 20% down the payment is about $2,562 a month. The income that asks for: roughly $85,400.
September 23, 2026 westervilleHow Much Does the Homestead Exemption Save in Franklin County?
Franklin County values rose about 10% in the 2026 update. The homestead exemption takes $29,000 off taxable value. What it saves, by taxing district.
September 21, 2026 sunburyWhat the Sunbury Data Center Ballot Question Means for Big Walnut Home Values
Sunbury votes November 3 on a charter amendment banning data centers over 25 megawatts. What is actually on the ballot, the abatement math, and what it does to your tax bill.
September 18, 2026 dublinWhat Do Homes Sell For in Dublin's Neighborhoods? 764 Sales in 2026, Subdivision by Subdivision
Every 2026 Dublin, Ohio closing sorted by subdivision: Tartan Ridge at $1,199,000, Muirfield Village at $775,000 on 51 sales, Riverside Green at $370,000, the Manor at Craughwell at $213,000. Median, price per foot, year built, share over ask, days to contract.
September 16, 2026Do Homes Sell Over Asking Price in Columbus? What 19,060 Sales in 2026 Say, Suburb by Suburb
Thirty percent of Central Ohio homes closed above the original asking price this year, 17 percent at it, 54 percent under it. Every suburb with 100 or more sales on one table: the over-ask share, the typical premium, days to contract, how many went under contract in the first week, and how many buyers paid cash.
September 14, 2026Do Cash Buyers Pay Less for a House in Columbus? What 3,788 Cash Sales Closed For in 2026
Cash buyers closed one in five Central Ohio resales this year at a median $281,500 against $335,000 for financed buyers. That looks like a discount. Hold the house constant and most of it disappears. Where cash actually pays less, where it pays more, and what it means for your offer.
September 14, 2026 westervilleDoes the Westerville Road Asphalt Plant Hurt Home Values? What 219 Homes Within a Mile and a Half Sold For in 2026
The Ohio EPA is renewing the Scioto Materials air permit at I-270 and Westerville Road, residents want a hearing, and one is coming this fall. I pulled every 2026 sale in rings around the plant and ran a same-age comparison. The number is not what the yard signs say.
September 14, 2026 dublinIs Bright Road in Dublin About to Change? 20 Million-Dollar Homes on One Side, 175 Senior Apartments Proposed on the Other
A 14-acre reserve north of Bright Road got a recommendation for 20 homes at $1.5 to $2 million. Across the road, a 175-apartment senior living concept next to Hopewell Elementary has a petition against it and no application filed. What Dublin sells for in 2026, and what each project does to the corridor.
September 13, 2026 buckeye-lakeIs Buckeye Lake Still a Good Place to Buy? What the August Flood and the 696-Megawatt Data Center Mean for Home Values
Buckeye Lake was under mandatory evacuation three weeks ago, and a $2.1 billion Vantage data center with its own 1,350-megawatt gas plant is a mile away waiting on a November 26 state decision. What lake-area homes sold for in 2026, and how I'd read it.
September 11, 2026 westervilleWhat Happens to Uptown Westerville Home Values Now That the 64 E. Walnut Plan Is Dead?
Council killed 247 apartments and a hotel on the city's Walnut Street site in June. Here is what homes within a half mile have sold for since, and what tonight's direction means for them.
September 9, 2026 westervilleWhich Columbus Suburb Has the Lowest Income Tax? What a $200,000 Household Pays in 10 Places
Columbus, Westerville, Dublin, New Albany, Powell, Worthington, Upper Arlington, Hilliard, Gahanna and Lewis Center, side by side, on 2026 rates. The answer depends on one thing, and it is not the suburb.
September 8, 2026 westervilleHow Much Does Each Week on the Market Cost a Columbus Seller?
About a point a week after week two. 20,891 central Ohio closings in 2026 show full price through day 14, 98.7 percent in week three, 94.8 percent by week nine, and a $15,000 median shortfall for the 54 percent who launched too high.
September 4, 2026