Better Home Strategy Adam Geuy · Blacktree Realty

Central Ohio market report

How's the Columbus housing market right now?

Data through September 14, 2026 21,757 closings recorded in the Columbus REALTORS MLS since January 1, 2026 Last refreshed September 16, 2026

Almost nobody asking this wants a median. A seller is asking whether they are too late and whether they will have to cut. A buyer is asking whether they have any leverage. One number answers both, so it goes first.

54%

of homes sold this year closed for less than the seller first asked, at a median reduction of about $15,001.

Half still found a buyer inside 12 days. Both things are true at once, and the gap between them is the whole story: priced right, a house here finds a buyer in under two weeks. Priced wrong, it sits, the price comes down about $15,001, and it sells anyway. The market is not deciding what your house is worth. It is deciding how long you take to find out.

$345,000Median close price in this extract
12 daysTypical time to find a buyer
19%Closed with cash
9,368Active listings right now

If you are selling: what are the odds you cut your price?

This is the number that decides how your sale goes. It varies more by community than anything else on this page, from 45% in Hilliard to 61% in Marion. A high share does not mean a weak area. It usually means sellers there start high, and the market takes its time correcting them.

Share of 2026 sales that closed below the original asking price, 20 busiest communities
Marion: 61% of 395 sales closed below the original ask Marion 61% Powell: 60% of 566 sales closed below the original ask Powell 60% Plain City: 60% of 381 sales closed below the original ask Plain City 60% Delaware: 57% of 701 sales closed below the original ask Delaware 57% Marysville: 54% of 344 sales closed below the original ask Marysville 54% Lewis Center: 54% of 314 sales closed below the original ask Lewis Center 54% New Albany: 54% of 314 sales closed below the original ask New Albany 54% Blacklick: 53% of 299 sales closed below the original ask Blacklick 53% Columbus: 52% of 5,886 sales closed below the original ask Columbus 52% Lancaster: 52% of 533 sales closed below the original ask Lancaster 52% Pataskala: 52% of 252 sales closed below the original ask Pataskala 52% Grove City: 51% of 798 sales closed below the original ask Grove City 51% Reynoldsburg: 51% of 432 sales closed below the original ask Reynoldsburg 51% Dublin: 50% of 764 sales closed below the original ask Dublin 50% Newark: 48% of 532 sales closed below the original ask Newark 48% Pickerington: 48% of 483 sales closed below the original ask Pickerington 48% Canal Winchester: 48% of 445 sales closed below the original ask Canal Winchester 48% Galloway: 47% of 282 sales closed below the original ask Galloway 47% Westerville: 45% of 973 sales closed below the original ask Westerville 45% Hilliard: 45% of 648 sales closed below the original ask Hilliard 45%

If you are buying: what does each community actually cost?

The spread inside one metro is about 3.1 to one. That is why a single Columbus number is close to useless for deciding anything. Read the row for where you are actually looking. Charts show the 20 busiest communities; the table below has every one with enough sales to measure.

Median close price by community, 2026 closings, 20 busiest communities
New Albany: median $590,070 across 314 sales, typically 7 days to sell New Albany $590,070 Plain City: median $585,000 across 381 sales, typically 37 days to sell Plain City $585,000 Dublin: median $555,500 across 764 sales, typically 7 days to sell Dublin $555,500 Powell: median $538,500 across 566 sales, typically 14 days to sell Powell $538,500 Lewis Center: median $530,000 across 314 sales, typically 9 days to sell Lewis Center $530,000 Westerville: median $442,500 across 973 sales, typically 6 days to sell Westerville $442,500 Delaware: median $435,000 across 701 sales, typically 14 days to sell Delaware $435,000 Pickerington: median $435,000 across 483 sales, typically 7 days to sell Pickerington $435,000 Hilliard: median $395,000 across 648 sales, typically 6 days to sell Hilliard $395,000 Marysville: median $390,000 across 344 sales, typically 10 days to sell Marysville $390,000 Pataskala: median $390,000 across 252 sales, typically 9 days to sell Pataskala $390,000 Blacklick: median $360,000 across 299 sales, typically 10 days to sell Blacklick $360,000 Grove City: median $356,500 across 798 sales, typically 8 days to sell Grove City $356,500 Canal Winchester: median $348,000 across 445 sales, typically 14 days to sell Canal Winchester $348,000 Galloway: median $325,000 across 282 sales, typically 8 days to sell Galloway $325,000 Reynoldsburg: median $295,750 across 432 sales, typically 11 days to sell Reynoldsburg $295,750 Columbus: median $285,300 across 5,886 sales, typically 10 days to sell Columbus $285,300 Lancaster: median $265,000 across 533 sales, typically 8 days to sell Lancaster $265,000 Newark: median $260,000 across 532 sales, typically 10 days to sell Newark $260,000 Marion: median $189,000 across 395 sales, typically 18 days to sell Marion $189,000

Every community, in one table

Searching by zip? Find your zip in the last column.

Community Sales Median price Days to sell Sold below first ask Cash Active now Zip codes
Upper Arlington 112 $717,000 4 32% 28% 32
Galena 173 $625,000 24 61% 17% 54
New Albany 314 $590,070 7 54% 28% 92 43054
Plain City 381 $585,000 37 60% 13% 198 43064
Dublin 764 $555,500 7 50% 23% 225 43017, 43016
Sunbury 185 $545,000 25 64% 19% 98
Powell 566 $538,500 14 60% 20% 218 43065
Lewis Center 314 $530,000 9 54% 12% 108 43035
Granville 134 $500,334 9 52% 18% 56
Worthington 122 $478,810 4 37% 26% 51 43085
Westerville 973 $442,500 6 45% 21% 284 43081, 43082
Commercial Point 81 $439,350 26 65% 5% 34
Delaware 701 $435,000 14 57% 17% 326 43015
Pickerington 483 $435,000 7 48% 11% 184 43147
Johnstown 108 $425,000 26 64% 21% 64
Hilliard 648 $395,000 6 45% 18% 180 43026
Centerburg 61 $395,000 18 59% 13% 20
Marysville 344 $390,000 10 54% 13% 148 43040
Pataskala 252 $390,000 9 52% 15% 113 43062
Hebron 64 $384,950 6 48% 19% 43
Howard 122 $377,500 25 70% 20% 72
South Bloomfield 68 $375,582 35 62% 6% 27
Thornville 88 $366,000 14 58% 19% 50
Blacklick 299 $360,000 10 53% 12% 105 43004
Grove City 798 $356,500 8 51% 15% 267 43123
Ashville 113 $354,403 17 56% 17% 59
Canal Winchester 445 $348,000 14 48% 11% 147 43110
Etna 71 $345,000 20 56% 17% 20
Orient 62 $335,500 10 55% 15% 28
London 171 $334,900 16 50% 13% 60
Galloway 282 $325,000 8 47% 10% 110 43119
Circleville 197 $317,000 16 56% 11% 98 43113
Groveport 112 $310,000 9 46% 15% 44
Logan 134 $306,250 21 65% 28% 153
Reynoldsburg 432 $295,750 11 51% 15% 152 43068
Heath 104 $294,000 8 61% 18% 46
Columbus 5,886 $285,300 10 52% 22% 2,622 43230, 43207, 43228, 43204, 43221, 43235, 43224, 43206, 43229, 43214, 43232, 43220, 43209, 43211, 43213, 43223
Mount Gilead 81 $284,900 31 62% 19% 60
Bellefontaine 120 $278,000 24 50% 9% 69
Lancaster 533 $265,000 8 52% 22% 199 43130
Newark 532 $260,000 10 48% 17% 216 43055
Zanesville 170 $259,450 24 65% 14% 104
Mount Vernon 230 $256,500 17 57% 18% 104 43050
Urbana 87 $242,500 16 60% 14% 37
Mansfield 157 $239,900 15 58% 24% 69
Washington Court House 191 $234,900 15 57% 24% 85
Chillicothe 162 $233,450 14 53% 16% 80
Springfield 191 $199,900 10 54% 27% 74
Marion 395 $189,000 18 61% 22% 169 43302

How this was compiled

Every figure comes from 23 exports of residential closings recorded in the Columbus REALTORS MLS between January 1, 2026 and September 14, 2026, deduplicated on listing number. A community is only shown when it has enough recorded sales to support a median (sixty closings this year), which is why some Central Ohio towns are absent rather than shown with a number built on a handful of transactions. Days on market excludes listings the MLS recorded without a count.

Reporters and analysts: the underlying figures are available on request. Reach Adam Geuy at 937-239-2919.

This page rebuilds from the MLS each time a new export lands, so the date at the top is the real age of the data, not the date the page was written.