Better Home Strategy Adam Geuy · Blacktree Realty

Central Ohio market report

How's the Columbus housing market right now?

Data through September 21, 2026 23,559 closings recorded in the Columbus REALTORS MLS since January 1, 2026 Last refreshed October 18, 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.

The live side, as of Oct 19, 2026, 12:11 PM: 1025 homes for sale across the 10 towns this site covers. 577 have cut their price, 348 have sat 60 days or more, 134 are new this week, and 42 hold an open house in the next two weeks.

55%

of homes sold this year closed for less than the seller first asked, at a median reduction of about $15,000.

Half still found a buyer inside 13 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 $15,000, and it sells anyway. The market is not deciding what your house is worth. It is deciding how long you take to find out.

$336,500Median close price in this extract
13 daysTypical time to find a buyer
22%Closed with cash
11,169Active 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 Powell. 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
Powell: 61% of 602 sales closed below the original ask Powell 61% Marion: 61% of 434 sales closed below the original ask Marion 61% Plain City: 61% of 398 sales closed below the original ask Plain City 61% Delaware: 58% of 748 sales closed below the original ask Delaware 58% Marysville: 55% of 377 sales closed below the original ask Marysville 55% Lewis Center: 54% of 323 sales closed below the original ask Lewis Center 54% Columbus: 53% of 6,153 sales closed below the original ask Columbus 53% Lancaster: 53% of 586 sales closed below the original ask Lancaster 53% New Albany: 53% of 328 sales closed below the original ask New Albany 53% Blacklick: 53% of 307 sales closed below the original ask Blacklick 53% Grove City: 51% of 840 sales closed below the original ask Grove City 51% Reynoldsburg: 51% of 447 sales closed below the original ask Reynoldsburg 51% Pataskala: 51% of 278 sales closed below the original ask Pataskala 51% Dublin: 50% of 786 sales closed below the original ask Dublin 50% Newark: 49% of 569 sales closed below the original ask Newark 49% Canal Winchester: 49% of 467 sales closed below the original ask Canal Winchester 49% Pickerington: 48% of 510 sales closed below the original ask Pickerington 48% Galloway: 47% of 292 sales closed below the original ask Galloway 47% Westerville: 45% of 1,002 sales closed below the original ask Westerville 45% Hilliard: 45% of 664 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 3.3 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 $587,500 across 328 sales, typically 7 days to sell New Albany $587,500 Plain City: median $584,450 across 398 sales, typically 38 days to sell Plain City $584,450 Dublin: median $557,775 across 786 sales, typically 7 days to sell Dublin $557,775 Powell: median $531,500 across 602 sales, typically 14 days to sell Powell $531,500 Lewis Center: median $527,500 across 323 sales, typically 10 days to sell Lewis Center $527,500 Westerville: median $440,000 across 1,002 sales, typically 6 days to sell Westerville $440,000 Delaware: median $439,900 across 748 sales, typically 15 days to sell Delaware $439,900 Pickerington: median $431,762 across 510 sales, typically 8 days to sell Pickerington $431,762 Hilliard: median $395,250 across 664 sales, typically 6 days to sell Hilliard $395,250 Pataskala: median $390,000 across 278 sales, typically 10 days to sell Pataskala $390,000 Marysville: median $384,000 across 377 sales, typically 12 days to sell Marysville $384,000 Blacklick: median $362,000 across 307 sales, typically 10 days to sell Blacklick $362,000 Grove City: median $355,470 across 840 sales, typically 8 days to sell Grove City $355,470 Canal Winchester: median $347,000 across 467 sales, typically 14 days to sell Canal Winchester $347,000 Galloway: median $325,000 across 292 sales, typically 7 days to sell Galloway $325,000 Reynoldsburg: median $296,000 across 447 sales, typically 11 days to sell Reynoldsburg $296,000 Columbus: median $285,000 across 6,153 sales, typically 11 days to sell Columbus $285,000 Lancaster: median $261,750 across 586 sales, typically 10 days to sell Lancaster $261,750 Newark: median $255,000 across 569 sales, typically 11 days to sell Newark $255,000 Marion: median $179,900 across 434 sales, typically 18 days to sell Marion $179,900

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 115 $715,000 4 33% 28% 35
Galena 184 $612,500 24 61% 19% 70
New Albany 328 $587,500 7 53% 30% 114 43054
Plain City 398 $584,450 38 61% 14% 210 43064
Dublin 786 $557,775 7 50% 24% 239 43017, 43016
Sunbury 208 $539,728 26 66% 23% 132
Powell 602 $531,500 14 61% 21% 239 43065
Lewis Center 323 $527,500 10 54% 13% 118 43035
Worthington 130 $491,360 4 38% 26% 54 43085
Granville 148 $485,000 9 53% 21% 88
Westerville 1,002 $440,000 6 45% 22% 319 43081, 43082
Delaware 748 $439,900 15 58% 18% 383 43015
Commercial Point 82 $439,675 26 66% 5% 36
Pickerington 510 $431,762 8 48% 12% 212 43147
Johnstown 121 $430,000 29 64% 26% 102
Gahanna 66 $415,000 6 44% 15% 46
Hilliard 664 $395,250 6 45% 19% 190 43026
Centerburg 73 $393,000 19 62% 21% 44
Pataskala 278 $390,000 10 51% 18% 153 43062
Marysville 377 $384,000 12 55% 16% 185 43040
Hebron 67 $380,000 6 51% 19% 55
South Bloomfield 71 $374,900 34 63% 10% 32
Blacklick 307 $362,000 10 53% 12% 116 43004
Grove City 840 $355,470 8 51% 16% 275 43123
Ashville 120 $354,652 20 56% 19% 78
Canal Winchester 467 $347,000 14 49% 13% 171 43110
Thornville 121 $346,000 23 64% 30% 79
Etna 73 $345,000 20 56% 19% 34
Marengo 60 $331,950 15 53% 38% 39
London 188 $329,995 16 52% 16% 85
Galloway 292 $325,000 7 47% 11% 119 43119
Baltimore 64 $323,000 8 48% 23% 36
Circleville 221 $309,000 18 57% 15% 101 43113
Orient 74 $309,000 16 61% 18% 37
Groveport 116 $308,500 9 46% 16% 49
Logan 157 $300,000 22 64% 32% 213
Reynoldsburg 447 $296,000 11 51% 15% 170 43068
Howard 192 $289,450 22 72% 47% 97
Heath 111 $289,000 9 59% 19% 55
Columbus 6,153 $285,000 11 53% 23% 2,870 43207, 43230, 43228, 43204, 43235, 43221, 43224, 43206, 43229, 43214, 43232, 43220, 43209, 43211, 43223, 43213
Bellefontaine 130 $278,000 26 52% 13% 79
Richwood 63 $266,000 12 67% 19% 31
Lancaster 586 $261,750 10 53% 25% 266 43130
Zanesville 185 $257,000 24 65% 19% 139
Newark 569 $255,000 11 49% 19% 258 43055
Mount Vernon 263 $250,000 18 58% 23% 135 43050
Mount Gilead 111 $240,000 34 64% 31% 96
Urbana 102 $239,000 18 63% 22% 45
Washington Court House 202 $232,000 15 58% 27% 100
Chillicothe 170 $230,000 14 54% 16% 94
Mansfield 176 $229,450 17 59% 27% 75
Springfield 194 $196,700 11 55% 28% 90
Marion 434 $179,900 18 61% 26% 196 43302
Galion 60 $179,750 11 48% 18% 34

How this was compiled

Every figure comes from 32 exports of residential closings recorded in the Columbus REALTORS MLS between January 1, 2026 and September 21, 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.