Saturday March 15, 2008 is a big day for Dublin Ohio. 

I believe the Saturday before St. Patrick's Day is always the day of the parade in Dublin... or if the 17th falls on Thursday or Friday does the city of Dublin have their parade the Saturday after St. Patrick's Day???  I don't remember... last year the 17th fell on Saturday (this is Leap Year remember.)   

City of Dublin site with details for Dublin Ohio 2008 St. Patrick's Day celebration.    They say it will be the greenest, grandest St. Patrick's Day Celebration. 

The Columbus St. Patrick's Day parade is always on St. Patrick's Day, including this year.   There may be some people who usually go to the parade in Columbus who will not this year, they may be at Dublins Celebrations on Saturday  this year.  

For those who are going to drink beer,  green or otherwise to celebrate St. Patricks Day... be careful. 

Previously on Discover Columbus - about St. Patrick's Day 2008

Jan. 31, 2008 - Columbus - St. Patrick's Day Celebrations

Feb. 24, 2008 - Columbus Controversy

March 17, 2008 Events

Columbus St. Patrick's Day Parade & Irish Famnily Reunon at Vet's Memorial - the Shamrock Club

For other  events this weekend visit Experience Columbus.  

I'd love to hear from you if you have a comment on the topic of things to do in Central Ohio this weekend or celebrating St. Patrick's Day. All comments are moderated so you will not see your comment immediately.  Thanks.

Copyright 2008 Discover Columbus and Maureen McCabe

Dublin Area Real Estate Market Report for the 15 Months Ending January 2008.

Sales in the Dublin Area (the Dublin School District ) were down 42% from sales in January 2007. 

The average sale price in January 2008 was $268,000  up from $252,000 at the same time last year.  Average active price is considerably higher at $409,000 with is up from the average active, $398,000 price in January 2007. 

With 616 single family and condominiums on the market there are 28 fewer homes on the market than a year ago.   There is a 17.6 month supply of inventory(homes for sale)  based on these recent sales. 

"*All reports are published Feb. 2008, based on data available at the end of Jan. 2008.
All reports presented are based on data supplied by the Columbus Board of Realtors, Northern Ohio Regional MLS, Centralized Real Estate Information Service, Greater Cincinnati MLS and Dayton Area Board of Realtors or theirs MLSs. Neither the Association nor their MLSs guarantee or are in anyway responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the Association or their MLSs may not reflect all real estate activities in the market. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed."

The sales above are throughout the Dublin School District.  The sales below are the City of Dublin (Dublin Corporation Limit.) With 25 Dublin home sales, sales are down 47% from January 2007. 

Average active price is up 7 % from January 2007.  Average sale price at $305,000 is down from $315,000 in January 2007.

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Same disclaimer as above for Trendgraphix.

More information about the Dublin community and school:

City of Dublin

Dublin Schools

Additional Central Ohio School Districts

School Matters - Ohio Public Schools from Standard & Poors

Ohio Department of Education including school district report cards.

A Zestimate is a homes value.  Those Zestimates make up a Zindex.

Zillow 4th Quarter Report

“Home Values Continued Decline in Fourth Quarter, Leaving Approximately One in Three New Homeowners With Negative Equity”

If you look at the national map…(on the Zillow site in the report) there are diamonds in various colors  to represent the increase and decrease in value by market (MSA.) The red color is the highest appreciation in value and the darkest blue is the most depreciation in value of homes in the market.

On the national map, Central Ohio (Columbus) is a yellow diamond meaning the value is even, unchanged. A number California and Florida communities have values that have declined, lots of blue, deep, deep blue in California and Florida.  Nationally there are not a lot of red area,  Junction City Colorado, a market in western New York state, a market in Oklahoma. 

Zoom in closer to home in Ohio and you can see Central Ohio cities, Delaware, Dublin, Gahanna, Galena, Powell, Sunbury, Upper Arlington, Westerville, Worthington…

The diamonds are red (good, value up) to Navy (bad value down) on the map. I have tried to replicate that in the list below... my apologies that it makes it hard to read in the yellow range... 

The Red of this spectrum Home Values are Up 9%+   Hot?

Powell + 11.6%
Sunbury + 9.7%

A Reddish Orange ....Tangerine Home Values are Up 4% to 8%

Galena +4.3%
Delaware +5.5%
Westerville +4.9%

The Color of OJ or Squash.... Home Values are Up 1% to 3%

Grove City + 2.3%

Yellow Home Values are Unchanged 

Upper Arlington +.1
Worthington -.2
Gahanna -.8

If you can't read the yellow... Home Values are Unchanged.  Homes in the market are virtually unchanged.

Chartreuse Home Values are Down 1% to 2 %

Columbus -1.2%
Dublin - 1.7 %

Green Home Values are Down 5%-6%

New Albany -4.1%

Aqua Home Values are Down 7 to 9%

No Central Ohio
Turquoise* Home Values are Down 7% to 9%

Reynoldsburg - 7.1%

Blue Home Values are Down 10% to 12%

No Central Ohio

Bluer Home Values are Down 13% to 16%

No Central Ohio

Bluer than Blue Home Values are Down 16-19%

No Central Ohio

The Deepest Darkest Navy Blue - Home Values are Down 20% +

There were  221 single family home sales closed in the Dublin Area in 2007.  These are homes in the city of Columbus or a township.  The homes are all in the Dublin School District. 

2007 Dublin Area Single Family Home Sales:

List Prices ranged from $105,900 to $775,000

Closed Sales Prices ranged from $101,000 to $724,755

The average closed real estate sales price for single family homes in the Dublin area was $193,105 in 2007.

On average, these homes sold for 97.1 % of their final list price.

Days on Market ranged from 1 to 376  days, with the average being 71* days of market time.

This compares to 256 single family homes in the Dublin Area closed in 2006, with an average closed sales price of$ 197,178. 
 

This compares to 302  single family homes closed inthe Dublin Area in  2005, with an average closed sales price of $189,977. 

Dublin School District

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City of Columbus

2007 Home Sales in the City of Dublin

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* average days on market may be longer if home was previously listed.  Some were!

Copyright 2008 Discover Columbus and Maureen McCabe