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

The graph above is for the Worthington School District, the sales and inventory for the past 15 months through January 2008, for single family and condoominium properties. 

About 23% fewer homes in the Worthington area sold in January 2008 in comparsion to January 2007.  Inventory was only up about 3% higher than last year in the area.  There is 11.8 months of inventory on the market based on January sales (that means it's a buyers market.) January pended (under contract) properties were down over 50% hopefully they just have not been reported to the board.

The average price was virtually unchanged for active listings- $232, 000 to $233,000

The average price was up for sold listing - from $188,000 to $214,000 +14%

The median price was up - from $176,000 to $202,000 +13%

 *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 homes represented by the graph and the table above include properties in the city of Worthington, the Village of Riverlea, the City of Columbus as well as Sharon and Perry Townships.  The homes are all located in the Worthington School District.  The website for the school district gives the Worthington School District boundaries. 

Ohio Department of Education for information about all Ohio School Districts.

In comparison the homes in the City of Worthington: 

Same disclosure as above applies.

The City of Worthington, a much smaller area, sales were up.  Inventory was up. Prices are down from January 2007, but is such a small sample.   

The homes represented in both tables and in the graph are single family and condominium homes. The graphs and tables are created with TrendGraphix.  Real Living  is the only brokerage with access to TrendGraphix market reports.

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I'd love to hear from you if you have a comment about home sales in Worthington, or the Worthington area. All comments are moderated so you will not see your comment immediately. Thanks.

Copyright 2008 Discover Columbus and Maureen McCabe

Beggars Night is on Halloween for the first time in many years in most Central Ohio communities.  According to the Columbus Dispatch Beggars night being before Halloween was because Columbus historically had a Halloween Party on October 31!

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According to the Columbus Dispatch, the Columbus Halloween party was discontinued in the 1950's because it got out of hand! 

An Irish Blessing for Halloween

At all Hallow's Tide, God keep you safe
From goblin and pooka and black-hearted stranger,
From harm of the water and hurt of the fire,
From thorns of the bramble, from all other danger,
From Will O' The Wisp haunting the mire;
From stumbles and tumbles
and tricksters to vex you,
May God in His mercy, this week protect you.

Visit my website for a new  Irish Blessing each month.   

Celebrating Halloween comes from the Celts who lived in Ireland long ago.