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Discover Columbus is a site about Columbus Ohio. Originally named "Columbus Best Blog," it was never the best blog in Columbus Ohio. It was a blog about the best in Columbus and Central Ohio! Best restaurants, best real estate company, best schools, best neighborhoods..... written by Maureen McCabe a licensed real estate agent with Columbus Ohio's best real estate company, Real Living HER. Discover Columbus is just a site about Central Ohio.

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Westerville - Las Margaritas

Feb. 23, 2008

Categorized in: Best Food and Restaurant

Tagged with: 43082, mexican food, restaurant, westerville

I wrote more extensively on the subject on my ColumbusBestBlog.com

We went, we ate. We were disappointed.

We will try Las Margaritas again. A client raves about the Las Margaritas in Dublin. There's a Las Margaritas in Powell. We may try that one. Or we may go back to the Las Margaritas in Westerville, just South of Polaris Parkway.

View Larger Map706 N. State Street, Westerville Ohio 43082 - Map

I took my charra beans home... maybe when I eat those I will become a raving fan of Las Margaritas.

Columbus Best Mexican Restaurants (hint these are MY favorites... it says so.)

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I'd love to hear from you if you have a comment on the topic of Central Ohio Mexican Restaurants. If all you can come up with for a comment is that "Mexican food in Columbus SUCKs" move along. Come back when you've grown up. Really. It will happen. You will outgrow this... All comments are moderated so you will not see your comment immediately. Thanks.

Copyright 2008 Discover Columbus and Maureen McCabe

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Columbus on Zillow's Zindex

Feb. 14, 2008

Categorized in: Real Estate

Tagged with: central ohio, columbus ohio, dublin, gahanna, powell, upper arlington, westerville, worthington

Tuesday I listened to a conference call about 4th Quarter Home Values from Zillow. Dr. Stan Humphries (Humphries is ”Zillow’s chief Zestimator” according to a post about the conference call on ActiveRain. The press release refers to Humphries as “Zillow vice president of data and analytics.”) Humphries ran through a lot of numbers and a lot of slides on the Zillow site…

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% +

No Central Ohio

If you can't read the yellow... Home Values are Unchanged.

Zillow's Zindex is the value of all homes in a market... not just those that have sold.

I'd love to hear from you if you have a comment on the topic of home values in our market or elsewhere. All comments are moderated so you will not see your comment immediately. Thanks. Copyright 2008 Discover Columbus and Maureen McCabe

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Westerville Area - 2007 Home Sales

Jan. 1, 2008

Categorized in: Market Report

Tagged with: central ohio, columbus, homes sold, market report, neighborhood, north outerbelt, suburbs, westerville, westerville school district

There were 390 single family home sales closed in the Westerville area (but not in the city of Westerville, nor the Village of Minerva Park. ) in 2007. These are homes in Franklin County, most are in the City of Columbus. Many are in Blendon Township.

2007 Westerville Area Single Family Homes:

List Prices ranged from $17,000 to $1,675,000.
Closed Sales Prices ranged from $ 23,750 to $1,400,000

The average closed real estate sales price for single family homes in the Westerville area was $144,502 in 2007.

On average, these homes sold for 97.6 % of their final list price

Days on Market ranged from 1 to 390 days, with the average being 80* days of market time.

This compares to 427 single family homes in the same area that closed in 2006, with an average closed sales price of $147,738.

The 2007 sales in the area compares to 525 single family homes closed in 2005, with an average closed sales price of $ 154,980.

2007 Westerville Home Sales (City of Westerville)

Westerville School District

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

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Westerville - 2007 Home Sales

Jan. 1, 2008

Categorized in: Market Report

Tagged with: central ohio, columbus, homes sold, market report, neighborhood, north outerbelt, suburbs, westerville, westerville school district

There were 398 single family home sales closed in the city of Westerville in 2007 according to the Columbus Board of Realtors MLS (multiple listing service.) Westerville is a suburb of Columbus. Westerville is outside of 270. Part of Westerville is in Franklin County and part of the city is in Delaware County. The Westerville School District serves the city of Westerville as well as a large portion of northeast Columbus and townships in both Franklin and Delaware Counties. Westerville Video from Real Living

2007 Westerville Single Family Homes:

List Prices ranged from $108,000 to $569,500.

Closed Sales Prices ranged from $90,500 to $500,000.

The average closed real estate sales price for single family homes in Westerville was $218,010.

On average, the Westerville homes sold for 96.8 % of their final list price.

Days on Market ranged from 1 to 601 days, with the average being 85* days of market time.

This compares to 427 Westerville single family homes closed in 2006, with an average closed sales price of $216,226.

This compares to 501 Westerville single family homes closed in 2005, with an average closed sales price of $ 216,827.

City of Westerville http://www.ci.westerville.oh.us/

Westerville Schools

Central Ohio Public Schools