CENTRAL OHIO IS HOT!!!
Central Ohio homebuyers were more active than ever in 2016. The region registered 31,532 existing single-family homes and condominiums change hands during the year, a 6.8 percent increase from a healthy 2015 housing market, according to year-end numbers from the Columbus Realtors organization. Enlarge Home sales are hot. ANDY DEAN | THINKSTOCK The tally was also 58.9 percent above sales in 2011, when the housing market nationwide bottomed out after the Great Recession. Pointing to pent-up demand, the region also saw the lowest supply of homes for sale on record in the Realtors' Multiple Listing Service. There were 4,653 houses and condos for sale in the MLS in December, down 26 percent from a year earlier. “Soaring home prices are another reflection of how hot the Central Ohio housing market is, which continues to be beneficial for anyone who might be looking to list their home for sale,” 2017 Columbus Realtors President Mic Gordon said in a st...