This 2 bed, 2.5 bath 1,634 sf home on West Second in Victorian Village sold recently for $296,000 after 16 days

This update includes all of the near North from Nationwide Blvd to approximately King Avenue

Homes on the market: 166 Greater Short North Homes and Condos for sale today

• $282,494
• $199/sf and
• 285 days on market – see below
• CONDOS ONLY – 123 Listings, $276,752 1323 sf, $215/sf, 341 DOM*
• HOMES ONLY – 43 Listings, $303,122 – 1959 sf – $160 sf – 144 DOM

*The current Active Short North condo market is littered with unsold, long time listings From Harrison Park and Ibiza which skews both days on market and average list price.

Greater Short North Homes in contract with escape clauses:

None – No Homes you could still, conceivably, swoop in and buy

Greater Short North Homes in Contract contingent on financing/inspections as of today: 25

• Averaging 1422 sf
• $291,509
• $225/sf
• 103 days on market
• CONDOS ONLY – 20 w/ avg of $292,206, 884 sf, $236/sf, 100 DOM – Most of these are (still) in The Jackson
• HOMES ONLY – 5 with an avg of $288,720 – 1669 sf – $181/sf – 105DOM

Greater Short North area Homes in firm contract as of today: 1

• Averaging 1168 sf
• $124,8005
• $107/sf
• 40 days on market – 141 W 2nd Ave

Greater Short North area Homes SOLD since Oct 1, 2009: 30

• Averaging 1553 sf
• $233,015 avg List but a $225,513 Sale price or 96%
• $165/sf (down $8/sf over last quarter)
• 103 days on market
• CONDOS ONLY – 12 @$206,108, 1324 sf, $198/sf, 171 DOM – Nicely spread out
• HOMES ONLY – 18 @ $238,450, 1681 sf – $147/sf – 57 DOM – about 2 weeks less than Q3

The Most expensive home sold so far in Q4 2009 was 448 West 2nd in Harrison West. A 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath 2-story built in 2003, it sold for $362,500 on Dec. 3 which was 94.2% of the $385,000 list price.

One of the least expensive homes this year at 951 Hunter is in contract listed at $114,000. It is a 636 square foot cottage with one bedroom that is bank owned and had multiple offers. The inside of this home had been updated recently and it had sold for $159,000 in May of 2004.

Joe Peffer is a Realtor who works in Victorian Village, the Short North, Italian Village, Harrison West and other Columbus Neighborhoods.

Would you like me to break it down by Victorian Village vs Italian Village or just condos? email me and I will be glad to