Clintonville Real Estate – Homes for Sale – and Clintonville Homes Sold

What is it about Clintonville that keeps this Columbus Neighborhood at the top of so many Home-Buyer Lists? Clintonville Real Estate is an eclectic blend of high quality housing Stock, convenient location, proximity to The Ohio State University, the Bike Path and parks and highways.  It’s the feeling of community and inclusiveness, however, that keeps Columbus coming back to Clintonville time and again.

Comprised of two primary zip codes, Here is what is going on in the Clintonville Real Estate Market Right Now, Today, and Recently in 43214 From Morse Road South….

Clintonville Extends South to Include to include the Glen Echo area while 43202 continues South to include parts of what most would call North Campus. This Chart reflects South Clintonville in 43202….

25 mph down High Street in Clintonville?

A push to reduce the speed limit on N. High Street and North Broadway through Clintonville could turn into an effort to make the entire neighborhood a 25-mph zone.

The Clintonville Area Commission says it will likely first ask the city to reduce the speed limit from 35 mph to 25 mph on High Street between Arcadia Avenue and the Worthington line, and on North Broadway between Rt. 315 and I-71, said Michael Folmar, a member of the Clintonville Area Commission.

“What we hear from residents in the neighborhood is High Street is still not pedestrian friendly,” said Mike McLaughlin, a commission member.

Reducing the speed limit on High Street is a good start, say members, who may bring it up at next Thursday’s commission meeting.

“I’d like to see 25 miles an hour in all of Clintonville,” said Folmar, a co-chairman of a committee that will study speed limits.

But it’s unlikely that city officials would approve a neighborhood-wide speed limit. They never have, said Rick Tilton, assistant public service director.

“The city studies one street at a time,” Tilton said. “It’s not a case of one size fits all.”

And the Ohio Department of Transportation must approve any speed limit change.

Clintonville residents and business owners say the city should consider the request.

Katie Palmer, who owns SoBo Style at 3282 N. High St., said that when someone parked in front of her store last week and opened her car door, another car zoomed by and tore it off.

“They speed through here,” said Palmer, who added that a slower speed limit would make High Street businesses more inviting.

Still, the city recently completed a traffic study supporting 35 mph speed limits on High Street and Indianola Avenue, McLaughlin said.

The city studied the stretches of High and Indianola between E. North Broadway and Weber, Tilton said.

The commission hasn’t taken a position on those studies as the committee continues to discuss speed limits, said D Searcy, chairwoman of the Clintonville Area Commission.

On the Northwest Side, residents were unsuccessful last year in getting the city to reduce the speed limit on Olentangy River Road from 45 mph to 35 mph between Rt. 161 and Bethel Road.

“We knew it wasn’t easy going in,” said Jennifer Adair, who leads the Northwest Civic Association.

Searcy said she knows the city is reluctant to reduce speed limits.

“I think we’re pushing a stone uphill to get that accomplished,” she said.

The Clintonville Chamber has not come out with an official position. But McLaughlin said a 25-mph speed limit on High Street would help Clintonville’s commercial corridor.

He said some businesses might be reluctant to locate there because of what he calls the “rush, rush, rush of High Street.”

High Street’s speed limit through the campus area is 25 mph, and it’s 30 mph in the Short North.

McLaughlin said the speed limits in successful commercial areas, such as E. Main Street in Bexley, Grandview Avenue in Grandview Heights and High Street in Olde Worthington, are all 25 mph.

McLaughlin said the commission would have to ask residents if they want the speed limits reduced on other streets, including Morse and Weber roads and Indianola Avenue.

“It’s one thing to get the speed reduced, More Here from the Columbus Dispatch

Clintonville Real Estate Market Update

This 3 bed, 2 bath Home on West Lakeview sold in Late November for $202,000 and has a 2nd floor deck

Homes on the market: 124 Active Clintonville homes for sale.

Averaging 1,599 sf,

• $239,137
• $162/sf and
• 112 days on market.

Clintonville Homes in contract with escape clauses:

Two – These are Homes you could still, conceivably, swoop in and buy

256 East Longview and 464 E Torrence listed at $189,900 and $269,900 respectively

Clintonville Homes in Contract contingent on financing/inspections as of today: 16

• Averaging 1452 sf
• $188,925
• $138/sf
• 74 days on market

Clintonville Homes Firmly In Contract passed inspection period as of today: 10

• Averaging 1416 sf
• $160,980
• $120/sf
• 54 days on market

Clintonville Homes Closed over the last 75 days: 74

• Averaging 1544 sf
• $213,584 avg List but a $204,113 Sale price or 96%
• $139/sf
• 67 days on market

My impression of the Clintonville Real Estate market since October 1 is that there were a lot of bargains picked up over the last two months and that first time buyers were cramming them in to beat the initial Nov 30 deadline, taking what the market would dish out. It’s been a very competetive year for Clintonville where it continues to be more of a Sellers Market than a Buyers Market despite what I believe to be continually “realistic” pricing forced by Buyer Action.

Joe Peffer is a Realtor who works in Clintonville and other Columbus Neighborhoods.

Would you like me to break it down by43214 vs 43202 or  Northmoor vs Beechwold? email me and I will be glad to

The Clintonville Real Estate Update

This 3 bed, 1.5 bath, 1481 sf home at 227 East Schreyer sold a few weeks ago for $235,000

Homes on the market: 147 Active Clintonville homes for sale.

Averaging 1,648 sf,

• $249,689
• $162/sf and
• 84 days on market.

Clintonville Homes in contract with escape clauses:

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

Clintonville Homes in Contract contingent on financing/inspections as of today: 36

• Averaging 1479 sf
• $212,814
• $146/sf
• 89 days on market

Clintonville Homes Closed over the last 90 days: 67

• Averaging 1340 sf
• $192,134 avg List but a $186,652 Sale price or 97%
• $141/sf
• 61 days on market

Joe Peffer is a Realtor who works in Clintonville and other Columbus Neighborhoods.

Would you like me to break it down by43214 vs 43202 or  Northmoor vs Beechwold? email me and I will be glad to

Walk on Walhalla – the 27th Clintonville Tour of Homes – Wows Columbus

Speaking of Home Tours, this year’s 27th Clintonvile Tour of Homes which focused on homes up and down the Walhalla Ravine, brought an estimated 2,000 tour goers to the area. Not a bad crowd at all and possibly a record. Not being as spread out as years past no doubt helped.

Columbus Economy – Columbus Real Estate Markets don’t Exist in a Bubble

And you don’t buy homes for sale in Columbus in a vacuum.  Just like all real estate is local, regions tend to have their own economies. Just like the Columbus area housing market hasn’t crashed to the tune of the National real estate markets that make all the headlines and take over mindshare, the Columbus economy is vast and varied and weathering the storm better than you may expect.

I recently ran across a conversation that Walker Evans had with Dr. Bill LaFayette, the Vice President of Economic Analysis at the Columbus Chamber of Commerce. They discussed a variety of topics related to the Columbus economy.

This is a great snapshot of the Columbus economy. If you’re moving or relocating to Columbus, Ohio, then  you may be surprised to hear about how important rail is to the region, or tourism.  Here is a small exerpt of this interview that touches on passenger rail…

WE: Being able to see some of these results from the shipping and commercial rail sector, do you think we could see some of the same types economic benefits from passenger rail service? We’re very close to seeing the 3C passenger rail systemstarting. Do you think we will see a similar type of benefit from personal transportation?

BL: Different but important. The benefit would be making it easy to get from Cincinnati to here, from Cleveland to here, which would be a big boost for our tourism market. Again, another sector that we may not give as much credit to as it deserves, we get a lot of tourism here. We have been cited as a travel spot. The Short North specifically has been cited in national and international publications. We have been in The New York Times travel magazine a of couple times, The Los Angeles Times and when SkyBus was flying, just about every city that SkyBus connected Columbus with sent a reporter here to ask the question, “why would in the world would anyone jump on a plane and go to Columbus?” And those articles were absolutely glowing, so we sell ourselves short, we definitely do. There is much more to see and do here than we often think.

WE: We posted links to a lot of those stories as they started to roll in due to Skybus. After they ended up folding, a lot of people were saying it was a total waste of time, waste of money, a waste of everything… but the amount of positive press on a national level that Columbus received out of the whole ordeal might have helped balance the equation in the end.

BL: Oh, it was definitely a positive. It sort of reminded the air travel community that Port Columbus is an available, accessible airport with capacity.