Worthington real estate

Worthington home prices are going up brought to you by Maureen McCabe Real Living HER

This graph shows list and sale prices of Worthington single family homes for the past 15 months.  The homes are in the Worthington City School District so include homes in Worthington, Columbus, Riverlea as well as Perry and Sharon Townshiops.

Worthington home prices are going up - market report for February 2010

List price is 1.8% 
Sale price is up 29.8% from February  2009

Average list price $278,000
Average sale price $244,000
Median sale price $215,000

Price per square foot $110 vs  $101 in February 2009

Worthington home sales February 2010

176 homes for sale
25 homes sold
7.0 months of inventory based on current rate of sale

Worthington homes for sale neighborhoods

Homes in the City of Worthingon sold in February 2010 or for sale in February 2010  or now included homes in neighborhoods including Colonial Hills, Medick Estates, Northigh Acres, Old Worthington, Olentangy Hills, Perry Highlands,  Wilson Hill, Worthington Estates, Worthingway and others.

Homes in the Worthington School District in City of Columbus neighborhoods sold or for sale during February  2010 included homes in Brookside Woods, Cambridge Place,  Deer Creek, Lakes of Worthington, Lindsey Woods, Oldstone Crossing,  Olentangy Highlands, Schoolside Village,  Stilson Highlands, The Sanctuary,  Village at Worthington, Western Hills,  Westworth Village and Worthingwoods.

Unincorportated areas with homes for sale and sold in February 2010 include homes in the Worthington Hills and Worthington Estates neighborhoods.

Published March 2010 based on data available from the Columbus Board of REALTORS® at the end of February  2010.   TrendGraphix reports presented are based on data supplied by the Columbus Board of Realtors.  According to Trendgraphix neither  CBR nor their MLS (multiple listing service ) guarantee or are in anyway responsible for its accuracy. "Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed."  So "me neither!  Only Real Living HER agents are authorized to use Trendgraphix in Central Ohio for real estate market news updates.  Stay tuned to this blog for more Central Ohio real estate market news.

The Maureen McCabe / search homes links allow you to search  the online inventory of  Central Ohio homes via Real Living HER.  You will be offered the opportunity to receive listings directly from the Columbus Board of Realtors MLS (multiple listing service)  in real time.  Know the true status of properties you are interested in!

Worthington Ohio 43085 homes for sale brought to you by Maureen McCabe Real Living HER Worthington

The graph represents the single family homes for sale for the past 15 months in the City of Worthington and the Village of  Worthington.  The Columbus Board of REALTORS MLS area for the City of Worthington lumps the Village of Riverlea but does not include the entire Worthington school district.  There was 8.7 months of inventory, a buyers market in the City of Worthington (and Riverlea) but that is better than February 2009 when there were 10.1 months of inventory.

Compare to Worthington homes for sale - a market report  for the entire Worthington City School District. 

Worthington Ohio 43085 homes for sale - a market report
52 homes for sale
 6 homes sold
8.7 Months of homes for sale

26.8% less inventory than February 2009
13.9% less months of inventory than last year based on current rate of sales

Average list price $326,000
Average sale price $253,000
Media sale price $223,000

Worthington Ohio 43085 homes for sale neighborhoods

Homes in the City of Worthingon sold in February 2010 or for sale in February 2010  or now included homes in neighborhoods including Colonial Hills, Medick Estates, Northigh Acres, Old Worthington, Olentangy Hills, Perry Highlands,  Wilson Hill, Worthington Estates, Worthingway and others.

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Worthington Ohio 43085 home sales  February 2010

home sales down 14.3% from February 2009

6 home sales  vs. 7 home sales in February 2009

Published March 2010 based on data available from the Columbus Board of REALTORS® at the end of February  2010.   TrendGraphix reports presented are based on data supplied by the Columbus Board of Realtors.  According to Trendgraphix neither  CBR nor their MLS (multiple listing service ) guarantee or are in anyway responsible for its accuracy. "Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed."  So "me neither!  Only Real Living HER agents are authorized to use Trendgraphix in Central Ohio for real estate market news updates.  Stay tuned to this blog for more Central Ohio real estate market news.

The Worthington Ohio 43085 homes for sale link allows you to search  the online inventory of  City of Worthington and Riverlea  homes via Real Living HER.  You will be offered the opportunity to receive listings directly from the Columbus Board of Realtors MLS (multiple listing service)  in real time.  Know the true status of properties you are interested in!

Worthington homes for sale brought to you by Maureen McCabe Real Living HER Worthington

The graph shows inventory of homes for sale in the Worthington City School District for the past 15 months, through the end of February 2010.  The homes represented by the graph are single family homes in the City of Worthington, the City of Columbus, the Village of Riverlea or an unincorportated area within the Worthington School District boundaries.

Worthington homes for sale a market report

176 homes for sale
25 homes sold
Months of homes for sale 7.0

25.7% less inventory of homes than February 2009
14.6% less months of inventory based on currenct sales

Average list price $278,000
Average sale price $244,000
Median home price $215,000

Worthington homes for sale neighborhoods

Homes in the City of Worthingon sold in February 2010 or for sale in February 2010  or now included homes in neighborhoods including Colonial Hills, Medick Estates, Northigh Acres, Old Worthington, Olentangy Hills, Perry Highlands,  Wilson Hill, Worthington Estates, Worthingway and others.

Homes in the Worthington School District in City of Columbus neighborhoods sold or for sale during February  2010 included homes in Brookside Woods, Cambridge Place,  Deer Creek, Lakes of Worthington, Lindsey Woods, Oldstone Crossing,  Olentangy Highlands, Schoolside Village,  Stilson Highlands, The Sanctuary,  Village at Worthington, Western Hills,  Westworth Village and Worthingwoods.

Unincorportated areas with homes for sale and sold in February 2010 include homes in the Worthington Hills and Worthington Estates neighborhoods.

Worthington homes for sale - Search

Worthington home sales - February 2010
13.8% less home sales than February 2009
25 homes sold vs. 29 homes sold  in February  2009


Published March 2010 based on data available from the Columbus Board of REALTORS® at the end of February  2010.   TrendGraphix reports presented are based on data supplied by the Columbus Board of Realtors.  According to Trendgraphix neither  CBR nor their MLS (multiple listing service ) guarantee or are in anyway responsible for its accuracy. "Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed."  So "me neither!  Only Real Living HER agents are authorized to use Trendgraphix in Central Ohio for real estate market news updates.  Stay tuned to this blog for more Central Ohio real estate market news.

Worthington homes for sale link - Search the online Worthington inventory of  homes via Real Living HER with the link above and you will be offered the opportunity to receive listings directly from the Columbus Board of Realtors MLS (multiple listing service)  in real time.  Know the true status of properties you are interested in!

Worthington schools restructuring only affects middle school students and then not even most middle school students.  Just the kids who would now attend one of the four (or five if you count Phoenix) middle schools in the Worthington City School District.

McCord Middle School -  Map - 1500 Hard Road, Columbus, OH 43235

Perry Middle School - Map - 2341 Snouffer Road Worthington, OH 43085

The Perry Middle School building on Snouffer Road will still house Phoenix Middle School.

Google Maps seems ahead of the game.  Google Maps gave me  1500 Hard Road as the address for Perry Middle School.    The snippet of a Google Map here shows Google identifying Perry's address as 1500 Hard Road, Columbus Ohio 43235 rather than the Snouffer Road address.  Google is identifying the 2341 Snouffer Road as Phoenix Middle School.  Currently both Phoenix and Perry Middle Schools are housed in the building at 2341 Snouffer Road which says "Perry" on the front of the building.

The maps of the current Worthington middle school attendence areas and elementary school attendences area  from the Worthington City School site:

Worthington City Schools Middle School Attendance Map - .pdf

Worthington City Schools Elementary School Attendance Map  - .pdf

If I understand this correctly the elementary feeder schools that will be affected are Brookside Estates Elementary,  Bluffsview Elementary and Granby Elementary.  Worthington area neighborhoods that are affected include: Bluffsview,  Brookside Estates, Brookside Woods (the part that is in Worthington schools of course, not the part in Dublin), Brookside Village,  The Lakes at Worthington, Oldstone Crossing, Smoky Row Manor, The Bluffs, Worthington Green, Worthingview and others.

Perhaps there is concern that McCord will be overcrowded though too, but the FAQ on the Worthington City School site tells projected class size.

Worthington schools restructuring

The NBC4i.com coverage includes a video   Middle School Restructuring A Hot Topic Among Worthington Parents  and says " Worthington Restructuring - Worthington City Schools is consolidating its middle schools due to declining enrollment."

The  Worthington middle schools not affected by the restructuring are Worthingway and Kilbourne. 

Previously about the  Worthington City School District:

Worthington School News  

Worthington's Bluffsview Elementary School  

Worthington Schools get A++

There are 191 open houses on the   Real Living HER Open House List  today.   That number is subject to change.  

Search for an open house in the Central Ohio location you want to live.

The link above is  the Real Living HER open house list  on my website, MaureenMcCabe.com  If you visit my website each home on the Real Living HER Open House List is "Presented By" ME.  I am not holding all the houses open this week or any week. The same open house list is on other Real Living HER agent's websites.  Each listing on the list of open house list tells you who the listing agent and office is, or whom is holding the property open if you need that information.

The Real Living HER Open House list is NOT archived.  If you look at this post in the future the link will go to the current Real Living HER Open House list. 

Worthington Estates Open House - March 7, 2010

The Real Living HER Open House List is more than just a list of property addresses.

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The number of open houses on the list is subject to change as it is in real time. 

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"Psychology is key to selling in today's real estate market"

Is a post on the  Psychology Today  site saying listen to Broker Bryant Tutas  and use  "Range Pricing."  Range Pricing is sometimes called VRM for Value Range Marketing?  Tutas uses Range Pricing  and has written about Range Pricing  numerous times on ActiveRain a real estate network.

On the Psychology Today blog called  Priceless I found home pricing advice from physicist and author William Poundstone.

I found the Psychology Today blog post  via Google searching for news with the word Zestimates when I wrote  the post "Appraisal Institute says Zestimates suck." Darn it all, I blew it!  Bad title.  Steve Shatsky a Dallas Texas short sale specialist  commented my title shoulda been "Zestimates Zuck."  How depressing a missed title opportunity!  But enough  about me...  when I came out of the depression I slipped into over my poor blog title, I went searching Google for news on Zillow's Zesitmates, an AVM (Automated Valuation Model) the Appraisal Institute recently said Zestimates are inaccurate (the Appraisal Institute are too polite and educated to say Zestimates suck or even that they zuck.   They said Zillow's Zestimates are inaccurate.  Or were.  Is the Appraisal Institute dealing with today... Zillow says no, that the study is about the past.

Isn't it all....

"Psychology is key to selling in today's real estate market"

Perhaps Zestimates are NOT always high, Poundstone's piece on pricing popped up for my Zestimate search because he uses the Zestimate of an LA home... 

" For what it's worth, Zillow's "Zestimate" for the place is only $2,090,500. "

Only $2,090,500... Poundstone says that like that price on the  house would be a  steal and maybe it is.  That is so removed from Columbus Ohio.

"Psychology is key to selling in today's real estate market"

Who knew Psychology Today had blogs, much less blogs that offer pricing strategy for home sellers amid the Therapist Finder and all the anti depressant ads... but there it is:

Home Won't Sell? Try Two Prices Instead of One the post by William Poundstone a physicist and author says:

"There may be a smart psychological tactic for anxious home sellers: List a house with two prices. In Australia, it's been the custom for sellers to do that, giving a minimum and a maximum asking price."

Is author Poundstone recommending your homes Zillow Zesitmate for the high end on your home?  The Appraisal Institute says Zestimates are inaccurate I don't know if anyone in the Columbus Board of REALTORS®  does Value Range Marketing now... I think Prudential did at one time but that was long ago.  In  Value Range Marketing in the Columbus Board of REALTORS® MLS would the high price be the Zestimate?  Would the low price be the findable price in the MLS?   "Psychology is key to selling in today's real estate market" is the subtitle of Poundstones piece on pricing homes.

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A very similar article was posted on ColumbusBestBlog.com another blog I write  Psychology Today offers home pricing strategies

Image credit - Freud toys...  from onefromrom Flickr photostream shared with a Creative Commons License that allows commercial use.   http://www.flickr.com/photos/onefromrome/ / CC BY 2.0

Worthington Estates Open House - 198 Caren Ave. Worthington OH. 43085  hosted by Maureen McCabe

Price recently reduced.  A similar home in Worthington Estates recently sold price about $30,000 higher.  198 Caren Worthington Ohio 43085 offers lots of opportunity for a Worthington home buyer.

Visit the link above for

• Photos
• Floorplan
• Mortgage calculator
• Worthington Community Video from Real Living HER
  
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Open Sunday March 7, 2010 2:00 to 4:00

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• 4 bedrooms
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• family room
• wood burning fireplace
• 3 season porch off the kitchen
• deep front porch
• partially finised basement (new carpet)
  
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Worthington Estates Neighborhood

Worthington Estates Homes for Sale  c. 1965

Worthington Estates Elementary School

The Worthingway neighborhood in Worthington Ohio was built in the early 1960s. A Worthingway map shows streets now in the City of Worthington including  Longfellow, Poe, Hawthorne,  Stevenson, Thackery...  authors names... great authors names.   Other streets if they are writers names they are beyond my literary knowledge, Riley?, Bryant?, Tonbridge and Highgate?  

An ad for the Worthingway neighborhood from a Worthington Chamber of Commerce publication from 1964:

The Walter T.  Krumm advertisement for NEW homes in Worthingway says the Worthingway neigbhorhood is  north of "Worthington Proper"?  Worthingway and Worthington Estates were out in the country north of Worthington!  The two neighborhoods as well as what is NOW north of them  Olentangy Hills, Ville Charmonte and  Worthington Square was "out in the country" in the 1960s.  It sounds as if the Worthingway and Worthington Estates neighborhoods were in an unicorporated area outside the Cityof Worthington,  Worthingway would have been in Sharon Township when it was built.

Today the Worthingway neighborhood is well inside of the City of Worthington.

Worthington Estates ad from the chamber publication!

Image Credit: George Campbell shared a publication of the Worthington Chamber of Commerce published in 1964 via Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/65439930@N00/ / CC BY 2.0

ColumbusBestBlog.com is another blog I write.  It is actually my main blog, but it has a lot less content than either 'Worthington Old and News' or 'Discover Columbus Ohio', which are both real estate blogs.

ColumbusBestBlog.com is less real estate, it is a WordPress blog... and it has real estate on it but most of the posts are non real estate usually by design.

February 2010  on ColumbusBestBlog.com

Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit -  February 2010  A monthly tradition on ColumbusBestBlog.com

Buckeye Chuck predicts early spring Weather forecast by the local groundhog

Columbus Seasonal Kick Off  that is real estate!

Balletmet – Twitter Contest  Local non profit  group uses social media

Columbus 8th Worst Winter…  A national list of cities with bad weather ... I think it's wrong!

Columbus Valentine’s Day Poll  Valentines Day in a recession what were the plans?   I never mentioned the wonderful dinner at Columbus Fish Market or that I got  I got a one pound box of Godiva but the dog ate it, did I?

Central Ohio Business – Get on Google Local Business Center  New  opportunity for local businesses

Columbus “Panera It Forward” week… The local franchise paid it forward.  Lots of opportunities to be good neighbors in Central Ohio, the week of storms.

Ohio Schools – Consolidations A poll about a recommendation from the Brookings Institute for the State of Ohio

Columbus set a record for the snowiest February ever...  beating the standing recored from 100 years ago. It's on ColumbusBestBlog.com but not until March 2010. 

We built that snowman Saturday!

ColumbusBestBlog.com has links to all posts on  'Worthington Old and News' and 'Discover Columbus OH' on the home page, every day...  turnabout is fair play.  Chris Elizabeth Griffith posts her Bonita Springs Florida WordPress blog's posts on her ActiveRain blog weekly.  I want to do that but  I can't see doing that as I am lucky to write two posts in a week on CBB.  I mean to post there more...  Two in for March 2010!  and I guess that is the last week on the calendar here.  I wish I could make myself write there four or five times a week...

Real Living HomeGard Warranty

There is a new feature in the  Real Living HomeGard Warranty for home buyers called  "Claim - No - Claim"  if the buyer  has not placed a claim in the first nine months of the first year coverage they are entitled to heating or air conditioning maintenance service.  Up to $100.00.

Not a bad feature...

"Even if nothing breaks, this warranty pays up to $100 toward an HVAC maintenance service."

Home warranties are relatively common feature of home sales in Central Ohio.  Often the seller has one in place on the listing to give the buyer peace of mind about the mechanical systems.  You certainly still want to do a home inspection but a home warranty can help.

Real Living HomeGard Warranty history

HomeGard® of Ohio has been around for a long time... since 1974.  I sad when we got an email that HomeGard® was changing in 2009.  HomeGard is operated by HMS a national home warranty company.   HomeGard® of Ohio was unique in that the company affiliated with Real Living HER (formerly HER Realtors®)  was locally owned and operated for years. 

HomeGard a new era begins

Real Living HomeGard Warranty with "Claim - No - Claim" maintenance - 2010

There are other changes to HomeGard, sump pumps and jetted bathtubs  are covered.

Visit the national HMS site for some additional  home maintenance tips