Top 9 Midtown Columbus Real Estate Sales of 2009

Everyone loves a good year end list and here’s one that sums up the top 9 Columbus Real Estate transactions in terms of sales price of 2009. The definition of MidTown Columbus for these purposes involves an area roughly from Lane Avenue in the North to Frebis Avenue in the South and from Alum Creek/Nelson Road on the East to Route 33 West of Marble Cliff. In other words, it’s a very rough five mile radius from Broad and High careful to exclude both Bexley and Upper Arlington.

Luxurious homes teeming with character and history with gorgeous, freshly rehabbed interiors are nothing new in Victorian Village or German Village. In recent years, downtown condominiums have added to the high end market and you’ll find 3 condos in this year’s top 10, two from North Bank.

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9. Speaking of the Condominiums at North Bank Park, the 9th highest Midtown Columbus Sale was a 2,480 square foot two bedroom, two bath condo, unit 1001 which checked in at $553,650. That’s a number that seems surprisingly low to be the bottom threshold of the top nine for the year and speaks to the general malaise in midtown sales this year and the downtown condo environment specifically.

8. In keeping with the high end two bedroom theme, 568 South 5th Street in German Village checked in at $555,000 for a 2 bed, 2.5 bath brick two-story with 2161 square feet.

7. Moving to Marble Cliff, the newly built condominium community of Prescott Place boasts a $590,000 sale on a 2,801 square foot end unit with 3 bedrooms and Five and a half Baths. (!)

6. Down the street, a prime example of how hot the Grandview, South of First, housing market can be, 1660 Ridgeway Place turns up at number six on the list with 3,000 square feet, four bedrooms, two baths and a sales price of $600,000 ($1 over asking) in 2 days on the market.

5. A cute three bedroom, 2.5 bath brick 2.5 story on the corner of S. 6th St. and East Frankfort with 2,748 square feet built in 1878 with a 2 story addition sold just the other day for $605,000

4. Back to the corner of Spring and Neil where a 12th floor North Bank unit with 2,486 square feet, 2 bedrooms and 2.5 baths sold for $690,000 which is about Eighteen Thousand less than what the owner had paid for it less than a year before. Taxes on that unit currently? Less than $300/year. Condo Fee? around $760/mo.

3. After more than a year on the market, 1047 City Park sold for $690,000 this Summer. The 3400+ square foot brick Italianate sits on the corner of Deshler and City Park, across the street from Schiller Park, and has three bedrooms and 3.5 baths.

2. Another home on a different Midtown Columbus Park sold for $730,000 this summer. 671 Dennison Avenue is a surprisingly open 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath brick 2.5 story with 3,707 square feet sitting on the West side of Goodale Park. Over the years, I’d wager that every year-end top ten list of midtown home sales would include at least one home on either Goodale or Schiller Park.

1. The most expensive home sale recorded in the Columbus MLS for a Midtown Columbus property in 2009 was 238 Beck St which sold in April for $1,175,000. This is a very unique home next to Frank Fetch Park in German Village. Modern and historic all at the same time with both unassuming street presence and vaulted, open spaces in some parts, the home has 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths with 3,400 rambling square feet spread out between several main living areas. The original home was built in 1890 and Sellers had done an exquisite job of making the home a showplace.

To be fair, it’s still only mid December and some very nice, very expensive Midtown Columbus homes are in contract and could conceivably close by year’s end. These include 246 and 247 East Sycamore, listed at $1,595,000 and $995,000 respectively as well as 147 Deshler listed at $1,975,000.

For some small degree of perspective, 2008 had 6 sales in Midtown Columbus over $973,000 yet under $1,160,000 including four condos in three different buildings.

This year, Bexley had 13 sales over $700,000-including five of over one million dollars. Upper Arlington had 31 homes sell for $700,000 including 9 of over $1MM with five homes closing in just the last week that would have made this list.

For more information about the high end, low end and everything in between, check out the Columbus Homes Blog and Delicious Real Estate online.

Information used to compile this post came from the Columbus Board of Realtors MLS. Some higher priced homes may have sold during the year but were not recorded there-for example, not all North Bank Condos are listed on the MLS and not all sales are recorded there.