Aug 2026
$303K
+3.3% year-over-year
How it’s calculated
Rolling 3-month median sale price vs. same 3 months one year prior.
Columbus, OH
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Columbus, OH’s median sale price is $303K as of Aug 2026 — +3.3% year over year. Pecan Street tracks Columbus with its Three-Opinion home-price methodology (Redfin, FHFA HPI, and Zillow ZHVI), with no market signals flagged right now.
Headline
Sep 18, 2026
7.04%
30-year fixed
Where it comes from
National benchmark: Optimal Blue OBMMI 30-year conforming, via FRED. An average of rates borrowers have actually locked, updated daily.
The same rate appears on every market page.
Principal & interest
$1,618/mo
$69K/yr income needed
How it’s calculated
Payment — this market’s median sale price with 20% down, on a 30-year fixed loan at the rate shown. Principal and interest only — no property tax, insurance, PMI or HOA.
Income needed — that payment at 28% of gross income. A rule of thumb, not a lending decision.
How Columbus compares to other U.S. metros
| Price cuts | ↑2nd of 194 (top 2%) |
|---|---|
| Days on market | ↓152nd of 194 |
| Home-price growth | ↑68th of 195 (top 35%) |
| Price-to-rent | 99th of 195 |
Rank across the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, on market data alone — a higher rank means more of that measure (more price cuts, faster price growth, a wider asking-vs-sale gap, a higher price-to-rent ratio, or more days on market). The bar shows where this metro sits within that metric’s own cohort (left is more, right is less); ↑ and ↓ mark the positions furthest from the middle, and rows are ordered the same way. Metrics without data for this metro are omitted.
Affordability
| Price-to-rent ratio | ≈ 15 +4.9% YoY 99th of 195 |
|---|---|
| Asking price / sq ft | $205 +0.2% YoY |
Price-to-rent divides the median sale price by the annual HUD Fair Market Rent (a 3-bedroom, 40th-percentile benchmark), so it is a directional rent-vs-buy read, not a cap rate; its year-over-year change is directional in the same way. Asking price per square foot is the median across active for-sale listings (Realtor.com), as of Aug 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.
Market pressure
| Listings with a price cut | ≈ 61% -0.8 pts YoY ↑2nd of 194 (top 2%) |
|---|---|
| New housing units permitted | 1,696 |
Price-cut share is the portion of active for-sale listings that have taken a price reduction (Realtor.com), as of Aug 2026. New housing units authorized by residential building permits in the metro that month — new supply in the pipeline, which counts of existing listings don't capture (US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey), as of Jul 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.
Market facts
| ZIPs with listing data | 12 shown of 132 |
|---|---|
| MLS board of record | Columbus REALTORS MLS |
| Price methodology | Three-Opinion · Redfin · FHFA HPI · Zillow ZHVI |
| Data as of | Aug 2026 |
Recent signals
No signals flagged for this market right now.
Price reconciliation
normal · 0.0ppRedfin (city) +3.3% | FHFA HPI · Q2 2026 +3.3% |
Year-over-year home-price change from two independent methods — Redfin (monthly sold price) and FHFA (quarterly repeat-sales index). When they diverge, the market is mid-shift; cite the figure with that in mind.
Market dispatches
Citable market dispatches for Columbus → Latest dispatch: Jul 10, 2026.
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| ZIP | Median list price | Active listings | New listings | Price reductions | Days on market | Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43015 | $539K↑ | 166↑ | 80↑ | 92↑ | 49↑ | $415K↑ |
| 43026 | $428K↓ | 106↑ | 60↓ | 84↑ | 42↑ | $382K↑ |
| 43055 | $260K↑ | 123↓ | 80↓ | 84↑ | 35↓ | $253K↑ |
| 43065 | $600K↑ | 118↑ | 56↓ | 68↑ | 44↑ | $555K↑ |
| 43081 | $385K↓ | 131↑ | 88↑ | 96↑ | 38↑ | $361K↑ |
| 43123 | $387K↓ | 141↓ | 104↓ | 100↓ | 39↑ | $334K↑ |
| 43130 | $312K↓ | 112↑ | 68↓ | 80↓ | 37↑ | $278K↑ |
| 43147 | $487K↑ | 116↑ | 52↓ | 92↑ | 45↑ | $420K↑ |
| 43204 | $199K↓ | 132↑ | 64↑ | 104↑ | 45↓ | $199K↓ |
| 43206 | $297K↓ | 139↓ | 56↓ | 104↑ | 60↑ | $276K↓ |
| 43211 | $161K↓ | 112↑ | 44↑ | 68↑ | 43↓ | $139K↓ |
| 43215 | $398K↓ | 125↓ | 32↓ | 40↓ | 85↑ | $331K↓ |
ZIP figures from Realtor.com listing data; home value from Zillow ZHVI. ZIP codes shown have the most complete listing-data history and active for-sale inventory in this metro; the latest available month is shown per ZIP. Arrows show the direction of each figure against the same three months a year earlier; no arrow means the change rounds to zero or the comparison isn't available.