Ohio

Driven by job growth and low interest rates, central Ohio home sales jumped more than 5% in May, the biggest leap in two and a half years.

Trash and broken furniture cover the stained carpet at the boarded, long-vacant house in Trotwood, Ohio, where paint strips hang like confetti from the ceiling and an awful smell fills the air as soon as Chad Downing unlocks the door.

The real estate service Zillow has tried to quantify what has long been real estate conventional wisdom: That gay neighborhoods carry a premium over other neighborhoods.

The median sale price for single-family homes in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, climbed in May for the third consecutive month, reaching $157,500 in the suburbs and $139,000 countywide.

Central Ohio home prices reached a record high in April, as eager buyers continue to compete for homes the moment a for-sale sign is posted.

The median price for single-family homes sold in April increased in both Cuyahoga County suburbs and Cleveland.

The number of March home sales in Ohio slumped from year-ago levels as prices continued to grow.

As prices climbed, the number of homes sold in Northeast Ohio dipped from year-ago levels in March.

The spring housing season launched with a bang in central Ohio as the region was named the nation's hottest real estate market by Realtor.com.

There's plenty credit unions can do to compete with the likes of Quicken Loans' Rocket Mortgage, but sources cautioned more than technology will be needed to boost the bottom line.

Central Ohio home sales rose 3.7% in February from a year ago, the biggest jump in more than a year.

Ohio has become the latest state to start including mortgage servicing rights holders in its increased regulation of nonbank servicers.

After a cool January, home sales in Northeast Ohio warmed up a bit in February.

Once again, home sales in Ohio dipped as prices climbed in January.

Columbus home prices rose 5.1% in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared with the previous year, above the national average of 4%, but below almost all other Ohio metropolitan areas.

It may have been a rocky year for the stock market and parts of the economy, but in the Toledo housing market 2018 was surely the best of times.

Central Ohio home sales inched up in November, ending a three-month skid, according to figures released by the Columbus Realtors trade group.

November home sales slipped in Northeast Ohio and recent price gains appear to be cooling, mirroring national signs that the housing market might be pausing for breath after a run of growth.

Despite an abundance of new central Ohio apartment complexes, the region is not building anywhere near enough housing, according to the Building Industry Association of Central Ohio.

Rising prices and a lack of choices have pushed central Ohio home sales down for the third straight month.