First Half 2022 Home Sales in Columbus Show a Strong Luxury Market

By the end of summer, home prices in Columbus were up 4 percent compared to last year. Even though the top sales in the region continue to skyrocket, the median range of all houses sold is $260,000, according to statistics from Redfin. The luxury real estate market remains healthy as is evident from a sampling of purchases in the latter half of 2022 listed below.

May

Brian Schottenstein, president of Schottenstein Real Estate Group, paid nearly $2.7 million for a two-story home of nearly 11,000 square feet in Bexley. Built in 1920, the Colonial-style house has seven bedrooms, five full bathrooms, three half-baths and four fireplaces, sitting on more than an acre of property. On Oct. 31, Schottenstein listed the property for sale for $3.25 million. The Columbus Dispatch reported that he’d purchased the former home of NBA star and Olympian Michael Redd in New Albany.

June

David H. Brown, a urologist at Mount Carmel St. Ann’s Hospital, and Virginia Brown purchased a new house of nearly 6,000 square feet in Dublin for $2.2 million located on the course of Muirfield Village Golf Club. The home, with floor-to-ceiling windows, includes four bedrooms, five full bathrooms and a half-bath, four fireplaces, a great room, a study, a loft, a recreation room, a wine cellar and a Scotch room.

July

Jacqueline Mahan, founder and CEO of the Awesome Co., and Cassandra Corum paid $3.2 million for a home of nearly 9,000 square feet in Dublin situated on almost 9 acres. The house, built in 1988, has a state-of-the-art chef’s kitchen, five full bathrooms, a half-bath and four bedrooms, with an open staircase leading to two en suite bedrooms. The owner’s suite has cathedral ceilings and a private patio overlooking water.