Dayton Area Board of Realtors

Luxury real estate is its own niche market, something most of us will only ever dream about. But it is still fascinating and a lot of fun to look at pictures, isn’t it? Everybody loves real estate porn. Dadaviz is a site that takes information and turns it into visually appealing and easy to understand infographics. This graphic from December 2014 shows the price of the most expensive home for sale in each state. Ohio is so affordable!

But let’s get our Dayton area real estate porn on. Checking the Dayton Area Board of Realtors site for homes over 1 million, as of the date this was written- 3-17-2015, the First Four Most Expensive Homes in the Greater Dayton Area can be found in the suburbs. Most were built after 1990, most are about 9000 sq ft, some are country club estates and one is a true country estate with multiple homes included.

Let’s start the list in Kettering with the oldest of our First Four. Built in 1928, this beautiful 9000 sq ft, 6 bed vintage home will only set you back 1.14 million.

Next up is the newest of the list. This impressive Mediterranean style home with 9,216 sq ft and 5 bedrooms is in Beavercreek’s Country Club of the North.

At 1.3 million, Bellbrook offers an 8,500 square foot Colonial style home with 6 bedrooms and 8 baths, a pool, and a pond among the many amenities.

Meanwhile, back in Kettering, Number 1 on our list is also the biggest of the First Four Most Expensive Homes has 9,449 square feet,
4 bedrooms, 8 baths, and expansive vertical windows with lovely views.

I know there are plenty of real estate porn addicts out there. Whether you like looking at dream homes, or are seriously looking for a place you can call your own,
you can search all homes currently for sale directly from the Dayton Area Board of Realtors website here.

Dayton Home Sales Stats for June 2012 - Click Image to Enlarge

Every month the Dayton Area Board of Realtors (DABR) crunches through the sales data for the previous month and publishes the stats. They compare monthly sales to the year prior. It’s a nice way to gauge the general and overall real estate health of the Greater Dayton area.

These sales are single-family homes and condominiums reported by the Dayton Area Board of Realtors, in areas that could include everything from the Indiana border to Springfield; Celina to Hamilton, so it’s a very broad picture, so as I say with nearly every post, your community and your neighborhood might tell a very different picture- talk to a real estate agent to find the data that will directly affect your home. Commercial buildings or homes sold outside the Multiple Listing Service are not included.

So how did we do in June?

Brisk sales throughout the first six months of this year produced year-to-date across-the-board improvements over 2011. From January through June, 5,412 transactions were completed, compared to 5,014 during the same period in 2011, an increase of nearly 8%.

That’s sales. What about price?

This activity generated over $647.4 million in total sales volume for the first six months, a very strong 15.8% increase over 2011. The average sale price jumped to $119,657 while the median rose to $98,500, increases of 7.3% and 10.6%, respectively, in a year-over- year comparison.

The DABR website has other charts and graphs as well to help you make sense of what is happening in the Greater Dayton Area. Take a look!