“Fastest-growing Midwestern city,” WSJ highlights Columbus real estate boom

It seems the outside world is taking note of a situation that would-be homebuyers in Columbus have been aware of for some time: the Central Ohio housing market is increasingly cutthroat.

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A piece published Friday in the Wall Street Journal highlights the harsh reality faced by Columbus newcomers who thought they’d have no trouble scoring a deal on a house here. In one case highlighted in the piece, prospective homebuyers who were relocating from California had to adjust their budget by $500,000 to land a house in German Village.

Full of statistical data and anecdotal stories from across the city, the WSJ piece takes a broad view of the local real estate scene in this fast-growing Columbus market—which is now the 14th largest city in the nation. Read the full story here.

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