Columbus, Ohio Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: $1.8 Million New Build Leads, With Two Sales in New Albany
A newly built home leads the week, followed by two New Albany sales, a lakefront home and a wooded property in Powell.
Steve Thompson
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He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Central Florida and currently lives in Orlando, Florida.
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Cleveland, Ohio Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: A 25-Acre Novelty Estate Leads, With Two Sales in Chagrin Falls
Country acreage, a city contemporary and a new home on paper share a week in which two of the five top sales came from Chagrin Falls.
Clarksville, Tennessee Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Indian Mound Acreage Leads at $832,000
Four of the week’s top sales were in Clarksville, and the fifth, the highest-priced of the group, was in Indian Mound in Stewart County.
Cincinnati, Ohio Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: A $2.6 Million Hilltop Estate in California Leads the Week
A renovated 1960s estate on more than 10 acres, a pair of newly built homes and a remodeled family home with a sport court were among the week’s top sales.
Akron, Ohio Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Lake Homes and Tudors From Akron to Hudson and Richfield
Lake views, Tudor detailing and room to spread out set the tone for the week’s top sales in Akron, Hudson and Richfield.
Ohio Supreme Court Says Lordstown, Ohio, Can Freeze Review of a Data Center Plan Filed Before Its Moratorium
The Supreme Court of Ohio unanimously denied a developer’s bid to force Lordstown to review a four-building data center plan under pre-moratorium rules, holding that a preliminary site-plan submission creates no vested right.
CBRE Agrees to Buy London Data Center Infrastructure Firm Onnec in Deal Worth Up to $1 Billion
CBRE will pay £460 million (about $610 million) in cash plus an earnout of up to £300 million for Onnec, a London-based data center infrastructure services firm, expanding its push into hyperscaler work in Europe and Asia Pacific.
Newmark Launches an Industrial Outdoor Storage Practice as IOS Rents Outrun Warehouses
Newmark formed a North American IOS practice, citing its research showing outdoor storage rents up 123% from 2020 to 2025 and vacancy at 5.8%.
Nashville, Tennessee Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: New Magnolia Hall Home in Franklin Leads at $6.2 Million
Every sale on this week’s list was in Williamson County, with three in Franklin and two in College Grove.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: A $6.0 Million Wayzata Home Leads, With Excelsior, Mound and Minnetonka Close Behind
Lake views run through much of this week’s list, from a brand-new home in Excelsior to a lakefront property in Mound and a townhouse in Wayzata.
Grand Rapids, Michigan Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Hickory Corners Lakefront Ranch Leads at $4.5 Million
Lakefront homes in Hickory Corners and Holland, a newly built home in East Grand Rapids and a wooded property in Grand Rapids made up the week’s top five.
Chicago, Illinois Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: $3.7 Million Old Town Home Leads a Week From Hinsdale to Bannockburn
A city home with a roof deck, a shingle-style estate on a pond, a 1936 Colonial Revival, a Gold Coast condominium and a brand-new Lincoln Park home made up the week’s top sales.
SL Green Refinances 245 Park Avenue With a $2 Billion Loan at 6.52%
SL Green and Mori Trust replaced $1.768 billion of debt on the fully leased Midtown tower with a five-year, fixed-rate $2.0 billion CMBS loan led by JPMorgan.
The Week Ahead in Real Estate: Oct. 19-23
September housing starts and NAR’s pending home sales index land Oct. 20, followed by PulteGroup’s third-quarter results and Freddie Mac’s rate survey on Oct. 22.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Picks 15 Cities to Copy San Diego, Austin and Atlanta Housing Reforms
Fifteen cities, from Albuquerque to Providence, will get $450,000 to $750,000 each to adopt faster permitting, expanded ADUs or housing strike teams, with up to 30 cities planned.
Mortgage Bankers Press Regulators to Cut FHA Premiums and Ease the Tri-Merge Credit Rule
The MBA’s new policy roadmap, released at its Chicago convention, asks agencies to lower FHA premiums, trim GSE loan-level price adjustments and widen AI-assisted underwriting — all without new legislation.
EQT to Buy Stockbridge for $375 Million, Adding $16.5 Billion in Fee-Earning Real Estate Assets
The Swedish investment firm is paying $375 million in cash, plus up to $175 million in earnouts, for the San Francisco manager, pushing EQT Real Estate beyond logistics into core funds and manufactured housing.
Oregon Freezes Air and Water Permits for New Data Centers Until July 2027
Gov. Tina Kotek’s Oct. 9 letter asks Oregon DEQ to stop processing air and water discharge permits for new or expanded data centers through July 1, 2027, including municipal wastewater permits sought to serve them.
Compass Adds Google’s Former Gemini App Leader to Its Board
Sissie Hsiao, who led development of Google’s Gemini app, joined Compass’s board effective Oct. 14, filling the seat left by lead independent director Charles Phillips, who resigned Oct. 9.
Sellers Outnumber Buyers by 63% in September, a Fourth Straight Record
Redfin counted 928,892 buyers against 1,510,784 sellers in September, the widest gap in its records and the fourth consecutive monthly record. Forty-one of the 50 largest metros are now buyer’s markets.
Youngstown-Warren, Ohio Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Lake Milton Waterfront Home Leads at $1.5 Million
A home on the water at Lake Milton tops a week that also brought two sales in New Middletown, a ranch on nearly two acres in Cortland and a colonial in Canfield.
Toledo, Ohio Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: An $850,000 Sale in Eagles Landing Leads the Week
Two sales in Oregon, two in Sylvania and one in Waterville made up the top of the market, from a home built in 2026 to one built in 1986.
Peoria, Illinois Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: White Oak Lake Estate Leads at $1.8 Million
A lakefront estate in Metamora led a week of sales that ran from Peoria Heights out to Goodfield, Eureka and Washington.
Omaha, Nebraska Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: West Pacific Hills Remodel Leads at $930,000
A remodeled home in West Pacific Hills led a week that also brought sales on the water at Lake Allure and on wooded acreage in Plattsmouth.
Madison, Wisconsin Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Usonian Home in Shorewood Hills Leads at $1.1 Million
A midcentury design by Herb Fritz and Marshall Erdman topped a week that also brought sales of a lakefront chalet, two ranch homes on wooded acreage and a newer Prairie-style home backing onto the Ice Age Trail.
Louisville, Kentucky Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Mockingbird Gardens Home Leads at $1.4 Million
A creekside ranch in Goshen, a 2025 build on nearly two and a half acres in Smithfield and a renovated French country home in Windy Hills joined two brick Traditional homes on this week’s list.
Lexington, Kentucky Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Lakeview Contemporary Leads at $1.6 Million
A contemporary home in Lakeview led the week at $1,625,000, and the four sales behind it fell between $729,900 and $815,000.
Lansing, Michigan Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: New Copper Creek Home in Haslett Leads at $575,500
From a home finished this year to one built in 1969, the week’s top sales stretched across Haslett, Dewitt, Okemos and two East Lansing neighborhoods.
Grand Rapids, Michigan Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Ada Acreage Leads at $1.3 Million
Both Ada sales came with more than 10 acres of woods and rolling hills, while a lakefront mid-century modern home and a new Craftsman rounded out the week.
Fort Wayne, Indiana Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Pond-View Home in Leo’s Tullymore Run Leads at $1.2 Million
A one-story home on a pond in Leo topped a week of custom-built family homes, from a 1999 Colonial on more than three acres to a new home that sold above its asking price.