Realtor Vanessa Beneze Joins CENTURY 21 Frank Frye Real Estate

Realtor Vanessa Beneze

CENTURY 21 Frank Frye Real Estate is announcing that Realtor Vanessa Beneze has joined its firm.

“We’re very pleased that Vanessa Beneze has joined our office,” said CENTURY 21 General Manager Phil Frye. “We’re looking forward to her helping clients buy and sell properties.”

Beneze is currently working with Buyers and Sellers. She is a lifelong resident of Licking County, a 1991 graduate of Newark High School, and presently resides in Heath. Beneze has spent several years in the sales and food industry. Her current hobby is attending high school sporting events.

Beneze can be reached at 740-403-2856 and Vanessa.Beneze@Century21.com.

CENTURY 21 Frank Frye Real Estate is a full service real estate company serving all of Licking County, and has been located in historic downtown Newark since 1977.

Licking County Home Sales up 62% in July

737 Midway Dr. Newark sold for $93,500 and closed Aug. 12, 2013.

Central Ohio home sales are breaking the records this summer. Year to date sales (15,988) are 24.2 percent ahead of last year and the highest for the first seven months of any year recorded by Columbus REALTORS®.


Last month’s 2,825 homes sales were the highest on record for the month of July – and the third highest month on record just slightly behind August 2005 (2,875) and June 2006 (2,872).


“We’re helping to bring together Buyers, who want to buy now, and Sellers who are ready to sell,” said Realtor Phil Frye and CENTURY 21 Frank Frye Real Estate General Manager.
 

Licking County saw 237 single family and condominium home sales in July 2013, a 62.3 percent increase from July of 2012, when 146 homes sold. In Licking County, 1,517 homes sold from Jan. - July 2013, up 23.1% from the same period last year.
 

In addition to the increase in sales, home prices continue to rise slightly. The average sold price for Licking County homes sold for Jan. to July 2013 was $149,407, up 1.5% from the same period last year. The average sold price was $159,286 in July 2013, an 8% decrease from July 2012, when the average sold price was uncommonly high at $173,078.

The average days on market for a house until sale was 85 days, from Jan. - July 2013, down 17.5% or 18 days compared to the same time period last year.
 

The number of Licking County home listings coming on the market as a new listing for July 2013 was 322, up 29.3%, from July 2012, when there were 249 new listings. For Jan. - July 2013, there have been 2,097 new listings in Licking County, up 17% from the same period last year. 

 

The number of Licking County home listings going in contract in July 2013, totaled 239 homes. The inventory of homes for sale in Licking County in July 2013 was 1,106, with 7.2 months supply of inventory.

Mitch Fellows Earns Agent of the Month Honor

Mitch Fellows

CENTURY 21 Frank Frye Real Estate has named Realtor Mitch Fellows as its top Sales Associate of the Month for July. Realtor Aaron Parks was named Second Sales Associate, and Realtor Kim Thomson was named Third Sales Associate.

The awards are based on monthly sales volume.

CENTURY 21 Frank Frye Real Estate is a full service real estate company serving all of Licking County, and has been located in historic downtown Newark since 1977.

LC Home Sales Up 15.4% in First Half 2013

After 7 days on market, 557 Myrtle Ave. went into contract in June with a full price offer of $139,900, and closed in July.

Central Ohio home sales continue to top the charts this year as sales for the first six months of the year (13,031) were 22.2 percent higher than last year - and the next highest on record behind 2006 when the market saw 13,192 sales January through June.

The 2,810 closings last month were 10.4 percent higher than June 2012 and mark the 18th month of year over year sales increases according to the Columbus Board of REALTORS®.

Licking County saw 916 single family and condominium home sales from Jan. - June 2013, up 15.4% from the same period last year. In Licking County, 207 homes sold in June 2013, up 20.3% from June 2012.

In addition to the increases in sales, home prices continue to rise also. The average sold price for Licking County homes sold for the first half of the year was $147,000, up 3.2% from the same period last year. The average sold price was $150,360 in June 2013, a 4.2% increase from June 2012.

The average days on market for a house until sale was down 15.5% to 87 days on market from Jan. - June 2013, compared to 103 days the same time period last year.

The number of Licking County home listings coming on the market as a new listing for the first half of the year was 1,774, a 15% increase over the same period last year.

The number of Licking County home listings going in contract in June 2013, totaled 257 homes. The inventory of homes for sale in Licking County in June 2013 was 1,074, with 7.2 months supply of inventory.

Home Sales and New Listing Increase!




496 Deerfield Dr. Newark, OH went into contract in May, and is expected to close in July.

The latest central Ohio housing report showed May had the highest number of new listings in one month since April 2010. There were 4,213 new listings added to the market last month, up 19.6 percent from May 2012 (3,522), according to the Columbus Board of REALTORS®.

The number of Licking County home listings coming on the market as a new listing in May 2013 was 363, up 44% with only 252 new listings in May 2012.

New listings weren’t the only good news for May. Central Ohio home sales skyrocketed, up 27% (2,756) from the same time last year (2,170), reaching the most home sales for the month of May on record and the fifth highest sales month on record. 

Licking County saw 189 single family and condominium home sales in May 2013, up 6.8% from May 2012. For the first five months of the year, 705 homes sold in Licking County, up 13.3% over the same period last year.

The average sold price for Licking County homes sold in May 2013, was $174,996, up 26.5% from May 2012. For the first five months of the year, the average sold price was $146,256, up 3.1% over the same period last year.

The average days on market for a house until sale was down 25 days, or 23.8%, at 80 days in May 2013 compared to May 2012. For the first five months of the year, the average days on market for a Licking County home sale was 93 days, down 15 days, or 13.9 percent from the same period last year.

For the first five months of the year, the number of Licking County home listings coming on the market totaled 1,443, up 13.4% with 1,273 new listings over the same period last year.

The number of Licking County home listings going in contract in May 2013, totaled 269 homes. The inventory of homes for sale in Licking County in May 2013 was 1,044, with 7.1 months supply of inventory.  

Parks Earns Top Sales Honors for May

Realtor Aaron Parks

CENTURY 21 Frank Frye Real Estate has named Realtor Aaron Parks as its top Sales Associate of the Month for May. Realtor Jesse Ours was named Second Sales Associate, and Realtor Denise Keefe was named Third Sales Associate.

The awards are based on monthly sales volume.

CENTURY 21 Frank Frye Real Estate is a full service real estate company serving all of Licking County, and has been located in historic downtown Newark since 1977.

Home Sales Continue to Rise

23 N. 33rd St. in Newark sold for $247,500 in April.

Central Ohio home sales in April (2,390) showed an increase of 30 percent in the market from one year ago (1,834). According to the Columbus Board of REALTORS®, April saw the highest number of home sales on record, followed by the 2,286 homes sold in April of 2004.

In addition to the increases in sales, home prices continue to rise also. While the average sale price has increased every month in 2013 from $149,477 in January to $163,084 in April, the average sale price year-to-date ($156,386) is up almost one and a half percent from 2012.

Licking County saw 193 single family and condominium home sales in April 2013, up 40.9 percent from April 2012. For the first four months of the year, 512 homes sold in Licking County, up 15.1 percent over the same period last year.

The average sold price for Licking County homes sold in April 2013 was $143,040, down 0.4 percent from April 2012. For the first four months of the year, the average sold price for Licking County homes sold was $135,803, down 5.2 percent over the same period last year.

The average days on market for a house until sale was down 4 days at 90 days in April 2013, compared to April 2012. For the first four months of the year, the average days on market for a Licking County home for sale was 98, down 11 days over the same period last year.

The number of Licking County home listings coming on the market as a new listing in April 2013 totaled 353, up 19.3 percent with 296 new home listings in April 2012. For the first four months of the year, the number of Licking County homes listings coming on the market totaled 1,078, up 5.6 percent over the same period last year.

The number of Licking County home listings going in contract in April 2013, totaled 257 homes. The inventory of homes for sale in Licking County in April 2013 was 971, with 6.8 months supply of inventory.