WHIZ News Home Sales and Prices Soar Home sales are up across the state of Ohio and so are home prices. According to the Ohio REALTORS organization home sales in the first quarter of 2021 were up 4.4 percent from this time period last year and the average price of a home in the state is up 13.5 percent. Local realtor Christy Woodburn says sellers should be prepared to quickly go into contract. “When I go to a listing appointment my biggest thing is, okay you are wanting to list your home, so what’s your plan? Where are you going to go? Because as soon as you put your sign in the front yard and the house goes active it is going to go to contract probably within the first two days,” said Woodburn, Lepi & Associates Real Estate Services.