West Dayton’s comeback is built one closing at a time, and Westwood keeps adding sales that raise the neighborhood’s sights. The remodeled home at 620 Shoop Avenue just closed at $123,000, well above the typical Westwood price and inside the neighborhood’s ten strongest sales of the past year.
A Top-Ten Westwood Sale at $123,000
The remodeled home at 620 Shoop Avenue in Westwood closed on October 30, 2026 for $123,000. Over the past 12 months, Westwood has recorded 62 sales. This one ranks 10 of 62, which places it among the strongest results the neighborhood has produced in that stretch.
The neighborhood’s median sale price over the same period is $67,500. At $123,000, 620 Shoop Avenue closed 82 percent above that median, a gap of $55,500. The highest Westwood sale in the past year was $159,900, so this closing sits within about $37,000 of the top of the range. For a house of 988 square feet on a block of modest, mid-century-and-earlier homes, that is a meaningful place to land.
West Dayton’s progress rarely arrives as a single dramatic event. It shows up as a pattern: a house gets real work, a buyer agrees it is worth the price, and the next seller down the street has a better number to point to. Westwood is part of that pattern. Sales like this one, where a fully updated house draws a price well above the neighborhood’s typical closing, are how the pattern gets written into the record.
The home is a three-bedroom, two-bath house built in 1930, and the details below explain why it found a buyer at this level.
What the Buyer Got at 620 Shoop Avenue
Built in 1930, the house offers three bedrooms, two full bathrooms and 988 square feet of living space. The two full baths matter in a house this size. Many homes from this era in Westwood were built with a single bath, and a second full bath changes how a household moves through a morning.
The listing describes the home as completely remodeled and move-in ready, with updates throughout that give it a fresh feel from the front door. The floor plan is open-concept, which in a house under 1,000 square feet does a lot of practical work. Opening up the main living space lets a compact footprint read larger and gives the kitchen, dining and living areas a shared flow rather than three separate rooms.
The most flexible feature is the basement. According to the listing, the lower level has potential for a fourth bedroom, and the remarks suggest it could just as easily serve as a guest room, a home office or extra living space. For a buyer, that is optional square footage that can be shaped to fit the household rather than a fixed part of the floor plan.
At $124 per square foot, the price reflects a house that has been updated rather than one waiting for a project. Westwood’s median price per square foot over the past 12 months is $63, so the buyer paid roughly double the neighborhood’s typical rate for a home that, by the listing’s account, needs nothing before move-in.
The house sits in the Herbert C Huber 58 Sec13 subdivision, within the Southwest Priority Board area of the City of Dayton.
The Numbers Against Westwood’s Median
Westwood’s last 12 months give a clear backdrop. Across 62 sales, the median price was $67,500, the median price per square foot was $63, and the median home spent 38 days on the market. The most expensive sale was $159,900.
Against those figures, 620 Shoop Avenue stands out on price. At $123,000, it closed 82 percent above the median price and at nearly twice the median rate per square foot. Its rank of 10 of 62 means only nine Westwood homes sold for more during the period.
A median is a useful anchor because it shows what a typical buyer in the neighborhood has been paying. Half of the 62 closings came in at or below $67,500. When a house closes at $123,000, it tells the neighborhood that a buyer will pay a premium when the work is done, the layout is open and the extra rooms are usable.
There is also a spread worth noticing between the median and the top of the market. The distance from $67,500 to $159,900 is large, and that range is where Westwood’s housing story is being written right now. Homes at the lower end are often candidates for renovation. Homes near the top reflect finished work and buyers willing to pay for it. 620 Shoop Avenue sits comfortably in the upper part of that range, which is where the neighborhood’s newest comparable sales are being set.
A Closer Look at the Nearby Comparables
Recent sales close to 620 Shoop Avenue give the price some texture. The nearest match in size and bedroom count is a three-bedroom home on N Upland Avenue, 948 square feet, which sold for $130,000 on October 28, 2026, two days before this closing. That works out to about $137 per square foot, against $124 for Shoop Avenue. Two similar three-bedroom homes closing within 48 hours of each other at $123,000 and $130,000 is the kind of clustering that gives appraisers and lenders something firm to work with.
Another recent sale came from the same street. A two-bedroom home on Shoop Avenue, 848 square feet, sold for $71,500 on October 14, 2026. The difference between the two is instructive: one fewer bedroom, a smaller footprint and a different level of finish, with a closing price about $51,500 lower. It shows how much of Westwood’s price variation comes down to condition and layout rather than address.
A third data point is a larger home on Lorenz Avenue, 1,477 square feet with three bedrooms, which sold for $65,000 on October 6, 2026. It has roughly 490 more square feet than 620 Shoop Avenue and closed for far less, which underlines that in this market a remodeled 988-square-foot house can outrank a much bigger one on price. Buyers here are paying for finished condition more than for raw size.
Taken together, the recent sales around Shoop Avenue show a market with a wide range and a clear top tier. At $123,000, this home belongs to that top tier, and the N Upland Avenue closing at $130,000 confirms that it is not alone there.
138 Days on Market and a Price That Held Close to List
The house was listed at $129,900 and closed at $123,000, within about 5 percent of its asking price. The home spent 138 days on the market, against a Westwood median of 38 days.
The longer timeline is common for houses priced well above the neighborhood median. Fewer buyers shop at $123,000 than at $65,000, and the ones who do tend to compare carefully, weigh financing and look at what else is available. A house that sits longer in that range is usually waiting for the right buyer, not for the market to catch up. In this case the listing held near its original price and closed only $6,900 below it.
That result matters to the neighborhood in a practical way. Appraisers working in Westwood look at closed prices, and a sale at $123,000 on a three-bedroom, two-bath home gives them a recent figure to reference for the next remodeled house that lists nearby. Combined with the $130,000 closing on N Upland Avenue two days earlier, it builds a short but credible run of results in the low $120,000s and $130,000s for updated homes of this size.
For sellers thinking about whether to renovate before listing, the lesson is simple. The market rewarded finished work with a price roughly double the neighborhood’s typical rate per square foot, even if it took more than a few weeks to find the buyer who agreed.
What the Sale Means for Westwood and West Dayton
Westwood is a neighborhood where the median price sits at $67,500, and that is the reason a $123,000 closing carries weight. Each sale above the median creates room for the next owner to invest in a home with some confidence that the work will be recognized at closing. That confidence is a quiet but important part of how neighborhoods in West Dayton strengthen over time.
The home also shows what a compact house can do. At 988 square feet, it is not large, but a remodeled interior, an open-concept main level, two full baths and a basement with room for another bedroom give it more usable space than the square footage suggests. Older homes in Westwood often have the structure to support exactly this kind of update, and a 1930 build date is a reminder that the housing stock here has been standing for generations and can be given new life.
The sale is one of the 62 Westwood closings in the past 12 months, and it ranks tenth among them. Two of the three most relevant nearby comparisons, the N Upland Avenue home at $130,000 and this one at $123,000, closed within two days of each other, which suggests steady buyer interest in updated three-bedroom homes around this part of the neighborhood.
None of this requires a large redevelopment announcement to be true. It comes from individual owners, buyers and agents completing transactions that add up. 620 Shoop Avenue is one of those transactions, and its price will be part of the reference set for Westwood sales that follow.
Recognizing the Professionals Behind the Outcome
Listing agent Jasmine Turner of Take A Look Real Estate Broker brought the home to market, and Sean Lightfoot of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services represented the buyer. Results like this come from careful pricing, strong presentation and steady work through closing, and both sides of the deal deserve recognition.
Listing data courtesy of Dayton REALTORS® MLS. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
More Common Questions About Westwood
Here are answers to common questions about this sale and the Westwood housing market, based on the sales figures above.
How much did 620 Shoop Avenue sell for?
The home sold for $123,000 on October 30, 2026. It was listed at $129,900 and spent 138 days on the market before closing.
How does the price compare with the typical Westwood sale?
Westwood’s median sale price over the past 12 months is $67,500, so this sale closed 82 percent above the median. The price of $124 per square foot compares with a neighborhood median of $63 per square foot.
Where does this sale rank in Westwood?
It ranks 10 of 62 Westwood sales in the past 12 months. The highest sale in that period was $159,900.
What size is the home and what does it include?
The home was built in 1930 and has three bedrooms, two full bathrooms and 988 square feet. The listing describes a complete remodel, an open-concept floor plan and a basement with potential for a fourth bedroom or other living space.
What have similar homes nearby sold for recently?
A three-bedroom, 948-square-foot home on N Upland Avenue sold for $130,000 on October 28, 2026. A two-bedroom, 848-square-foot home on Shoop Avenue sold for $71,500 on October 14, 2026, and a 1,477-square-foot three-bedroom on Lorenz Avenue sold for $65,000 on October 6, 2026.
Is 138 days on the market typical in Westwood?
The median home in Westwood over the past 12 months spent 38 days on the market. Homes priced well above the neighborhood median, as this one was, often take longer to find a buyer because fewer shoppers are active at higher price points.
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