West Dayton’s housing momentum shows up in homes that are ready to move into and priced to meet the market. At 5010 Copeland Avenue in Northern Hills, a renovated three-bedroom ranch sold at its full $160,000 asking price after one day on the market.
One Day on the Market, Full Asking Price
At 5010 Copeland Avenue in Dayton’s Northern Hills neighborhood, a three-bedroom ranch built in 1958 closed on October 30, 2026 for $160,000. That is exactly its $160,000 list price, and the home needed just one day on the market to get there. No price cut, no negotiation down, no long wait for the right offer.
Over the past 12 months, Northern Hills has recorded 20 sales with a median price of $137,500. This one finished 16 percent above that median, which puts it seventh among the 20 sales in the neighborhood. The highest sale in the same stretch was $223,000, so a $160,000 close sits in the upper part of the neighborhood’s range, not at its edge.
That is how West Dayton’s momentum tends to look in practice. It rarely arrives as one dramatic number. It builds from homes that have been updated, priced where buyers can say yes, and sold quickly to someone who plans to live in them. 5010 Copeland Avenue fits that pattern closely: three bedrooms, one bathroom and 1,100 square feet on the main footprint, plus a full finished basement, all of it refreshed in a 2022 renovation.
The sale also lands in a part of the city that falls under the Northwest priority board, where the steady work of keeping homes occupied and maintained matters as much as any headline. A one-day sale at full price is a small piece of evidence that buyers are paying attention to Northern Hills.
What the Buyer Got: A 1958 Ranch With a Finished Basement
The home is a single-family ranch, a style that dominated Dayton-area building in the late 1950s for good reasons: a simple footprint, rooms that sit on one level, and a layout that is easy to furnish and easy to live in. 5010 Copeland Avenue was built in 1958, and the listing describes a house with three bedrooms and one full bathroom, measuring 1,100 square feet.
At the sale price, that works out to $145 per square foot. The extra feature that sets the house apart in the listing is the full finished basement. A finished lower level on a ranch of this size adds usable room beyond the main floor, and it is the kind of space buyers tend to picture in different ways: a second living area, a spot for guests, a place to work or store things out of the way. The listing does not spell out how the basement is laid out, so what matters is the plain fact that it is finished from end to end and not left as bare foundation.
Three bedrooms and one bath is a configuration that has long been the practical center of the owner-occupant market in Northern Hills. It gives a household a bedroom each for a small family or room to spread out for someone living with fewer people, without the heating, cooling and cleaning costs that come with a much larger house. In a neighborhood where the median sale was $137,500, this ranch sold at the price level of a home with a little more going for it than the typical sale.
The listing is brief, and it makes its case in a few lines: the bedroom count, the bathroom count, the finished basement and the scope of the 2022 work. The result suggests that was enough. The home was on the market for a single day.
The 2022 Renovation, Item by Item
The listing remarks say the property went through an extensive renovation in 2022. The list of work covers the parts of a house that buyers and lenders look at first and that cost the most to fix later: new windows, new flooring, fresh paint, an updated kitchen and bath, plumbing work, and a new air conditioning unit, with more beyond that.
Windows and the air conditioning unit are the items most closely tied to everyday running costs and comfort. Plumbing is the kind of upgrade that rarely shows in a photograph but changes how a buyer feels about an older home. A house built in 1958 is old enough that buyers reasonably ask what has been replaced, and a renovation that reaches into plumbing as well as finishes answers a good share of those questions at once.
Flooring, paint and the kitchen and bath are the visible half of the work. They are what a buyer sees walking through the front door, and they decide whether a house reads as ready to move into or as a project. On a home that sold in a day, the visible and mechanical updates evidently worked together. A buyer did not have to choose between a fresh look and updated systems, because the listing describes both.
The renovation came in 2022, so the work is a few years old rather than brand new. That timing is worth noting. Updates that have had a few years to settle in give a buyer more confidence than a rushed cosmetic refresh, and the sale price reflects it: $145 per square foot against a Northern Hills median of $91 per square foot. That is about 59 percent above the neighborhood’s typical rate, and the market paid it without hesitation.
How $160,000 Compares With Northern Hills
The cleanest way to read this sale is against the neighborhood’s own numbers. Northern Hills posted 20 sales over the last 12 months. The median price was $137,500, and the median price per square foot was $91. This house closed $22,500 above that median price and ranked 7 of 20, meaning only six sales in the neighborhood brought more money.
The top of the range was $223,000. That is $63,000 above this sale, and it shows that Northern Hills has room above the level 5010 Copeland Avenue reached. But a seventh-place finish out of 20 is a strong placement for a 1,100-square-foot ranch with one bathroom. Many of the sales above it likely involve more space, and the price per square foot tells that story: at $145, this home outperformed the neighborhood’s typical $91 by a wide margin.
Then there is time. The median Northern Hills home in the past year took 47 days to sell. This one took 1. A home can sell quickly because it was priced low, but that is not what happened here. It sold quickly at a price well above the median, which is the more difficult combination to pull off and the more meaningful one for the neighborhood’s comparable sales.
For a neighborhood, a result like this does two jobs. It tells owners that a renovated, well-presented home can command a price meaningfully above the middle of the market. And it gives appraisers, lenders and the next seller another recent data point at $160,000 to work from.
The Closest Comparable Sales
Recent nearby sales give a useful frame, and the two closest comparisons are the larger homes. On September 23, 2026, a three-bedroom home on England Avenue with 1,503 square feet sold for $185,000. That is $25,000 more than 5010 Copeland Avenue, for roughly 403 more square feet. Per square foot, England Avenue came in at about $123, below the $145 that Copeland Avenue achieved.
On July 24, 2026, a three-bedroom home on Baywood Street with 1,529 square feet sold for $160,000, the same price as this sale. It offered about 429 more square feet, which works out to roughly $105 per square foot. In other words, a buyer on Copeland Avenue paid the same total price as the Baywood buyer for a smaller house, and the market was comfortable with that exchange because of the renovation and the finished basement.
Three other three-bedroom homes sold nearby this summer, ranging from 972 to 1,170 square feet, and closed between $65,000 and $84,900 in August and September. Those sales show how wide the price spread can be among similarly sized ranches in this part of Dayton. On paper, what distinguishes 5010 Copeland Avenue from that group is the documented 2022 renovation covering windows, floors, kitchen, bath, plumbing and air conditioning, together with the finished basement.
Put together, the comparable sales form a clear picture. Larger homes nearby brought $160,000 to $185,000, and this smaller renovated ranch landed at the bottom of that band with 400 or more fewer square feet. For a house of 1,100 square feet, that is a strong result.
A One-Day Sale in a Market That Usually Takes Longer
Time on market is one of the more telling numbers in a sale, and here it is as short as it can be. One day from listing to a buyer. The neighborhood median over the last year is 47 days, so this home moved about 46 days faster than the typical Northern Hills sale.
The sold-to-list ratio tells a similar story. The sale price and the list price were identical at $160,000, a difference of 0.0 percent. The seller set a number and the market agreed to it right away. That is the cleanest signal a pricing decision can receive. It suggests the asking price was set with a clear read on what comparable homes were bringing, including the nearby sales at $160,000 and $185,000 for larger houses.
Fast, full-price sales matter for reasons beyond the two parties. They keep a house occupied and in good condition, with no weeks of vacancy. They also keep the neighborhood’s data clean: a sale that closes at list after one day leaves a trusted comparable behind, with no asterisk about concessions or price reductions.
Because the price was met immediately, there is also an argument that buyers in this part of Northern Hills are looking for exactly this type of home: an updated ranch on a single level, with three bedrooms and a finished basement, priced under the level of the neighborhood’s top sales. Whether that demand holds for the next listing remains to be seen, but this one gave it a strong data point.
What the Sale Means for Northern Hills and West Dayton
West Dayton’s recovery is built from transactions like this one, not only from large projects. A 1958 ranch that was renovated in 2022, listed at a sensible price and sold within a day adds to the neighborhood’s record in a way that any appraiser or buyer can see.
For Northern Hills, the lesson is straightforward. Updates that touch windows, plumbing, cooling, floors, kitchen and bath earn a premium over the neighborhood median, and a finished basement adds livable space that buyers notice. The home’s $145 per square foot against the neighborhood’s $91 median shows how much room there is for a well-prepared house to stand out.
For owners considering their next step, the sale shows what a ready-to-move-in house can do in the current market. The $160,000 close sits between the cheaper sales of the summer and the $185,000 paid for a larger home on England Avenue, which gives sellers of three-bedroom ranches a range to consider. For buyers, it is a reminder that well-presented homes in the neighborhood can sell quickly, and that being ready matters.
The sale of 5010 Copeland Avenue is one among 20 in Northern Hills over the past year, but its details stand out: a full-price close, one day on the market, a seventh-place finish and a price 16 percent above the median. For West Dayton, that is the kind of ordinary, repeatable progress that builds a neighborhood’s confidence over time.
Recognizing the Professionals Behind the Outcome
Renisha Jenkins of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services represented both the seller and the buyer on this sale. Results like this come from careful pricing, strong presentation and steady work through closing, and that work deserves recognition.
Listing data courtesy of Dayton REALTORS® MLS. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
More Common Questions About Northern Hills
These are the practical questions most often asked about this sale and the Northern Hills housing market.
How much did 5010 Copeland Avenue sell for?
The home sold for $160,000 on October 30, 2026. That matched its $160,000 list price exactly, and it spent one day on the market.
What are the details of the home?
It is a single-family ranch built in 1958 with three bedrooms, one full bathroom and 1,100 square feet, plus a full finished basement. The listing says it was extensively renovated in 2022, including windows, flooring, paint, kitchen and bath, plumbing and an air conditioning unit.
How does the sale price compare with the rest of Northern Hills?
Over the last 12 months Northern Hills recorded 20 sales with a median price of $137,500. This sale was 16 percent above that median and ranked seventh of 20. The highest sale in the same period was $223,000.
What was the price per square foot?
The price works out to about $145 per square foot. The Northern Hills median over the last 12 months is $91 per square foot.
How quickly do homes sell in Northern Hills?
The median time on market in Northern Hills over the last 12 months was 47 days. This home sold after one day.
What have similar homes nearby sold for recently?
A three-bedroom, 1,503-square-foot home on England Avenue sold for $185,000 on September 23, 2026, and a three-bedroom, 1,529-square-foot home on Baywood Street sold for $160,000 on July 24, 2026. Three smaller three-bedroom homes of 972 to 1,170 square feet closed between $65,000 and $84,900 in August and September.
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