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August 27, 2026· Updated October 3, 2026
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Mentor, OH Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Mentor: a median closing price of $270,000 across 474 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread and a ZIP-level breakdown.

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Mentor, OH Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Mentor, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Mentor sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of October 2026.

The snapshot

  • •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 474
  • •Median sold price, last 6 months: $270,000
  • •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $157
  • •Middle half of sales closed between: $192,500 and $365,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 474 closed sales in Mentor over the last six months, with a median closing price of $270,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $192,500 and $365,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 445 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $134 and $191 per square foot.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Mentor, OH (October 2026)

The median home price in Mentor is $270,000, measured across the 474 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $192,500 and $365,000.

Where Mentor sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Mentor
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $193k to $365k
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$127k to $173k: 50 sales$127k$173k to $220k: 85 sales85sales$220k to $267k: 66 sales$220k$267k to $313k: 65 sales$313k to $360k: 45 sales$313k$360k to $407k: 43 sales$407k to $453k: 38 sales$407k$453k to $500k: 16 salesMedian $270k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Mentor over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $192,500 and $365,000. Among the 110 Ohio markets with a published band, Mentor's middle-half spread ($192,500 to $365,000) ranks 69th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

Median sold price per square foot
Mentor monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, May 2026 to Sep 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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May 2026: $159 per square foot across 87 sales$159MayJun 2026: $157 per square foot across 85 sales$157JunJul 2026: $150 per square foot across 78 sales$150JulAug 2026: $156 per square foot across 70 sales$156AugSep 2026: $172 per square foot across 50 sales$172Sep

How long a sale takes here

  • •Listed to under contract: a median of 14 days, across 269 Mentor closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • •Contract to closing: a median of 28 days, across 239 Mentor closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 474 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Mentor angle

Over the last six months Resideline tracked 474 closings in Mentor, at a median sale price of $270,000, with the middle half of sales between $192,500 and $365,000. The upper stretch of the band runs further from the median than the lower stretch does, which makes overpricing the easier mistake: an optimistic read on a subject has more apparent room to run before the band pushes back. Anchor a Mentor valuation in closed sales matched to the subject, and be strictest with yourself when the number you want sits above the midpoint.

Mentor market data by ZIP code

Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for Mentor ZIP codes: 44060.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Mentor address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Mentor, OH
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 3949056
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 474
Median sold price: $270,000
Median sold $/sqft: $157 (445 qualifying)
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Mentor over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the Mentor city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 20% of the 474 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $285,000.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Mentor?

The median sold price in Mentor over the last 6 months is $270,000, measured across 474 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Mentor last month?

Resideline has tracked 56 closed sales in Mentor in September 2026 so far, out of 474 closings tracked over the last six months. The most recent month keeps filling in for several weeks as closings are recorded, so this count will rise. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Mentor?

The middle half of Mentor sales over the last six months closed between $192,500 and $365,000, with a median of $270,000.

What is the typical price per square foot in Mentor?

Among qualifying Mentor closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $157, measured across 445 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

Is it riskier to price above or below the median in Mentor?

The band leaves more dollar room above the median than below it, so high-side estimates can drift further before they look obviously out of line. That makes above-median pricing the direction that needs stronger comp support. A below-median estimate hits the edge of ordinary faster, which in practice makes big low-side errors easier to catch.

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