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The Death of the American Dining Room
July 28th, 2009 categories: Bexley, Clintonville, For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers, German Village, Grandview, Olde Towne East, Short North, westgate
This is a post I’ve been thinking about for a long time. Over the last few years, Buyers have fallen on both sides of the dining room fence.
The bottom line-Dining Rooms are like Fireplaces, everybody wants one but few use one. Americans love the idea of a dining room but how many families do you [...]
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Jumbo Loans – They’re not Just Big, They’re Touching the whole Market
July 21st, 2009 categories: For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers, Mortgage/Finance
Columbus Houses that cost more than $730,000–the cap for conforming jumbo loans–can be extremely tough to buy, sell, or refinance these days, freezing the high-end Central Ohio market and holding down activity in lower-priced markets, real estate practitioners say or so I’ve read.
The slowdown results from lenders’ reluctance to offer mortgages above the amount Fannie [...]
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Westgate – Summer of Love for Columbus Neighborhoods
July 20th, 2009 categories: Real Estate News, summer of love, westgate
Delicious Real Estate continues the Summer of Love for Columbus Neighborhoods with Westgate.
Ten minutes from downtown Columbus sits a wonderful community where homes are affordable and attractive and the neighbors all know each other. They keep their homes and their lawns looking fantastic and boast a large park as a community moniker.
Westgate is an approachable [...]
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Columbus is a Smart City.
July 15th, 2009 categories: About Me?, Columbus News, For Home Buyers
While it’s much easier for me and others to criticize the City of Columbus for Real Estate related dos and dont’s, I also enjoy giving Columbus props when we make the National spotlight in same way. My hope is that anyone considering Moving to Columbus, Ohio will find that it’s a rich, vibrant city. Usually, [...]
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Banks Considering Giving Cities First Shot at Foreclosed Properties (?)
July 6th, 2009 categories: Columbus News, For Home Buyers, Mortgage/Finance
I came across this a couple weeks ago and it crossed my mind today. I like the idea of it but can’t imagine cash-strapped Columbus, Ohio jumping to buy foreclosed homes and to what end. Columbus hasn’t always been known to take great care of properties they do end up with and there isn’t [...]
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