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Looking to insulate your Columbus area home? Consider foam.
January 28th, 2011 categories: Real Estate News
“I’d like to buy a midtown Columbus home full of history and character but I just don’t think I could afford the utilities.” That’s something I hear from buyers and it’s a very legitimate concern with heating and cooling costs constantly rising in Central Ohio.
If you share that concern, you’re in luck. Today we have [...]
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Creating an image for Columbus. Who are we?
January 27th, 2011 categories: Columbus News, For Home Buyers
I find that when Buyers with no ties to the area are moving to Columbus from another state, they know very little about Central Ohio and their opinion of Columbus is rather blank and undeveloped.
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What should you look out for when buying an Older Columbus Home? Everything.
January 21st, 2011 categories: For Home Buyers, Real Estate News
I love homes with character. They don’t have to be built in 1886, like my own home, but they have to have something that says love, attention, detail and thought went into the building or rehab of the home.
Since I often work inside the Outerbelt, in Columbus’ older neighborhoods and first-ring suburbs, most of my buyers [...]
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Columbus Board of Realtors says final 2010 numbers show improvement
January 20th, 2011 categories: Market Updates, Real Estate News
Stats_2010Residentialchart Home sales statistics for central Ohio in 2010 showed marked improvements compared to previous years according to the Columbus Board of REALTORS® (CBR). This is their press release…
The average sale price of a home in 2010 was $158,893, just 0.6 percent lower than the average price of homes sold in 2009. However, the average price of homes [...]
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2011 Columbus Real Estate Preview
January 20th, 2011 categories: Real Estate News
In case you missed it, read my 2011 Columbus Real Estate Preview posted on Columbus Underground.
“Long neglected neighborhoods close to downtown will ever-so-slowly begin to be seen as good places to buy a home: The King Lincoln District, Franklinton, East and South of Children’s Hospital, Milo Grogan and Weinland Park will begin to be thought [...]
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Are Columbus homes for sale undervalued by 16% ?
January 19th, 2011 categories: Market Updates, Real Estate News
CNN Money seems to think so. In an article out today, the online financial magazine called the Las Vegas housing market simultaneously the most undervalued in the nation and one of the worst housing buys.
FIVE Ohio Cities made the list of the top 15 Under Valued Cities in the Country — Akron and Cleveland came in [...]
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I know they’re still just parking meters but I’m digging them
January 11th, 2011 categories: Real Estate News
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For Lenders, is a 30 year fixed rate mortgage a Financial Frankenstein’s Monster?
January 6th, 2011 categories: Real Estate News
Regarding government (over) involvement in the mortgage market–something that has become a given and without which few mortgages would ever get done–This is a good read. It appeared in Today’s New York Times Opinion Page by Bethany McLean..
For a homeowner, a mortgage with a 30-year fixed rate (especially one that he can pay off early [...]
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Moving to Columbus, curious about Columbus neighborhoods or Columbus zip codes?
January 4th, 2011 categories: Columbus News, For Home Buyers, Market Updates, Real Estate News
Columbus real estate agents are often asked about the make up of different neighborhoods–socio-economic, racial, age, lifestyle, sexual orientations, etc. We’re not allowed to say a whole lot in response to these questions for fear of making a negative impression of one community at the expense of steering a Buyer to another.
That’s when I point Buyers [...]
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