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Zoning Issues and Potential Non-Conforming Problems in Columbus
October 14th, 2011 categories: About Me?, Downtown, For Home Buyers, Olde Towne East
If a Columbus area property has been grandfathered due to zoning issues, it may not be a big deal and it may seem good in some cases for the Buyer BUT Fannie/Freddie could certainly have a problem with this sort of situation.
Let’s say, for instance, that you’ve found the perfect property for your [...]
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Downtown Columbus Traffic Updates – Ramps/Exits Closing
October 4th, 2011 categories: About Me?, Columbus News, Downtown, German Village, Olde Towne East, Short North
As part of the Columbus Crossroads project, (i.e.-The I70-71 split fix by the ODOT) several ramp closures are in effect.
The ramp from 5th Avenue to I-71 south is closed until November 2012; the detour is Leonard Avenue.
These next two I use all the time but don’t mind the slightly less convenient alternates. Really, Downtown Columbus [...]
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Show your love for the best new Downtown Eatery
February 8th, 2011 categories: Condos & Lofts, Downtown
As the age old debate about which must to come first — amenities or residents — to downtown Columbus slowly dies down as we simultaneously get more and more downtown Columbus condo buyers and downtown eating establishments, an opportunity to give some love to your favorite new 2010 downtown restaurant comes from the folks at [...]
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The Downtown Columbus Condo Conundrum…If You List it, Will They Come?
November 9th, 2010 categories: Condos & Lofts, Downtown, For Home Buyers, Market Updates
About 29 months ago I wrote a post talking about the downtown Columbus condo market and how I ‘finally’ saw all the units at 8 on The Square. I waxed poetic about how much I liked those units, and had some pictures of a few of the to-die-for Columbus views.
Today, at the corner of Broad and [...]
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Finally Official! Columbus Home Buyers and Sellers can take advantage of Extended Tax Credit
November 6th, 2009 categories: Bexley, Clintonville, Columbus News, Condos & Lofts, Downtown, For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers, German Village, Grandview, Market Updates, Mortgage/Finance, Olde Towne East, Real Estate News, Short North, westgate
This afternoon President Obama signed the bill into law that will extend the $8,000 homebuyer tax credit to contracts signed by April 30 and closed by June 30.
I’m surprised that they left the two month window but I think it’s very smart. Still, even if it were this week, I would not try to [...]
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Can Downtown Columbus Rebound from City Center’s Fall & will Buyers continue to Move Downtown?
October 21st, 2009 categories: About Me?, Downtown
I’ve always been a fan of City Center. Everything everyone has ever pointed out about its faults, chiefly that it should have opened up to the streets surrounding it, has been true but it held a special place in the downtown retail fabric. I’m a buy-local guy and not a fan of big box retailers, [...]
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This Columbus Home has Instant Equity — Oh Really?
September 14th, 2009 categories: About Me?, Bexley, Clintonville, Downtown, For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers, German Village, Grandview, Market Updates, Olde Towne East, Real Estate News, Short North, westgate
Instant Equity. Two words anyone buying real estate in Clintonville, Bexley, Grandview, Downtown, Short North, Berwick, Westgate or anywhere else in Central Ohio love to hear.
The problem is, I’ve heard those two words too often lately. The problem is the context and the definition of instant equity. In my opinion, anyone buying a home that [...]
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Will the newly opened and refurbished Lincoln Theater revive Columbus Near East Side?
May 25th, 2009 categories: About Me?, Downtown, Olde Towne East
Only time will tell. The theater is in my backyard and we’ve been watching and hearing the progress for over two years now. All the hoopla regarding the opening has been a bit over the top and I’ve not been happy with the lack of objectivity regarding what the surrounding community and the lack of [...]
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HUD Secretary says Columbus area Home Buyers don’t have to wait for the Eight Grand tax credit
May 12th, 2009 categories: Bexley, Clintonville, Columbus News, Condos & Lofts, Downtown, For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers, German Village, Grandview, Mortgage/Finance, Olde Towne East, Real Estate News, Short North
Although nobody called me for the panel of distinguished guests at the mid-year meeting of the National Association of Realtors today in Washington D.C., I have found out that Shaun Donovan, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, decreed today that the Federal Housing Administration is going to permit its lenders to [...]
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