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What to do with 6,200+ vacant Columbus homes and $50 million in federal neighborhood-stabilization money?
January 7th, 2012 categories: Columbus News, For Home Buyers, Real Estate News
The fact of the matter is that no one know what to do with our city’s vacant structures, Columbus has torn down 139 of them so far but you can’t demolish your way out of this problem.
The other day Columbus City Council met with area residents to discuss the issue and while it’s my opinion [...]
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Columbus Ohio area Home Sales up 8.6% in October
November 21st, 2011 categories: For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers, Market Updates
I’m finding that the market continues to be relatively active, more so than past years at this 4th quarter time of the year. More listings, more showings, more buyer actively looking and even beginning their searches late in the year.
Here is what the Board had to say about last month’s numbers. Note the bold orange [...]
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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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Italian Village Spring Fling Open House Event! OPEN TODAY! 659 Kerr 1-3 PM
April 17th, 2011 categories: For Home Buyers, Short North
In addition, Eight other Italian Village homes for sale will be open this afternoon. Stop by and look at all of them. Aside from 659 Kerr, be sure to look at 141 E. Third Ave–a two bedroom warehouse loft home unique to Columbus.
Open House Flyer – Spring Fling (1)
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If the Government shuts down, will Columbus Real Estate follow?
April 7th, 2011 categories: For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers, Market Updates, Real Estate News
What is a Government shutdown’s impact on real estate? As it turns out, not too much…
WASHINGTON – April 7, 2011 – The federal government may or may not shut down after Friday. Lawmakers have drawn a line in the sand and, as of today, it appears they won’t reach agreement by the current deadline of [...]
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Columbus Area Real Estate. The House vs. The Neighborhood. Who do you root for?
March 6th, 2011 categories: About Me?, For Home Buyers
What’s more important, the house or the community the house is in?
Sarah just closed on her home and she has some great advice for would-be home owners. The bottom line, it’s up to you. In a perfect world, you get both the perfect house and it is in the perfect neighborhood and it’s perfectly placed [...]
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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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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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