Only available in the U.K. but….
I like the fluidity of the software and I love the idea of this kind of real estate search. Often it is about the price but just as often it could be about something else like commute times or scenic value.
It would be interesting to see how this could be done using the sliders and something like an overlay of homes actually on the market with additional criteria. This pretty much exists from certain home search providers but not in such a good looking format.

City, OSU working to boost East Side

Campus hospital expansion to fuel reclamation plan

By Robert Vitale

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Ohio State University will reinvest $10 million in tax incentives from an expansion of its campus medical center to improve health care and housing on the East Side, officials said yesterday.

Mayor Michael B. Coleman and OSU President E. Gordon Gee made the announcement at University Hospital East, the center of an area that will be the focus of a decade-long effort to reclaim vacant houses, offer help to homebuyers and address problems with residents’ health and health care.

“It will change and transform this neighborhood for the better for generations to come,” said Coleman, who said he thinks the plan will help residents and not chase them away through gentrification.

OSU officials said they don’t know yet how the effort will be implemented. It will begin with a study of the neighborhood and input from residents.

The investment will include programs to buy and fix up homes and provide down-payment assistance to buyers. It also will include a $1 million initiative, run through neighborhood churches, to improve people’s diets and encourage them to exercise.

Ohio State announced plans last fall to build a new 17-story tower as part of a $1 billion expansion of the OSU Medical Center on its main campus. Officials say it will create 6,000 permanent jobs and 5,000 during construction.

The project is targeted for completion in 2014.

Columbus is offering Ohio State an incentive equal to 30 percent of city income taxes generated by the new jobs. City Council members must approve the agreement, which would be capped at $35 million over a 15-year span.

Columbus still would net about $77 million in new income taxes, Coleman estimated.

OSU, in return, would spend $10 million of its incentive money on the East Side effort.

Dr. Steven Gabbe, chief executive of the OSU Medical Center, said University Hospital East has renovated its patient floors in the past decade, rebuilt its emergency room and offered free health screenings on the East Side.

“That’s just the start in the years to come,” he said. “It’s a great example of neighbors helping neighbors.”

State Rep. W. Carlton Weddington, whose father delivered 3,000 babies during 40 years as a doctor on the East Side, said the focus on both health and housing is needed.

Problems ranging from high diabetes rates to a large number of vacant homes affect the quality of life for residents, said Weddington, a Democrat from Columbus.

“We’re in the epicenter, right here,” he said. “This says to the people who live in this neighborhood: The city cares; the Ohio State University cares.”

America’s Safest City Neighborhoods

The Safest Neighborhood in Each of America’s 50 Biggest Cities

By NeighborhoodScout.com

Most Americans equate big cities with high crime — New York, Los Angeles, Boston. But even the cities with the highest crime rates can have relatively safe neighborhoods, and thus it is less useful to generalize about an entire city.

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Using exclusive neighborhood crime data developed by Dr. Schiller at NeighborhoodScout.com, and based on FBI data from all 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, we found incredibly safe neighborhoods in every major American city. Some big cities offer neighborhoods that are among the safest of any place in the nation. Here we reveal for the first time the safest neighborhood in each of America’s 50 biggest cities.

The No. 1 Safest Neighborhood in Each of America’s 50 Biggest Cities
(The 50 largest U.S. cities are listed below in order of population size within the city limits. The #1 safest neighborhood in each city is shown. You can click on the neighborhood name for a neighborhood map and more details. The Crime Index indicates how safe that neighborhood is. 50 is average for America. 100 is safest among all neighborhoods in America.)

City: New York, N.Y.
Safest Neighborhood: (New York U Institute of Fine Arts / 5th Ave.)
Crime Index: 96
Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 625

City: Los Angeles, Calif.
Safest Neighborhood: (Sesnon Blvd. / Tampa Ave.)
Crime Index: 95
Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 588

City: Chicago, Ill.
Safest Neighborhood: (Bedford Park)
Crime Index: 97
Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 1,000

City: Houston, Texas
Safest Neighborhood: (Route 6 / Westheimer Rd.)
Crime Index: 97
Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 833

City: Phoenix, Arizona
Safest Neighborhood: (Parkview Estates)
Crime Index: 91
Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 294

City: Philadelphia, Pa.
Safest Neighborhood: (Allens Ln. / Wissahickon Ave.)
Crime Index: 85
Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 182

City: San Antonio, Texas
Safest Neighborhood: (Timberwood Park)
Crime Index: 94
Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 455

City: Dallas, Texas
Safest Neighborhood: (Hillcrest Rd. / Alpha Rd.)
Crime Index: 91
Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 303

City: San Diego, Calif.
Safest Neighborhood: (Carmel Mountain Rd. / Black Mountain Rd.)
Crime Index: 97
Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 769

City: San Jose, Calif.
Safest Neighborhood: (English Town)
Crime Index: 94
Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 500

City: Detroit, Mich.
Safest Neighborhood: (The Strand / Casino Way)
Crime Index: 59
Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 57

City: San Francisco, Calif.
Safest Neighborhood: (Bay Shore Blvd. / Raymond Ave.)
Crime Index: 84
Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 164

City: Jacksonville, Fla.
Safest Neighborhood: (Ortega Forest)
Crime Index: 84
Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 167

City: Indianapolis, Ind.
Safest Neighborhood: (Meridian Hills/Williams Creek)
Crime Index: 89
Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 263

City: Austin, Texas
Safest Neighborhood: (U.S. Route 290 / Farm-to-Market Rd. 1826)
Crime Index: 96
Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 714

City: Columbus, Ohio
Safest Neighborhood: (Marble Cliff)
Crime Index: 94
Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 476

City: Fort Worth, Texas
Safest Neighborhood: (Haslet)
Crime Index: 92
Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 357

City: Charlotte, N.C.
Safest Neighborhood: (Providence Rd. / Colville Rd.)
Crime Index: 87
Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 213

City: Memphis, Tenn.
Safest Neighborhood: (Capleville)
Crime Index: 84
Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 172

City: Baltimore, Md.
Safest Neighborhood: (Glendale / Glenmont)
Crime Index: 91
Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 323

City: Boston, Mass.
Safest Neighborhood: (Washington St. / Rutherford Ave.)
Crime Index: 81
Chance of Becoming a Victim Here (In One Year): 1 in 141