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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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Real Estate Market Updates for Your Favorite Columbus Neighborhood
October 8th, 2009 categories: Bexley, Clintonville, Condos & Lofts, For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers, German Village, Grandview, Market Updates, Olde Towne East, Short North
This is where you can find an update on what is happening in real estate in your favorite Columbus Neighborhood…
Clintonville
Greater Short North including Harrison West, Italian Village and Victorian Village
German Village and Brewery District
Schumacher Place and Merion Village
Greater Olde Towne East
Grandview Hieghts and Marblecliff
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Sidewalks. Do they add value? Whose responsibility are sidewalks?
September 29th, 2009 categories: About Me?, Bexley, Clintonville, For Home Buyers, German Village, Olde Towne East, Short North
I’ve found that sidewalks tend to be a value added feature for buyers looking at Columbus Homes for sale. Most of my buyers buy homes inside of I-270 and most of my buyers prefer to have sidewalks for ease of travel when walking around the neighborhood, for a safe place to meet and greet neighbors, [...]
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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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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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Kiddie Condos – Can Parents Still Fund Purchases for Children? Even if the kid has no income?
June 26th, 2009 categories: Condos & Lofts, For Home Buyers, Mortgage/Finance, Short North
I had someone ask me this question yesterday…..“Hey Joe, Can I qualify for an FHA loan if my parents co-sign since I have no income? Do I personally NEED to have income?”
The short answer is yes they can, even if the child has no income or assets to speak of. And, the adult child should [...]
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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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Don’t overlook the homes with just 1 bath–1/2 baths can be squeezed in!
April 25th, 2009 categories: Clintonville, For Home Buyers, German Village, Grandview, Short North
You like the prices of the three bedroom homes in Clintonville and Grandview, Schumacher Place and Harrison West, but you REALLY, REALLY want at least a bath and a half. And you don’t want the half to be some crazy old basement throne that hasn’t been used in 25 years. Well Columbus Home Buyers, there [...]
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If these walls could talk…
April 9th, 2009 categories: For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers, Real Estate News, Short North
Maybe they’d cry for some nice off white or bisque? All these wall colors/finishes/techniques were in one Short North Area Condo a buyer looked at recently. That’s in ADDITION to a few white walls.
I’m not really from the camp that says it has to be off white. I like some color, not [...]
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