“Gourmet Kitchen!” — uhm, really, do you think so?? - 06/26/07 02:40 PM
June 21st, 2007 categories: Real Estate News, For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers
The term “Gourmet Kitchen” is dead. I’m making the pronouncement right now, Time of Death: 12:37 PM Thursday June 21, 2007. (Happy Summer!)
I remember the days when it used to mean something to have a gourmet kitchen. Now, every Tom, Dick and Harry has a gourmet kitchen to go along with their shag and dark wood paneling.
A quick search of the Columbus MLS active listings shows that it’d take us almost two straight months of looking at 8 gourmet kitchens a day to see all of … (6 comments)

Clintonville Market Update — June so far - 06/26/07 02:37 PM
June 22nd, 2007 categories: Market Updates, Clintonville
There’s been a lot of talk about how dead the market is all over town and, for the most part, things are relatively stagnant on many fronts. Things are a clickin’ in Clintonville though:
64 properties in contract contingent on something
averaging about $141.40/sq ft and 1492 sq ft, 82 days on market and $210,000
20 Properties firmly in contract and pending a sale
averaging about $128.98/sq ft and 1505 sq ft, 101 days on market and $194,110
31 Properties sold so far this month
averaging about $138.72/sq ft and 1401 sq ft, and … (0 comments)

First Time Home Buyer Resource and Is our local market doomed to die a slow death this year? - 06/20/07 11:11 AM
Or is it primed to make a comeback?  Well, maybe somewhere in between lies the best guess.  The first and last thing to always remember when we’re talking about real estate is that IT’S ALL LOCAL.
Who cares if the sky is falling across the country. So what if USA Today, WSJ and the nightly news talk doom and gloom.  The saying goes all politics are local and while that may be true, so are real estate markets and Columbus is no exception.
2005 was the biggest year in real estate history in Columbus, Ohio.  2006 was third.  2007 is on track to … (0 comments)

The Downtown Neighborhood Launch - 06/19/07 02:54 PM
June 18th, 2007 categories: Real Estate News, Condos & Lofts Historic, yet contemporary.  Classic, yet hip.  We’ve heard about this coming for some time now but today at 3:00 is the official ground breaking at the corner of 4th of Gay.  Developer Jeff Edwards’ 9 block neighborhood covering mostly surface parking lots between fourth and sixth and between Long and Gay streets.
Early on it seemed favorable to compare the project to Chicago’s Lincoln Park or parts of New York, Philadelphia and other big cities.  Everyone seems to forget the area East of the Deaf School Park which is currently Downtown’s only real … (1 comments)

Columbus also not one of the Top 25 Greenest U.S. Cities - 06/19/07 02:53 PM
June 15th, 2007 categories: Columbus News
With Green being at least as hot a topic/buzzword as anything else in the local housing markets, you’d think Columbus might be close to being America’s greenest city.  I think most of the buzz from City Hall is lip service, ditto the bigger developers, though some are putting their green-backs into going green.
I couldn’t help but notice Ann Arbor came in at number 11 for crying out loud.  That should be all it takes to get Columbus in to the top 10.
So, without further ado, Country Home magazine, with help from Sperling’s Best … (0 comments)

Driving in Columbus - the 106th Safest City to Drive In - 06/19/07 02:52 PM
June 15th, 2007 categories: Columbus News
I know you should never end a sentence with a preposition but when I worded it differently, it just didn’t sound right.  Allstate Insurance just released their annual list of safest drivers in the United States.  This year Columbus is down almost 10% from the National Average and ranks 106 in the country.  Not pretty Columbus. 
Drivers in Columbus can expect to be involved in an accident about once every 9.1 years.  Not so bad, really, when you think about it but still well off the best city in the U.S., Cedar Rapids Iowa, … (1 comments)

100 Posts in 100 days of Summer - 06/13/07 01:21 PM
June 12th, 2007 --  Actually, if you include today, there are about 104 days left until September 23, the first day of Fall.  I went to Arts Festival over the weekend, my kids are home on summer vacation and my wife, a school nurse, is home as well so it must be summer.
As a Realtor, Spring and Summer are obviously my busiest times of the year.  I think Summer in Columbus can be great fun if you’re able to take advantage of all our metro parks, State Parks, free outdoor activities, festivals and farmers markets.
I’m putting it on the … (1 comments)

Obsessed with finding that unusual building you could turn into a ________? - 06/07/07 09:55 AM
June 6th, 2007 categories: Real Estate News, For Home Buyers
I relish the opportunity to help buyers find that oddball property.  Something not quite a house that can be a home or a work solution or both.  How about a commercial building on Spring Street downtown? 5000 square feet, 12 foot ceilings, service elevator, loading dock and 10 parking spaces for only $550ish.  It took little time for that to go into contract.
Better yet, why not a beautiful old church in a prime location?  How about a 2 story, 4000 square foot church just off high street for only $290,000. I know, … (1 comments)

Music Ampitheater to be sold for Development? - 06/07/07 09:51 AM
June 6th, 2007 categories: Columbus News
No, not the LC in the Arena District, we're talking about Polaris, er Germain Amphitheater.  The California based Owners say the amphitheater land is too valuable for concerts. 
Growing up Back in the day, Blossom Music Center outside of Akron was one of the few places to see big name shows outside of an indoor arena.  It's usually nice to sit out on the lawn of a music amphitheater and soak in the concert experience and the ambiance of the fans of whichever band you're seeing.  While I've never been a fan of the beer prices at Germain, I'm surprised … (0 comments)

Home Sweet Mexico - 06/07/07 09:50 AM
June 6th, 2007 categories: About Me?
Way off topic.  I've always thought it'd be fantastic to have a place to "retire" to in Mexico.  Actually, several places with one of them being in Mexico.  While I'm dreaming, I may as well go large.  I've always thought the state of Yucatan, probably Merida, would be a great place to buy an Old Colonial Fixer Upper and then get a place in a sleepy beach town 20-25 minutes away. 
From time to time, I check this web site which is one of the few I've come across that does a nice job showcasing this … (0 comments)

The Broadwin Update - 06/07/07 09:47 AM
: Condos & Lofts, Olde Towne East
Two weeks ago I went through the Broadwin and ran into Joe Rechie, the Developer of the Broadwin, 1312 East Broad in Olde Towne East, and Jeffrey Place.  First, let me say that I can't get over what a nice guy Joe is.  Not in a smarmy real estate tycoon way either, genuinely nice, genuinely interested and in love with his projects and able to intelligently speak about the market and every detail of his projects.   He was very gracious when my monthly condo hop stopped at Jeffery Place last year and I've encountered him several … (0 comments)

Schumacher Place Home and Garden Tour - Sat June 9 - 06/07/07 09:46 AM
June 4th, 2007 categories: Real Estate News
Past and Present is the theme for this year's tour.  (yes, there is a theme).  Here is news article about the tour and Here is a blurb from their web site:
"The Tour will be made of what we feel is the "essence" of Schumacher Place.  We as a neighborhood, are very diverse socially and architecturally and we want to acknowledge that. On this year's Tour we will have a little of everything: Old Homes, New Gardens, an Apartment and an "Ambitious Revitalization Project". Consider the Tour as a walk through where Schumacher Place has been, … (0 comments)

The Downtown Market Update - 06/07/07 09:43 AM
June 1st, 2007 categories: Condos & Lofts, Downtown
This morning I saw several condos downtown.
A one bedroom in Renaissance with a great downtown view a two bedroom in Connextions with an even better view a very unique 3 bed 2.5 bath next to the Main Library the awesome 1532 square foot model at Hamilton Park Place with 2 beds and 2.5 baths a two bedroom in Burnham Square with, you guessed it, a great view (pictured here) though downtown was somewhat behind it  a 2nd story Buggy Works corner unit with 2 bedrooms and yes, great views. (here is a panorama from the … (0 comments)

Bronzeville Opportunities - 06/07/07 09:41 AM
May 23rd, 2007 categories: Columbus News
It's not every day that the City will practically hand you an investment opportunity and then, most likely, go out of their way to help you take the ball and run to renovate the buildings and improve a neighborhood - hopefully lining your pocket in the mean time.
In a new move for the city, they've posted video tours of both of the properties here so you know what you're getting in to.
Here are two opportunities from the City of Columbus Department of Development that focus on the Long Street corridor just East of the Lincoln Theater.  … (0 comments)

 
Joe Peffer - Columbus Homes Blog (RE/MAX Town Center )

Joe Peffer - Columbus Homes Blog

Columbus, OH

More about me…

RE/MAX Town Center

Address: 4100 Regent Street, suite B, Columbus, OH, 43219

Office Phone: (614) 358-5515

Cell Phone: (614) 940-9100

Email Me

Learn about the market, the neighborhoods, the homes, the city, the profession, the reality, the money and me.


Links

Archives

RSS 2.0 Feed for this blog