While the economy had us guessing again this year, Canal Winchester Ohio has shown itself to be relatively stable in terms of home sales price and inventory for as compared to last year. The number of homes for sale this year stayed consistent with homes for sale the year before. The best news o
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12/29/2010
While we had our ups and downs again this year, Pickerington Ohio has shown its self to be relatively stable in terms of home sales price and inventory for as compared to last year. The number of homes for sale this year began well under the number offered for sale the year before but then rose i
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12/28/2010
It's that time of year that I love the most. Not just because, well, it's the holidays. It's also that time of year when things slow down a little and I go back and visit with my clients from the past year. I get a chance to catch up with them and they get a chance to see that I really am stil
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12/21/2010
We always advise our clients that they should not be home when their house is being shown. We do this for the obvious reasons. The first being that I don't want them to be uncomfortable having people walking through their home. The second is that we don't want them to be put in an unforeseen
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12/17/2010
This week two news items from the mortgage industry caught my attention. First, interest rates rose very slightly, by about .2%. Even with this latest rise, mortgage rates are still under 5%. Second, the number of mortgage loan applications dropped by 2.5% (seasonally adjusted) and refinances,
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12/15/2010
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are freezing all foreclosure evictions on mortgage loans they own or back from Dec. 20 through Jan.3. The idea is to give families in trouble a break around the holidays. This is actually not unusual. Chase, Citibank, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America, to name a few r
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12/10/2010
The Columbus Zoo has been one of our family's favorite traditions for as long as my kids can remember. We have been zoo members since 1996 and have never missed a year often visiting several times a year. Being zoo members was especially nice when the kids were little. It was my go to place on
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12/08/2010
Okay Active Rainers, we have made the leap today from lurkers to posters. Lisa began reading Active Rain late last summer and would pull me in to look at the posts she found interesting, insightful, or just humorous. We have finally made the commitment to be community members on the Active Rai
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12/06/2010
