43214 clintonville columbus: TAX CREDIT EXTENSION IN HAND OF CONGRESS - 08/23/09 06:38 PM
Congress is now on break but most members of the house and Senate use some of the August recess to meet with constituents in their home districts.
NAR and the National Accostion of Home Builders are spending the month mounting a grass roots lobbying campaign.
Senator Chris Dodd, D-Conn chairman
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43214 clintonville columbus: RENTERS MAY BE LOSING EDGE ON HOMEOWNERS! - 02/25/09 01:41 PM
The cost of owning a home versus renting is swinging back in favor of home ownership in some US areas, due to several months of declines in home values.
When the market peaked a few years back, home prices surged and the demand for rentals started to go up
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43214 clintonville columbus: WHY SHOULD ANYONE WHO OWES BACK TAXES BE ALLOWED TO BE ELECTED TO THE SENATE OR GIVEN A CABINET POST? - 02/10/09 09:31 PM
Simply amazing! Appointees of the new president have not paid their taxes. And now I find out that the potential new Senator form Minnesota also may be behind in taxes owned to the state ( more than one state!)
Why do they think they can get away with this? Please
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43214 clintonville columbus: CENTRAL OHIO MARKET REPORT JANUARY 2009 - 02/04/09 01:26 PM
598 Homes sold in Franklin and Delaware county , Ohio in January 2009.
The average sold price was $151,403, with the days on the market being 97
This compares to 948 homes that closed in the same period of 2008. The average sold price was $161,623, days on the market
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43214 clintonville columbus: CLINTONVILLE MARKET REPORT JANUARY 2009 - 02/04/09 01:19 PM
12 Homes sold in January 2009 in Clintonville. The average sold price was $179,550 with the days on market being 124 days. This compares to 19 homes selling in the same period of 2008. The average price in 2008 was $192,592 with the days on market being 74.
The highest
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43214 clintonville columbus: INDEX OF PENDING HOME SALES SHOWS AN INCREASE IN DECEMBER 2008 - 02/04/09 01:03 PM
The index that tracks signed purchase contracts for existing homes rebounded in December 2008.
Activity was especially strong in the South and Midwest.
Pending homes sales showed and increase of 6.3% from November 2008 numbers. The reading was also up 2.1 % from December 2007
GOOD NEWS ON
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43214 clintonville columbus: Do you think the stimulus program will pass the Senate? - 02/02/09 07:43 AM
From what I have heard, there is a lot of pork in this bill I think we all need to take time to look at what is in this bill and contact our Senators with our thoughts.
Yes, the economy needs a kick start, but spending unwisely may not be the
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43214 clintonville columbus: I got call today from an invesotr who is WAY "upside down" - 01/27/09 09:25 AM
Sad. This person bought 5 buildings in the past 3 years. I did not sell him any of them and I am not certain how he got my name. We spoke a year ago but nothing happened. Now his situation is worse.
I pulled up the properties and the comps
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43214 clintonville columbus: LEFT-HAND TURN DECESION DIVIDES CLINTONVILLE - 01/22/09 06:59 AM
City of Columbus officials have proposed adding a left hand turn lane for west bound traffic at the intersection at High and Broadway. Broadway residents say this plan to allow the left hand turn on their street will be a step towards making the street a five-lane high way nightmare. Residents from
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43214 clintonville columbus: REAL ESTATE FORUM 2/12/2009 6:30-8:30 IN CLINTONVILLE - 01/12/09 08:45 PM
Join the Jackson Team of Keller Williams Capital Partners Realty, Jamie Sutton of Wells Fargo mortgage and Scott Stevenson of Northwest title at the Whetstone recreation center. We will be there for a short presentation on financing, short sales, foreclosures and market valuation
RSVP to szol@kw.com Come bring a friend
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43214 clintonville columbus: MOVING OUR OFFICE OVER THE HOLIDAYS! - 12/18/08 06:32 AM
The offices are full as boxes as 150 agents and staff prepare to move over the holidays! We purchased a building one mile away in November 2007. The seller leased back the space until the end of October 2008.
So the movers are coming 12/23 and 12/26 to mve us.
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43214 clintonville columbus: October foreclosure filings in Ohio - 12/01/08 09:29 AM
In October 2008, there were 12,109 foreclosure filings in Ohio, this amounts to one filing for every 417 housing units . That is only .0024% of all housing units in the state.
Ohio was number 10 in filings. Nevada was number one with14,483 filings, which is 1 for every 74
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43214 clintonville columbus: Assisting senior citizens moving from their long time home to a retirment community - 11/13/08 10:59 AM
This year I have had the opportunity to help 3 couples move from their long time single family home in Central Ohio to a retirement community.
All three moved to different communities and all received different services from the community they moved to
One couple on their own hired
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43214 clintonville columbus: CENTRAL OHIO MARKET REPORT OCTOBER 2008 - 11/10/08 07:48 AM
987 homes and condos sold in Franklin and Delaware county in October 2008
These units were on the market for an average of 93 days. The average list price was $170,160 and the average sold price was $161,241. This gives a list to sale price ratio of 94.8%.
This compare
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43214 clintonville columbus: I WISH THE ELECTION WAS OVER! - 10/30/08 07:29 PM
More ads on the radio, tv Internet print ads, mailers.. geez I thought us Realtors spammed the public!
Have you voted yet? I did absentee to avoid the 2-3 hour lines we had in Ohio in 2004
I think every registered voter ( that's a topic in itself) should
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43214 clintonville columbus: HAVE YOU HAD ANY SUCCESS FROM TRULIA LEADS? - 10/21/08 05:05 AM
I am tweaking my online marketing and asking my Active rain Friends what type of activity you have gotten from Trulia. They have an upgrade program that I am considering subscribing to.
Have you upgraded and if so have you leads increased? Any other things you have done recently to
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43214 clintonville columbus: HAVE YOU HAD ANY BUSINESS FALL OUT INT HE PAST TWO WEEKS DUE TO THE STOCK MARKET PLUNGE? - 10/13/08 01:42 PM
While our phones and web site still are busy, our conversions to successful contracts have been down. Ive had at least 2 buyers pull back. One was getting part of their down payment from their ROTH IRA. After losing some of it's value, they simply pulled back on negotiating on their
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43214 clintonville columbus: 2 TRILLION LOST FROM AMERICAN RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS - 10/08/08 03:01 PM
It is estimated that this loss has occurred in the past 15 months. I am sure this has possibly put a damper on some real estate sales.
More than 1/2 the people surveyed in an AP pool said they worry they will have to work longer hours because the value of
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43214 clintonville columbus: 2 DAYS AFTER THE 700 BILLION "BAIL OUT" - 10/07/08 04:24 PM
The financial markets are still a mess. Have your phones been ringing or do you hear echos in your office?? I have taken extra time to call past clients and just folks I know to touch base, looking for business. I am amazed on how many of them are asking me if
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43214 clintonville columbus: CENTRAL OHIO MARKET REPORT SEPTEMBER 2008 - 10/02/08 11:57 AM
1157 single family homes and condos sold in Franklin and Delaware county in September 2008. The average days on the market was 118, with the average listing price being $176,806. The average sold price was $17,168.
This compares to 1435 units sold in the same time period in 2007. The
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