home buying: Buying a home in Central Ohio should not be scary - 05/11/09 02:33 AM

 
Buying a home should not be scary for first time home buyers or others....
Long ago it was customary for all agents in a transaction to represent the sellers.
In Ohio at the first appointment you should be provided with an Agency Guide to Relationships by the real estate agent. It provides their brokerages agency policy. 
It is a disclosure.
If you contact the listing agent, you know of course that they are representing the seller.  No surprise there, right?  If you visit a builder the builders representative  is looking out for the builder's interest. 
You have the right … (0 comments)

home buying: Buying a home, it's about time - 04/10/09 02:39 AM
Buying a home is all about timing                                                                          
Finding that home is all about timing
Purchasing the home is all about timing - the *CBR real estate purchase contract is about time
How long is that offer open to the seller.  How soon you will close on the home.  When you will have that pre-approval letter.  When you will have your financing appproved.  When you will do any inspections you feel are necessary before closing on the home.  The drop dead time that the seller is going to know that you have released the inspection contingency in your contract after you … (2 comments)

home buying: The Importance of being Earnest - 03/19/09 12:01 AM

"Baby name meaning and origin for Earnest"
Is Earnest a first name? I seldom look very carefully in the spam on ColumbusBestBlog.com because I get a lot.  This was a comment left on  on a post called "Buying a House - Earnest Money Question"
Submitted on 2009/03/18 at 1:20am [...] Buying a House - Earnest Money Question ” columbusbestblog.com reddit_url=’http://www.baby-xxxxx.com/baby/babyname/Earnest’ reddit_title=’Baby name meaning and origin for Earnest’ [...] 
Author Ernest Hemingway that's him above and below in the baby announcement...
Singer Tennessee Ernie Ford (spelling Ernest was the least of his worries.) His real name was Ernest Jennings Ford, he … (3 comments)

home buying: Ohio Home Foreclosures "the sun will come out tomorrow" - 03/12/09 03:57 AM
 
I was reading the latest news about national home foreclosures from Realty Trac online. Well skimming the article is more like it...  I skimmed "Realtytrac Feb forclosures rise setback market"  anyway...
I skim for Ohio...  my eyes caught the state and regions in the headlines.
I saw California, Nevada, Florida... over and over as I skimmed.   I saw Arizona but I did not see Ohio... as I skimmed... when  "Sunbelt cities post top metro foreclosure rates" I was thinking the news was not that gloomy for Ohio and they, those sunbelt cities... have sun... we sometimes don't see it for … (4 comments)

home buying: Housing and Economic Recovery Act - HR 3221 - 08/22/08 12:53 AM
 
Finance is my weak point when it comes to real estate blogging and it is so important right now.  Here's current events from an expert in the Worthington market. 
Although Michael is with Guernsey Bank in Worthington I have never met Michael.  This is a Re-Blog of content from ActiveRain member Michael Reeve:
 
Washington has been busy lately.  In one of the most rapidly approved bills in memory, the Housing and Economic Recovery Act was passed into law, and could have significant implications on the housing and mortgage industry.  While there is a lot to share with you, I … (2 comments)

 
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