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What's Selling - Washington DC - Logan Circle / Mt Vernon Square Neighborhoods Here are the Properties that sold in this Washington DC Neighborhood:  1/1 - 1/10   Type of Property      #BR/Baths                 List Price        &nb

Anti-Social Behavior of Young Children:Turns USA Small Towns into DisturbiaA recent Dear Abby contained a plea from "Afraid in Wisconsin" who expressed concerns about the behavior of a new neighbor's 11-yr-old son. This letter highlighted the plight of many who live in a suburbia across America: antisocial kids who terrorize their neighborhoods, and the inability to deal with them. "Afraid in Wis

It was done during the great depression and it is done around the world today. The printing of local money and the minting of local coinage have a time-honored place in the history of human commerce and now this local answer to more wide-spread economic troubles may be coming to Milwaukee. According to a recent Chicago Tribune article:   The idea is that th

The number of foreclosures continued to rise in New Jersey towns, counties and cities. Paterson registered the worst in the area with a high 10 percent foreclosure rate, which is considered very high according to national levels. 2,246 foreclosed properties have already been registered in this city this year, which accounts to 35 percent of the total foreclosures in New Jersey.

I hate to say it, but the title of this post is kinda of misleading.  It’s actually a bit of a trick question.  Why? Well, everyone has a different idea of what makes a neighborhood “safe.”  Frankly, each person has a different tolerance to risk.  I live in the Outer Sunset where we seem have a [...]

Even though the Albuquerque Metro Area is a uniquely spread out community, there are a number of good quality walkable or (car-less) areas available. Walkable (car-less or car-light) areas mean nearby accessibility to restaurants, schools, parks, stores, shopping & etc. These areas are also great for those with disabilities who may not have access to a vehicle. If an area is somewhat walkable,

Green Valley Ranch, the community and the Casino Resort of the TV show American Casino fame, are located in south central Henderson, NV to the southeast of the Las Vegas Strip. It's a Master Planned Community that offers a variety of home choices along with commercial and mixed use for shopping and services. It has convenient access to the 215 beltway, with McCarran International Airport, I 15 sou

Detroit Mayor Ken Cockrel has proposed to demolish about 2,350 derelict and abandoned homes in blighted neighborhoods using about half of the $47 million provided by the U.S. federal government to tackle its foreclosure problems. An estimated $8 million will be spent to repair certain vacant houses and about $4 million will be used to build new homes.

As a child, I was always seen tearing through the University of Richmond campus on my beautiful, mustard yellow ten speed bike. I could not wait to get to the lake to fish for sun-colored brim that I wrangled onto the hook with a molded piece of aged cheddar cheese. Ahhhh, those were the days. Today, I still enjoy the campus as I take my own children to walk the winding paths through the woods to

The Chicago Oakland and Kenwood neighborhoods have a lot to offer the Chicago home buyer who is looking to invest in a piece of the city’s past, present, and future. Both areas are historically significant and contain important Chicago landmark districts; the community of Oakland dates back to 1872 and is home to many examples of Classical Revival and Queen Anne-style Victorian homes and struct

This week we’re looking at some of the rental properties that are available. In general, the rental market is pretty tight, and rents have been rising. Many of the homes that were in the rental inventory are now part of the foreclosure inventory. This has caused a reduction in the number of properties available for [...]

People interested in relocating to Richmond will find that one of the city’s strongest attributes is its many well-established neighborhoods. From quiet tree-lined streets to bustling urban locales, Richmond historic home buyers can pick and choose their ideal setting. Here are just a few examples of the city’s finest historic neighborhoods: Church Hill Richmond’s East End, with its hill

One of the conditions putting the most downward pressure on home prices in much of Southern California has been the high level of inventory. When too many homes are on the market, sellers must lower prices to sell get them sold.Not surprisingly, there is a huge variance between different areas in the housing inventory on the market. That also means there is a huge difference in the downward pressu

Live near the Phoenix central valley and near a natural mountain preserve with homes for every budget.The Phoenix Mountains Preserve offers mountain bikers, road bikers, hikers, walkers and admirers of the desert mountains a setting for expression and indulgent.  It's difficult to get bored especially if you're willing to explore the preserve using a multitude of transportation modes: there i

There was a tragedy on our block on Thursday. It’s hard to know how to respond to a situation like this. I didn’t personally know any of them, but plenty of neighbors did, and despite the encouragement of seeing people come together amidst the situation, it doesn’t make the difficulty of it any easier. We’ve been [...]

It’s been approved – the city of San Francisco has begun to rezone the southeastern part of the city where the Mission, Potrero Hill, East SoMA, and the Central Waterfront meet...

Whitfield Estates is located on South Brannon Stand Road and is adjacent to The Highlands and Highland Oaks golf course. The feature that immediately catches your eye as you enter Whitfield Estates is the landscaping. The entrance is nicely landscaped, and A row of mature Bradford Pear trees line the divided main street, and a row [...]

Odom Woods Subdivision, located in northwest Dothan, blends style, convenience, and price all in one nice package. Located on John D. Odom Road between Murphy Mill Road and Montgomery Highway, Odom Woods is one of the few neighborhoods in Dothan where many natural areas and mature trees were left during construction. This mature landscaping creates [...]

If there’s a way to see the good in everything, it’s especially easy to find goodness on both the buy and sell side in Denver.  Today, we’ll discuss why while focusing on the DU (University of Denver), Platt Park, and Wellshire Heights neighborhoods. First Things First: The University, Platt Park, and Wellshire Heights communities are [...]

When browsing your preferred locales at COhomefinder these days, you’ll find a new-ish feature called Top Categories. And if you happen to be browsing Colorado Springs listings, you’ll find under the “top” category Colorado Springs top neighborhoods, school listings and more. Particularly if you’re new to learning about Colorado homes and real estate, or [...]

One of my many favorite pieces of iron work that I’ve found scattered in the retro neighborhoods of Las Vegas is this stack of circles at the corner of Oakey and Houssels in the John S. Park Historic Neighborhood.               There’s actually 6 separate subdivisions that together comprise the John S. Park Historic Neighborhood. They can [...]

You probably read my Dothan new construction market updates every month. As a change of pace, I thought we would look at some specific subdivisions where new homes are being built, and talk about the features of these homes and the neighborhoods. Highlands South Highlands South is the newest addition to The Highlands, Dothan’s largest golf course [...]

If you mentioned the name “Clement’s Addition“ to anyone under the age of sixty, you would likely be met with a confused look. No, Clement’s Addition is not the name of the contracting company your friend hired to pop the top on his two-bedroom bungalow. Although it’s one of Denver’s more interesting, celebrated, and [...]

Cycling in Phoenix.The Wall Street Journal just had a story about the popularity of homes near bicycle routes (The Wall Street Journal, Nancy Keates (08/22/2008)"Thanks in part to high gas prices, buyers are keenly interested in homes that are in close proximity to bike trails, according to reports from real estate practitioners in bicycle-friendly areas."While I don't think there is any

Severed from Olde Towne East years ago by Interstate I-70, Olde Oaks has the historic housing stock that can stand toe to toe with any neighborhood in Columbus.  The entire community is an historic district within Columbus and the beautiful, big homes are affordable, reasonable, and located just a few minutes from Downtown [...]

North Central Phoenix neighborhood page.A neighborhood profile for North Central Phoenix has been added.  Although we have profiles for many individual communityes withing this area, North Central Phoenix has not had its own page.  In the new profile page you can read more about this area, find homes for sale or lease and even view the current real estate market trends.  View the pa

Between the mountains to the west of Boulder, US highway 36, Dartmouth Avenue, and Greenbriar Blvd/Lehigh Street, is a network of neighborhoods that are as varied and unique as a homebuyer’s personality. It’s South Boulder, otherwise known as SoBo or Table Mesa, and consists of winding roads that go in all directions, including [...]

Multifamily income apartments as candidates for owner occupied buyers.What separates a multifamily property what will serve as an owner occupied property from that what is purely an investment is the characteristics that it must possess to satisfy the needs of the owner but also have positive attributes as an investment.These characteristics will vary by each person just as with a single family ho

One of the expressions I hear over and over and over from the people I meet in the historic neighborhoods of Las Vegas goes something like “Oh, it’s not done yet….It’s a work in progress”. It’s rare that we’re EVER truly done working on our homes. No one EVER needs to apologize, especially to me! Go ahead and [...]

Appearing before the Urban League this week, John McCain revealed his plan for imposing a military dictatorship in “high crime neighborhoods” in the United States. An ABC News “blog” provides all the details necessary to send a chill up our spines: “Answering a question about his approach to combatting crime, John McCain suggested that military strategies [...]

Shoot Out at the HYDE PARK corral.               It’s not even at a Liberace home. Also from HYDE PARK               Hyde Park Is A 1950’s tract neighborhood that we’ve never covered before. I wouldn’t call it a classic, or retro or historic neighborhood, but I’ve got a new listing there that I

The Beverly Green and Southridge Neighborhood Associations, which run between Sahara and St. Louis and Las Vegas Blvd and Maryland are constantly being bombarded with proposals for commercial development that will have huge impacts on the residents. The latest proposal for the lots on 6th Street north of Marie Calandars and Tony Romas is a dramatically scaled [...]

When I travel, I don’t spend my time at the pool. I set out to find the oldest buildings, the hippest revitalized neighborhoods, the historic markers, the museums and the galleries. The culture is the SOUL of any city. I’ve been hinting and recommending to the powers that be that there’s a whole different group of tourists [...]

Portland is the 9th best walking city in the U.S., according to Walk Score, a website that grades neighborhoods and addresses based on the proximity of amenities within walking distance.San Francisco, Boston, and Chicago ranked 1st, 2nd, & 3rd.As for Portland, the study said, “The top 7 neighborhoods in Portland are Walkers' Paradises. 45% of Portland residents have a Walk Score of 70 or above.

Walkscore.com is a website that let’s you see how close restaurants, stores, libraries, etc. are within walking distance to your home. Walk Score uses a patent-pending system to measure the walkability of an address. The Walk Score algorithm awards points based on the distance to the closest amenity in each category. If the closest amenity in [...]

Most people don't think of Atlanta as a golf town but the truth is Atlanta has many great championship golf courses. Most of these great courses wind their way through some very upscale and prestigious neighborhoods throughout the 13 county metro area. Some very familiar names are associated with these courses too which make them all the more appealing. If you like Jack Nicklaus and his cours

If you are looking to attend CSULB in the fall, congratulations! CSULB is a great institution (my sister in law graduated this year) providing a wide base of learning and a wonderful location in the heart of Long Beach. As you are deciding what classes you would like to take, you may also... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

If there's one thing I enjoyed about Chicago, it was the cultural-diversity which manifested itself in the wide array of food choices. And yesterday was the day I sampled food from Chicago's ethnically-diverse neighborhoods.First stop for the day was Devon Avenue, a former Jewish community which now plays host to Chicago's Indian & Pakistani communities. Available there are various cuisines fr

Tagging, if not vigorously removed and the authors arrested, will quickly overtake a city like unchecked weeds.

Are you getting ready to look at homes for sale in Colorado Springs and surrounding areas? This is a good time to choose which neighborhoods or areas you plan to buy in. Some of you may know exactly what areas you would like to live in. If you are not sure it will require some detailed research on areas and neighborhoods. Now is a good time to create a homebuyer check

Neighborhoods and parishes The town of Benidorm consists of a single core population areas defined as: "La Cala", "West", "Center", "The Field", "Foietes", "Els Tolls," "The Castle or Old Town "," Lift "," Rincon de Loix "and" Sierra Helada. " There are around housing estates as remarkable &quo

By Peter Arkwright Let's say you recommend a business associate visit another shop or office. If they find your recommendation to be worthwhile, and the people in the shop or office they visit are the type of people they want to do business with, they will probably thank you for the recommendation and their opinion of you will rise. Let's say they get to the shop you have recommended and it's st

One way to find out you’ve left “Vintage Vegas” is the decorative concrete block sunscreens, and fence patterns start to disappear. Except for the “Double X” and the “Double Y” (which are still used as the top row of blocks in the “cinderblock canyons” of the suburbs), you won’t find many neighborhoods built after 1970 [...]

We’ve covered a lot of ground in our series. No one caught the mistake of a pattern that got repeated twice. I’m not going to re-number them, since no one else noticed. There’s only a few left that we haven’t covered, and then there’s some bonus posts coming with some terrific designs done with just [...]

Pattern 46 in our series was installed over a solid stuccoed surface on this home in Paradise Palms. So technically, it’s not a sunscreen, it’s just decorative.     I love it’s simplicity, and I can imagine what might happen if they were rotated. Here’s my first attempt at creating a design. In reality, the one home [...]

Quote: “In particular, avoid links to web spammers or “bad neighborhoods” on the web, as your own ranking may be affected adversely by those links.” What is a “bad neighborhood”? A site considered to be in a bad neighborhood would be one that has been banned or penalized by search engines. This ban could have occurred for a [...]

There may be no-go zones for non-Muslims in England, but I'm guessing part of the reason why is because the police themselves are giving a hand at that. Case in point (via Ranting Stan): Two Christian preachers were stopped from handing out Bible extracts by police because they were in a Muslim area, it was claimed yesterday. They say they were told by a Muslim police community support officer

I have been planning to post on this topic for quite some time, but due to the fact that it's just plain depressing, I've been putting it off. Until now. A few news stories that have surfaced over the past couple of weeks will fuel this rant and serve as the stimulus for this long over-due post. Both news stories involve creepy child predators who prey on innocent children. You know, much like the

Sales have been steady over the last few months, and some areas are selling exceptionally well right now. Here is a brief overview of the hottest subdivisions in the Dothan real estate market right now. Click on the neighborhood name for a map of homes for sale in that area. Cloverdale Cloverdale is really more of a neighborhood [...]

Four circles in a square is about as simple as it can get. Pattern 36 is pretty unique, as I’ve only found it on one home in the Southridge Neighborhood.     The yard is usually pretty unkept, so I cropped as much as I could, but you still get a broom in the picture. Sorry. The [...]

A fairly common design. I have pictures of it on at least a dozen properties through out the historic neighborhoods of Vintage Las Vegas.   We have examples where the blocks have been set in columns, and there’s plenty of examples where they’ve been offset.             I’ve had comments both ways.  Some of you prefer that the [...]

I’ve traveled around many webmaster, web design and SEO message boards to glean the conventional wisdom of the day and find out what current SEO technology is being used. And, in my travels I’ve heard that most SEO’s and others believe that inbound links from bad neighborhoods such as spam sites won’t hurt another website. The [...]

We all know that real estate markets are local in terms of prices and market conditions. But they're more than just that. Real estate markets are hyper-local. You can go just one neighborhood (or even street) over and find a...

Lance Kirk, The president of Huntridge West Neighborhood Association sent some pictures of the block party THAT AREN’T BLUE.           The Block Party was a kickoff for the cleanup event that happened on Sunday and Monday. There was a great response, and I caught some pictures Monday Morning of the City crews that were picking up the [...]

Perfect weather, Pleasant Conversation, Kids on skateboards, lots of food, and a camera with a bad setting. The pictures have a blue cast. Unfortunately, I can’t go back and re-shoot the pictures. Maybe next year! If you’re neighborhood association wants to have an event, the city and county Neighborhood Services departments can help you to  make it [...]

Simple, yet elegant curves. From the 1960’s neighborhood called Winterwood which is on both sides of Sahara Avenue, EAST Of Nellis Boulevard on the far west side. There’s a lot of modernism, as well as ranch style.  Our company has a very interesting mid mod listing there, but geographically it’s not really in Vintage Vegas as I [...]

One of the most common patterns is what I call the “butterfly”, but JJ thinks it’s a flower. Take your pick. When you build a stone screen with blocks that are the same forwards backwards and upside down, there’s really only one design you can end up with. If you focus your eye on the [...]

Researchers using federal funds spread fertilizer made from human and industrial wastes on yards in poor, black neighborhoods, with the intent of testing whether it might protect children from lead poisoning in the soil. Families were assured the sludge was safe, and were never told about any harmful ingredients. Nine families in Baltimore row houses agreed to let researchers till the sewage sludge into their yards and plant new grass. In exchange, they were given food coupons. There is no evidence that there was ever any medical follow-up.

A long while back, I had a dramatically over priced listing on the incredible Maria Elena Drive. The stubborn seller “wouldn’t give it away” and turned down 575k a couple of times. Of course now it’s a bank owned repo at only 450,000. Inside and the back of the hillside property is truly an amazing example of [...]

Oakey Avenue is one of those misaligned streets that drive me so crazy. On the west side, it continues eastward over the railroad tracks, but becomes Western Avenue for a short distance till you get to Las Vegas Blvd. But a block south of Western, Oakey starts up again at Main Street and continues to [...]

Saturday morning, students from Bishop Gorman High School returned to their schools old neighborhood for some community service. They painted fire hydrants, red no parking zone curbs, painted addresses on the curbs, and cleaned up the pocket park at Maryland Parkway and Oakey. The City of Las Vegas Neighborhood Services and along with Gorman High [...]

Which Portland neighborhood has the cleanest streets? Forest Park, Alameda, and Bridlemile.Which neighborhoods have are the safest for pedestrians? Alameda, Irvington, and Eastmoreland.Which Portland neighborhoods have the best overall livability? Eastmoreland, Alameda, and Grant Park.Subjective answers, you might say. But these were the results produced by Portland’s 2007 Neighborhood Survey.Each year the city conducts the survey asking Portland’s neighborhoods questions about safety, streets, parks, and city life. To see the complete results, 59 questions total, click on this City of Portland survey results link.

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hispanic, Asian and African American real estate professionals believe that new lending policies have unintended consequences for vulnerable minority and low- to moderate-income families, according to a survey of 1135 combined members of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP), the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) and the National [...]

In addition to its rewarding career opportunities, never-ending recreation, and sparkling education systems, Columbus has a robust real estate market that offers a full inventory of homes to choose from. Real estate in Columbus includes condominiums and lofts, spacious town houses, historic renovations and single family homes in every setting imaginable, from ultra-urban to suburban.

I’ve been accused of focusing too much attention on the McNeils, and Marycrests, and John S. Parks, and Paradise Palms type neighborhoods of Vintage Las Vegas. In my own defense, I’ve talked about some of the “undiscovered” neighborhoods such as Mayfair, Francisco Park, Las Verdes and others. But Kristen Peterson, writing for the Las Vegas [...]

When you are on the look out for affordable beachside living in Texas, Galveston county subdivisions should be at the top of the list. This is because the neighborhoods here provide home buyers with superior quality homes. For instance, did you know that quality homes on the market exist within a Clear Lake area [...]

There’s a big pocket of custom homes on the east side of Maryland Parkway. We’ve talked before about Marycrest, which is 14th and 15th streets as well as Bonita and 3 cul-de-sacs off of 14th, but if you continue east on Oakey, you’ll find 4 other neighborhoods that are equally impressive. Crestview Estates is the name [...]

Property deals in the second half of 2007 were closing at levels similar to the first half of 2007, as israel real estate price increases began slowing. The flow of overseas buyers has slowed greatly in recent months.The primary explanation for this slowdown is the economic crisis in the U.S. and the collapse of the dollar. Nevertheless, there is a feeling among prospective apartment buyers that Jerusalem property owners are asking too much for exclusive homes."There certainly is a slowdown," one agent says. "There is a feeling that while foreign residents behaved naively in the past and bought just about anything for any price, they are now wiser."

One concept jumps out at me when I study Randall Arendt’s ideas for neighborhood design – balance.Amid a bulls-rush of conventional thinking by real estate developers telling us that every square inch of raw land must be actively developed and sold off to support the “economic viability” of a project, Arendt has tirelessly advocated leaving significant swaths of common natural space as par

This photo was a weekly assignment for a photography group that I recently joined. It was taken this week from Harriet Island Regional park. A bit cold still but the ice is off of the wider parts of the river....

One of the things I love to do is give tours of the classic homes and historic neighborhoods of Las Vegas. One of the many “show off” homes that I drive by is this TIKI home on the corner of Beverly and Canosa, in the Beverly Green Neighborhood. The owners have just done a major [...]

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When attempting to ferret out the best places to live in Houston, one has to begin with the prestigious master planned and gated communities here. The sheer number of amenities and conveniences that they provide will distinguish Texas master planned communities from the pack. Many of these neighborhoods allow custom homes in Houston to be built [...]

The planning commission turned down the 47 Story hi rise development at 6th and Sahara. About 40 neighbors from the Southridge, Beverly Green, Huntridge, and John S. Park Neighborhood Associations came to the hearing and spoke their opposition. Of course, being turned down by planning gives the developer the right to plead their case to the [...]

Located in Galveston County, League City is home to many of the best schools in Texas. This fact alone is one of the primary reasons new residents are moving into this area’s new homes in droves. Some families are even hiring new home builders in League City. Area speculators also know that these same development companies [...]

Two Oregon neighborhoods have been listed among the nations’ Top 10 Green-Friendly Neighborhoods.The distinction comes from Natural Home Magazine which says these neighborhoods have worked hardest toward developing green building, energy efficiency, and reuse of previously developed land.Ranking 7th is the Helensview Neighborhood in Portland. Per the magazine, “This high-density, low- to moderate-incoming housing neighbor- hood in northeast Portland is being developed by a nonprofit that helps renters become homeowners. It will have 53 single-family houses and condos that qualify for LEED for Homes and LEED-ND programs.”Other features in this neighborhood include:• Rehabilitation of existing farmhouse• Adjacent to mass transit• All units Energy Star certified• Stormwater sys

A reader wrote me the following email. HOPEFULLY, I can get some of the VVV readers (especially those in Paradise Palms) to tell her what THEY think in the comments. I wrote what I think following her email. Hi Jack, I have been reading your website/blog entries regularly since I stumbled upon it a few weeks ago.  I love [...]

Customers are looking for Realtors or real estate agents that are knowledgeable in their field.  One of the main things that they are looking for is your knack of knowing the different aspects of each neighborhood. By having the knowledge of different neighborhoods you are able to help them find an area that is most suitable to their needs:  such as schools, parks, housing types, etc. It will allow them the best opportunity to buy or sell a home that fits their desires and needs.If you cannot provide them with the information that they need, then they will turn elsewhere.  My suggestion is that if you do not know something about neighborhoods ahead of time, you research and anticipate any questions that they may ask about it, such as the names of schools, parks, and type of

Buckhead Neighborhoods as defined by Neighborhood Planning Units.  The following neighborhoods have borders defined by the City of Atlanta for planning purposes.  A clickable link to statistical information on each of these neighborhoods is located in the Community Links section of this website.    Whitewater Creek   Argonne Forest Pleasant Hill            Kingswood Paces                 Randall Mill Margaret Mitchell         West Paces Ferry/Northside Westminster/Milmar         Chastain Park Wesley Battle             Mt. Paran/Northside Hanover West             North Buckhead Cross Creek             East Chastain [...]

A few days ago I profiled the Top Producer Community Reports (Website Community Reports) that are included in a Top Producer Website subscription. After the posting I had received a number of direct emails to see a working demo of the reports.  I have included that link along with another link to a working demo of the School Reports; another great feature that is included in every Top Producer website subscription. (Both links can be found at the bottom of this blog)  It is important to provide as much useful information to a consumer via a website.  A website should contain more substance than fluff.  The information should be provided in a clear and concise manner.  If an agent's website cannot provide information that your customers deem

A new proposal was introduced last night to build a 44 story condo/office/retail mixed use tower at the corner of 6th Street and Sahara. Tony Romas, Marie Calendars and the small shopping center would be replaced if the plan ever goes forward. The biggest objection is that the parcel and site plan would be in the back yard of homes on Alhambra Circle in Town and Country Estates, and right across the street from a dozen homes on 6th Street. The neighborhood Associations have always objected to commercial intrusion into the neighborhoods. (As with all photos on VVV, you can click the picture to see it full sized) The developers own most of the land already, and there’s no stopping them from redeveloping it, but the leaders of the neighborhoods that are most affected, Southridge and Beverly Green, gave the project mixed reviews. With out a doubt, everyone wants to see Sahara Avenue cleaned up and redeveloped, but everyone I spoke to objected strongly to the 44 story heig

In my town, each neighborhood tells a unique and different story. Some neighborhoods show the age and growth, while others have unique traits.  Regardless of what the neighborhood has to offer, it is essential to know the different neighborhoods around your city. When a person states that they want a school in a certain district, you can know which neighborhoods to give them listings for without too much research. It will make you look prepared and very organized, which you in fact are. My town also has different types of houses such as Victorian, Contemporary, etc.  By knowing the types of houses in each neighborhood as well, you can find something quickly that fits the needs of your clients. Knowing your neighborhoods will make a world of difference.

Is there a registered sex offender living near you or the house you plan on purchasing? I've blogged about this topic in the past but I found another sex offender website this one by the government. As the Mom of three children the thought of anyone harming either of children is a thought that brings out protective and instinctive feelings in me that you wouldn't want to be on the receiving end

We wrote about many of the great neighborhoods of Vintage Vegas on our old website, when we had very few regular readers. Now, there’s lots of regular readers, so we’re going tell about them again. Historic Downtown Custom Homes Are Designed For Entertaining And Supporting The New... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Comptroller: Many NYC Families Could Lose Homesby 1010WINS/AP - snips:New York City's comptroller says about 15,000 New York City families are at risk of losing their homes by the end of the year. The subprime mortgage crunch this year has driven the number of possible foreclosures higher. There were about 6,700 formal notices to start the foreclosure process in 2004. But this year, that number is on track to more than double... Comptroller William Thompson Jr. says his foreclosure prevention hotline, launched in April, has received 2,100 calls. He says about four out of 10 of the callers are from Queens. About 33 percent of them are from Brooklyn. Thompson says the foreclosures are a "crisis." The hotline number is 212-669-4600... "Every day my office hears yet another story about a family facing the loss of its home," Thompson said. "Foreclosure rates from subprime mortgages are reaching staggering rates. It’s estimated that approximately 15,000 families in the City are at ris

We got so caught up in Las Vegas History, Downtown Redevelopment and a dozen other things that we forgot to show some of the many and frequent changes that are taking place in the Vintage Neighborhoods. Everywhere We Look is a regular feature highlighting new landscapes, new paint colors, new... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

I have a side project that I’ve been meaning to get to that is a Wiki of Columbus Neighborhoods. You could go crazy trying to decide what makes up a neighborhood and start calling every subdivision a neighborhood, which in a way, they are. I couldn’t find an officially sanctioned list of recognized Columbus Neighborhoods on the City’s Site. Wikipedia has the following listed as Columbus Neighborhoods. I will probably use most of these Columbus Neighborhoods and maybe drill down one level here and there to include communities such as Woodland Park and Beechwold. Here’s a chance to brush up on your Columbus Neighborhood Knowledge. Tell me what you think about this list. Overly comprehensive (I never heard of Seagrave) or not comprehensive enough? Columbus Neighborhoods . . Is yours here? Arena District Berwick Berwin (Berwick Manor) - bordered by Livingston Avenue to the north, James Road to the west, Interstate 70 to the south, and the abandoned railroad line that lies just

This one will be scary… Looooong ago. I sold a house to a couple relocating to Central Ohio from Cleveland. They wanted a new or newer house in an area where they knew no industry or commercial developments could upset their life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, American Dream, etc. Schools they wanted smaller… Their kids were coming from a much smaller high school than the majority of Central Ohio school districts offer.   They really liked the Olentangy School District because it was so small… (remember I said this was long, long ago., Olentangy was a dinky school district then, kinda rural.  It did not have the breadth of programs of other schools in the area but that is what they liked. )  We looked at homes in the Westerville and Dublin school districts as well initially but they thought the high schools in Dublin and Westerville were too large for their kids. They made an offer and went in-contract on a new construction home in Sawmill Woods, in Pow

Kenmore Park is a neighborhood in northeast Columbus. I showed a house in Kenmore Park on Weber Road to a buyer a few years ago who was sure it was haunted. It was decorated like a bordello, it was pretty old, it was a VA repossession but I did not know why she thought it was haunted. As she explained it: “old house someone must have died there sometime…”  I don’t think the house was that old.  She bought a home built in the 1950’s. German Village? Braumeister ghosts in the big houses? Brewery worker ghosts in the cottages? Victorian Village? I am not sure who would be haunting those? Victorian Columbus residents? Repressed people in funny fussy clothes? Davis Estates is a neighborhood on the south end of Worthington that made the news in 2006 when a cheerleader was shot by a recluse. I wrote about it on ActiveRain (a real estate network) at the time: “I’d never heard the kids in Worthington considered a house on the south end of t

Two Portland neighborhoods have been named as two of the best places to retire, according to Money Magazine.The Pearl District and Goose Hollow are ranked as the 9th and 10th best neighborhoods in the U.S. to retire. In ranking the best places to retire, Money Magazine combed 30 of the country's largest cities for areas with low crime, rich culture, easy transportation and great health care.Regarding the Pearl District, Money said, “Any destination that isn't an easy walk is an easy ride on the Portland Streetcar or MAX light rail. As for health care, Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital regularly wins patient-care awards and is just minutes from the Pearl.” Here’s a link to the Pearl District story.Regarding Goose Hollow, Money said, “If your idea of being in the "thick of it" means living near 150-foot redwoods, consider one of the many neighborhoods in and near the leafy hills on the city's western edge. One, Goose Hollow, is walking distance to Washington Park, which is home

I’ve been meaning to begin my own little tiny weekly post devoted to telling my loyal readers about all of the little neighborhoods that exist in San Francisco. There are 86 of them according to the San Francisco Association of REALTORS® (they’ve been kind enough to carve up our City into tiny little chunks for us and then we, REALTORS®, further carve up the City and add fun little names to neighborhoods like “Tender-Nob” or “Baja Noe Valley”.) But as the weeks have gone by, I’ve found myself to be too busy to get out there and take photos of all 86 nooks and crannies that SF has to offer. Not to mention the witty descriptions I’d have to post alongside the photos, or the in-depth statistics that I’d have to compile and post. My clients come first! My blog comes second! And so I’ve procratinated just long enough for someone else to take on this enormous task, and frankly, to do it better than I would have! sfnewsl

Where are the Great Neighborhoods in and around Sacramento? First you need to ask yourself what makes a great neighborhood? The Sacramento Magazine recently published why 10 neighborhoods stood out. Just so you know there are more than 10, in my humble opinion. But, here was the Sacramento Magazine picks and some of the reasons why: Loomis, was chosen for its rural, slow paced and is actually in Placer County, not Sacramento County. It has a population of 6, 300. This is one of those places where “Everybody knows your name.” They have a real sense of community and support local businesses. There are gated communities and ranches with home prices from $329,000 to $3 million plus.        If you would like to view some of the properties in Loomis, simply Click Here. Winn Park, in Midtown is an urban neighborhood where traveling on foot is the norm. The City of Trees displays the elegant canopy where bungalows, Victorians, craftsman, four-plexes and apartment buildings all

From Boston one of my favorite power pop groups, The Neighborhoods. These guys shared the stage with The Speedies, The Busy Signals, and The Baby Shakes at Radio Heartbeats Power Pop Fest back in March. But the show sold out before I bought my ticket :(.. Well Im looking forward to going to the next years festThe Neighborhoods - The High Hard One

The City of Davis in California has made no secret that they have a moratorium on growth. There is a reason why Richards Blvd. is only 2 lanes that is their way of keeping strangers out. The laws are very explicit no smoking in their City. There was even a case that went to court over someone snoring to loudly.     Davis knows what it want and they don’t care who knows it. Don’t like it, don’t move into Davis. It’s just that simple. There is a little bit of everything in Davis from the wide tree-lined streets with nostalgic homes to the apartment dwellers attending the University.     Village Homes is an area of environmentally friendly homes that has been going strong since 1975 this is the solar and “Green” area for Davis. You won’t find sidewalks boarding the streets instead you’ll find narrow streets which cuts down on the pavement heat. The houses face inward to a sidewalk/biking trail of

Jeff Kipp of Living in Cleveland hosted a lively panel discussion this morning at the Levin College of Urban Studies on marketing and improving Cleveland's neighborhoods. It was the quality of the participants that enticed me although I admit, it was hard not to roll my eyes and say 'oh lordy another attempt to market the City, what will they come up with THIS time.' Luckily, they dispelled my worries early on by agreeing with Paul Volpe who said he is tired of videos that feature Tower City and the Cleveland Orchestra....and a bunch of 'happy people' who don't really say what is important enough to out-of -towners to bring them here. I breathed a sigh of relief.I'm going to put out what I thought were the highlights of the discussion:Paul Volpe's comment that 'culture' and not 'sprawl' are the issues in flight from our city. His (my) generation and earlier thought the signs that you succeeded in life had you progressing from growing up in the City and then moving out to t