Investing In Cleveland or as This Guy Puts it: In Your Own BackYard
2007-06-30 01:10:00
I'm not an investment broker and I don't even play one on television. I'm in real estate! But this site, The Motley Fool, caught my eye. This post focuses on investing in NE Ohio and it is a good read! It talks about neighborhoods (Kamms, for example), and recommends Eaton Corp for it's leanness and long term stable growth potential. They cover a good cross section of info. My hats off to them for readability. Here is a quote from it (relating to investing in one of our signature areas, heavy metal)"Metalworking mills may not be sexy, but they do get a lot of investor respect -- and with the massive and booming infrastructure markets in China and India, there's no shortage of buyers for their products. Cleveland
is riding a wave of global growth right now, and it seems to be making the most of it. So I just have to break into song for a moment:All the little chicks with the crimson lips go "Cleveland rocks! Cleveland rocks!"'Who says reading about investing can't be fun? Check
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Cuyahoga County Real Estate Sale For June 2007 - Includes Ohio City and Tremont
2007-06-30 00:34:00
I have no idea how we have managed to already find ourselves at the end of June, but so be it. Sales in zip code 44113 are still intriguing; condos and town homes are continuing to be the top picks in this zip code. Here is what happened in June:16 Properties had 'activity.' 3 of them are contingent, meaning they went under contract and have not closed yet. Of these three, all are attached dwellings (condos or town homes). The asking price for these three homes was $16,104, $184,900 & $204,750. (We won't know the sale prices until they close).13 Properties Sold. 3 of them were single family homes. 10 of them were Condos/Town Homes. The Average Ask Price was $184,115 and the Average Sale Price was $179,408. The average price per square foot was $99. Again, since only three of these properties were single family homes, the average sale was for a 2 BR, 2BA unit with 2,272 square feet. And a two car garage.There are a total of 174 homes on the market in zip code 44113. The break
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Real Estate: Making an Offer to Buy a House Contingent on the Sale of Your Current One
2007-06-27 23:53:00
I have a lucky client: fiscally able to carry two mortgages at once. She has her current home listed for sale with me. And she found one she loves that feels like home in a neighborhood she loves even more. So we are considering writing an offer contingent upon the sale of her home. In this particular case, the sellers, who would normally (and understandably) be skittish about doing that - taking their home off the market while they wait for a closing to occur - would get a good report from my client's mortgage lender assuring them of her ability to own two homes, even if it's a substantial period of time. Her home, my listing, is fabulous, so I am confident that someone will want to buy it. What no one can predict is how soon that will occur.Most of us are not in the position to carry two mortgages. Most people (buyers) who make an offer contingent on the sale of their home are basically hoping their home will sell so they can buy the one they found and like. In these cases, the Sta
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Strip Clubs and Higher Sales Taxes All In the News
2007-06-27 22:13:00
Condo owners in Stonebridge, according to WKYC news tonight, came out against a proposed series of strip clubs on the east bank of the Flats. Mayor Jackson said he knew it was controversial but it was a good spot for it. The City would create a new District for it. I can't find a web link for this story but I'm sure by morning I will and will add it. (okay I found it here on Cleveland.com)Councilman Zak Reed and the Republican party are saying they will start a petition drive to allow us to vote on the issue of a raised sales tax instead of it being handled the way Commissioner Hagan and Mr. Dimora wanted it done....well you know, like the proverbial railroad train running through our lives. Tom Beres and WKYC reported the story tonight. Hats off to Councilman Reed and the Cuyahoga County Republican Party for stepping in before it was too late. I'll give more details when they announce the specifics about the petition drive. For sure, whether you would support a sales tax increase f
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Real Estate and LIfestyles: Money Magazine's 2006 Top Ten Places to Live
2007-06-25 23:22:00
We have been talking a lot on Cleveland blogs (OK everyone everywhere is talking!) about what we need in Cuyahoga County and Cleveland in order to feel the economic and Sense of Place vibrancy we all crave. I thought it might be helpful to look at this 'best' list. CNN/Money
did a poll and Househunt.com reports the findings. Here is their Top Ten
Places
To Live List:1. Fort Collins, Colorado2. Naperville, Illinois3. Sugarland, Texas4. Columbia/Ellicott City, MD5. Carey, NC6. Overland Park, KS7. Scottsdale, AZ8. Boise, ID9. Fairfield, CT10. Eden Prairie, MNThere were commonalities and differences, but a few things stood out: all ten economies are vibrant, job growth is up, the population is diverse (including the fact that not everyone is rich or poor) and there is an affordable housing stock as well as a higher priced mix. Most of these places also had a population that averaged around 125,000 residents.**They all seemed to be just far enough away from metropolitan areas, but yet c
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National and Cleveland May Home Sale Statistics + New Tax Abatement in Shaker
2007-06-25 11:34:00
May is one of those 'go to' months when predictors well, start predicting based on first quarter results and May is a big real estate sales month. This Market Watch report talks about the high inventory of homes on the market Nationwide, but also talks about May sales being stronger than expected.Just a Cleveland
stat: during the month of May, 157 homes and condos sold in all west side Cleveland areas (these stats reflect sales listed with brokerages). Here is a comparison for sales in May in all of these areas for other years:May 2006 = 164May 2005 = 151May 2004 = 185May 2003 = 155Peace Out - 3CAs an aside, the City of Shaker
Heights applied with the State of Ohio to offer tax abatement. You can look on the City website here and get the details.
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Budget Director Says Ohio Budget Shortfall Rests on Shoulders of Housing Market?
2007-06-24 23:17:00
To me it's a 'chicken and egg thing.' The second biggest reason mentioned is the slow job market. I could be wrong, but in most cases I think you need a job in order to buy a house. The Columbus Dispatch did an article on Budget Dir. Sabety's remarks.We kvetch about the brain drain and a good program was established to establish a State scholarship fund for students entering science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM). It was scheduled to start receiving monies ($50 mil) this coming school year and now that might not happen. Again I think about how serious this is. We are $167 million short in our state budget; we need jobs to counter the problem; we need students to excel in fields of study like the STEM areas and the budget shortfall might keep us from beginning this program that encourages our grads to stay here. It might just be Catch 22 and not the chicken and the egg dilemma. Does all of this make you a bit subdued? I find myself reacting that way. Go to the Kent S
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Housing and Mortgage News
2007-06-22 20:20:00
I went to our Finance Manager Bob Wilson (Howard Hanna Mortgage
Services) for some updates on the state of the housing economy. The first thing he sent me was information that can affect interest rates, expected out in June. We already know that they were spiking at the beginning of the month. Bob pointed out the Bond prices falling. That happened again a few days last week. The current rate is about 6.5%, although those pesky rates change depending on your own situation.Here was his list of important June activity:Housing
StartsTuesday, June 19,8:30 am, ESTDown 2.8% (Bureau of the Census Info)Important. A measure of housing sector strength. Larger than expected decreases may lead to lower rates.Leading Economic IndicatorsThursday, June 21, (PR Newswire Info)10:00 am, ESTUp 0.2%Important. An indication of future economic activity. Weakness may lead to lower rates.Philadelphia Fed SurveyThursday, June 21, (Bloomberg.com reports on this)12:00 pm, ESTModerately important. A surv
Is East Fourth Street The Pulse of Cleveland Again?
2007-06-21 00:28:00
I had a gentleman walk into my office a week or so ago. He moved here from Kansas City and worked in a western suburb. He'd only been here a few days, but could already tell he really wanted to live in Cleveland
. He wants to rent so we set out to explore a few things; our first efforts did not work out and this week I found myself down on East Fourth Street
looking for rental possibilities. I trekked over there when the Corner Alley bowling/martini bar opened because it sounded exciting (it was). It was even more exciting to see it and everything else all decked out for summer, neon-blazing and streets closed to cars (not in the way Euclid Avenue is lol...it's a pedestrian delight on East Fourth). It really felt, for the first time, like a NYC street in Cleveland.Now today even better news! A terrific article in the PD written by Bill Lubinger who was positively glowing about the vibrancy of the Street --a shout out to Bill because this was a positive article on Cleveland City! It
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Mayfield Village,Mayfield Heights Home Sales
2007-06-20 15:24:00
When my ex MIL was alive and living in Mayfield Heights
, I spent a lot of time there. It's a community with a sizable rental market as well as residential housing. The Village
of Mayfield Heights has it's center at S.O.M. Center Road and Wilson Mills Road (there is also an Aladdin's Eatery and a Yours Truly nearby, two of my favorite 'local' food chain establishments!)The last U.S. Census Report shows the combined Village and 'Heights' population as 19,386. Retail is a big part of this community's business life: Eastgate and Golden Gate shopping centers provide hundreds of storefront shopping. (Petsmart is a new 2007 store in Goldengate)How about single family homes in Mayfield? Here are stats from January 20007 until now.72 homes sold since January. They ranged in price from $50,000 to $408,000. The averages were: 1,477 square feet, 3 BR, 1 Bath, 2 car garage. The average Ask Price was $161,030 and the average Sale Price was $154,299. They were on the market an average of 82 d
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Cuyahoga County Home Sales: Richmond Heights
2007-06-19 22:04:00
Richmond Heights
is 90 years old this year (it was Incorporated in 1917) . Just over 10,000 people live there, according to the 2000 U.S. Census. Current stats show the High School has a 95% graduation rate and one of the major industries in town is the General Electric Lamp Glass Company. According to the latest edition of the City newsletter, Miss Ohio 2007 is a Richmond Heights gal (Anna Melomud). The newsletter also mentions some recommended home safety maintenance tips you might want to check out on page six. Most homes in this community are 30 years old or younger; 30 years ago is when most of the City's development began to occur. So what's happened in the housing market here since January 2007? Let's take a look:34 Homes have sold since the beginning of the year. Here are the averages on these homes:1,880 square feet of living space; 3 BRs, 2 BA, and a two car garage. The average Ask Price was $181,602. The average Sale Price was $173, 429. That came out to an average of $87
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New Plans for Detroit Shoreway's The Detroit Superior Lofts
2007-06-18 01:01:00
Those of us in real estate have been hearing about the proposed Detroit
-Superior
Lofts
for a while now. There are two articles about the plans and it's always a bit amusing to see the differences in the stories. Isn't news always like that? It seems the project is still a 'go' and it is still being developed by TEG Properties of Cleveland. Both articles agree on that. They also agree that the non-profit group A Place For Us is no longer in the picture for that site. (The site btw, is at the corner of W. 28th and Detroit)Crain's Cleveland is where I first read about it today. Stan Bullard wrote an article about the 50 unit project. It was once also going to cater to more senior residents (in additon to the gay population) and it was to be a four story building. According to Bullard, it is now a seven story affair. He also says the prices for the units will start upward of $140k.The Plain Dealer article written by Henry Gomez goes into a bit more detail about why A Place For Us pull
Worthwhile Real Estate Blogs To Read
2007-06-15 22:27:00
Sacramento Real Estate
Voice posts often about foreclosure and financing issues. Here is one post on What is a Short Sale.Luxury Home Digest covers that market, especially on the West Coast. But I like the other topics as well. Here is a cool post on what your Realtor® should or should not do when you want to write an offer.Want to move to Nevada? One of the fastest growing States in the Country. Check out John Sells Henderson. He also writes on Active Rain and he does good market reports. This is a newer blog but he will keep adding reports, he is a good steady blogger.Manhattan Beach on the West Coast...good market reports and I love this blog about styles of homes there. Real estate is local and we all have our own housing styles; fun to see different ones!Many NE Ohioans take vacations in the Carolinas. Here is the Charlotte Blog. With all of it's history and natural beauty and great historical homes, you might want to invest in a property there. She has a great post on visit
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Cuyahoga County Bank Owned Property Sales: Some are Now Upgraded by the Banks
2007-06-15 08:09:00
The National news is abuzz with the 2006 figures for foreclosures which are out now. This is not news to us in NE Ohio since our figures have been public and discussed for some time. I wrote about it several times, for example, here.The end result is that I wind up showing many more bank owned homes to buyers than ever before. With so many homes in almost every market in Northeast Ohio for sale, there is a lot to pick from. Yes, it's a buyer's market. As it turns out, banks are realizing they have to be competitive in the same way private owners who put their homes for sale are being competitive. This means it's now possible to find bank owned homes that have been upgraded.An example: I have a client with a contract on a home in Cleveland. We had looked at about six homes, and one of them was owned by Fannie Mae (which means the foreclosure occurred on a government loan. After Fannie Mae took it over, they made significant improvements to the home: upgraded the kitchen with new ever
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June 21st is National 'Dump the Pump' Day
2007-06-12 22:28:00
We have another grassroots effort to protest the use and cost of fossil fuel coming up. It is sponsored by the American Public Transportation Society (APTA). Their figures show people in this Country took 10.1 billion trips on public transportation in 2006.How about NE Ohio? RTA stats show that for the fourth straight year, ridership was up. This past year, .03%. Might not sound like much but that meant an additional 150k plus trips for a grand total in 2006 of 57.2 million rides. They also said that the blue and green lines servicing Shaker/Cleveland increased ridership by 5.1%.A good time to try it out yourself? Next Thursday for Dump the Pump Day. Good time to start planning the trip now. It's really a good way to show your support for the reduction in reliance on foreign oil. It's really a good way to show the value in energy conservation no matter where the oil comes from, when you get right down to it. Some other facts from the press release on Dump The Pump Day: Each year, pub
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More NE Ohio Job Info: Hot Jobs for 2007
2007-06-07 00:20:00
Browsing through my daily dose of Crain's Cleveland I discovered an article on three 'fields' of expertise that are supposed to be 'hot' in NE Ohio
. This according to the staffing firm Robert Half. The three jobs are:AccountingFinanceHelp Desk/IT Support (DUH!)You can read the Crain's article here. You can read the Robert Half press release here. Then I decided to do some more research. According to Careerbuilder.com (a thriving and expanding local company I might add), these are top ten jobs:1. Radiation Therapist2. Nurse Paralegals (like tax attorneys only different lol) 3. Genetic Counselor (assisting families with family members who have birth defects)4. Legal Nurse Consultant5. Art Therapist6. Computer Forensic Expert 7. Medical Illustrator8. Veterinary Physical Therapist9. Animal Defense Lawyer10. Animal Assistant TherapistTo find out more you can read the article. Peace Out - 3C
June is National Home Ownership Month
2007-06-05 02:15:00
Bonnie Erickson is a fabulous blogger, so reading her blog is always a treat. I wanted to feature her latest post because she talks about June being National
Home Ownership
Month
. The National goal is to increase minority home ownership. It's a good read! While you are there you just might want to check out her other informative and well-written posts.June is also a good time to do some of those pesky chores like cleaning gutters, washing windows, repairing screens. I'm still working on weeding all my flower beds but that is another story! Peace Out - 3C
New Approach to Community Activism: Blogging
2007-06-04 22:33:00
Many of already know this, but there is an interesting article in the Washington Post about how you can advocate for your community by establishing a blog. There are already community blogs per se, where organizations can all join on one blog and residents can go there and find out information. But this gets to the heart of grassroots efforts which a lot of us are well, advocating! Christian Antoniades is the author. Remember my post about reporting pot holes to the City in Lorain? Well she brings up a good point! You can set up a blog that basically allows you to do that about potholes, or any other issue of importance on your street or block or neighborhood.She interviewed bloggers who have set up community blogs in Maryland neighborhoods and they had some tips.1. Take a camera! (absolutely!) if there is a recently vandalized home on your street, take a photo, blog about it, and email the blog to your Council person I say).2. Get other bloggers involved. (Or get other neighbors invol
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A Day In the Life of a Realtor®
2007-06-02 19:13:00
Normally I don't blog about my daily experiences but something happened Thursday evening that has stayed on my mind. I wrote a post a few days ago without having personal experience with it but now it hit home. Well, it happened when I trekked out to show a home.My client had gotten really excited about this one home. New enough to still have tax abatement. Very affordable. And the on line photos gave it great curb appeal and interior updates. I made the appointment with the listing agent, and set out to show it. Arriving a few minutes before the scheduled time, I decided to go ahead and open the door. That should have been my first clue. It was jammed. My clients arrived and with the help of one of them, we got the back door open, although that was not easy either. Once inside, the home looked nothing, anymore, like the on line photos. Dry wall smashed out of every room, particles all over the floor. Every piece of wiring was gone. The copper pipes were gone.This home featured an up
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Manufactured Homes Go Green and Upscale?
2007-05-31 10:40:00
Housingzone.com did an interesting piece on pre-fab housing. For those of us who take a snooty approach to pre-fab (and yes, I like the old historic homes better aesthetically), the article points out some reasons why the market for pre-fab is increasing.1. Fresh designs. To me that means more than just the look of the exterior. Think about how people use extra bedrooms for offices, dens, game rooms. Think about how a Great Room or Family Room off the kitchen has turned into a practical and desirable floor plan for families or those who love to entertain. The small parlour/living room combination has been transplanted with this style. Pre-fab homes are offering ways to meet these new needs and apparently the public is buying it.2. Designs that appeal to more upscale consumers. The old standard of a manufactured home only being a low to moderate income home design of lower quality does not hold true anymore. As one builder said in this article "....[perceptions] that are rooted in past
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Cleveland's New Tax Abatement Policy
2007-05-30 00:14:00
I'm going to direct you to the City Council Press Release on this, but wanted to quote or highlight a few items here.First: "....Council is in agreement with Mayor Frank G. Jackson regarding the classification of downtown as a neighborhood. As a result, the new policy contains no distinction between downtown and the neighborhoods, which eliminates tiered abatement downtown...."Second: ".... Understanding the need for energy efficiency and its impact on the future of the City and the environment, Council convened a green building working group, which determined it would be reasonable to expect the development community to prepare for a higher standard for development by 2010. Therefore, on January 1, 2010, new construction will be required to meet energy star standards...."Would have loved for a Transit Oriented Development (TOD) component to be recognized in a new abatement policy. Revisiting it again in 2010 is much smarter however than the 20 year plan first put into effect. Just my
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First Energy Corp Wants To Help Us Go Green
2007-05-29 23:07:00
This from Cleveland.com. Apparently First
Energy
filed a plan that would allow them to choose green energy suppliers. The only catch is, the prices would fluctuate and that means we could be paying more than we are currently if we chose this plan. Would we be willing to do that? I ask another question: can we get tax credit (State?) for the difference in the amount we would pay for solar or wind energy suppliers? Or even a flat $100 off every year. Just curious. Peace Out - 3C
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Cleveland Magazine's 'Rate The Suburbs' Out for 2007
2007-05-29 19:47:00
They examined 76 suburbs and you can read about in on the Cleveland
Magazine
web pages. This year, Solon was number one. They examine city services too - also on these pages. It's a good read, check it out. PS: I don't think you can read about all 76 of them unless you subscribe. I couldn't help but check out some of the other articles. There is one written by Erick Trickey who laments the lack of neighborhood kids who will mow for you these days. I have to say I love mowing the lawn but there were two neighbor kids who came by a few times this year to see if I needed help shoveling snow! So the young ones haven't completely disappeared from every neighborhood...at least they are alive and well in mine! Thanks guys! Peace Out - 3C
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We Have A 'Love-Hate' Relationship With Credit Cards
2007-05-27 20:50:00
So says the Washington Post's Kathleen Day. You Can read here about how many transactions we make daily (way too many). While we love to use them we don't like some of the policies.For example, did you know your credit card provider might increase your interest rate if you default on a different credit card?Of course then there is The United States' debt; $148 Trillion, or about $161 k per person. Yikes.MSN Money had a decent article on controlling your credit card debt. You can read it here.Apparently Congress is finally getting into the act on getting Card Issuers to cap the amount of charges they will allow to accrue on late payments. Michigan Senator Carl Levin is one of the sponsors of the bill and you can read a speech he made on the topic here.
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New On Line Data Base Available to Track Graduation Rates Per School Across the Nation
2007-05-26 23:54:00
When I was a student teacher, established teachers were grumbling that schools tended to under report their graduation rates. Teachers are still grumbling about the same thing. Now there is a National Data Base, unveiled by Laura Bush, Education Secretary Spelling and other Educators. You can read today's story in the Washington Post here.The on line data base is hosted at Education Week's educator.org website. We all know people are constantly trying to put a spin on education results whether they are test results, graduation rates or charter school vs. public school success. According to the Post article, 70 percent of the students across the country are graduating, and that is a lot lower figure than previously reported. Secretary Spelling referred to it as America's Silent Epidemic. I will be interested in learning more about how this new tracking system is set up. But for the time being, check out the site above for any details on a school you would like to track.Peace Out - 3
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NE Ohio Home Sales 2000-2007 For May
2007-07-01 02:24:00
If you bought a home in 2000 and sold it this year would you make money? Of course there is no easy answer to that question, but it got me thinking. May is usually considered one of the best months in real estate so it seemed fitting to do a post about home sales for each May from 2000-2007.These stats, as always, cover homes sold and listed on the computerized multiple listing service I have access to as a Realtor®. These are total sales, covering single family homes, condos, everything. DOM = Average number of days on the market for all of these homes that sold. OK let's get to it:2007New Listings: 8,765Sold: 2,578Av Sale Price: $162,072DOM: 922006New Listings: 7,987Sold: 2,819Av Sale Price: $166,676DOM: 842005New Listings: 7,156Sold: 2,896Av Sale Price: $171,081DOM: 752004New Listings: 5,760Sold: 2,662Av Sale Price: $161,025DOM: 78200
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Cleveland Housing News: Renting Or Purchasing, My 2007 Clients Have Their Heads on Straight
2007-07-05 21:32:00
I don't just find people homes to buy, I also help them find rental housing. I talked about my client relocating from the Great Plains and wanting the vibrancy of the City and the character of her architecture. It finally hit me today. Young or my age (ahem lol), all my relocation clients are leaning in the same direction.Here is what they have wanted, collectively: to be close to Downtown, in a neighborhood that provides amenities that fight off boredom: shops, galleries, restaurants, public transportation, and a view of Cleveland
's natural beauty.Some have wanted specific things: loft-like living with lots of windows. Some of the newer developments, like Stonebridge for example, can be a challenge in this respect. Many of the bedrooms in their floor plans are interior with no windows. The Federal Knitting Mills Apartment Complex is like that too. The Knitting Mills has a few floor plans with bedroom windows, you just have to be lucky and have one available when you are ready to re
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Why Your Realtor® Holds a 'Brokers Open' After Listing Your House
2007-07-04 12:17:00
One of the advantages to having a blog as a Realtor
® is to hopefully share some insights into the marketing tools we tend to use. One of those is the broker's open. Real estate is local, and here in NE Ohio Tuesday is tour day. Most brokerages participate in one form or another. Holding your listing open for other real estate professionals to see is, in my humble opinion, a necessary event. It allows agents to see your home and to get to know it's features first hand. They may already have a client in mind (I've had agents call from my open houses to set up an appointment for their buyers to see the home) (And I have done the same!). Or, they may just want to be prepared in case they get a call from someone looking for a home with those features.It's important to know the inventory of homes on the market. I make appointments to see a home to preview for clients so I know whether I should take them to see it as well. I also use the brokers opens to learn about the inventory of
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Cuyahoga County Housing Trends: A Lakewood Update
2007-07-11 08:41:00
We have almost six months of statistics available so we can begin to examine housing trends for 2007 in Lakewood. Here are the stats from January 1st to the present:Sold Since January:186 Single Family Homes 48 Condos 44 Multi Family HomesOn The Market Now:391 Single Family Homes144 Condos216 Multi Family HomesWhat about prices and amenities on these homes for sale? Example: You can buy a 4 BR colonial on Parkwood with one full bath and two half baths, central a/c, a garage, an updated kitchen and a finished basement rec/play room for $148,900. How about a 4 BR 1 1/2 bath colonial with almost 1500 square feet of finished space, an updated kitchen, landscaped yard, formal dining room, a finished basement and third floor for $124,000 on Lauderdale. Yes you can now find homes in move in condition in Lakewood for less than $130k.Lakewood has always been a destination of choice because of the vibrant business district, parks, City services, First Time Home Buyers Program and quick acces
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Renewable Energy & Sustainability:Ohio Lawmakers Will Be Asked to Think Outside the Box
2007-07-09 10:30:00
There was a comment in today's PD article on Ohio
's plan to restructure energy costs as well as trying to prevent spikes in charges and provide incentives for renewable energy sources. The comment was made by State Rep. Jim McGregor: "...our only choices in Ohio are to lead in energy or experience a second rust belt period where we become an economic backwater because we missed the opportunity." The 'missed opportunities' seem to take two roads. One, missing out on a chance to be the state that brings in renewable energy companies. Secondly, missing the chance to require our existing utilities to provide a certain percentage of their energy in renewable form. Of course I like the idea but I need to ferret out people with experience to tell me what is possible here in Ohio. The article quotes people who say Ohio is not the Rocky Mountains so wind energy is not super feasible and Ohio is not.....well you can fill in the blanks and let's just say some people do not agree. I don't k
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