You can understand real estate markets by way of a few metrics, and one of them is new home building permits. More permits means more new homes. The Cincinnati Business Courier has an article detailing the steady growth in number of building permit request on the West Side of the city.

Colerain Township has fared especially well – permits climbed to 51 (including condos) from 45 in the same period in 2007, 38 in 2006. Colerain has been successful in attracting young families – its Groesbeck neighborhood recently was named a “Best Place to Raise Kids” by BusinessWeek magazine. 

As the economy begins to pick back up in the next 12 - 18 months look to the West Side as a place for substantial new home development in Hamilton County.