Category Archives: Technology

Bid My Crib – Linking Home Owners and Contractors

Posted on March 5, 2008 by Alison Moss

While at the Cincinnati Home Show we had the opportunity to see a lot of interesting vendors and contractors. As a local real estate agent I work with home owners who are renovating or updating their houses. While I have … Continue reading →

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Buy a House Before it Goes on the Market!

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Alison Moss

Aiming to invigorate a stagnating housing market, Dutch ING Bank is helping potential buyers bid on houses that aren’t yet for sale. The bank’s WoonWaarUWilt (“LiveWhereYouWant”) initiative, which launched yesterday, lets clients make an offer on the house they’d love … Continue reading →

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Cincinnati Property Auctions, Pre-forclosures, and Bank Owned Homes

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Alison Moss

One of the hard realities of the current housing market is that some people took up loans that they can not afford to keep once their Adjustable Rate Mortgage began to adjust. In a some cases homeowners are having to … Continue reading →

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Using Mobile Phones to Market Homes

Posted on December 18, 2007 by Alison Moss

A recent product launch proves to be a possible boon for the Real Estate marketing industry. GotZapp is a mobile social network that allows users to send photos, data, sounds, and more to mobile phones as a single download. Some … Continue reading →

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Home Predict – Predict Your Home and Neighborhood Prices

Posted on December 14, 2007 by Alison Moss

Part of what impacts home prices are the outside forces such as interest rates, supply, demand, schools, and other business and neighborhood factors. Personal perception is a major factor in the market value of a home or neighborhood, and it … Continue reading →

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The Real Estate Game

Posted on December 8, 2007 by Alison Moss

Here is an amazing pricing game. The game asks participants to price some various properties and depending on how much the house sells for the participants win points. It is an exceptionally brilliant way to gauge the public’s perception of … Continue reading →

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Local Cincinnati Blogs

Posted on December 3, 2007 by Alison Moss

I have been looking over the some of the blogs that talk about Cincinnati. I found a few that were really interesting reads and filled with insightful thoughts. Here are a few of the better blogs I found and a … Continue reading →

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Search for Price Reduction … in the UK

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Alison Moss

I know this is not really local Cincinnati Real Estate news or information but it is a sign of the times. Propertysnake.co.uk is a website that aggregates information on home prices and then tracks the price reduction, giving viewers a … Continue reading →

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Using SMS To Research Real Estate

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Alison Moss

There is and exciting new system out that allows users to research home values using SMS and TXT messaging. The system is called Housefront and it is relatively new. It uses property tax information, similar to Zillow, to identify home … Continue reading →

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