Cincinnati Real Estate » cincinnati area http://www.cincinnatilivingonline.com Specializing in representing buyers and sellers of Cincinnati real estate, corporate relocation, and first time home buyers Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:38:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Cincinnati Area School and District Report Card for 2010-2011http://www.cincinnatilivingonline.com/2011/09/cincinnati-area-school-and-district-report-card-for-2010-2011.html http://www.cincinnatilivingonline.com/2011/09/cincinnati-area-school-and-district-report-card-for-2010-2011.html#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:41:44 +0000 Brett Stern http://www.cincinnatilivingonline.com/?p=2491 Every year, the Cincinnati Enquirer publishes the state’s report card for each of our local school districts to advise the public on the relative quality of each. They recently published the district report cards for the 2010-2011 school year.  From … Continue reading →]]> Every year, the Cincinnati Enquirer publishes the state’s report card for each of our local school districts to advise the public on the relative quality of each. They recently published the district report cards for the 2010-2011 school year.  From these report cards, it’s easy to determine the higher performing schools  in the Cincinnati area (as graded by the State), and it’s easy to see that there are a lot of great options.

The state academic rankings consider a number of factors including the how well the students perform on state tests,, attendance and even graduation rates from high school. Elementary and Middle Schools are evaluated on if their students learn one year’s worth of material at the end of the academic year. That measure is called the ‘Value Added Metric’.

For links, independent reviews, and more information on schools in the Cincinnati area, be sure to check out the school resources that we have compiled on this website. If you are thinking about moving to Cincinnati e-mail me today.

Cincinnati School and District Report card 2010-2011 PDF

]]> http://www.cincinnatilivingonline.com/2011/09/cincinnati-area-school-and-district-report-card-for-2010-2011.html/feed 0 Cincinnati Comey and Shepherd Realtors voted #1 in Cincinnatihttp://www.cincinnatilivingonline.com/2010/08/cincinnati-comey-and-shepherd-realtors-voted-1-in-cincinnati.html http://www.cincinnatilivingonline.com/2010/08/cincinnati-comey-and-shepherd-realtors-voted-1-in-cincinnati.html#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:50:35 +0000 Alison Moss http://www.cincinnatilivingonline.com/?p=1561 Cincinnati Realtors Comey and Shepherd were voted number one in the greater Cincinnati area by the local Community Press. As a Comey agent I continue to provide my clients with the exceptional customer service that made the agency #1. As … Continue reading →]]> Cincinnati Realtors Comey and Shepherd were voted number one in the greater Cincinnati area by the local Community Press. As a Comey agent I continue to provide my clients with the exceptional customer service that made the agency #1.

As an agency we have the highest sales average in the city and consistently hire full time professional and experienced agents. I am proud to be affiliated with Comey and Shepherd because of the public recognitions we receive for the level of service we deliver to our clients.

]]> http://www.cincinnatilivingonline.com/2010/08/cincinnati-comey-and-shepherd-realtors-voted-1-in-cincinnati.html/feed 0 Price Sells Real Estatehttp://www.cincinnatilivingonline.com/2009/10/price-sells-real-estate.html http://www.cincinnatilivingonline.com/2009/10/price-sells-real-estate.html#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:55:27 +0000 Alison Moss http://www.cincinnatilivingonline.com/?p=1022 Price Sells Real Estate! If you price your property appropriately for the current market conditions your real estate will sell. NPR ran an article a few days ago that really highlights this point. last year the Miami, FL condo market … Continue reading →]]> Price Sells Real Estate! If you price your property appropriately for the current market conditions your real estate will sell. NPR ran an article a few days ago that really highlights this point. last year the Miami, FL condo market was nearly dead. To many built and proposed condos, to few buyers, and prices that reflected the 2007 levels of nearly $400 sqf.

Move forward to today, Fall 2009, and condo buildings are selling out in 6-8 weeks … at $200 sqf.  Peter Zalewski, a real estate broker who runs the Condo Vultures, explains that the Miami Condo market’s price reset has sparked interest in Latin American and South American investors. They seem to be cash buyers and feel that the current prices are a relative bargain.

The challenge that is preventing more buyers form purchasing is that financing is very hard to obtain in these new construction condo buildings.  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are denying loan applications to well qualified purchasers simply because there is such an over-suply of units that reselling a unit could prove a dauting challenge.

The lesson we all need to learn here is that to sell real estate ANYWHERE you need to price it correctly for today’s market. If you are interested in a condo, or a home in the Cincinnati area contact me today!

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The challenge is defining what ‘good’ is. Families may define good in terms of test scores, athletics, number of extra curricular activities, or even college acceptance rate.  As a Realtor the best service I can provide my clients is to  point them to district information and let them decide what works best for them.  I encourage my clients to consider the cost of private school and property taxes when they are considering areas to live. In some cases the comparative costs make a difference of where my clients choose to live.

I have compiled a relatively complete list of links to the various grade schools throughout Cincinnati. The list includes Public, Private, and Religious institutions. I have them listed on my Cincinnati Area School Information page in the Real Estate Resources section of this website.

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