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The Presidential Election and The Local Real Estate Market

There are dozens of economists dissecting the presidential election and looking at the impact on the real estate market. So I wanted to highlight just a few of the differences, and a few similarities between the candidates. Improving the Local Housing Market … Continue reading
Posted in Cincinnati Real Estate, Mortgages and Finance Tagged economy, elections, local real estate, Politics, presidential elections Comments Off
The Cincinnati Real Estate Market after the Tax Credit
A number of my discussions with other real estate agents and clients have focused on the state of the Cincinnati Real Estate market after the $8,000 tax credit. The situation is very postive because there are a number of other … Continue reading
Posted in Cincinnati Real Estate, Mortgages and Finance, Property Value Tagged affordability, better homes and gardens, Cincinnati Real Estate, economy, interest rates, loans, Mortgage Rates, real estate agents, Real estate market, residential market, residential real estate, s market, tandem, tax credit, two thirds, unemployment, wages 1 Comment
Corporate Foreclosures and Individual Foreclosures
In recent weeks major real estate developers have been walking away from properties because like many home owners, they are underwater on their mortgages. Tishman Speyer Properties gave up the 56-building, 11,232-unit Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town apartment complex … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Mortgages and Finance Tagged apartment, banks, cooper village, creditors, economy, federal government, financial institutions, financial liability, foreclosure, foreclosures, housing market, lenders, manhattan, many home owners, Mortgages, peter cooper village and stuyvesant town, peter cooper village and stuyvesant town apartment complex, real estate developers, realtytrac, unemployment rate Comments Off
Ohio Association of Realtors Features 2009 Home Sales

The Ohio Association of Realtors features the 2009 home sales in their monthly publication. The below graphic shows a state wide look at sales volumes and price changes in specific regions of the state. The good news is that here … Continue reading
Posted in Cincinnati Area Board of Realtors, Cincinnati Real Estate Tagged association of realtors, cincinnati market, Cincinnati Real Estate, Cincinnati Realtor, economy, first time home, first time home buyer, first time home buyer tax credit, influx, local market, price changes, real estate sales, sales increases, spring sales, time home buyer 1 Comment
Cincinnati Real Estate: National Foreclosures hit 1.9 million in first half of 2009
It is a fact that there were 1,905,723 foreclosure filings – default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions in the first six months of 2009. That represents an increase of 9% from the previous six months (July – December … Continue reading
Posted in Cincinnati Real Estate, Mortgages and Finance, Property Value Tagged affordable mortgage, auction sale, bank repossessions, Cincinnati Real Estate, declines, default notices, economic slowdown, economy, foreclosure rates, hald, job, local companies, national foreclosures, Real estate market, reporting service, sales volume, six months 3 Comments
Cincinnati Real Estate: Rising Interest Rates

I received some useful information from one of the loan officers I work with, Mike Zipfel from Midwest Mortgage. Home loan interest rates have been on a downward trend for the last few months, however as the economy begins to … Continue reading
Posted in Cincinnati Real Estate, Mortgages and Finance Tagged buyers, Cincinnati, credit, economy, history, Homes, loan, market, marketing, markets, money, mortgage, Mortgages, moving, NPR, tax, Taxes 11 Comments
Cincinnati: Rated One of the Top 6 Cities for Steady Home Prices for 2008
CNNMoney.com did a study to find the cities where home prices are likely to rise the most – or fall the least – over the next 12 months. The top six cities were: Atlanta, Boston, CINCINNATI, Cleveland, Detroit, and Houston. … Continue reading
Posted in Cincinnati Real Estate, Development, Downtown Cincinnati Tagged Development, Downtown Cincinnati, economy, gateway quarter, ikea, Kenwood, nordstrom 6 Comments




