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Cincinnati Real Estate: Homeowners Swap Houses in Home Swapping

Alison Moss — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:52:18 +0000

House swapping, the practice of exchanging properties is making a resurgence with help from a number of home swapping websites and services. Home owners who are interested in searching for others willing to exchange properties now have a number of resources to use to make their searches more fruitful.

Property owners are using sites such as onlinehousetrading.com , mkhomeswap.com , and besthouseswap.com to identify potential swap partners in the areas they are looking to relocate to. The reach of the Internet is making finding those elusive swap partners easier and faster.

In most cases these swap site require a registration fee that can range from $20 to over $250. Also the idea of a swap can be misleading. In most cases homeowners negotiate sale prices and work with real estate attorneys and mortgage lenders to facilitate property exchanges particularly when there is a difference in value between the properties. House swapping could be a for home owners looking to sell their Cincinnati Real Estate.

The Cincinnati Commute – 9th Best in the USA

randalcmoss — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:27:54 +0000

Forbes Magazine published a study that shows Cincinnati has the 9th best commute in the nation. The survey looked a number of factors including traffic delays, average commute time, and public transit / carpool use.

The Queen City’s public transportation system services a very small percentage of the population. Those who use it are traveling mostly by bus, within the city, and not to and from the suburbs. Traffic isn’t quite fluid, but at 27 hours in annual delays per traveler, it’s still better than average for cities of its size. As gas gets more expensive and economic woes in Ohio continue, expect to see more carpooling long before an expansive train system is needed. Right now, only 9% of commuters carpool, one of the lowest rates in the country.

There are ways that we can make our commutes more efficient, and one trend that seems to be emerging is moving back into the city. The cost of the commute from the exurbs is beginning to add up and there are some attractive living options in closer-in neighborhoods. There are a few other factors pointing to this trend and we will look at one more later this week.