Kathy Koops

May 4, 2020

How to Test-Drive a Neighborhood

How to Test-Drive a Neighborhood While Sheltering in Place. Virtual showings, online contracts, and touchless closings are part of today’s real estate jargon. Keeping Current Matters provides useful information for buyers looking to get more information before making an offer, […]
May 2, 2020

First Snapshot of Cincinnati Home Sales in April

First look at Cincinnati single-family home sales during April. April single-family home sales were 1,461, down -30.6% from 2,106 in April of 2019 and – 17.5% lower than the 1,771 sales last month.  Again, April 2020 sales were at their […]
April 29, 2020

5 Stuck-At-Home Improvement Projects

  5 stuck-at-home projects to improve your property. Lots of homeowners are taking on projects around the house during the “shelter-in-place”. It’s a great time to work on quick, inexpensive ways to increase home values. In the ever-changing Cincinnati market, […]
April 27, 2020

Cincinnati Housing Market Insight

Insights into the Cincinnati Real Estate Market. A great article below from Keeping Current Matters covering the state of the housing market in America.  The national outlook is important but real estate is “local”.  And buyers and sellers in greater […]
April 24, 2020

2019 vs. 2020 April Home Sales

Comparing Cincinnati’s April single-family home sales to date is one way to check the impact of COVID-19. The full impact of the shelter-in-place is beginning to trickle into the housing market.  Homes sold in February and early March actually closed […]
April 22, 2020

Here or There?

It doesn’t matter if you’re located here or there-buying and selling Cincinnati real estate chugs on. I’ve noticed many of our snowbird neighbors don’t seem to be in any hurry to return to the Cincinnati area.  Whether they opted to […]
April 20, 2020
photo of clippers and scissors

Watching a Grown Man Cry

How to make a grown man cry? Pull out a sideburn clipper and a pair scissors then announce it’s time for a trim.  It’s not really funny..but it really is entertaining. Like most of the population, we’re making due.  A […]
April 17, 2020

March Home Sales In Cincinnati

March single-family home sales in Greater  Cincinnati springing forward.  March closings reflect sales from January and February.  The impact of social distancing and jobs was not full-blown until mid-March.  So slowing sales will start to appear in April closings. Agents […]
April 15, 2020

Renovate or Move?

Should You Renovate or Move? Source (Royalty-free) If you’re a homeowner who is feeling unsettled in your current living situation, you might find yourself daydreaming of a new home to call your own. You don’t necessarily need to start packing […]