Real Estate

March 4, 2019
housing minute

February Housing Minute

The National Association of Realtors® latest real estate market update.  The February Housing Minute. Stay tuned for details on the local greater Cincinnati real estate market.    
February 25, 2019
Cincinnati Home Sales

Real Estate Snapshots

The National Association of Realtors®  (NAR) released a snapshot for January home sales. The Cincinnati Area Board of Realtors released information about local sales for January 2019: Local sales are slightly lower compared to January 2018 but prices continue to […]
February 19, 2019
chart of January 2019 cincinnati home sales

Did January Cool Cincinnati Home Sales?

Did snow and cold cool January home sales?  The number of homes for sale continues to declined -8% compared to January 2018.  And -26% from December 2018.  Good news the number of new listings was up in January compared to January […]
February 13, 2019
cincinnati title insurance

The Importance of Title Insurance

Homeowners insurance, Home Warranty insurance but did you buy Title insurance?  Prior to closing on your new purchase, you produced proof of home owner’s insurance- protecting you (and the lender) in case of a disaster.  And at the closing, you paid for Title […]
February 8, 2019

Real Estate Supply and Demand

One of the best real estate metrics is calculating supply and demand also as “absorption rate”. As long as I’ve been in real estate it’s been one of the best indicators of how the local Cincinnati real estate market is doing.  […]
February 4, 2019
January real estate in cincinnati

Sneak Peek for January Cincinnati Home Sales

January 2019 is in the history books.  A sneak peek at January single-family home sales highlights fewer sales at slightly higher prices.  The official numbers won’t be released for a few weeks.  A quick look at the numbers contains good […]
February 1, 2019
LendingTree

Cincinnati Ranked High for First-Time Homebuyers

First-time homebuyers in Cincinnati are lucky! According to LendingTree, we rank #4 on the first-time homebuyer-friendly index.  The factors LendingTree took into consideration were: Average down payment amount Average down payment % Share of buyers using FHA mortgage Average FHA […]
January 30, 2019
Winterizing in Cincinnati

There’s Still Time to Winterize

Articles about winterizing are usually published in the fall. But with so many years of mild winter weather, we’ve gotten lazy.  I’ve seen the ugly results when pipes freeze and then burst.  Or pipes crack causing slow leakage over time.  It […]
January 22, 2019
Moves in USA

Where Are People Moving?

Where are people moving and why it’s important! Kicking off 2019, North American Van Lines has released their 2018 Migration Report, which covers the state-to-state relocation of millions of Americans over each of the past seven years.  According to North American […]