FIRST TIME HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN OHIO
As a First Time Homebuyer, you need all the advice and help you can get when purchasing your first home.… [more]
Improving Home Prices Signal a Recovery – RE/MAX National Housing Report – Spring 2012
For the first time in 18 months, home prices in February rose higher. With a median price of $171,881,… [more]
Cash Buyers are Driving Housing Market Sales
Many, if not most of the major markets across the U.S. are reporting an uptick in home sales activity.… [more]
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FIRST TIME HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN OHIO
As a First Time Homebuyer, you need all the advice and help you can get when purchasing your first home. In many instances, first time buyers may qualify for down payment assistance, closing cost assistance, special discounts, and other programs that will assist you in buying your first home. Here is a summary of some of the First Time Home Buyer assistance programs that are available in … [Read More...]
Improving Home Prices Signal a Recovery – RE/MAX National Housing Report – Spring 2012
For the first time in 18 months, home prices in February rose higher. With a median price of $171,881, prices in the 53 cities surveyed by the RE/MAX National Housing Report rose by 1.1% over February 2011. Home sales were even higher, up 8.7% from one year ago. With a positive sales trend of 8 straight months above the previous year, it’s looking like 2012 will witness a very strong … [Read More...]
Cash Buyers are Driving Housing Market Sales
Many, if not most of the major markets across the U.S. are reporting an uptick in home sales activity. But these are not your new, first time home buyers with FHA loans that are driving this increase, it’s real estate investors and foreign buyers. Even as housing sales reports are showing some encouraging signs of life, the real action is in the category of “all cash” sales. Many … [Read More...]
Cuyahoga County – Selling a Home: The Window of Opportunity is Now
As we headed into 2012, there have been many differing opinions as to where housing prices and the market in general are headed. I would like to summarize the current market dynamics and our general concensus of the market for the short term. We believe sellers have a window of opportunity for the next 90-120 days in most parts of the country in which to sell their homes for maximum price. We … [Read More...]
Northeast Ohio’s most expensive homes
During 2011, there were a total of 8,501 single family homes sold in Cuyahoga County. Of these, only 24 (.3%) sold at a price of over $1 million. So what was the highest priced home sold in Cuyahoga County in 2011? The highest sale in 2011 was a home at 2845 Som Center Road in Hunting Valley which sold for $3,925,000! The asking price was $4,950,000...so they settled for $1.2 million less than … [Read More...]
Carbon Monoxide Detectors – A must see video!
Carbon Monoxide Detectors video provided by U.S. Inspect. You probably have a smoke alarm in your home. After all, new homes come with them already installed and many communities have laws that require them to be installed. What about a carbon monoxide detector? In fact, the CDC reports that over 15,000 people each year are treated in emergency rooms for non-fire related carbon monoxide … [Read More...]
