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"As a first-time homebuyer, I was nervous about the entire process. Step by step, Joe made it easy and fun. His expertise in the Columbus real estate market is a tremendous asset. He is highly recommended!" - Nicolette Horan
"I wanted to say thank you again, so much, for all your hard work. I know that you really put a lot of time into this transaction and I really, really appreciate it. I'm so happy I got the house and it all worked out and I just wanted to say thanks again, you did a great job and i really appreciate it. I will put that on the survey when they send it to me.
If there is ever anything I can do for you, please don't hesitate to give me a call. I will refer every single person I know to you. I'm going to go get my dog and we're going to sit on the floor of our new house and have a glass of champaign. Thanks a lot Joe" -- Michael Mamp
Archive for the 'Market Updates' Category
Clintonville Market update
March 5th, 2007 categories: Market Updates, Real Estate News
Here is the 911 on what has been happening in Clintonville so far this year. . . .
We’re talking Central Clintonville from Morse Rd to Weber– Jan 1 - February 28
32 Sold Properties
Avg. Sales Price/Sq Foot = $136.28
Avg. Sq ft = 1,633
Average List Price=$231,131 and Average Sold Price = $222,543 (96.3%)
Longest market time was 115 […]
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March Housing Market will Come in Like a Lion
March 1st, 2007 categories: Columbus News, For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers, Market Updates, Real Estate News
I’m calling it now.? The March home market in Columbus and Central Ohio will explode over the next two weeks.? I have clients in several parts of town who are casually looking and they’ve got very little to look at.? The best homes left over from the winter market have all gone […]
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January 2007 sales were up
March 1st, 2007 categories: Market Updates, Real Estate News
We often hear many negative things about housing markets.? Most of them have nothing to do with Columbus but many people project that doom-and-gloom market outlook locally.? The national media really shapes how we think locally and for the most part, it just isn’t true.? Even with the good news, naysayers with […]
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Why has the housing bubble failed to materialize?
February 23rd, 2007 categories: For Home Sellers, Market Updates, Real Estate News
According to Time magazine’s insightful article this week about ‘the housing bubble,’ the most important factor that could cause a catastrophic bust is consumer sentiment.? Specifically, sellers have to become much needier than buyers – under such duress that they will not demand the tidy profits seen 3+ years ago.
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The Time article was […]
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And now for something completely different — A New Listing Movie
February 21st, 2007 categories: About Me?, For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers, Market Updates, Real Estate News
Yesterday I showed homes for a? few hours in Clintonville to a charming couple looking for their first home.? Luckily, the weather wasn’t too bad and it was not snowing or raining, or sleeting and it really wasn’t that cold.? Trudging through the snow to get to homes was a nightmare though.? […]
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Monday Morning Rant –Sellers–Get on your Realtors to remove snow!
February 19th, 2007 categories: For Home Sellers, Market Updates, Mortgage/Finance, Real Estate News
Yesterday I showed homes for a? few hours in Clintonville to a charming couple looking for their first home.? Luckily, the weather wasn’t too bad and it was not snowing or raining, or sleeting and it really wasn’t that cold.? Trudging through the snow to get to homes was a nightmare though.? […]
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Six more weeks until the Spring Buying Season?
February 2nd, 2007 categories: For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers, Market Updates, Real Estate News
I have heard several accounts that differ today regarding which groundhog did in fact see it’s shadow. Punxsutawney Phil did NOT see his shadow but Ohio’s own Buckeye Chuck did.? The bottom line for the Columbus Home market?
If you wait until the traditional start of the so-called Spring Market (i.e. Spring) then you will […]
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It’s ON! The market is heating up
January 22nd, 2007 categories: Market Updates, Real Estate News
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I was out all day yesterday afternoon with some buyers looking at homes for sale in the Clintonville area.? It was our first time out together and we saw ten homes, all in a relatively tight and competitive price range.? Despite the first actual snow accumulation of the year, I could tell […]
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