Cleveland Real Estate News

PD art critic Steven Litt reports that the Cleveland Clinic has taken down a painting on display – they said they ‘had complaints’ that it was in some way offensive. I see nothing offensive. The painting is featured in the article so go judge for yourself. And most of the commenters agree with me. What [...]

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The Levin College of Urban Affairs has been doing a year long series on Our Place in the Urban Age.  Tonight’s seminar on Cleveland’s Strategic Investment Initiative (CII) was good brain food, just like the others I have attended. The first highlight was a little clicker thingy (see I’m not a total geek yet!) that [...]

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Seriously guys, this is brilliant reading. It gets to the core of what is wrong in most of our houses these days. Ed Rybczynski (who has guest authored here) wrote about the issue of consumerism in a way that spoke to my heart in A Coin Only Has Two Sides. What do you think? And [...]

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The mortgage crisis issues can make your head spin, especially if you are in the real estate business like I am as a Realtor® and you feel a certain responsibility to understand the issues, figure out the best solutions and figure out the ‘next steps.’ The social real estate network I belong to is called Active [...]

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I did a comparison of homes built between 2005 and 2006 that sold in the year 2006, and homes built since 2006 that sold January to the present. This was for Cleveland real estate in zip code 44113. Here is what I found: 2006 113 New single family homes sold and 7 condos; bringing the [...]

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Thoughtful ideas. Can we do a rail without Federal Funding? Can we follow Maine’s example and experience and realize the speed and frequency of trips is going to be key in making commuter rail like The West Shore Corridor successful? Councilman Cummings from Ward 15 called in to talk about exploring all the ideas possible [...]

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Thinking about doing some home improvements? Maybe new kitchen flooring? Some cabinetry?  I know I am. So as I sleepily watched a Presidential debate on CNN the other night, a commercial caught my eye. Not the first time I had seen it, but it has been a while.  It’s for a company called Direct Buy. [...]

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Crain’s Cleveland asks the question about The Silver Line and if it will be worth all the construction aggravation everyone has had to endure. Sam Bullard interviewed the ‘man on the street’ as it were. I was going to put the video here but instead putting a link because you get to add your two [...]

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This is a readily available DVD produced by Northern Light Productions – it has been airing on public television for a while and just yesterday, a reporter with the Pittsburgh Gazette (see I told you I don’t have to read the Pee Dee) who covers architecture, Patricia Lowry, wrote an article about it. It’s about [...]

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Way back in the day, that meant to be careful, you may think you are buying pork but it really could have been cat lol. Of course it applies to a lot of things. I was reading an article about Slash of Guns N Roses fame buying a home and then suing his brokerage. So I have to [...]

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