Cleveland Real Estate News

I did this a few times last year; thought you might like to know what is going on in real estate in all of NE Ohio (well, everything that shows up on our computer listing service because it’s listed by brokerages and listed with NORMLS/TEMPO). This information covers real estate info for the following counties: [...]

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One year ago I posted on Mayor Jackson’s state of the City address 2007 here.  Today Mayor Jackson gave his 2008 Address. I’ll post a link later, I’m sure there will be a way to do that so you can all listen to it in it’s entirety. A few comments on it after initially listening. [...]

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I love it when I can feature good writing and good explanations. Bob Carney who manages a real estate office in Frederick Maryland does a really good job explaining some of the points about Short Sales.  In a nutshell, a short sale is something home owners can  do when listing their homes.  They owe a certain amount of [...]

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Received the following press release today and thought I’d pass it on as an FYI.  The ‘release’ focuses on the fact that Bernie Kosar used to be a football player but is now a businessman interested in the future of Cleveland.  Well, I don’t have to tell that to all of you, goodness knows all [...]

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If not the best debate ever! I have to say, since watching West Wing and lamenting that real debates do not exist I have to watch the perfect debate on issues of substance on TV……….. Now we have the best debate certainly since I became an adult and started watching debates. Cleveland, CSU, Tim Russert [...]

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William Yardley of the NYTs writes about local intervention methods for homeowners, bringing up the use of ‘rescue’ loans….which are apparently even occurring in affluent Seattle.  Their program is modest, but they have made a few loans of about $5k to assist people in danger of losing their homes. For sure our ‘crisis’ exemplifies why [...]

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I had a meeting on Market Street Friday afternoon, and after it was over I found myself walking and chatting with someone else about the meeting. As we got to the Film Society building she stopped to get a guide for the Film Festival. For several reasons, I was distracted and didn’t do it (meetings can do that to [...]

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I picked four communities, two West side, two East side to start out. (More posts to follow) This time I am including single family homes (meaning condos as well) and multi-family homes (meaning doubles, duplexes, three and four family homes). The drill: these homes are listed with area brokers so they show up on my [...]

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It’s been a delight to discover Jackie’s blog, Coming Back To Cleveland. She’s talented and a very good writer. I find myself connecting with her as she seems to have her heart in two places: New York City and Cleveland (I have a never ending soft spot in my heart for Washington, D.C., where I [...]

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