Cleveland Real Estate News

First, County Treasurer Rokakis has proposed a Cuyahoga County Land Bank. This idea is supposed to help with the vacant property issues that arose mostly due to the foreclosure/predatory lending issues here. The PD’s Mark Gillespie did a story on it yesterday (I couldn’t post to Word Press for some reason yesterday but it’s working today).  [...]

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It’s been helpful having some down time today, first because I was able to catch up on some web and blog reading.  When I have down time (too little of it lately!) I like to reflect on where things are going and where I’m going. Five of my buyers have written accepted offers over the [...]

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Zip code 44109 is a big area, with most of it in what we call Old Brooklyn, but that is not the whole story. The nooks and crannies of the neighborhood encompass South Hills, an area I love (Library Avenue with such an eclectic and wonderful collection of old beauties). What homes have sold in [...]

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Almost every day,  I find myself driving by John Marshall High School. I never tire of looking at it, the structure is so stately and beautiful at the same time. Am I in the minority or do others feel this structure should be saved? Tom Ott of the  PD reports today about Cleveland City schools rebuilding [...]

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This area is spread out, and one of my favorite East side communities. So let’s see how home sales have been since January 1st. They are (you know the drill) homes listed with area brokers which is why I have the stats. Home Sale Stats Since January 2008 in Zip Code 44110 There are 122 [...]

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I’m coming up for air here, I don’t think I have been this busy since I became a Realtor®. But I did want to continue my housing sales analysis and the 44119 zip code area, which includes areas along Lakeshore Blvd. in the City of Cleveland, is the focus for this morning. These are homes/condos listed [...]

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These might be of interest so I wanted to paste an email I received from Bellaire Puritas Development Corporation’s Rachel N today- one on conflict management and one on housing issues:  Hello neighbors, Here are two items of interest for your immediate attention. 1.) Do you have a conflict with…? noisy neighbors co-workers students/teachers your [...]

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If you read my blog you know we’ve been talking about this so even though I just stopped working for the day and it’s almost Saturday (!) I had to get this posted.  The House passed the foreclosure assistance Bill, with the support of 39 Republicans, including Steve LaTourette whom I may not always agree [...]

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South Euclid was one of the communities many of my fellow grad school students at Ursuline College either already lived in or aspired to live in. If they are still looking to do so, this would be a good year to start hitting the open houses. These are statistics for sales in South Euclid for [...]

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What comes to mind when you think of Fairview Park? That it’s the first community West of the Cleveland City limits? That it boasts a top notch hospital? That it is home to an expansive park system in the valley? That it has really good senior services? Really cool golf courses and a recreation center? [...]

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