Cleveland Real Estate News

I know I sometimes post futuristic ideas for housing styles. But this time, I am excited to talk about a house built by an urban planner in the Washington D.C. area.  He built it for himself and it’s gorgeous (see photo). I love the clean lines, I love how it fits into the style of the neighborhood. [...]

[Read more →]

When you were a kid, did you dream of being an astronaut?  As you got older, did you wish you could be one of the first civilians on The Shuttle?  Have you dreamed about socking away some dollars so you can take a trip (isn’t it with Richard Branson?) on one of the first commercial [...]

[Read more →]

I’ve written about the grant monies recently received by The City of Cleveland to help them in their vacant housing demolition program. Two nights ago I was surfing the Tube and came across a TV20 (local access channel) video with Ed Rybka, our Director of Building and Housing for Cleveland. What I gleaned was that [...]

[Read more →]

I was browsing my home page (Washington Post) which led me to Politico which led me to this eye opener. Apparently the proposal Bernanke et al came up with for the Bailout would allow them to ‘save’ or contribute to foreign banks. See the article on Politico here with quotes from Henry Paulson on a [...]

[Read more →]

It seems ironic to me, as a blogger. We are encouraged to adhere to the ethics of transparency. What we post is ours unless we say otherwise and give credit to others who have written what we post. We are also encouraged to be clear about what we write. Not sure it’s ever easy with [...]

[Read more →]

Let’s see how condos and town homes are selling in Cleveland Heights, South Euclid and Shaker Heights. These stats cover listings/sales handled by area brokerages since April of 2008. Shaker Heights There are six condos for sale, none contingent or pending (which means under contract). There have been two sales since April: 1. 1,889 sq. [...]

[Read more →]

There have been condo sales in Downtown Cleveland but for this buying season, the Warehouse District and Public Square Area are taking a back seat to some other complexes. I’m still looking at sales and activity occurring since April of this year. This is information I gleaned from our multiple listing service so it means [...]

[Read more →]

I haven’t done a condo/town house stat report for a while so today will be the first of a few that give a sampling. I’m posting condo stats on two Cleveland zip codes: 44102 and 44113. I’m sticking with the previous time frames (the ones I used for single family sales) covering April 1, 2008 [...]

[Read more →]

Last year I wrote this post about the proposed Eco Village Cottages  at W. 58th and Pear. It’s an exciting project, and this past week it moved closer to fruition and occupancy with a ground breaking ceremony. These homes will meet Leeds standards for energy efficiency, are all of the same design (I think there are [...]

[Read more →]

The photos ‘got me’ before I even explored the Low Impact Woodland Homes  website. I was thinking back to exploring the midlands in England back in the day. Lo and behold, this IS a United Kingdom site. The  gentleman whose house is featured at the link I posted, built it in Wales, with help but [...]

[Read more →]