Cleveland Real Estate News

We all like free! The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and other museums are having their Free Saturday today. It’s supposed to rain off and on so screw the yard work and go play!  From the NewsNet5 website  for details.

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From the PR Newswire, this Ohio School District is ready to go renewable energy via wind turbines.  Story is a summation.  It would be helpful, in getting other Districts and businesses interested in this project, to have the MSM reporting how much money it costs.  Do the private renewable energy companies  give any discounts for large [...]

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According to this press release from ODOT, 93 percent of the people surveyed said they favor a mid speed passenger rail to start off the 3C Corridor Plan.  Be a Fan on Facebook, read the press release and see the link below to become a fan! Let’s get over 2k Fans by Friday! And also at [...]

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No question about it, the Federal Tax Credit for First Time Home Buyers has most definitely stimulated the housing economy. The debate over whether to have a Federal tax credit brought up discussion about who should benefit.  Should it be first time home buyers only? What should be the monetary limit on the credit?
 
After debate, [...]

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I’ve not been sure this is a good idea, and The New York Times’  Matthew Wald seems to provide me with more reason to think it’s wrong.  It’s all about the debate over coal fired energy. Can coal be clean? How do we replace it when so much of our energy is provided by coal [...]

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Or should I say love dogs?  Today is my first day having ‘Truman’ home with me.  Truman is a (approx) six yr old Collie/Shepherd mix. The dvd’s I watched about adopting shelter dogs said to keep your new pup close to you during the adjustment period. (To avoid accidents in the house, chewing on things [...]

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The market has been hard on sellers or would be sellers. We know sale prices have dropped over the years. But there are still some sellers who wind up setting themselves up for disappointment by listing their homes at a price not supported by the market.  The reason? Appraisals.
Appraisals are done by mortgage companies when [...]

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I have a new dog! I pick him up on Saturday and I’m very excited and wishing I didn’t have to wait. The experience of looking for a dog has made me appreciate the quality of the two shelters I have dealt with in this search.
The first is the Cleveland APL  on Willey in Tremont.  [...]

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It’s amazing how a reflection about one thing can lead to another reflection, seemingly unrelated but still attached to the first thread. Tonight it happened to me when I was reading an article written by Tom Shales, the Washington Post’s  TV critic. It was ostensibly about the death of the soap opera Guiding Light. It was [...]

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The State of Ohio legislated last year that a certain percentage of First Energy’s power has to come from renewable energy. It’s taken time but now the first solar plant to meet that goal is ready to go under construction in Upper Sandusky.  This first effort is expected to take 13 months to complete and [...]

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