Cleveland Real Estate News

So you saved up money, have decent credit scores, and are now ready to buy your first home.  We are reaching the end (unless they extend it) of the Federal Tax Credit perks, but Ohio has a new program that just might fit the bill. It’s called the Grant For Grads program. Bob Wilson, of [...]

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Social Media is the bomb. Sometimes it’s just fun, other times it can lead me to great sites or good causes.  Today, hats off to David Lay (who either used to live here and moved to Iowa or is now back…not sure lol)  He pointed me to Cleveland Caper blog.  (you can follow David, a [...]

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It’s been a few weeks of meetings with people who are and have been involved in green collar and sustainability development and products.  It’s been fascinating and exciting at the same time. Did you know that the City of Cleveland Sewer District plans to begin changing how they charge commercial structures (maybe residential too, I [...]

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The County Auditor now allows you to keep up on sales on your street.  I asked for all Cleveland sales in September; they said 744.  Check out the PD article about it here.    Peace Out – 3C

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Driving along Lakewood Heights Blvd. today and had to stop to take this photo.  I liked Regos, but it’s been closed for some time now.  The building was lonely and a good market would be nice.  I knocked on the door to see if I could find out more but no one was there. Stay [...]

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Our own NE Ohio Franchise King  pointed out a new (to Cleveland) type of franchise is opening.  The Chocolate Bar  will be in the Hyatt in the Downtown Gateway District.  You can read more about it on Joel’s website The Franchise King.  He wants to know if it’s a concept that appeals to you…will you [...]

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Greater Cleveland’s Neighborhood Housing Services applied for and received a grant that will allow them to do more foreclosure counseling.  This is good news!  You can read the PD article here.  (It was originally a Sun News story) For more information about the grant and how it will impact foreclosure prevention efforts, contact Lou Tisler [...]

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Through Market Watch, I found an interesting web article written by someone with a moniker named Shades of Green. He’s talking about the now a few years old question, what will make the market recover? The title of his article is called Escaping House Arrest  (great title). One point he makes is that we are [...]

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The other day I investigated Old Brooklyn’s two zip codes to see what type of house is garnering the best prices.  Posting stats is something I’ve done for years now and I’m thinking taking different approaches might be more interesting.  You will be the judge of course!  Anyway, I looked at single family homes listed [...]

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My Dad was a proud member of the UAW local 1250.  Most of the time.  He said in later years that too much emphasis was put on monetary issues when so much more was important.  This latest Schoenberger  article in The Plain Dealer speaks to the issue in the last post I did, about jobs [...]

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