Cleveland Real Estate News

Most of us know that even the old wood floors show ‘differently’ when carpets are removed.  Sometimes people have wall-to-wall and the removal can be a pleasant surprise…beautiful, unblemished wood floors!  It’s also true that when you lay an area rug over those beautiful old wood floors, the perimeters will eventually look different than the [...]

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Buying a home while first leasing it is becoming more popular this year. Sellers are more open to it, especially when they are worried about getting what they paid for their home when they bought it. Buyers can build their credit and save for a downpayment first. In many ways, it can be a win-win [...]

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Refinance your home.  Yes, as this PD article states, some people have had issues with HARP loans and really need more than 25% loan to value.  However, read through the article and see that lenders are coming up with their own initiatives to help people refinance (imagine that,  a non-governmental solution!) I’m asking all of [...]

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Let’s see how many homes, listed with area brokerages, sold between June and the end of August 2011.  Note: these stats include multi family homes, single family homes and condos.  I investigated Cleveland in this post a few days ago.   Now let’s look at Rocky River, Lakewood, Bay and Fairview. Rocky River: 97  homes  homes [...]

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It happens when a house or building is unique; when it distinguishes itself from other properties also looking for good tenants.  There are obvious ways to do this: make sure laundry facilities exist in the units or at least on site.  have a dishwasher in the kitchen or make sure cable and Internet or even [...]

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I calculated between June 1st and the last day of August.  These are homes sold through area brokerages.  On both sides of the River, the total comes to 477 for that two month period.  There were 340  sold West of the River and 137 sold East of the River.  These figures only reflect homes that [...]

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When new electronic ‘toys’ come to the market, many say “I’ll wait until they are produced in more volume and then buy when it’s cheaper.” Apparently the ‘cheaper’ time has arrived for solar panel power. Now you might be reading this and saying to yourself, self, I live in NE Ohio where it’s cloudy 9 [...]

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I saw a featured article on Yahoo! the other day. You know, the ones that feature homes that are not the norm.  Usually built into a hill or four spheres on a tree.  Not practical? Maybe, but still homes people have built.  Usually in places like California, Oregon, etc.  This article however, revolved around homes [...]

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Sitting on a street near Jefferson Park on Cleveland’s West Side, this up and down two family was almost completely rebuilt after a fire.  It’s like a new construction home without the new construction price. The first floor has a layout similar to other NE Ohio doubles.  The upstairs unit (current owner’s suite) encompasses the [...]

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