Cleveland Real Estate News

If you live in Lakewood I’m sure you have an opinion one way or another.  Should leashed dogs be allowed to walk with their owners in Lakewood parks?  Since 1972 there has been a ban.  Now a group is trying to reverse the decision since it doesn’t seem to meet the ‘common sense’ rule for [...]

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Unless you live in a cave, you know the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the City of Cleveland (and Akron et al) could not require workers to live where they work. I sat on my hands, wanting to blog about the issue yesterday, but feeling like it might be better to wait to see what [...]

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How non-green can you get on Earth Day? Ask RTA. Maybe it’s a trial balloon, or maybe it’s a serious consideration. What am I talking about? The potential to eliminate weekend bus routes. Wouldn’t that be helpful to the NE Ohio economy? Not to mention use of fuel. Sigh.  You can read about this here  on [...]

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I guess it depends on how it is spent. One thing I like seems to be something The Ohio Assn. of Mortgage Brokers likes too. That is the provision that calls for Federal monies to be available to lenders so lenders can renegotiate loans with clients and give them better interest rates. That all sounds [...]

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Okay first, an update on the American Reinvestment and Recovery portion of the Stimulus Package the President signed in Denver today. The home buying tax credit?  It’s still only for first time home buyers. But, it’s now officially $8000 instead of $7500. Yes I know it’s been bantered around for a few days now but my [...]

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Yeah I know, we still have to wait for a final passage and who knows, maybe even a bit more tweaking. But I wanted to fill you in on at least the Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act portion of the Stimulus package, as it stands now. Yes, the House raised the amount of tax credit [...]

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Rather than reinvent the wheel, go to this post on Brewed Fresh Daily to get the details. Peace Out – 3C

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Today the Senate version passed, now the House has their version…more money than the Senate version – they claim it has more emphasis on jobs. Here is a site where you can read the versions yourself: ReadTheStimulus.org. Both versions are there. I’m of course very interested in what will finally happen with passenger rail, but [...]

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Lucky for you (and me!) Jay Thompson, a top notch real estate colleague from Arizona, wrote a great article of explanation regarding this revision, with good links as well. Jay is the Phoenix Real Estate Guy and his post is here. The Tax Credit as initially devised, was a loan but now it seems as [...]

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If Ohio were to build a high speed rail system would you use it? Yes  63.3% No  19.8% Not sure  16.9% The above are results of a WKYC on line poll being conducted – and you can vote too. Would you support passenger rail improvements in Ohio? The poll information was at the end of [...]

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