Cleveland Real Estate News

A big hat tip to  Life in Ohio’s Ed Burghard  for these in depth interviews.  And to the website itself for it’s user-friendly layout.  I wanted to feature this because I’m not sure many of us have the chance to hear (or read, in this case) why companies start, grow and stay here.  It’s not [...]

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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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Passenger rail ridership IS at a five decade high, and his article, while focused on the eastern seabord to a point, shows why we really could boost our economy by spending money on something useful for a change, like high speed rail.  I am praying our own efforts in Ohio don’t get derailed. Why don’t [...]

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Here is a Columbus Dispatch article on Federal monies going to various States including  Ohio.  We don’t know how much yet, but might by the end of the day.  The article says we are getting $400 million……stay tuned to see how much it actually will be.  Peace Out -3C Update: Per the US Labor Secretary, we [...]

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The Daily Beast  has identified 75 hard to maneuver highways during commuting hours. They list length of the congestion(by miles), the speed (or lack of) cars can travel during these periods, among other things.  I wasn’t very surprised that the Capital Beltway in D.C. was #3.  It took me honing a certain mentality to do [...]

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I liked examining this zip code because while most of it is in Shaker, it also encompasses parts of Warensville, Orange and Beachwood.  My stats are as usual, only covering homes (single family here) listed and sold by area brokers. But I did glean some info from the new County Data base (auditor’s site). Here [...]

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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 [...]

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Many of us have gone to walkscore.com  to check out how this national study rates our own home/street in terms of walk ability.  But if you are looking for a new home, how valuable would your investment be if it had a high walk ability score? My opinion? It adds a lot of value. Think about the [...]

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The Ohio Dept. of Transportation has set up a website just for 3C Corridor, passenger rail issues.  It’s 3C and Me.   It can help keep you informed of status of the Corridor development, upcoming meetings, issues. An additional good feature: you can comment on the site.  In fact, comments are encouraged.  Especially as it would [...]

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One thing has puzzled me since I moved back to Cleveland, and it’s about adherence to the City’s Master Plan.  I know these plans are and should be fluid. But I always had the nagging suspicion that Cleveland is pretty good at looking the other way regarding her master plan. Am I wrong?   Now [...]

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