Request Your Free Copy – Clifton Real Estate Report
Written by Bryan Casteel on June 20, 2009
Free Special Report on Clifton Gas Light Real Estate
Do you want to know what has been happening to real estate in Clifton Gas Light? If so, this is the report for you!
My name is Bryan Casteel and I live in the Clifton area and I am a real estate agent with RE/MAX Unlimited. Along with my Marketing Manager at my real estate team, The RealCincy Group, we just finished analyzing all the sales from the Greater Cincinnati MLS that have occurred in the Clifton Gas Light District since 1993 (almost 17 years of sales!).
We looked at prices trends, days on market, foreclosures and more. Out of this effort, we have produced the Clifton Real Estate Report. Read more
Cincinnati Ahead of National Market in Finding a Bottom
Written by Jennifer Cox on May 27, 2009
Sometimes it is good to be ahead of a bad curve. The good news is the Cincinnati area is ahead of the national averages in returning to historical price ranges (see our earlier post).
We took the S&P/Case Shiller Home price index from 1987 to 2009 and adjusted it for inflation. You will notice that before the bubble, home prices were in a defined historic range. The housing bubble that began around 1999 blew this historic price range away. Read more
Cincinnati’s Luxury Home Market- What Happened? Do I Care?
Written by Jennifer Cox on May 19, 2009
Go ahead. Admit it. You like to peek in the windows. It’s why each year Homearama draws a crowd. It’s why Robin Leach hosted Lifestyle’s of the Rich & Famous, prompting MTV to run “Cribs”. It’s why we flip through the internet photos of $1,000,000 plus homes online that we will certainly never occupy. It’s just fun and interesting to view the interior of luxury homes. To dream. To imagine. To steal decorating ideas for our more modest abode. Did you know that your Harvard educated brother –in-law and his physician wife will have a more difficult time obtaining a loan for their $1.5 million dream home, than you will for your lovely Polo Fields or Cherry Blossom move-up home? Tis’ true! Read more
Cincinnati Real Estate Reality Check- 2008 Market Stats and Information
Written by Jennifer Cox on January 27, 2009
I flipped over to the Greater Cincinnati MLS, to check out the new listings. I like to see who was lucky enough to go under contract, and see if any homes that my buyers are interested in have reduced in price. On the home page, I found some great information that I wanted to share with you. If you are one of those guys that likes facts and figures, you might enjoy looking at these stats. Read more
What’s Happening out There? Cincinnati Real Estate Stats 2008
Written by Jennifer Cox on December 31, 2008
You may or may not want to look! Feeling Brave? Ok then. Let’s look at some numbers!
The stats are from the Greater Cincinnati Multiple Listing Service, for Butler, Warren, Hamilton and Clermont counties. Ready ?? Here goes!! Read more
Foreclosure Homes in Cincinnati. Are they a Good Deal?
Written by Jennifer Cox on December 10, 2008
Buyers often tell me that they want to be sure to explore the foreclosure market when we begin our home search. Enthusiastically armed with more fantasy than fact, they are quite sure that there is a bargain to be found because they over heard their co-worker telling the story that their uncle’s, cousin’s oldest child, three states over got a $350,000 home in great shape for only $150,000! Baloney. T.V. commercials are currently running that show beautiful homes in wonderful condition, bank-owned, that can be bought for pennies on the dollar. My advice: Turn the channel. Read more
Keeping an Eye on the Market – Where are We? Where Have We Been? #2
Written by Jennifer Cox on November 30, 2008
We are all keeping our eyes on the real estate market. Whether you are currently in the market as an actively shopping buyer, or considering selling your home, you know the numbers matter. Those of us that are actively involved with assisting customers and clients should clearly be keeping an eye on the numbers! What is interesting about this real estate environment is that anyone with a deed and a mortgage on real property is paying attention to the number like never before.
Let’s keep an eye on the market together. I will update you monthly with stats from the Greater Cincinnati Multiple Listing Service, so that you can see the trends as I do. Read more
Cincinnati Real Estate – Where are We? Where Have We Been? #1
Written by Jennifer Cox on October 31, 2008
We are all keeping our eyes on the real estate market. Whether you are currently in the market as an actively shopping buyer, or considering selling your home, you know the numbers matter. Those of us that are actively involved with assisting customers and clients should clearly be keeping an eye on the numbers!
What is interesting about the current real estate environment is that anyone with a deed and a mortgage to real property is paying attention to the numbers like never before.
Let’s keep an eye on the market together. I will update you monthly with stats from the Greater Cincinnati Multiple Listing Service, so that you can see the trends as we do. Read more
Absorption Rate: What is it? How do I use it?
Written by Jennifer Cox on October 18, 2008
In the past, we would talk about “Days on Market” when counseling sellers, and discussing how long they might expect to have their home on the market, before receiving an offer to purchase. “Days on Market” was an easy number for your agent to find. A couple of clicks in the Multiple Listing Service, and we could have DOM pretty quickly. About 2005 we noticed a “shift in the wind”. Read more
The Announcer says “RE/MAX. Outstanding Agents, Outstanding Results” So What??
Written by Jennifer Cox on October 7, 2008
Advertising and marketing are powerful. Jingles get stuck in our head. Beloved cartoon characters sell us everything from breakfast cereal to sinus pills. Clever catch phrases will disarm and sway even the savviest consumer.
Quite a bit of money is spent advertising real estate companies on both a national and local level.
Catchy jingles during drive time, or large billboards advertising websites all work to grab our attention.
Here in Cincinnati, the local brokers and national companies alike have good, dedicated agents working under their banner. So, does it really make a difference what company you choose? Read more
