Home Market in Columbus Looking Strong Through First Quarter

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Since the summer of 2011, Ohio's real estate market has been showing strong signs of a sustained recovery. March numbers now confirm that this is the time for you to buy a home metro Columbus Ohio. In central Ohio the real estate market  for the first quarter 2012 saw home sales up 7.1 percent over the first quarter last year. March figures were just as … [Read more...]

Signs Show That Real Estate Market is Recovering

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Although the real estate market had been hit rather harshly in previous years, there are strong signs that is is finally coming back around, and with a Franklin county Ohio real estate agent, it is possible to check out some of the amazing deals that are still available for home shoppers. With the improving market, it is even easier now for sellers to get back … [Read more...]

The Ohio History Center Museum Celebrating 40th Anniversary

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Considered by many to be “the most architecturally significant public structure built in Ohio since the State Capitol Building,” the Ohio History Center and Museum is the Ohio Historical Society headquarters and the central museum of the Society’s more than fifty  historic sites and museums. The following are four of the interesting permanent exhibits … [Read more...]

Columbus Ohio Rated No 9 as a ‘Best City for New College Grads’

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We've discovered one more good reason to be glad we live in Columbus, Ohio - Columbus has been rated No. 9 in American cities that are good cities for new college graduates to live in.  In spite of the economy, Columbus still has good job prospects, reasonable pay, and a manageable cost of living for recent college graduates. A Bloomberg Businessweek article … [Read more...]

Time to Invest in a Vacation, Second Home or Investment Property

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If you are looking at your savings and seeing the painfully slow growing bottom line on your monthly statement, you may want to consider buying a second home, vacation or investment property. Realty Times.com reports Neighbor Works America Director of Homeownership and Lending Marietta Rodriguez as saying, “Mortgage rates are near record lows and home prices … [Read more...]