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Metro Columbus Home Inventory Shrinks

Home buyers in Metro Columbus continue to be challenged by lean home inventories. According to Columbus Realtors, the March 2016 inventory of homes for sale fell by 21% from a year ago. This gives Central...

Metro Columbus Named Among Top 10 Real Estate Markets

Analysts at Columbus-based Nationwide Mutual Insurance recently studied the economies of 400 metropolitan areas throughout the United States, evaluating household formation, employment prospects and wage trends. This data was used to score the relative strength...

Buying from a Metro Columbus Home Builder? Use an Exclusive Buyer’s Broker!

Buying a new home directly from a builder, is very different than buying a home from an individual seller. Builders have profit margins; home sellers have equity. A builder constructs and sells multiple homes for...

7 Questions Columbus Home Buyers Should Ask a Real Estate Agent

Our prior blog post talked about different types of agency, and how Columbus home buyers are disadvantaged by most of them. To help you cut through the marketing confusion and identify true Buyer Agents, we’re...

Why Columbus Home Buyers Need an Exclusive Buyer’s Broker

Buying your Central Ohio home is an expensive and complex process. Having an Exclusive Buyer’s Agent or Broker on your side can make a critical difference in the price and terms of your home purchase!...

No Housing Bubble in Central Ohio

If you are planning to buy a Columbus area home, you might be concerned about the rising home prices found throughout Central Ohio. Yet the appreciation in home prices is not any sign of a...

Tornado Safety Tips for Central Ohio

Ohio typically experiences a dozen or more tornadoes per year. Being prepared for severe weather can help you and your family stay safe during extreme conditions! Here are tornado tips from our Educated Buyer Notebook...

Explore March 2016 Events in Central Ohio!

Metro Columbus offers plenty to do during March! Spring is almost here, and there are a variety of local events to help you enjoy the change of seasons. Take a look! March 5. Spring Avant-garde...

Robust Start for 2016 Central Ohio Home Sales

January 2016 Central Ohio home sales were the strongest of any January on record, according to Columbus Business First, using data reported from Columbus Realtors. With 1,519 homes and condo sold, year-over-year home sales were...

Homeowner’s Insurance Tips for Columbus Home Buyers

Buying a Columbus home also means buying a homeowner’s insurance policy! Once you have a home under contract, you’ll need to obtain insurance coverage for it. The coverage must be effective as of the closing...