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The Columbus Public Art Scene
2008-01-21 17:32:00
About a month ago the Dispatch ran an article which I can’t find now about how the city really doesn’t have any sort of catalog regarding our public art pieces and locations. For close to a year now, I’ve had a flickr page attempting to do pretty much just that.  It’s open for your pictures of public art in your neighborhoods.  I haven’t been updating the site as much as I’d hoped, but I take pictures of public art to post whenever I find myself in the vicinity.   Your help is always appreciated.  The permanent link to the site is over on the left sidebar.  It’s the giant ART sign at CCAD, you can’t miss it.  Here are two of the pictures I’m uploading now.                 Share This
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Buying a Home in Columbus? Sometimes it?s just About The House
2008-01-20 03:54:00
I wrote my first offer of the year the other day for a wonderful client I’d first met only a couple weeks ago.  We looked at 12 homes in person and he saw everything else in his price range online via the web site I’d set up for him.  His favorite house was in what ...
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The Short North Homes for sale/sold 2007 Recap
2008-01-17 18:48:00
2007 wasn’t a bad year for the greater Short North real estate market.  301 Short North area properties sold last year.  Of those, 72 were single family homes averaging: $153/sf 90 days on market 97% of the last list price Most of these were in Victorian Village (33 homes @$161/sf), some were in Italian Village and some were in ...
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What is happening Right Now in the Columbus Real Estate Market?
2008-01-16 22:26:00
There are Only 16,226 Active Listings in Central Ohio.  I can’t remember the last time the active inventory was that low.   Sadly, based on how many sold last month, that also means there is about an 11.2 month backlog of homes on the market.  Things are really picking up though in the last 2 weeks.  ...
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Downtown Columbus Condos - the 2007 by the numbers look
2008-01-11 18:26:00
              In the year 2007, 121 properties sold downtown.  Yes, that’s an average of 10.2 per month.  These downtown Columbus Homes were, on average: on the market an average of 209 days 1280 square feet $262,493 At $109,900, the least expensive condo in the area was a Yukon Studio.  The most expensive downtown Columbus area condo was a 4th floor ...
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More Destruction on the Near East Side - Is it Progress?
2008-01-10 20:10:00
The Camel Bell Inn on East Main Street came down this week as did the rowhouse on the lot of the old Kroger/Salvation Army that once caused so much flipping fuss. I don’t know the history of the Camel Bell building.  I’ve always liked the building but the obvious irony here is that the sign, for ...
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More Destruction on the Near East Side - Is it Progress?
2008-01-10 20:10:00
The Camel Bell Inn on East Main Street came down this week as did the rowhouse on the lot of the old Kroger/Salvation Army that once caused so much flipping fuss. I don’t know the history of the Camel Bell building.  I’ve always liked the building but the obvious irony here is that the sign, for ...
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Attention Columbus Area Bands - Send me Music
2008-01-10 02:14:00
  In the next few months I’m putting together a series of quick slideshow-type videos showcasing housing stock in different Columbus Neighborhoods.  Yes, that’s me taking a picture of your neighbor’s house so don’t be alarmed.  These videos, I think, will give folks a good visual idea of what the homes look like in, for example, Italian ...
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A bet is a bet - Moving from Columbus to Baton Rouge?
2008-01-10 01:35:00
I lost the bet when Don Stern, a Baton Rouge Realtor with Coldwell Banker Mackey, and his LSU Tigers beat the Buckeyes Tuesday Night so here’s the payoff . . . . Thanks to Joe Peffer and the LSU Tigers for giving me this opportunity to extol the virtues of the Greater Baton Rouge area. ...
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Attention Columbus Area Bands - Send me Music
2008-01-08 21:29:00
In the next few months I’m putting together a series of quick slideshow-type videos showcasing housing stock in different Columbus Neighborhoods.  Yes, that’s me taking a picture of your neighbor’s house so don’t be alarmed.  These videos, I think, will give folks a good visual idea of what the homes look like in, for example, Italian ...
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Clintonville Real Estate Owners & Stakeholders - Shape your Future Now
2008-01-08 04:01:00
I am a big fan of planned urban growth.  I detest development for development’s sake and hate to see hodge podge buildings that are neither appropriate nor sustainable.  That said, I believe that the City of Columbus hasn’t done as good a job as they could have through the years purposely planning development throughout the ...
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National Championship OSU vs LSU
2008-01-07 20:53:00
It’s ON!  Tonight, The Ohio State University plays Louisiana State University in the National Champ ionship game in New Orleans.  This is the third time in Six Years that Ohio State has played for the NCAA BCS National Title.   In 2002 they won the most exciting title game ever played.  Last year they were blown away ...

Columbus Real Estate - Short North homes for sale/sold December update
2008-01-03 22:58:00
It wasn’t a bad month in the greater Short North area in December.  13 homes sold in all – including (I know it’s a bit of a stretch) 1502 Hamlet which I loved.  This Weinland Park area home has 3 beds and 1.5 baths, a 2 car garage and a nice backyard.  It was lovingly updated and sold for $138,363 in only 28 days. Short North Condos for sale ruled the month of December with the average of the 6 Short North Condos that sold earning $175.06/sf including 2 Dakota condos a nicely located Dennison Ave 2 bedroom for $159,000 a Harrison Park 2 bed, 2 bath Flat for $229,112  a 1392 sq ft Price Ave Condo with 3 beds and 1.5 baths (do those have a name associated with them?) for $236 in only 12 days. One of those 1900 sq ft 2 bed 3 story Olentangy waterfront condos on Bradley for $242,000. Take away the Condos, and you’re left with 6 homes selling in the Short North/Victorian Village area in December but three of those were Harrison Pa...
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Columbus Real Estate Update - German Village for sale/sold December update
2008-01-03 21:47:00
The Village (Don’t you hate it when people call German Village that?) saw only four homes sell within German Village boundaries in December.  They averaged: 154 days on market $258,000 $151.41/sq ft 1704 sf 94% of list price At the high end last month was a 2 bed, 2 bath brick home at 866 City Park with a one car garage going out at $315,000.  It is an attractive, 1643 sq ft, mostly remodeled and well situated building that was on the market for 81 days. 2 three bedroom condos sold in German Village last month, averaging about $130/sq ft. The Brewery District had 2 sales in December, 965 S Wall St is a 2 bed single family 1.5 bath 2 story home that went for a mere $125,000, on the market for 15 days.  A fishy cash deal on a 2 bed 1440 sq ft brick home on Front street went $144,200 —– $100,000 less than the asking price. Merion Village had two sales last month as well, namely 58 Hanford - a nicely updated 3 bed, 1.5 bath 1200 sq ft s...
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Columbus Real Estate Update - Downtown for sale/sold December update
2008-01-02 22:15:00
I hope you’re sitting down because FIVE condos sold last month in Downtown Columbus, Ohio.  That’s right, five downtown Columbus Condos averaging $223.07/sq ft without the North Bank condo which went for $304.03/sf.  Terraces on Grant, Miranova, City View, and Burnham Square all participated in the year end Columbus Condo sell off. The only one bedroom ...
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Columbus Real Estate Update - Olde Towne East December for sale/sold
2008-01-02 21:43:00
Two very different Park Towers condos sold last month.  One was a studio with 510 sq ft on the 11th floor facing North/West for a paltry $28,500.  The other was an 1854 sq ft 3 bed, 3bath on the 16th floor with a rare updated (but still galley) kitchen for $130,000. This condo has a ...
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Happy New Year Columbus Real Estate Readers
2008-01-01 23:25:00
From the Short North to Merion Village, From German Village to Worthington, From Bexley to Grandview and Olde Towne East to Clintonville, Happy 2008 Columbus and beyond.  If you’ve resolved to buy a home in the Columbus area this year, we should talk.  It’s never too early to get in the game and researching the ...
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Columbus Ohio?s Most Prolific 2007 Home Sales
2007-12-31 20:38:00
Don?t think of Franklin County as much of a Million Dollar Home market? Would you believe that 51 $1MM+ homes sold here during the course of the year and Eight More are currently under contract to close (possibly today, it being the last day of the month and year) soon. Let?s take a look at ...
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Neighs in the Neighborhood
2007-12-28 21:07:00
I don’t think I have ever seen mounted police officers on our side of Downtown before.  I’ve seen them in the central Business District in Downtown Columbus, the Short North and Arena Districts, but not in Olde Towne East or King-Lincoln Bronzeville before. These two officers stopped to talk to my neighbors across the street this ...
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Thanks for a great year Columbus Real Estate Readers
2007-12-28 20:50:00
The last re-design of Columbus Homes Blog came in mid May of 2007.  In the last 18 months, I’ve gone from a blogger platform to Joomla, to this modified WordPress site. Hard to believe it took me so long to get where I needed to be.  I went from blogging in what seemed like a barren ...
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Merry Christmas Columbus
2007-12-24 19:16:00
                From my home to yours.  Have a wonderful holiday season. Share This
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So Many people think their homes are so Cool
2007-12-23 18:02:00
I have been surprised lately, when showing homes to buyers, how many sellers have a copy of dwell magazine laying around the coffee table. It seems to be the new architectural digest for real people. Of course my belief is that they don?t actually subscribe to the magazine, just go out and buy one to ...
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Who Knew Real Estate Investing Was this Easy?
2007-12-23 07:20:00
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10 Columbus Midtown Homes under 10 X $10,0000
2007-12-21 20:14:00
Happy Holidays.  I’ve made a list, and you can check it twice, of ten homes under $100,000 and over 1,000 sq ft within 3 miles of Broad & High streets.  These are only single family homes, there are also 17 more condo choices.  I had to really whittle down the list for these which are ...
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Is Bexley getting a new Real Estate office?
2007-12-21 14:27:00
This storefront on Drexel has been oft visited by a member of the soon to-be-defunct brokerage down the street with the red sign.  Rumor has it they’ll start over with a new company and count on their name recognition. Share This
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The Demolition of Bronzeville
2007-12-20 19:01:00
This could be a long and complicated post but I will try to be more general then specific.  Also, to be fair, It’s true that I haven’t contacted anyone at Second Baptist or Rehobeth Temple or Pilgrim Baptist or any of the other churches on the Near East Side to get their opinions or declarations ...
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43209 - last 3 months - nice chart
2007-12-20 17:06:00
I love charts and graphs.  Love them.  I don’t make too many because, well, it’s time consuming.  I ran across this chart this morning.  Despite not being as accurate as it could be, I love this first chart – asking price vs sold price with recent sales above and below the average asking price.  This ...
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43209 - last 3 months via a neat chart
2007-12-20 16:45:00
I’m a big fan of charts and graphs and I ran across this one recently.  Looking at closely, I know it’s not quite accurate even though it supposedly pulls the information right from the Columbus MLS.  It’s probably pretty close though and the asking prices and sold prices chart is lovely, if not quite accurate.  ...
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Want to buy a house? It Costs You Nothing to Use an Informed Realtor (me)?
2007-12-20 13:26:00
Seriously.  Just like yesterday’s post, I find buyer’s don’t initially know or understand this.  Why would you though, if you haven’t run across this information somewhere and you haven’t bought a house before? So I work for free when I represent buyers?  No, I have kids to feed.   This is how it works in Columbus:  The ...
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Want to see A House? Don?t call the Realtor on the Sign!
2007-12-19 22:24:00
Call me.  I can set up an appointment to see any house for sale in Central Ohio.  I am always surprised how many would-be buyers do call the realtor on the sign.  It makes sense — you want to see that house, that agent is selling the house, you call that agent. That agent also represents ...
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