Joe Peffer's Columbus Homes Blog Columbus Real Estate at its best

October 2nd, 2007 categories: Real Estate News Last month I reviewed the basics on the summer sales in Franklin County and we looked to see how that compared to past years.  All in all, the news was pretty good but there continues to be a lot of inventory out there, a lot of speculation about th...

October 1st, 2007 categories: Real Estate News Still working on the catchy title for a series of once a month or so posts with pictures celebrating the good, bad and unique aspects of homes I see when I am working with Buyers. More and more often I tend to have my camera with me when I’m working...

Columbus, Ohio - Midwest Style Capital October 1st, 2007 categories: Columbus News I know, I know, it’s been slow here on Columbus Homes Blog.  I came down with a bug last week but I’m much better now and ready to go.  Today I came across this blurb from the New York Times saying how Columbus has...

 Real Estate News, Short NorthThis is a Victorian Village Condo that just hit the market.  It's just under 1300 sq ft, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths and it's around $218 sq ft with a monthly condo fee of less than $150.What's that?  It sounds OK but you wonder what it looks like? Oh, sorry, but this is t...

September 10th, 2007 categories: Olde Towne EastIt was a quiet month in Lake Olde Towne East, my home town.  Five homes sold on the near east side from Mt. Vernon to Main Streets and I-71 to Nelson, my de facto Olde Towne East definition for the purposes of recaps, statistics and the blog in gene...

September 10th, 2007 categories: Real Estate News, Mortgage/FinanceWith all the talk about mortgage lenders drying up like Grapes in the California sun, it's good to know that programs do still exist where, as long as your credit is pretty healthy, you can buy a house with no money down.Now, let ...

September 10th, 2007 categories: BexleyThe summer in Bexley wasn't bad.  21 Homes sold in Bexley in August compared to 23 in July and 26 in June.  So, the big summer months saw 70 homes exchange hands in Bexley from June 1 to August 31.In August, the least expensive home was a 792 sq ft home on A...

 Real Estate News, Olde Towne EastDon't let anybody tell you that the Columbus Real Estate Market is dead.  If the right house has the right price and is marketed well, it'll sell.  My seller had this Bryden Road home on the market about 2 weeks, we received an offer and closed today, 2 weeks lat...

Olde Towne EastFor Food, Drink and ambiance.  We've not had or heard of anything but great experiences here at Black Creek Bistro, at the corner of Oak and Parsons Avenue.  Since I moved to the neighborhood, this location has housed several different eateries, most notably Elemental.  I hope Blac...

 Mortgage/FinanceI have a good idea of the parameters used to tell whether or not you're able to buy a home.  It's the sort of thing I see, experience and read about every day.  It occurred to me today that you may not know such things but would like to know more about what it takes to buy a home...