Two very enthusiastic thumbs up!

As you can imagine, I keep myself informed about what is happening in Columbus and our surrounding communities.  I’m always on top of the latest community news because it’s good for me and good for my clients.  If I can tell you that the white Xs on the sidewalk mean the city will come by and replace that square of cement at no cost to the home-owner because of a bond package that was recently passed or I let you know that there will be a street-light assessment if you buy this home but not the last one we just looked at, I save you time and money.

I don’t report/recycle news here on the blog because Columbus Homes Blog is mostly about Columbus area Real Estate.  If you’re interested in the Banana Bean Cafe moving to Greenlawn Avenue, you can read about it somewhere else, like Columbus Underground maybe.

At the same time, I find myself constantly considering the effect the news I read might have on local real estate markets.  Does Banana Bean’s departure bode badly for Shumacher Place? Will it effect the desirability or re-sale values of the homes surrounding it, especially on that Eastern Edge of Whittier?

While that’s a hyper-local and possibly irrelevant sample, it is another version of local news that is just as important to being happy in your new neighborhood as street light assessments and sidewalk replacements (which are almost always the home-owner’s responsibility, by the way).

So, from now on, look for me to comment on news that effects real estate markets from Billion Dollar Bail-outs to the latest home tour or retail/cafe opening.  Not all the news, but some of it.  Things that you might like to know if you’re moving to the Columbus area for a job at OSU or Children’s Hospital or if you’re moving to Clintonville from Merion Village.