by Susanne Novak | Dec 16, 2012 | Buyer Tips
We are living in a time of extremely low interest rates. Mortgage loans at 3% or 4% fixed over 30 years are the norm, and have been for the past 5 years. Most of us don’t remember the 90’s when we considered 6% and 7% as “low” interest rates....
by Susanne Novak | May 28, 2012 | Buyer Tips
Do you still believe that we are stuck in a never-ending housing bust? With the sellers market where it is home prices will continue to drop and the foreclosure crisis will drag down the American economy? Did you think I was nuts when I predicted a new seller’s...
by Susanne Novak | Sep 22, 2011 | Buyer Tips
For the past few months I predicted that we will have a great summer. I am not talking about the weather, but the Columbus real estate market. The official Columbus home sales stats for the month of August are out. And they are exciting! Home prices are up by 1% and...
by Susanne Novak | Jul 21, 2011 | Buyer Tips
Yesterday the Columbus Board of Realtors published home sales statistics for June 2011. The media sharks have been waiting for this moment in their press rooms to report more bad news about the real estate market. Lets take a look at a newspaper you should be able to...
by Susanne Novak | Jul 2, 2011 | Buyer Tips
I never thought that abandoned houses could look beautiful. In his project 100 Abandoned Houses, Kevin Bauman captures a quiet, melancholic spirit that comes with desolate, defunct structures sitting on an abandoned street. His pictures are from Detroit, MI. This...
by Susanne Novak | May 7, 2011 | Buyer Tips
Over the past few weeks we lost a few bids on Columbus OH homes for sale, because the selling agent was able to get higher offers on these houses after we submitted our contract. Most of the homes I am talking about were either Fannie Mae owned or other bank-owned...
