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Entries from January 2007

Modular vs. Mobile Homes in Delaware Ohio

January 31st, 2007 · 8 Comments

Our post from yesterday, received a frantic e-mail from one of Toby’s clients:
What? You mean I can’t put the home we’ve been looking at on the lot we looked at last weekend?
Toby’s first reaction — okay second. First was to pick-up the phone and talk her down off the ledge, then he realized that some [...]

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Tags: General News · Real Estate Stats & Analysis

Nana’s Night Lights A Great Organization to Support

January 31st, 2007 · 4 Comments

Nana’s Night Lights is a non-profit organization based in Westerville that installs outdoor motion-sensor lights on homes.
The organization, started by Columbus Police Officers Amy and Tim Welsh, was featured in Sunday’s Home & Garden section of The Columbus Dispatch. Nana’s Night Lights works with mostly elderly residents of declining neighborhoods by adding motion-sensor lights that [...]

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How Can You Buy a Mobile Home?

January 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Toby has recently had a lot of questions about purchasing mobile homes. This might have something to do with the three that Disbennett Real Estate currently has on the market, or simply a fluke.
If you are thinking of buying a mobile home, it is first very important to keep a couple of things in mind.
Mobile Homes [...]

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Tags: General News · Real Estate Stats & Analysis

Delaware Needs a Bookstore!

January 30th, 2007 · No Comments

We just published a Delaware’s Best post on the best places to read a book in Delaware County.
We think Delaware needs a local bookstore and there is commercial space available in downtown Delaware.
Are you interested? Contact Toby for more information!
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Tags: Delaware Real Estate

Delaware Ohio’s Best: Place to Read a Book

January 30th, 2007 · 5 Comments

The weather outside has turned colder and it is going to be a few months before we can enjoy the world outside.
And if a trip is out of the question, then how about a mental trip? Fire up the fire place, curl up on the couch, and mentally take a vacation with your favorite book. [...]

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Tags: Delaware Highlights · Delaware's Best

Watch Your Mailbox, Predators are Lurking

January 29th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Great article in last Thursday’s The Columbus Dispatch that highlights how predatory lenders are going after residents living in Habitat for Humanity homes.
But this is not an issue exclusively tied to those that have Habitat homes.
I received a recent e-mail from Libby that said:
“If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try pooping on the [...]

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Tags: Real Estate Stats & Analysis

Consumer Focused Blog Carnival

January 29th, 2007 · 8 Comments

For those that have been diligent readers, they have seen an evolution in this Sadie’s Take on Delaware Ohio over the past couple of weeks. For a while, this blog had become a bit “technical” and was writing about real estate.
But, that has changed recently. I still write about real estate, but from a perspective [...]

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Tags: Carnival Time

Delaware Ohio Real Estate This Week: Jan. 21-28

January 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Another exciting week of real estate in Delaware, Ohio.
Active Listings: 1,756

Average Square Feet: 2,671
List Price: $377,945
Days on Market: 145

Sold: 21

Days on Market: 156
Listing Price/Sold Price: $300,971/$291,197
Average Square Feet: 2,359

Withdrawns: 31

Days on Market: 153
Average Square Feet: 2,627
Listing Price: $351,693

Compare this to last week’s stats, and you’ll see that solds are up from 16 last week and [...]

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Tags: Delaware Real Estate

We’ve Been Named Most Improved …

January 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Real Estate Perspective is host to the ninth Carnival of Real Estate Investing, and he named our article, “Real Estate Investing is Like Washing Your Hair” most improved and batted us second in the line-up.
Have to give props to Real Estate Perspective, this is one ofthe best Carnival write-ups I’ve seen in a long time. [...]

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Get Away for Baseball & A Movie

January 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Columbus Clippers and the Arena Grand will again team-up for the Clippers 2007 Winterfest on Feb. 1 at 6 p.m.
Clippers, the Triple-A team for the Washington Nationals, will have manager John Stearns on hand to greet fans with a question and answer session.
The movie, Catch and Release, will begin at 7 p.m.
Cost is $10.00 which includes popcorn, [...]

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Tags: A Day Away · General News