When preparing to sell your house, the lists of things to do can be daunting. Should you stage your home? Should you make repairs? Upgrade that carpet? The kitchen? Overhaul your front and back yard to impress prospective buyers? You want to maximize your return on investment but you also don’t want to dump a […]
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Selling a Home? These are the Most Important Rooms to Stage
If you’re considering selling your home and looking to fetch top dollar from the sale… and who isn’t… staging every room may sound like the best course; however, it may be a daunting task to both you and your wallet. If your home needs staging and you can’t afford to invest in staging the entire […]
Columbus Ohio Housing Market Report – August 2017
Homes are still selling quickly in central Ohio Homes spent an average of 27 days on the market during the month of August, which is one day less than July and eight days fewer than August 2016. This is yet another record low for central Ohio, according to the Columbus REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service (MLS). […]
Student Debt is Postponing Many Millennials Plans for Homeownership
College debt is having a compounding effect on how millennials perceive and plan for homeownership. In a recently released report by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), eighty-three percent of millennials say they are delaying their home-buying plans by a median seven years as a result of their student loan debt. Twenty percent of the […]
Columbus Ohio Housing Market Report – July 2017
Inventory levels are creeping up Central Ohio housing inventory continued to increase during the month of July to 5,498, an 8.3% increase over June, although still down 14.1% from July 2016. This left central Ohio with a 2.0 months supply of inventory at the current sales pace, according to the Columbus REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service. […]
Buying a Home: Commonly Overlooked Costs of Owning a Home
Prepare yourself by knowing the less-obvious costs of owning a home. Insurance, maintenance and more add up faster than you think. Buyers too often focus on a home’s list price or mortgage payment to determine what they can afford. However, the less-obvious costs associated with homeownership can affect the monthly bottom line. To help home […]
How to Negotiate on a New Home
Equity versus profit. That’s the difference in what’s being negotiated when purchasing a home from an existing homeowner, and the builder of a new home. There is less chance of striking a deal on the purchase price of a newly built home, as most of the costs associated with building it are fixed. Only about […]
Columbus Housing Market Report – June 2017
Columbus and Central OH Home Prices Setting New Records Home prices are setting records in central Ohio and continue their ascent outpacing both inflation and wages. The median sales price of a home for the month of June in central Ohio was $192,650 which is up 7.0% from last year. The median sales price of […]
9 Powerful Feelings Sellers Commonly Experience When Selling a Home
Selling a home has its moments of joy and frustration. Here’s your emotional road map. If you, or someone you know is considering Buying or Selling a Home in Columbus, Ohio please contact The Opland Group. We offer professional real estate advice and look forward to helping you achieve your real estate goals! The Opland […]
Where Property Values and Property Taxes are Increasing the Most in Columbus OH
The local Central Ohio real estate market continues to soar and as a result property values are up significantly. Unfortunately your taxes are about to go up as well. On Monday, Franklin County Auditor’s office released tentative 2017 reappraisal property value changes by school district, and all but one local district logged double-digit percentage growth. […]