Alison Moss's (alisonmoss) Blog

OFHEO now has a new pricing tool available online to help homebuyers and homeowners determine what the average appreciation of the homes in their region. This tool can provide a “ballpark” figure of what the average appreciation is for your home based on what you paid for it. This is useful infor...

Smart Money.com reports on the National Association of REALTORS January 2009 monthly report. It projected existing-home sales at 4.90 million in 2008 and 5.22 million in 2009 compared to 5.65 million in 2007. Compared with the December 2008 report, the revised numbers are a mixed blessing. There ...

Across the country local and state governments are enacting laws aimed at minimizing the eyesore of foreclosed homes, according to USA Today. Properties in foreclosure are often left uncared fore and fall into disrepair, leaving local municipalities with the responsibility of maintaining the prop...

I recieved an e-mail last week that gave me some very important information. It was about Asbestos and it spoke to the importance of identifying it early on during the home inspection process. As real estate agents we learn extensively about the dangers associated with Lead Paint, and in fact the...

The Cincinnati Board of REALTORS sent out this helpful information to all of its agents today and I wanted to pass it along to all of our readers. The average U.S. household will pay $2,300 this year on residential energy costs, with heating accounting for almost 45% of that total, according to t...

The FED cut their prime lending rate just 1%, and there was some impact in the mortgage market … for a few moments. I had conversations with real estate agents in a few different markets who all got the news and did not even have enough time to notify their clients. Dan Green over at The Mortgage...

I have had the pleasure of working with a number of first time home buyers over the years and after reading the National Association of Realtors report on first time home buyers, I have to agree that the first time home buyers I am seeing these days are a bit different than in years past. The NAR...

New information from Marketwatch.com points to a slowing foreclosure rate in leading indicator states. Their conclusion is that the number of foreclosures is in decline due to some of the aggressive measures being taken by banks, and government agencies to keep families in their homes. Their rese...

Many people are wondering where their money will be safest during these uncertain economic times. Investing in your home still pays off. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® statistics show that home prices have fallen by an average of 7 percent nationally in the past year. But the value of home own...

As we settle into winter everyone we know is thinking about their heating bill. We gave tips about winterizing a home in Cincinnati in a previous post, and hope everyone took that advice. If you are still interested in energy savings you could get a home energy audit from a company like Energyque...