Cincinnati Perspective

The New Year is upon us and demand for homes is already showing up, especially in the lower, first-time buyer market.  Expectations are that the resell market will also see a benefit from the Federal Government Tax Stimulus. Numbers for the Montgomery, Blue Ash, Symmes Township and Sycamore Towns...

The Cincinnati Area Board of Realtors (CABR) has released final numbers for the 2009 year.  The good news...yearly area sales increased by 21 units over 2008 and December homes sales were up 2.5%.  A total of 18,793 units sold in the 2009 year, up .11%  The average price was down 7.17% to $150,64...

The Stimulus Program extended as of December 1, 2009 into this Spring is a powerful incentive to purchasing a home...good whether you are purchasing your first home or actually for any home under $800,000!  If you have never owned a home, need more space than your current home provides, want to d...

Tired of paying so much in taxes?  Think your house value is too high for property taxes in these Ohio counties, Hamilton, Warren, Clermont and Butler? Many people in Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio think it is...and they may be right! First step in this process is to look up the value placed on yo...

The Cincinnati Observatory Center (COC) is known as The Birthplace of American Astronomy. It houses one of the oldest working telescopes and was the first public observatory in the western hemisphere. the observatory is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was founded by Ormsby McKnigh...

According to a savings index compiled by Coupons.com, Cincinnati is the third most frugal of major American cities.  The study measured coupon use throughout the nation. They found that Cincinnati residents saved an average of $536 in 2009 by using coupons.  We are certainly to be congratulated f...

Men's Health Magazine has chosen Cincinnati as one of the top cities in the country when it comes to being charitable.  Their study looked for cities who were the most philanthropic.  They factored in charitable donations that were given online through an organization called Convio, software used...

Business Week has evaluated the globe's premier design schools. They selected the University of Cincinnati's School of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning's master's degree program as one of the top 30 leading international programs. They believe that the curriculum nurtures creative technique...

The Cincinnati Museum Center was recently recognized for its outstanding service to our community.  It was named one of 10 recipients of the 2009 National Medal for Museum and Library Service.  We should be exceedingly proud, as that is the nation's highest honor for museums and libraries.  Along...

With the statistics for Cincinnati real estate sales showing the end of the 2009 year, it is interesting to take a look at the graph showing the median and average sale prices for the past five years in Mt. Adams.                                                                 Overall, in the Cin...