It’s Tuesday, so this must be the Tuesday Open House.

What is Tuesday Open House?? Well, it’s clearly not an “open house”. Open Houses don’t sell homes… good internet marketing does… but it seemed like a good title for this weekly blog post.

It is my way of throwing the doors open on the RealEstate-Ink.com blog and offering up a few quick articles and facts on real estate for the West Chester, Liberty Township, Beckett Ridge, Mason and Fairfield Township, Ohio areas. It is not intended to be all about homes for sale, but it will be about that some of the time…

 

Buying A Home: One of my favorite writers and the author of Seth’s Blog, Seth Godin had a great blog post last week on how to buy a house.  Actually he termed it how to think about buying a house.  It is an really good article that is definitely worth taking the time to read.  You can read How to buy A house here

 

Mortgage Interest Rates: The interest rate on a 30 year fixed rate mortgage was just 4.90% this morning.  If you are thinking about a 15 year fixed rate, you can get that today for just 4.25%.  Both of these rates were with no points.  These mortgage rates come courtesy of Third Federal Savings.  With rates this low, moving up to a larger or newer home seems like a very good decision.  For instance… if you are currently in a home with a $200,000 mortgage at 6.00% your principal and interest payment is $1199.  Moving up to a home with a $300,000 mortgage at 4.90% carries with it a monthly principal and interest payment of $1592, just under $400 more.  Clearly there are many factors to consider including your job security, other monthly bills, etc., but if the time is right for you personally, this is a great opportunity to move up!

 

 

Keller Williams RED Day: Keller Williams Realty Red Day plans are underway! On May 13th, the Keller Williams Associate Partners office will be conducting a huge food and clothing collection drive for Reach Out Lakota!!!! Praying the day will be a huge success…Please RSVP to let us know if you would like to donate…we’ll come to your home on May 13th and pick up your donations. All you have to do is leave it out on your front porch for us. To RSVP, please visit our Lowry Team Real Estate Facebook Fan Page!

 

 

 Thinking Of Selling?: It is spring in West Chester and Liberty Township and this is a time of year when many homeowners think about putting their home on the market for sale and now is a good time to do so.  But first, consider finding an experienced real estate professional to consult with you.  It is very important that your home is ready for the market, there clearly are improvements that are critical to your home selling for the most money possible.  You can get our 20 Steps To Help You Sell Your Home In Today’s Market here for free.  This will get you started.  Also, be sure that you get a detailed market value analyis of the value of your home so that you start out day one on the market at the right list price.  You can request a Free Market Value Analysis here.  In today’s market, experience counts.  Your choice of a real estate agent could determine if your home sells at all!  Let us know if we can help.

 

 

Our Facebook Fan Page of the week is: Taste of Cincinnati. The Taste of Cincinnati is just a month away now.  Taste of Cincinnati USA is held every Memorial Day weekend in downtown Cincinnati. Started in 1979, it is now the nation’s longest running culinary arts festival.. Check out their Facebook page for all of the details.  As of today they have 2394 fans.

While you are on facebook checking out the Taste Of Cincinnati fan page, please visit and become a fan of our facebook page.

 

 

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