Thursday, February 11, 2010
Coldwell Banker Named to the Training Top 125
Sponsored by Training Magazine, the 33rd annual competition for best practices in employee training and education included Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC on its list of the top 125. Click here to read the article from RisMedia.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Dancing for the REALtor Stars!
Barb Sondgerath of Coldwell Banker West Shell is hosting a truly unique event on January 30th at the Hilton Continental Ballroom in downtown Cincinnati to raise money for several Coldwell Banker West Shell Foundation Charities. Read about the event, buy tickets, meet the dancers and judges, vote for the winner, and get psyched for this great event!
New Website Launches To Answer Homebuyer Tax Credit Questions
Check out this great resource to determine if you qualify for the new Home Buyer Tax Credit. Read the article from the Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Blog and then check out the website: http://www.homebuyertaxcredit.com/
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Good News for Buckeye State Grads!
From BusinessFirst:
Ohio is seeking to keep more natives in the Buckeye State after college with a new program that lightens the load for home-buying graduates.
The Ohio Housing Finance Agency on Monday opened up the Grants for Grads program, an initiative that gives any graduate of an Ohio high school a 2.5 percent break on the purchase price of a home within 18 months of graduating from college. Grads don’t receive the full benefit of the break, which helps with down-payment and closing costs, unless they stay in the house for at least five years.
The program got a final legislative OK as a part of the two-year budget Gov. Ted Strickland signed in July. Erin Biehl, a spokeswoman for the agency, said $1 million initially has been set aside for the program but officials hope it will eventually become self-sustaining.
The agency, which provides tax credits for housing developments, mortgages and down-payment assistance to buyers, will issue the grants in the form of zero-percent second mortgage loans to homebuyers who get a first mortgage through a lender affiliated with the agency within 18 months of receiving an associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral or other postgraduate degree.
The aid comes in the form of a mortgage loan that’s forgivable after five years, Biehl said, because the agency is then able to track if borrowers move out of state. Those who leave Ohio before the five-year window is up are required to pay back part of the grant.
Strickland said in a release that the program is a way to “better position the state to meet the needs of future graduates as they make plans to build their personal and professional lives in Ohio after college.”
“Retaining educated and qualified graduates will also help to attract new jobs and prevent others from leaving the state,” Strickland said.
While the grant applies to Ohioans regardless of where they attended college, research indicates the risk of “brain drain” is high even for students who attend college in-state. A survey released this summer by the Washington, D.C.-based Thomas B. Fordham Institute think tank found that 51 percent of in-state students say they’ll look elsewhere for jobs after graduation. Of those surveyed, 60 percent said down-payment help would be an attractive incentive for staying in Ohio.
The agency has put income and purchase price restrictions on the program that vary from county to county. In Franklin County, for example, a one- or two-person family can’t participate if annual income is higher than $82,320, while the maximum purchase price for a new or existing home is $298,180. That would value the state’s incentive at up to $7,455.
For more information, go to: http://www.ohiohome.org/homebuyer/grantsforgrads.aspx.
Ohio is seeking to keep more natives in the Buckeye State after college with a new program that lightens the load for home-buying graduates.
The Ohio Housing Finance Agency on Monday opened up the Grants for Grads program, an initiative that gives any graduate of an Ohio high school a 2.5 percent break on the purchase price of a home within 18 months of graduating from college. Grads don’t receive the full benefit of the break, which helps with down-payment and closing costs, unless they stay in the house for at least five years.
The program got a final legislative OK as a part of the two-year budget Gov. Ted Strickland signed in July. Erin Biehl, a spokeswoman for the agency, said $1 million initially has been set aside for the program but officials hope it will eventually become self-sustaining.
The agency, which provides tax credits for housing developments, mortgages and down-payment assistance to buyers, will issue the grants in the form of zero-percent second mortgage loans to homebuyers who get a first mortgage through a lender affiliated with the agency within 18 months of receiving an associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral or other postgraduate degree.
The aid comes in the form of a mortgage loan that’s forgivable after five years, Biehl said, because the agency is then able to track if borrowers move out of state. Those who leave Ohio before the five-year window is up are required to pay back part of the grant.
Strickland said in a release that the program is a way to “better position the state to meet the needs of future graduates as they make plans to build their personal and professional lives in Ohio after college.”
“Retaining educated and qualified graduates will also help to attract new jobs and prevent others from leaving the state,” Strickland said.
While the grant applies to Ohioans regardless of where they attended college, research indicates the risk of “brain drain” is high even for students who attend college in-state. A survey released this summer by the Washington, D.C.-based Thomas B. Fordham Institute think tank found that 51 percent of in-state students say they’ll look elsewhere for jobs after graduation. Of those surveyed, 60 percent said down-payment help would be an attractive incentive for staying in Ohio.
The agency has put income and purchase price restrictions on the program that vary from county to county. In Franklin County, for example, a one- or two-person family can’t participate if annual income is higher than $82,320, while the maximum purchase price for a new or existing home is $298,180. That would value the state’s incentive at up to $7,455.
For more information, go to: http://www.ohiohome.org/homebuyer/grantsforgrads.aspx.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Understanding The Demands of Today's Market
Rick DeLuca will be in Columbus, Ohio tomorrow morning! He'll be giving the real estate agents of Coldwell Banker advice on how to work smart, spend resources more wisely, reduce inventory and create buyer loyalty. If you don't plan to attend tomorrow, mark your calendar for the rest of our Elevation series coming up this fall: September 29th - The New Basics of Real Estate - David Knox
October 20th & 22nd - What's Mine is Mine - What's Yours is Negotiable - John Hamilton
December 7th & 8th - Mind Your Own Business...Designing A Personal Business Plan - Ed Hatch
Friday, September 18, 2009
Columbus Blue Jackets, Coldwell Banker Announce Renewal of Corporate Partnership
Columbus Blue Jackets, Coldwell Banker Announce Renewal of Corporate Partnership!
Click here to read the article posted by a Blue Jackets staff writer yesterday.
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