Weekly Cincinnati Real Estate Blog

May 16, 2025

Dopamine decor favors emotions over aesthetics: Happy home, happy life

Your entire body is aware of your happiness. Your heart is pounding. Your face gets red. Your breathing becomes rapid. You feel butterflies in your stomach.
And your brain comes next. Dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin are examples of "happiness hormones" that flood your brain's nooks and crannies when you're happy. …

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May 14, 2025

Why Gen Z and Interior Designers Despise Fluorescent Lights (and What to Do About It)

In the Venn diagram of online opinions, the affluent world of interior design and the gen pop of TikTok don't often overlap. However, the two worlds are largely in agreement when it comes to overhead lighting, sometimes known as #thebiglight. The united front? Whether it's track lighting, recessed illumination, or …

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May 12, 2025

Wait and See Mode on Fed Rates

There would be a longer wait for mortgage lenders and potential consumers seeking relief from high interest rates. Following its two-day meeting, the Federal Reserve held rates constant at a range of 4.25% to 4.5% on Wednesday, in a move that was largely anticipated.
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) …

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April 25, 2025

Does Your Current Home Fit Your Retirement Plans?

Retirement is not only a turning point. Something quite unique is about to start. After years of diligence, it's at last time to calm down, investigate other interests, and live life on your own terms.


But this fascinating chapter also presents some major decisions. And one of the most …

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April 23, 2025

Zillow to ban privately marketed homes, escalating an industry fight over secret listings

Zillow said on its website Thursday that a property will not be shown on the site if it is advertised directly to buyers without being on the MLS and made widely available in places where buyers look for homes.

After the National Association of Realtors announced a new rule meant …

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April 22, 2025

US House introduces bill to reduce mortgage insurance costs

Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) presented H.R. 2760, also referred to as the Middle Class Mortgage Insurance Premium Act, into the House of Representatives last week. Three Republicans and seven Democrats are among the ten co-sponsors of the bill.

The House Ways and Means Committee was tasked with reviewing the bill. …

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April 18, 2025

Moving Plans on Hold? Why It May Be Time To Start Them Back Up

Seventy percent of purchasers stopped looking for a house last year; perhaps you were among them. Making sense is what it does. Prices were high, inventory was low, and mortgage rates rode like a rollercoaster. All of that made finding a house you loved and within budget quite difficult.
Guess …

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April 16, 2025

Fewer investors were home flipping in 2024

In 2024, home flipping by investors decreased as margins improved, yet they remained below the levels observed in the majority of the preceding decade.


The average return of 29.6% over a brief period may appear appealing to investors across various asset classes; however, it remains significantly lower than the …

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April 14, 2025

Tricks to Prevent Weeds From Invading Your Lawn This Summer

Commonly a challenge for many homeowners, weeds are plants that grow where they are not wanted. Most weeds have substantial seed output, fast germination and establishment, and seeds that lie latent for a long time. For instance, one redroot pigweed might generate up to 30,000 seeds year. For more than …

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Aug. 16, 2024

Inventory is Rising in Lakota School District

As of Friday, August 16th. There are currently 62 single family homes and condos available for sale UNDER $500,000 in Liberty Township, Ohio and West Chester, Ohio. The inventory has continued to rise, check out all of the listings available in Lakota School District here.