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Understanding Dayton Area Home Prices: Average Sale Price By County 2024
Understanding Dayton Area Home Prices: Average Sale Price By County 2024
Some people wonder about how home pricing varies from county to county in the Dayton area. If that’s you, you came to the right spot! This graphic shows the average sale price for homes in Greene, Preble, Warren, Darke and Montgomery counties for 2024. Breaking it down looks like this: Montgomer
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Beavercreek, OH Real Estate Market Update: What Local Sellers Need to Know This Spring
Beavercreek, OH Real Estate Market Update: What Local Sellers Need to Know This Spring
As spring blossoms in Beavercreek, OH, the real estate market is heating up. If you're thinking about putting your home on the market, understanding the current trends can help you make confident, informed decisions. Here’s a look at what local sellers need to know this spring in the Beavercreek
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Future Beavercreek High School = Higher Real Estate Taxes?
Future Beavercreek High School = Higher Real Estate Taxes?
Did you hear about the proposal for a new Beavercreek, OH High School? It will be up to voters to decide as it will be on the ballot this November. Beavercreek City Schools has proposed a $265 million bond issue to construct a new high school, aiming to address overcrowding and modernize educati
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REAL ESTATE DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS
Real Estate Title Insurance
Real Estate Title Insurance
Title insurance provides protection from defects in a real estate title. So, you are getting ready to close on a home and the title search you paid good money for shows the title is clean with no issues. Your lender is requiring that you also ( as part of your closing costs) pay for title insurance
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Home Seller Closing Costs
Home Seller Closing Costs
As a home seller you want to know the total closing costs to sell your home, not just the commission. There are multiple players in a home sale and they each get paid for their service. Your agent can prepare a net sheet for you ahead of time based upon a suspected sale price. Costs and customs v
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What is Appraisal Gap Coverage a.k.a Gap Guarantee?
What is Appraisal Gap Coverage a.k.a Gap Guarantee?
It goes without saying any seller wants the best offer on their home. Part of being the best is often the least risky offer. In our current escalating market sometimes the appraisers but the brakes on offers they feel are not justified. We call it a ‘short’ appraisal when the appraiser assigns a va
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Future Beavercreek High School = Higher Real Estate Taxes?
Future Beavercreek High School = Higher Real Estate Taxes?
Did you hear about the proposal for a new Beavercreek, OH High School? It will be up to voters to decide as it will be on the ballot this November. Beavercreek City Schools has proposed a $265 million bond issue to construct a new high school, aiming to address overcrowding and modernize educati
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What’s at Rotary Park Beavercreek, OH?
What’s at Rotary Park Beavercreek, OH?
How many parks does Beavercreek have? 10?, no there are more. 20?, no, there are more yet. 24! Can you believe it? As a local Beavercreek Realtor that has lived in Beavercreek pretty much my entire life, I didn’t realize we had 24 parks until I started researching for this blog post. Some of ou
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How Long do we Stay in our Homes?
How Long do we Stay in our Homes?
How Long Do We Stay in Our Homes? A question I get from time to time; “How long do people usually stay in their home?” Well, here’s the answer. Just take a look at this chart compiled year by year by NAR, the National Association of Realtors. From 1985 to 2008 the average time between moves was 6 y
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INSPECTIONS
Sewer Line Backflow Preventer
Sewer Line Backflow Preventer
What is a backflow preventer? As a Realtor helping people buy and sell homes in the Dayton area, I’ve seen my fair share of unexpected surprises in homes, and one issue that often takes homeowners off guard is sewer backflow. This is when the sewer system reverses flow and comes back into the pl
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Damaged Sewer Pipe? Reline It!
Damaged Sewer Pipe? Reline It!
Maybe you’ve heard of repairing a sewer line with a ‘sewer sleeve’ or a ‘sewer liner’ or ‘trenchless line repair’. They refer to the same thing. Let’s say your Realtor recommended a sewer scope inspection for an older home you wrote an offer on. The inspection showed a broken clay tile. The tradit
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Wall Leaning? Wall Anchor the Answer?
Wall Leaning? Wall Anchor the Answer?
Is your basement wall bowing over 2 inches? Wall anchors may be the answer. Wall anchors are simple in design with just 3 main parts - 2 steel plates connected by one metal shaft. One plate is buried in the yard and the other plate sits against the bowing wall. The metal shaft connects the two pl
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What is the Difference Between a Truss and a Rafter?
What is the Difference Between a Truss and a Rafter?
Hello, I am David Campbell. Welcome to the Difference with David video series where I answer commonly asked questions about Real Estate. I'm on location at a new build site and wanted to answer a few questions I have heard about construction. Do you know the difference between a rafter and a truss?
MOREWhat are Concrete Shrinkage Cracks in my New Home?
What are Concrete Shrinkage Cracks in my New Home?
Something that often comes up on new homes and old alike are cracks in the concrete slab. You can have a structural crack from shifting and movement but that’s not common. Those cracks are typically ‘off-set’ and can be large (wider than ¼ of an inch) What is common are shrinkage cracks. These rang
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Water Heater Expansion Tank
Water Heater Expansion Tank
During showings I’m often asked, ‘What is this “thing” attached to the water heater?’ This ‘thing’ is known as an expansion tank. It helps to reduce the pressure on your water supply lines. If the pressure gets too great it can cause water to seep past the many valves in your plumbing system. Ther
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