Kate & Tony Thomas Out Front (Again) In our effort to always bring cutting edge marketing to our clients, we have just introduced QR codes on our listing yard signs.  We were first to use 800 #s, then texting and now QR.  So What's QR Code?  QR codes are like a UPC code in the grocery store, except instead of recording a price and a SKU, when you scan them with your smart phone,...

OK, so here's the details of So How We Doin' New Albany by neighborhood: NACC Homes Sold 2010 Hampsted Village Homes Sold 2010 New Albany Links Homes Sold 2010 The Preserve Homes Sold 2010 New Albany Park Homes Sold 2010

New Albany Home Sales are Up New Albany Home Sales are Up. The numbers are in. Year-to-date November 2010, 277 homes have closed in the New Albany Plain Local School District vs 246 last year. That's an 11% increase in homes sold vs. 2009. Click here to search the MLS yourself.

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Ready to Build Your Dream House in New Albany Country Club? Following is a list of lots available. There is a 10% reduction that expires 12/31/10.

Now or later? We get this question at this time of year more than ever. For many Sellers, it a conundrum…list during the holidays when there are fewer buyers looking or wait until the spring? The reality is that homes sell all year long. For sure there are fewer Buyers out looking in the winter months, but there is also much less competition for those Buyers. As of this writing, there are 82 homes for sale in New Albany Country Club, 16 homes for sale in Hampsted Village and 27 homes for sale in New Albany Links. Many Sellers have taken their homes off the market for the Holidays and plan to re-list in the spring.

I’m still smiling 3 days after attending the New Albany High School’s production of Hairspray this weekend at the McCoy Center! It was so good you totally forgot that you were watching students act, sing and the orchestra play. It’s no wonder that it was “Sold Out” 3 nights in a row! There were some real stand-out performances and I suspect we’ll hear more from these talented kids.

It seems that Columbus, Ohio is one of the least stressed cities in the country! I’ve always suspected this, but Forbes has just confirmed it. It certainly was mine and Tony’s experience when we moved to New Albany 15 years ago. And for 13 years, I have been telling Buyers relocating to Central Ohio that they were in for a treat – they could give up a long commute, would find polite drivers on the road, and friendly people everywhere they went.

Following are all homes sold in New Albany Country Club neighborhoods in so far this year. Last year there were only 64 homes sold by the 3rd quarter, compared to the 84 homes sold this year.

We now have the answer to whether the home buyer tax credit was good for real estate. The answer is a resounding “Yes”. In New Albany, unit sales through July when the tax credit was in effect were up 37% over the same time in 2009.