Andy Morrow

West Jefferson, Ohio - While some high school students are thinking about tuxes and prom gowns, one central Ohio students is thinking about business plans, marketing and sales.   Cory Coburn, a 17-year-old high school student in the Madison County village of West Jefferson is opening his own reta...

     Home sales in Ohio picked up very nicely in January according to our state's Multiple Listing Services. Favorable interest rates make buying very attractive and with plenty of homes on the market buyers can pick from the "cream of the crop".      Statewide sales were at 7698 units in January...

     The thaw is near and Spring is just around the corner. Many homes will "hit" the market and all at once. A lot of anxious sellers removed their homes from the market to take advantage of the winter down time in real estate. The savvy sellers know that inventories were high and mortgage appli...

Shopping for a mortgage is the first step toward owning a home and perhaps the most daunting, especially if you are not prepared. Once a simple task that meant comparing fixed rates from among perhaps a dozen or fewer savings and loan companies, the mortgage hunt today is like finding your way th...

A cooling housing market gives buyers, especially first-time buyers, more opportunities to snatch up a good deal. But just because there are good deals, doesn't always mean buyers are ready to make the leap.These six tips will help prospective buyers find out if they are ready for homeownership. ...

Sellers who refuse to make minor repairs are likely to pay dearly for their stubbornness, says Sid Davis, author of the new book Home Makeovers That Sell (AMACOM, 2007).Here are some of Davis' suggestions for sellers who want to get the most out of the deal.Start with the kitchen; it's the most i...

 Home buyers may now need to pull out their calculators when tackling a common dilemma: what to do if they don't have enough money for a 20% down payment.In recent years, piggyback loans, low-cost and easy to get, have been the product of choice for many cash-strapped consumers eager to purchase ...

Yes, it is that time of year again. I know from my previous experience as a roofing contractor about the damage that can be done by ice dams. There were many "quick fixes" out back then but there is only one real way to cure this problem. That impressive formation of ice along the roof edge of a ...

For thousands of years, prior to the coming of the white man, the Plain City, Ohio area was a favorite hunting and camping locality for prehistoric Indians.  The first human beings here were Indians who traveled along Big Darby Creek Valley just after the retreat of the glaciers over 16,000 years...

In 1852, John Reed Hilliard bought ten acres of farmland in western Franklin County from Hoseah High and Abraham Wendell. Geographically, the Hilliard area is between Big Darby Creek on the west and the Scioto River on the east. Originally called Hilliard's Station, the town grew around the railr...