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Discover Columbus is a site about Columbus Ohio. Originally named "Columbus Best Blog," it was never the best blog in Columbus Ohio. It was a blog about the best in Columbus and Central Ohio! Best restaurants, best real estate company, best schools, best neighborhoods..... written by Maureen McCabe a licensed real estate agent with Columbus Ohio's best real estate company, Real Living HER. Discover Columbus is just a site about Central Ohio.

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Columbus Based Brokerage

Jul. 26, 2006

Categorized in: Columbus Real Estate

Tagged with: builders, central ohio, columbus ohio, her real living, inman news, new construction, real living

Real Living partners with builders

Friday, July 21, 2006

Inman News

"Web portal offers new place for new construction properties"

Friday, July 21, 2006

Inman News - no link to the article as Inman is paid subscription.

"A new Web portal offers consumers a place to search for new construction properties, builders, models and communities, according to an announcement from Real Living."

"Residential real estate firm Real Living is partnering with home builders to launch the new construction portal at RealLiving.com. Consumers will find overviews, photos and specifications on homes they're interested in, such as: number of bedrooms and baths, square footage, starting price, model images, floor plans, school districts and virtual tours."

"The new construction portal is linked to MyRealLiving 2.0, Real Living's consumer extranet, which allows users to organize, personalize, save and share information."

Real Living is based in Columbus but has offices in ten states with nearly 4,000 agents and employees in nearly 130 offices. The Central Ohio Real Living offices, HER Real Living Columbus is the number one real estate company in the region.

Real Living's website innovations made the company a finalist in Inman's Innovator Awards.

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Best of Show BIA

Jul. 11, 2006

Categorized in: Columbus Real Estate

Tagged with: bia, builders, columbus real estate, decor, delaware county, genoa township, house, new england homes, parade of homes, suburban

There are two awards voted for by the general public at the Parade of Homes each year, the People's Choice awards. There is an award for Favorite House and a second award for Favorite Interior Decor.

People's Choice Award

The winner of the Central Ohio BIA 's People's Choice Award at the Parade of Homes was New England Homes for Favorite House! The winner of the Peoples Choice Award was New England Homes for Favorite Interior Decor! This is according to a BIA Blueprint a BIA / Daily Reporter Publication dated Monday July 11, 2006 (Monday was the 10th of July.) Today is Tuesday July 11, 2006.

The Sheffield Park home was gorgeous inside and out. I worked one short shift at the house during the Parade of Homes and all the people who came through said it was the best house!

Congratulations to New England Homes, Doug, John and Jim... I think. The New England Homes house was the Fondation House for the 2006 BIA Parade of Homes.

Parade of Homes - Awards

Parade of Homes 2006 - Sheffield Park

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Virginia Homes

Jun. 16, 2006

Categorized in: Columbus Real Estate

Tagged with: bia, builders, central ohio, columbus ohio, homes, new construction, parade of homes, real estate, residential building

Virginia Homes who developed the Shefflield Park development along with Centex is the big award winner at the 2006 BIA Parade of Homes according to an article in Columbus Business First. Nine awards. The article also reported:

"Other winners included New England Homes with seven awards."

I volunteered at the Parade of Homes, yesterday at New England Home's house. An agent and builder in my office, John Holt is one of the partners in New England Homes. At our Tuesday sales meeting our manager was saying that all the people coming through were saying John's house (New England Homes, house, the BIA Foundation House at this year's BIA Parade of Homes ) was the best.

They said it over and over yesterday. It is a beautiful house. It is like a trip to Cape Cod... The floor plan is called the Gloucester. I only ran through two houses as I was leaving but there was no comparison. It must be the best house.

MI Homes, Tuckernan and Beazer homes each got five awards...

In other Columbus residential real estate / building news...

Schottenstein steps down as MI Homes' COO

"Steven Schottenstein is stepping down as chief operating officer at MI Homes Inc., the company said Thursday after the stock market closed. "

Steven Schottenstein will continue to serve as vice chairman of MI Homes, according to Columbus Business First.

2006 BIA Parade of Homes

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Parade of Homes

Jun. 9, 2006

Categorized in: Columbus Real Estate

Tagged with: builders, central ohio, delaware county, development, genoa township, parade of homes, sheffield park, suburban

"Inspiration It's a Walk in the Park" seems to be the theme for the 2006 BIA Parade of Homes which begins this weekend in Central Ohio.

A May This Week newspaper article written by Bonnie Butcher "Parade of Homes site has lots of open space" said:

"Few housing developments in Delaware County retain the rural sense of the land from which they sprang, but more than 40 percent of Sheffield Park in Genoa Township will remain green.

Centex Homes and Virginia Homes developed the 214-acre site which includes more than 90 acres of accessible green space and more than two miles of walkways, said Charles Ruma of Virginia Homes. "

The BIA website:

2006 Parade of Homes
Developed by Centex Homes and Virginia Homes
Sheffield Park, Genoa Township, Delaware County
June 10 - 25, 2006

Mon - Sat: 12 - 9 pm, no admittance after 8pm
Sun: 12 - 6pm, no admittance after 5pm

ticket info on BIA website

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