Real Estate

Rhodes warns property owners about Seattle company

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012, 4:36pm

Rhodes warns property owners about Seattle company

CINCINNATI (FOX19) – Hamilton County Auditor Dusty Rhodes is warning people who own property in Hamilton County about a company named ValueAppeal LLC that is sending letter to homeowners saying the county may have overvalued their properties and offering a “custom report” for $99.

Rhodes said owners can do the research on their own and can file an appeal for no charge with the Board of Revision (BOR). “We often advise homeowners to contact a Realtor who is active in their area for an independent opinion of their value,” he said. “They can also review recent sales of comparable properties on our website www.hcauditor.org”.

The site says "If you are paying too much, our Tax Appeal Kit is guaranteed to lower your tax bill—or your money back. Users save an average of $1,346 a year in property taxes."

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Anderson Township looking for planning study volunteers

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011, 1:32am

Anderson Township looking for planning study volunteers

ANDERSON TOWNSHIP, OH (FOX19) - Anderson Township is looking for volunteers to comprise a steering committee for two planning studies starting this fall, pertaining to the Ohio Riverfront and Ancor Area.

The update of the Ohio River Area Plan, adopted in 2002, incl;udes the area from Coney Island to the west and the Hamilton / Clermont County line to the east. This study will update and address planning guidelines for this entertainment / recreation / residential/ and river port area along the township’s Ohio Riverfront.

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Nature Center's Krippendorf Estate listed to Register of Historic Places

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter

Friday, September 2nd, 2011, 8:33pm

Nature Center's Krippendorf Estate listed to Register of Historic Places

UNION TOWNSHIP, CLERMONT COUNTY, OH (FOX19) - Cincinnati Nature Center (CNC) says The Krippendorf Estate has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The announcement made the first week in July recognized CNC for both its unique landscape as well as the Krippendorf Lodge, after review by the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board and the National Park Service.

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of properties recognized by the federal government as worthy of preservation for their local, state, or national significance in American history, architecture, engineering, or culture (Ohio Historical Society). For a property to be eligible to qualify for the National Register, the property should be at minimum fifty years old, retain its basic historic integrity and meet one of the four established National Register criteria: 1) the property must have significance for its association with broad patterns of history 2) ha

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CMHA housing vouchers now web-only

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter

Friday, April 1st, 2011, 10:36pm

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - It's a sign of how vital the internet has become. The Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority will now offer access to the waiting list for its housing voucher program only through the World Wide Web.

This is the first time in several years that the Authority has opened up the waiting list for the program formerly known as "Section 8". The list will be open for 5 days, and a lottery among those who sign up during those days will dfetermine who gets on the list.

Registration is now open online at www.hcvwaitlist.com from 12:01 a.m. Monday morning, April 4th, until 11:59 p.m.

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Mt. Washington asks city zoning changes

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter

Thursday, January 27th, 2011, 2:50pm

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - The Mt. Washington Community Council is asking that zoning changes already approved for the Mt. Washington Comprehensive Plan in 2007 be added to the City of Cincinnati's Comprehensive plan. The changes would change several areas zoned for multi-family housing to single-family housing. These are areas that currently have mostly single family homes, with a few small to medium-sized apartment buildings. The council also more restrictive zoning in a couple of business areas. Here is a copy of the Council's letter to the city:

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Mt. Washington recognizing historic homes

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010, 7:41pm

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - The Mt. Washington Community Council is encouraging property owners in the neighborhood to recognize their historic buildings.

The Council, at least for the moment, is paying $60 of the 110-dollar cost of providing markers for historic homes and other structures. In some cases that could also include the location of buildings that have been torn down.

There are criteria for which structures can be recognized, and how. The toughest may be that the building must be:

a) Located within the boundaries of Mt. Washington.

b) Historically and /or architecturally significant to the history of Mt. Washington.

More information and appliacations are on the Community Council website.

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High-tech Anderson intersection on hold

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter

Monday, September 13th, 2010, 6:49pm

ANDERSON TWP, HAMILTON COUNTY, OH (FOX19) - A plan to radically redesign the intersection of Beechmont and Five Mile Roads is on hold for about four months while the Township tries to work out parking access issues for several businesses on the southeast corner of the intersection.

Anderson Township Assistant Administrator Steve Sievers says that after a meeting in mid-August and another last week, they withdrew a request to the Hamilton County Commissioners to 'establish' the project, since those issues are still being worked on.

The redesign requires the elimination of a parking lot entrance that is on Five Mile just south of Beechmont. There are plans to replace it with continuous driveway access from a spot across Five Mile from Nimitzview Drive which is some way south of the intersection, and to improve access from Forest Road south of Beechmont, just east of the area. The details of those plans haven't been agreed upon yet.

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