If you have been watching listings in Beavercreek or Kettering this fall, you may have noticed something that feels a little contradictory. Fewer homes sold in September than a year ago, yet prices kept climbing. If you are a buyer getting ready to write an offer, that combination raises a fair question about how aggressive you need to be. At Irongate Inc., REALTORS®, we follow the monthly num...
The leaves are mostly down in Kettering and Centerville, the sun sets before most people leave work, and the buyers touring homes right now are not casual browsers. If your Miami Valley home is on the market this November, or you plan to list before the year ends, the first few minutes of every showing matter more than they did in June. At Irongate Inc., REALTORS®, our agents walk through home...
Every October, kitchen tables across Centerville and Beavercreek host the same conversation: sell before the holidays, or wait until spring when the yard looks better and the market feels busier. At Irongate Inc., REALTORS®, we hear this question constantly this time of year, and the honest answer depends less on the calendar and more on what the current data shows about inventory, pricing, an...
Drive through the older sections of Oakwood or the tree-lined streets near Kettering's Fairmont neighborhood and you'll pass brick colonials and cape cods that have stood since the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. That housing stock is a big part of what gives these communities their character, and it's also why home inspections here tend to turn up a specific set of issues that buyers touring newer co...
The maple trees along Stroop Road are already turning, and for a lot of homeowners in Kettering and Centerville, that first hint of fall is usually the moment they decide to wait until spring to sell. At Irongate Inc., REALTORS®, our agents hear this every October: the assumption that nobody buys a house once the leaves come down. The reality in the Miami Valley tells a different story, and ho...
