This weekend marks the annual Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival in Gahanna Ohio.  Friday through Sunday nationally known musicians will be playing at Creekside Plaza.  Great for the whole family there will be multiple stages, food, and fun.  Special events of the festival include Jog for Jazz, a fun 5k walk/run, Sunday Jazz Brunch, and the Rising Stars Contest.  Headliners include Tab Benoit, Jimi Vincent and the Columbus Jazz Orchestra to name a few.

Central Ohio is alive this summer and the music festival is yet one highlight to enjoy and Creekside Plaza is a lovely outdoor venue.  Gahanna Ohio will be alive with music this weekend, if you are in town the Creekside Blues and Jazz Festival is not to be missed.

Click here to visit the website for the Creekside Blues and Jazz Festival.

If you are looking to buy or sell a property in New Albany, Gahanna, Blacklick, Westerville, or another Central Ohio community, please contact The Raines Group. We offer professional real estate advice and are happy to help you achieve your real estate goals. Please contact us today via our online contact form or by calling The Raines Group at 614-418-7417.

Let’s face it, it remains a buyer’s market when it comes to Gahanna Ohio real estate.  Home prices are down over 6% compared with a year ago, but up slightly compared with a month ago.  The historically low mortgage rates are making the affordability factor for Gahanna homes even better, shaving thousands of dollars off the expense of purchasing a home over the lifetime of a loan.

The addition of more bank-owned real estate has continued to make Gahanna home prices more affordable than ever.  If you have been considering looking at Gahanna real estate, now could be the ideal time.  If you have a steady income, a down payment, and a good credit history, there couldn’t be a better time to secure a mortgage.

Give us a call today to look at all available homes for sale in Gahanna and learn more about the current state of the Central Ohio real estate market.

If you are looking to buy or sell a property in New Albany, Gahanna, Blacklick, Westerville, or another Central Ohio community, please contact The Raines Group. We offer professional real estate advice and are happy to help you achieve your real estate goals. Please contact us today via our online contact form or by calling The Raines Group at 614-418-7417.

Gahanna is a wonderful Central Ohio community to call home.  A suburb of Columbus, Ohio, Gahanna is a community that offers its residents an amazing quality of life.  Reasonable priced housing, excellent public education, and recreation are cornerstones for Gahanna.  Gahanna has its own economic viability as well, offering a place to work as well as to live.

Creekside Park is a focal point of the Gahanna community, a place for festivals and fun, celebrations and recreation.  Nearby Columbus is a venue for sports, entertainment and art, as well as shopping, dining and more.

If you would like to learn more about Gahanna and the real estate opportunities that exist there contact the brokers at The Raines Group today.

If you are looking to buy or sell a property in New Albany, Gahanna, Blacklick, Westerville, or another Central Ohio community, please contact The Raines Group. We offer professional real estate advice and are happy to help you achieve your real estate goals. Please contact us today via our online contact form or by calling The Raines Group at 614-418-7417.

Gahanna Ohio offers a place to enjoy winter and the holidays in Central Ohio

Throughout the month of December, Creekside Gahanna is a winter wonderland, offering a magical place for individuals and families alike to enjoy and bring out the holiday spirit.  With holiday lighting and a North Pole Village, the area is alive on weekends when Santa Claus makes an appearance for the kids on Saturdays.  Ice skating is another fun winter activity available at Creekside Gahanna.

Santa appears at Creekside Gahanna from 1pm to 5 pm on Saturdays; skates can be rented for $2 per pair per half hour on Fridays from 4pm to 7pm, Saturdays from 10am to 6pm and Sundays from 1pm to 5 pm.

If you would like more information on Gahanna, contact the brokers at The Raines Group today.  The Raines Group specializes in Central Ohio real estate and has the experience and knowledge you need to get to know the area and all that it has to offer.

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The tradition of fox hunting is alive and well in Gahanna, Ohio

Fox hunting brings tradition, camaraderie, and fun to horseback riders in Gahanna, Ohio.  The fox hunting season formally opened on November 7, with the Blessing of the Hounds at the at the Rocky Fork Hunt & Country Club located on Clark State Road in Gahanna, Ohio. 

Fox hunting is a sport rich with tradition, more about the riding and skill of the hounds than for actually killing a fox. For those who love to ride horses in Gahanna and the surrounding areas, fox hunting joins people together to enjoy their passion.  During a hunt there are three main groups, field riders, jumping field riders, and hill toppers (for those that want to ride less aggressively and observe the hunt).  For more information on the Gahanna hunting group click here.

If you are searching for a horse property in Central Ohio, contact The Raines Group today.  The Raines Group has access to all available Central Ohio real estate listings and can help you locate the horse property that you have been dreaming about.

Trails are a priority in Gahanna Ohio

Gahanna, Ohio wants to see its trails finished, acknowledging the importance of trails within a community.  Officials want to continue their Safe Routes to School program and are seeking grants to finish what was started. 

According to an article in ColumbusLocalNews.com, “Council members approved ordinances that will allow the city to apply for grants from the Ohio Department of Transportation to help fund projects for Lincoln and Jefferson Elementary Schools and Middle School East and West.”  Safe trails are instrumental to a community, and Gahanna seeks to improve the trails that children use to get to school.

If you would like to learn more about Gahanna, please contact the professionals at The Raines Group.  The Raines Group has all the tools you need to get to know the Central Ohio real estate market.

The Raines Group is excited to welcome Coach Bob Fitzgerald to their office this week. Bob is a well-known former Top Producer, speaker for Mike Ferry, and Founder of Fitzgerald Real Estate Coaching, Inc. CEO of The Raines Group, Sandy Raines, firmly believes in offering coaching for her team members so they can become the best realtors possible. Bringing Bob Fitzgerald to her team is just another example of how strong The Raines Group is, and why they are the #1 real estate team in Ohio (according to The Wall Street Journal and LORE magazine).

Members of The Raines Group are skilled individuals, ready to help you with your real estate needs. Located in New Albany, The Raines Group serves the Central Ohio area and is a division of Real Living HER, recently named the “Best Residential Real Estate Agency” in the November issue of Columbus C.E.O. magazine’s “Best of Business 2009″ section.

If you are interested in using the services of a realtors who are experienced and passionate, please contact The Raines Group today at 614-418-7417.

Gahanna, Ohio is working to improve its brown spaces

A new program in Gahanna is in place to help brownfield sites go green.  Think BIG (Brown is Green) was formed with a grant of $1 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The money is being used to educate and aid Gahanna’s brownfield site owners on how to return these properties back to useful, clean, green sites.  Think BIG offers loans at low interest rates to Gahanna brownfield land owners who promise to improve their land.  In addition to cleaning up any unsightly properties in Gahanna, Think BIG is hoping that their program may instigate some economic movement as well. For more information about Think BIG, email Matt Huffman at matt.huffman@gahanna.gov.

Ron Cadieux - Here to Help

The Raines Group is well-known for their knowledge of and ability to sell luxury homes in Central Ohio. Being ranked #1 in the state of Ohio by The Wall Street Journal and LORE magazine is a distinction they enjoy having. Recently, one of the team members, Ron Cadieux, has branched out to another area by becoming a Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE). He is offering his services to homeowners who may need them.

Through extensive training, Ron has gained a wealth of knowledge for homeowners facing complex real estate situations, and can illustrate options for foreclosure avoidance. Financial difficulties can be burdensome to any family, but the process of foreclosure can be avoided. It is imperative for homeowners to understand their options, and Ron is available to help determine the best course of action.

Please contact Ron Cadieux if you are interested in using expertise of a professional to avoid foreclosure.  Contact us today via our online contact form or by calling The Raines Group at 614-418-7417.

Academy Ridge, Gahanna Ohio, a wonderful place to call home

Reports are in for Academy Ridge and surrounding areas, exposing data and information for this Central Ohio real estate zone.  Overall the real estate market is holding strong, prices are not dropping as readily and the days on the market seem to be holding in a decent average range.  Home area selling a bit less than 10% below asking price which brings to the forefront how important it is to set an appropriate price for the Academy Ridge property that you are trying to sell.

Today’s real estate market demands a higher attention to price and detail and now is more important than ever to utilize the expertise of an experienced real estate broker like those found at The Raines Group.  For a look at the complete report for Academy Ridge click here.

If you are looking to buy or sell a property in New Albany, Gahanna, Blacklick, Westerville, or another Central Ohio community, please contact The Raines Group. We offer professional real estate advice and are happy to help you achieve your real estate goals. Please contact us today via our online contact form or by calling The Raines Group at 614-418-7417.