Beware of cheap mulch this season

I received this letter and wanted to share it with you all:

"If you use mulch around your house be very careful about buying mulch this year. After the hurricane in New Orleans many trees were blown over. These trees were then turned into mulch and the state is trying to get rid of tons and tons of this mulch to any state or company who will come and haul it away. So it will be showing up in Home Depot and Lowes at dirt cheap prices with one huge problem; Formosan Termites will be the bonus in many of those bags. New Orleasns is one of the few areas in the country where the Formosan Termite has gotten a strong hold and most of the trees blown down were already badly infested with those termites. Now we may have the worst case of transporting a problem to all parts of the country that we have ever had. These termites can eat a house in no time at all and we have no good control against them, so tell your friends that own homes to avoid cheap mulch and know where it came from."

Butler County proposes transfer tax increase

Butler County is the latest to propose a 33% transfer tax increase. This would cost home sellers an additional $100 per $100,000 when they sell their home. Opposed? Here's what you can do:
Attend the public hearings being held March 23rd and 27th at the Butler County government building, 315 High St. in Hamilton. Or email the commissioners - Greg Jolivette (jolivetteG@butlercountyohio.org), Chuck Furmon (furmonc@butlercountyohio.org), Mike Fox (MAF15@msn.com).

2005 home sale statistics by school district

How does your school district stack up? Here are the 2005 average sales prices and average days on market for residential properties in many suburban Cincinnati school districts. Of the areas represented, Indian Hill had the highest average sales price at $773,271. Deer Park had the fastest time on market at 48 days.

District Name / Avg. Sale Price (Avg. Days On Market)
Batavia $168,007 (68)
Deer Park $122,274 (48)
Fairfield $158,235 (53)
Finneytown $129,915 (61)
Forest Hills $249,712 (59)
Goshen $151,400 (61)
Hamilton $98,624 (65)
Indian Hill $773,271 (77)
Kings $228,766 (68)
Lakota $232,621 (67)
Lebanon $197,791 (80)
Little Miami $217,308 (73)
Loveland $300,988 (64)
Madiera $260,663 (52)
Mariemont $317,664 (75)
Mason $286,513 (61)
Milford $196,555 (62)
Mt. Healthy $104,055 (61)
North College Hill $88,676 (64)
Northwest $144,128 (58)
Oak Hills $163,279 (58)
Princeton $185,230 (59)
Sycamore $294,043 (60)
West Clermont $156,765 (64)
Winton Woods $125,975 (57)
Wyoming $313,476 (93)

All info is from the Greater Cincinnati MLS, covering Hamilton, Butler, Clermont and Warren Counties, and is believed accurate but not guaranteed.

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