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WSWO, Ultimate Oldies Radio expands its library

WSWO-FM (97.5 and 101.1) Ultimate Oldies Radio in Huber Heights is about to boost its music library. Starting this weekend, they are adding tunes from the late ’70s making their on-air music library nearly 7,000 tunes.

Thinking of buying a flipped home in Dayton? Tips from a home inspector.

When clients want to look at flipped homes in Dayton, I have to give them my Flipped Home Speech, which goes something like this: “The seller flipped this home quickly and often this means they concentrated on big impact cosmetics, but don’t be wowed by that. They may not have done anything to the mechanics, or the mechanics may not have been done well, in other words, you still may have a lot of work to do, and the work that was done might be problematic…”

University of Dayton to host LGBT Film Festival

ArtStreet, UD’s arts complex, and Spectrum, the University of Dayton’s gay-straight alliance, will host its first LGBT Short Film Festival on Friday, February 24, 2012, at 9 p.m. The films include “Door Prize,” “Nothing Happened,” “I Don’t Want to Go Back Alone” and “The Rubi Girls.”

Welcome Home Grants in Dayton Ohio

The Welcome Home Grant is an Affordable Housing Program (AHP) that helps low- and moderate-income home buyers with down payment and/or closing cost assistance. Home buyers must meet eligibility requirements, and all funds are dispersed on a first come- first served basis, Funds will be made available beginning March 1, 2012 and last year they went within months.

What is the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance?

The Dayton arts community is vibrant and rich but still, it’s tough times for everyone. What’s a arts organization to do? Well if you are the Dayton Philharmonic, the Dayton Opera, and the Dayton Ballet, you sit down together to figure out a way to support each other. This week it was announced that the three stalwarts of performing arts in Dayton have joined to create the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance.

How to build sweat equity in Dayton (without the sweat)

REbuildUSA and its partners deliver the support, expertise and systems to allow you to more easily use the power of the FHA 203k loan to make those repairs and renovations to neglected homes and neighborhoods. I recently went through the REbuildUSA training to be in a position to help Dayton home buyers who otherwise wouldn’t be able to buy the home they want, at a price they can afford.

Scene75 Entertainment Center to open in Vandalia

Vandalia is a great location for Scene75- The Crossroads of America, at the intersection of I-75 and I-70, this should attract families and young adults, an addition to the whole area as a place to live as well as play!

Huber Heights Market Report December 2013

Huber Heights Market Report December 2013

From the Dayton Area Board of Realtors, this graph represents sales and listings for the Huber Heights area, as reported in the Multiple Listing Service. For further details, or to see how much your home is worth, call Teri Lussier, The Home Group Realty Co,...