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we got this!

Jan 6, 2024 | ModMarket

It’s 2024, the 21st year of cincinnatimodern. How did we get here? Let’s see, in the past 4 years we have: survived a worldwide pandemic seen unprecedented low interest rates seen the highest interest rates in 30 years dealt with the lowest housing inventory in...

it takes a village

May 4, 2022 | ModLife

We can all agree that life has changed so much over the past 2+ years. Changed in ways we could never have imagined. Priorities have shifted, loved ones have been lost, and the new normal is that nothing will ever be “normal” again. Sigh. Throughout 2 years of...

think you don’t need an agent to sell?

Feb 24, 2022 | ModMarket

Everyone is asking us what the market is like now that we are firmly into 2022. Here is it in a nutshell: inventory is still historically low and because of that, you need us more than ever. Here is a cautionary tale: we had been consulting with sellers for several...

cincinnatimodern’s favorite things XI

Nov 23, 2021 | ModObjects

11th annual gift guide for modern design addicts Greetings, modern people! Another interesting year, that’s for sure. Supply chain issues aside, we hope you enjoy our 11th annual Favorite Things curated list of holiday gift suggestions for design lovers on...

work hard, play harder

Jun 20, 2021 | ModLife

I learned my work ethic by example. Or maybe it is in my genes. My dad is and always has been the hardest working person I know. Now at age 88, deep into a well earned retirement, he is, as I like to say, a bug in a jar. He really doesn’t like when anything slows...

hometown hero hans nuetzel

Mar 6, 2021 | ModArchitecture

Hans Nuetzel is one of the Cincinnati’s most notable modern/contemporary architects, but still a bit of a mystery to me because I never had the pleasure of meeting him. I always thought there would be more time. Probably because his prolific Cincinnati career...

the year without a santa claus

Feb 25, 2021 | ModHappenings

I’ve never been a fan of long, dark winters. Give me a holiday season and a couple of decent snows, and I’m good to transition to Spring. The thing that has kept me going through the last 25 winters is the golden tuna dangling at the end of February every year. The...