Broker's Open House during the Holiday Season - is it worth it? I am a big fan of well prepared Broker's Open Houses. Think, it's one of the most powerful selling tools we utilize in order to sell our clients' properties sooner and for  a Top dollar. Here is the dilemma. I have just received this new listing in Cleveland Heights - charming, totally renovated home with all today's updates and a character of old good world. It's a beautiful home, consistently updated and decorated, very solid and  reliable. It shows like a model! True!  The pictures will follow in the next posts, I promise. I am very excited and enthusiastic about this home and I feel that new owners will be lucky and definitely happy in this home. As usually for the well prepared home, Broker's tour is a big part of my m... 12/10/2012

For those of you who follow these things, you may find this interesting!  Good, if not great news...     Nat’l Assoc. of Realtors Housing Affordability Index- up to a record high of 205.9 for the spring quarter (100 means median-income family can afford median-priced home with 20% down and 25% of income devoted to principal and interest payments)   Bureau of Labor Statistics (July 2012) Unemployment in the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor area dropped from 8% the previous quarter to 7.3%   U.S. Census Bureau (July 2012) Nationally, sales of single family homes rose 3.6% over June and 25.3% over July of 2011   Rental and Home vacancies drop from 8.8% the first quarter of 2012 to 8.6% the second quarter (Rentals- down from 8.8% to 8.6%, homes- down from 2.2% to 2.1%)   Northern Ohio Regional Listi... 09/08/2012

Maybe part of the reason Cleveland area Realtors are so busy is the drop in the unemployment rate for Ohio. Read about it here in this tidbit of news from the Ohio Association of Realtors "Daily Buzz"  Let's hope the trend  continues! 05/22/2012

Check out my newest listing - 2/3 BR, 2 Full Bath Condo in Cleveland Heights.   http://2472overlookrd9.howardhanna.com/ 05/09/2012

The Cleveland market got a pleasant surprise with lots of sales during the tradtionally slow period between Thanksgiving and February.  I don't know what other markets experienced-- Please share your experience if you had an upswing in activity!   http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/02/swift_home_sales_surprise_sell.html 02/23/2012

Need a small piece of granite or stone for a counter top and don't want to pay for a full slab? This site lets you search local stone yard to find a remnant. http://thestonebroker.com/ 01/26/2012

Want to save big $$$ on upgrading your kitchen? Check out this site where you can buy slightly used high-end appliances (sub-zero, etc) for a fraction of the price. These items come from luxury homeowners who remodel and money is no object. You can take advantage of this!! Check out this website!     http://greendemolitions.com/ 01/26/2012