Cleveland Real Estate News

A new Cleveland (Flats) real estate development that will feature 264 condo units on three acres of land bought in 1999 from Sherwin Williams. Apparently the plans are not available for viewing yet but the goal is for each unit to have a view of the River with some units ‘higher up’ also having Lake [...]

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Last night was another one of those perfect evenings; there could not be a better place for a concert (outdoors anyway) than the PD Pavilion. The River’s water was glassy, the sky deep blue, the air crystal clear. The passing of an ore boat while Jimmy Vaughn opened the evening was surreal and astoundingly beautiful. [...]

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The Ethernet has truly arrived. CNN and Youtube are getting together to sponsor live and interactive coverage of the upcoming South Carolina Presidential Debate. CNN’s Political Ticker blog reports that people will be able to submit questions via YouTube video. So it’s history in the making. I’m visualizing an overloaded system but that may be [...]

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Crains had some positive Cleveland economic news for the auto industry; sales were up 5.5% in our area in 2007. There were 3,269 more cars sold (April,May, June) in 2007 compared to 2006. Of course I wanted to know more. What kind of car? I went to the Greater Cleveland Automobile Association (GCAA) website to [...]

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The Gold Coast’s Carlyle Condos have always been a destination of choice. One main reason: ameneties. Second reason, the management company does a decent job for residents. My first year as a Realtor® they reduced the monthly maintenance fees for the next year…how often does that happen? One aspect of condo living to keep in [...]

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We have almost six months of statistics available so we can begin to examine housing trends for 2007 in Lakewood. Here are the stats from January 1st to the present: Sold Since January: 186 Single Family Homes 48 Condos 44 Multi Family Homes On The Market Now: 391 Single Family Homes 144 Condos 216 Multi [...]

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There was a comment in today’s PD article on Ohio’s plan to restructure energy costs as well as trying to prevent spikes in charges and provide incentives for renewable energy sources. The comment was made by State Rep. Jim McGregor: “…our only choices in Ohio are to lead in energy or experience a second rust [...]

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I have a terrific client -the one I mentioned here, we met in person yesterday instead of just being email pen pals and began our search for his apartment. This led to an interesting hour at the Statler Arms Apartments. I got there early and proceeded to walk the building. It was converted from an [...]

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I don’t just find people homes to buy, I also help them find rental housing. I talked about my client relocating from the Great Plains and wanting the vibrancy of the City and the character of her architecture. It finally hit me today. Young or my age (ahem lol), all my relocation clients are leaning [...]

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One of the advantages to having a blog as a Realtor® is to hopefully share some insights into the marketing tools we tend to use. One of those is the broker’s open. Real estate is local, and here in NE Ohio Tuesday is tour day. Most brokerages participate in one form or another. Holding your [...]

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