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Lakeshore Learning Center recently opened a new store in Woodmere on Chagrin Blvd. Located in the same plaza as Verizon, Lakeshore Learning Center is not just for teachers.
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Lakeshore has materials for infants & toddlers through the 6th grade. From awesome crafts to imaginative play and blocks this store really has great stuff. Plus every Saturday is free craft day for kids.
Lakeshore is a great addition to our community. If you have young kids you should check it out today!
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If you would like to get started buying or selling your Shaker Heights, Pepper Pike, Solon, Cleveland Heights or Chagrin Falls home please contact Ellen Weiner at 216-789-9368 or email Ellen@NoPlacelikeCleveland.com
The S&P/Case Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan cities is out and the numbers are not good. Home prices have fallen even more, this time to lows not seen since 2006. In Cleveland home prices are down 1.8% from February to March. These numbers are due to high amounts of foreclosures and less demand. David Blitzer, chairman of the index committee at S&P Indices says “Home prices continue on their downward spiral with no relief in sight.” The S&P/Case Shiller index has been down for 30 straight months.
Do the lower home prices make you more or less likely to buy a new home? Are they an incentive to get a great deal, or do they make you nervous that the market is still going to get worse?
If you would like to get started buying or selling your Shaker Heights, Pepper Pike, Solon, Cleveland Heights or Chagrin Falls home please contact Ellen Weiner at 216-789-9368 or email Ellen@NoPlacelikeCleveland.com
Here are some quick tips for staining your deck, so you can have a deck you can be proud of this summer.
Clean The Deck Before you Start: Make sure to prepare, prepare and prepare,the surface of your deck. A great product that wont harm your plant life or you for that matter is Sodium percarbonate wood cleaner. This is a great way to prep your deck for the stain.
Don’t forget to use a Wood Brightener: This is the most skipped step in staining a deck. Wood brighteners open up the surface to improve penetration of the stain. They also neutralize any stain strippers. Best of all, you just spray it on and rinse it off. No scrubbing is necessary.
Stay away from the Cheap Stuff: As always you get what you pay for. Better ingredients cost more money. Stay away from the cheap stuff if you expect the stain to last.
Using a Paint Brush is Still Best Method: Sherwin-Williams give instructions here for applying the stain. A paint brush is best for working the stain into the pores of a board. Make sure you keep one handy.
Let the Deck Dry for 24 hours and enjoy your beautiful deck with friends and family all Summer!
If you would like to get started buying or selling your Shaker Heights, Pepper Pike, Solon, Cleveland Heights or Chagrin Falls home please contact Ellen Weiner at 216-789-9368 or email Ellen@NoPlacelikeCleveland.com
Selling your home? What do buyers think when they pull up your driveway? Do you have the best curb appeal on the street? Here are some secrets to having great curb appeal.
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First you have to decide what your current curb appeal is telling buyers. Next time you come home stop down the driveway or across the street . Make sure you are far enough away to see the full view of your home. Take a look and ask yourself the following questions.
1) What are you first impressions of the house and yard area?
2) What are the best exterior features of the house? How can you enhance them?
3) What are the worst exterior features of the house? How can you fix or minimize them?
Write a list of potential fixes that need to be made to improve your homes curb appeal.
If you would like to get started buying or selling your Shaker Heights, Pepper Pike, Solon, Cleveland Heights or Chagrin Falls home please contact Ellen Weiner at 216-789-9368 or email Ellen@NoPlacelikeCleveland.com
Recently it was announced that Keller Williams Realty was the 2nd largest real estate company in the country. On the heels of that announcement Keller Williams Realty has dominated the REAL Trends 500 survey, an annual industry ranking published by REAL Trends, Inc., a leading source of analysis and information on the residential brokerage and housing industry.
Keller Williams Realty is Real Estate Franchise company that was founded by Gary Keller and Joe Williams with the mission to build careers worth having, businesses worth owning and lives worth living® for its associates.
This mindset is clearly a wining way to do business as is shown in the recent agent growth as well as the REAL trends 500 survey. In the Cleveland area Keller Williams is growing more and more every day. Keller Willimas Realty Greater Cleveland’s philosophies and business strategies allow us to sell houses at a higher level than our competition.
If you would like to get started buying or selling your Shaker Heights, Pepper Pike, Solon, Cleveland Heights or Chagrin Falls home please contact Ellen at 216-789-9368 or email Ellen@NoPlacelikeCleveland.com
Are there really any advantages to a buyer’s market in real estate?
The real estate news on TV is bad. In fact the real estate news on the internet, in the paper and on TV is mostly bad. Bad news gets ratings, clicks and sells papers. The thing is, these news people, are keeping a horrible secret from you. What they don’t want you to know is that if you have good credit, and don’t have a house to sell this is the best time to buy real estate in almost 30 years.
Here are some advantages of a buyer’s real estate market. Take it from a real estate expert, this is a good time to buy!
1) Inventory is up in neighborhoods leading to a price war: It is the same old story of supply and demand. Currently the supply is so great that sellers are forced to price their homes well below the competition just to get people to notice them. Shop around and get a sense of what fair market value is in a neighborhood. Chances are it is a lot less than it was 5 years ago.
2) Mortgage Rates are Down: Did you know that in the 80′s mortgage rates were up around 18%-20%. Compare that to the today’s mortgage rates. Right now you can lock in a 30 year fixed mortgage for a lot less, saving you lots of money.
3) There is a Huge Opportunity To Purchase ‘More House’: If prices have fallen at the same rate on all homes in your market, the discount, measured in dollars, will be bigger for a more expensive house. Say you’re in a $200,000 home and want to move up to a $500,000 home. Your cost of upgrading will be $300,000. But if prices drop 10 percent, your current house is worth $180,000; the one you’ve got your eye on is worth $450,000. Cost to upgrade: $270,000.
4) Hire a Buyer’s Agent to represent you: ABC News is a genius! They say that you should “make sure you hire a buyer’s agent who only represents you, and does not have any connection or obligation to the seller.” Ellen and I at the Weiner Real Estate Group are perfect for that job. We represent lots of buyers to make sure they get the deals they deserve. It just makes sense to have someone working on your behalf. Oh, and did we mention that the seller pays the realtor commission not the buyer.
Prices are low, mortgage rates are down, you can purchase way more house for your money now then you could have 5 years before and there are professionals available to help you make informed and good decisions. What more are you waiting for! Get off the couch time to start looking for your next dream house.
If you would like to get started buying or selling your Shaker Heights, Pepper Pike, Solon, Cleveland Heights or Chagrin Falls home please contact Ellen at 216-789-9368 or email Ellen@NoPlacelikeCleveland.com
Every Tuesday at 9PM on Bravo is one of my favorite shows, “Million Dollar Listing“. The show follows three of the top real estate agents in the LA area. One of the highlights of the shows is getting to see all the great houses these guys list. The views in Malibu are awesome and it is always sunny in LA. But the show is not just about the awesome houses.
If you really watch these guys hustle and work the real estate market one thing is clear, the game of real estate is the same every where you go. The three most important parts of selling your home remain the same. Location, Condition and Price.
In a recent episode Josh Altman argues with a co-listing agent over whether to price the house at 15 million or 13 million. They eventually settle on 13.9 Million. I especially like when he says to the other agent, ”I’m not driving out here every day for a year to have a 15 million dollar listing that wont sell.” The house sells by the end of the episode for 12.8. He was right not to back down on his price. Good agents know what they are talking about when they price a home. It doesn’t matter what you paid or what you are going to lose. If you want to get a home sold you have to price it right. If you noticed the seller took a 2 million dollar loss by selling the property at this price. No matter where you go everyone is taking a hit.
Josh Flagg was just shown listing a house that is not finished in a great area. A buyer needs to have vision to want to buy it. In my opinion, and not because he is a Keller Williams Realty agent, Josh Flagg really has the right idea about real estate. He might have been in his bath robe while he was doing it, but he called everyone he knew to let them know about his new pocket listing. In this market you can’t just put a sign in the yard and pray for people to come. Even in the extreme upper end you have to pound the pavement.
These two guys might be a little quirky and because it is TV seem a little unrealistic. But the truth is, when you go to hire a real estate agent you want them to have similar skills to these guys. At The Weiner Real Estate Group we work hard to be honest and price your house right. And we can even make it fun, just like they do on TV.
If you would like to get started buying or selling your Shaker Heights, Pepper Pike, Solon, Cleveland Heights or Chagrin Falls home please contact Ellen at 216-789-9368 or email Ellen@NoPlacelikeCleveland.com
In Cleveland’s gloomy past is the old story about how the Cuyahoga River actually caught on fire. Well according to a story the Plain Dealer published yesterday the Cuyahoga River has really cleaned up its act.
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Today, you can fish for steel head trout or walk along the Cuyahoga’s shore and check out all the wild life. This is just one of the great ways that Cleveland is working to be more of a green city. Not to be a downer but the River is far from perfect. For example, the Cuyahoga is likely to be forever troubled by suburban runoff, which leads to the growth of algae — despite the multibillion-dollar efforts of sewer districts in Cleveland and Akron to catch and treat most of the water. (Plain Dealer Article) But it is great to know that at least we are on the right track.
Find out more about how Cleveland is Green.
Thank you for reading The Weiner Real Estate Group’s Luxury Home Blog. If you would like more information on how we can help you buy or sell your Cleveland Luxury home please contact Erin Snyder Oakley at 216-410-8221 or by email at Info@NoPlaceLikeCleveland.com
Mark Willis, CEO of Keller Williams Realty, announced today at the Keller Williams Family Reunion that Keller Williams Realty is now the third largest Real Estate Company in the U.S.
Family Reunion is The Keller Williams Realty annual convention. The Weiner Real Estate Group along with 6,000 other agents from around the country gathered on Sunday for four intense days of training and networking. This morning Mark Willis, CEO of Keller Williams, gave his annual State of the Company address.
Willis also explained that Keller Williams is completely debt free. While other real estate companies are struggling financially, we remain strong and growing. All of this is solid evidence that the Keller Williams business models does work!
The National Association of REALTORS® lost 140,000 of its members, a decline of 10.5 percent between December 2007 and December 2008. “While Keller Williams cannot escape the trends of the industry, we have definitely outperformed the industry.” Willis said.
To find out more about Keller Williams and how the Weiner Real Estate Group can help you buy or sell your Luxury home, please contact Erin Snyder Oakley at 216-410-8221 or by email at Info@NoPlaceLikeCleveland.com
If you are looking for a Luxury home in Cleveland, you don’t have to look very hard. Hunting Valley is one of the East side’s premier places to live. Here is a list of the 10 most expensive homes for sale in Hunting valley.
1) 7790 Old Mill Road Gates Mills OH $3,950,000
2) 41777 Burton Trail Hunting Valley OH $3,995,000
3) 9660 Creawood Forest Waite Hill OH $4,200,000
4) 2779 SOM Center Road Hunting Valley OH $4,250,000
5) 32700 Jackson Road Moreland Hills OH $5,590,000
6) 35275 South Woodland Road Hunting Valley OH $5,900,000
7) 31214 Lake Road Bay Village OH $6,000,000
8) 1 Roundwood Manor Hunting Valley OH $6,400,000
9) 850 Ashford Court Gates Mills OH $6,500,000
10) 2872 Nottingham Lane Hunting Valley OH $7,500,000
Interested in finding out more about these Luxury Homes? Contact Erin Snyder Oakley with The Weiner Real Estate Group at Keller Williams Greater Cleveland. 216-410-8221 or by email info@NoPlaceLikeCleveland.
