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Ohio City, Tremont, Downtown, Westside, Condominiums, Condos, Houses, Row Houses, Townhomes, and so much more!!

McMansions No Longer In Vogue??

Ten Hot Home Buyer's Preferences: What Home Features Do You Look For??

The firm AVID Ratings Co conducted their annual survey of home buyer preferences. They found the following top ten "HOT" home features top the home buyer's preference list:

1. Large kitchens with an island.

2. Energy-efficient appliances and high-efficiency insulation and windows. (These were the most sought-after “green” features from buyers.)

3. Home office or study

4. Main-floor master suite

5. Outdoor living room

6. Ceiling fans

7. Master suite soaker tubs and oversize showers with seating areas

8. Stone and brick exteriors

9. Community landscaping with walking paths and playgrounds.

10. Two-car garages

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Retired Snowbirds Flocking to Ohio's Vacation Land Spring, Summer and Fall!

It is the time of year when Ohio's snowbirds are starting to plan for their return north to escape the summer heat of Florida, Arizona, and other areas closer to the equator.

Increasingly these "Baby Boomers" are selling their larger home in the north, and purchasing a condominium or smaller home as well as a modular, mobile or condominium residence in the south.

Considering maintaining a smaller residence in Northern Ohio near friends and family? Consider the Lake Erie Islands and Ohio's "Vacation Land" extending around the islands, through Sandusky, Huron and Vermilion. Enjoy the retired lifestyle in Florida and Northern Ohio with water sports, world class fishing, golf, wineries, entertainment and so much more! There are amazing condominium opportunities at excellent prices in Vermilion, Middle Bass Island, Catawba Island, Marblehead, and other Ohio waterfront communities.

Contact the Hisey Group today to discuss your options, and to get a free market analysis for your "Too Large" home. We can help you with the sales of your current home, discuss options and arrange a tour of waterfront and island alternatives along Ohio's Northcoast, and even refer you to an agent you can trust in your winter destination.

Contact the Hisey Group at 440-315-6000, 216-218-5168 or RealEstate@HiseyGroup.com.

Time to Insulate

EcoBroker "Green Realtor" Designation

EcoBroker^®/Ecosociate™ is the premier green designation program for real estate professionals.

EcoBroker Certified® professionals help clients market properties with green features, save money, and live comfortably, through energy efficiency and environmentally-sensitive choices.

Founded in 2002, EcoBroker is the first and largest green real estate training and communications program in the world. With members in all 50 United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and New Zealand, EcoBroker and its members serve real estate consumers, communities, and the environment with an unparalleled level of care, commitment, and follow-up. With the benefit of oversight from the Association of Energy and Environmental Real Estate Professionals, EcoBroker's green designation training and communications provide professionals with the resources to be constructive green ambassadors in an ever-changing business and consumer world.

EcoBroker offers education and tools to real estate professionals that in turn help consumers take advantage of energy efficiency and environmentally sensitive design in real estate properties. Through EcoBroker’s unique energy and environmental curriculum, real estate professionals acquire the knowledge and resources to become Certified EcoBrokers. These real estate professionals assist clients in their pursuit of properties that provide affordability, comfort and a healthier environment (reducing carbon footprints).

Your North Central Ohio Ecobroker: Lee Hisey, 440-315-6000 or leehisey@howardhanna.com

Howard Hanna Homes of Distinction: Luxury Home Marketing

The effective marketing of distinctive homes requires unique services delivered through specially-trained sales associates. Howard Hanna Homes of Distinction is the exclusive luxury-marketing component of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services. This unique program develops sales associates who are skilled in the art of luxury home marketing, and provides services designed to reach the affluent audiences throughout our market area, and the world.

LOCAL SATURATION:	New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
GLOBAL REACH:	650 affiliates in 25 countries

HOMES OF DISTINCTION MAGAZINE
Published multiple times annually, this exclusive Howard Hanna publication presents our upscale listings to those people who are able to buy them.

HOWARD HANNA WEB NETWORK
HowardHanna.com; LuxuryPortfolio.com and ChristiesGreatEstates.com promote your property to more than one million buyers.

HOWARD HANNA NEWSPAPER NETWORK
The Howard Hanna Newspaper Network saturates the four state area, assuring maximum exposure for your property.

HOWARD HANNA RELOCATION NETWORK
Through our relocation affiliates worldwide, we are able to give your distinctive home the global exposure it deserves.

HOWARD HANNA TELEVISION NETWORK
The Sunday Showcase of Homes TV programs reach interested buyers in four major markets, generating greater interest for your Home.

HOWARD HANNA DIRECT MAIL NETWORK
Through a variety of postcards and brochures, we are able to put your home in the buyer's mailbox.

HOWARD HANNA AFFILIATIONS
In addition to our upscale marketing expertise, we are affiliated with RELO National Home Search and Christie's Great Estates

Considering marketing your luxury Northern Ohio home? Contact the Hisey Group at 440-315-6000 or RealEstate@HiseyGroup.com

Proudly Serving Avon Lake, Westlake, Bay Village, Rocky River, Avon, Put in Bay, South Bass Island, Rattlesnake Island, and so many other incredible communities...

100% Money Back Guarantee - Only with Howard Hanna

Buy or Sell With Confidence With Howard Hanna 100% Money Back Guarantee

If the buyer of a guaranteed home listed by Howard Hanna is not satisfied, we will buy back the home for 100% of its purchased price.*

Benefits Home Sellers

• Sets the home apart from others on the market.
• Buyers are comfortable with a guarantee of knowing that Howard Hanna believes in the value of the home.
• Results in homes selling faster than competing properties.
• Results in homes selling for the highest market value.
• Benefits Home Buyers
• Gives buyers confidence in the value of the home they are purchasing.
• Overcomes many objections to buying.
• Reassures out-of-state buyers who are unsure of neighborhoods or markets.
• Gives confidence to increase the offer to meet the seller's price.
• Shows that, unlike any other real estate company, Howard Hanna stands behind the value of the home for 100% of the value.

Considering selling your Northern Ohio home? Contact the Hisey Group at 440-315-6000 or 216-509-1811 for information on how Howard Hanna's advantages along with the regional marketing provided by the Hisey Group can bring more buyers to consider YOUR home!!

The Hisey Group serves Western Cuyahoga and Medina, Lorain, and Northern Huron, Erie and Ottawa Counties on Ohio's Northcoast.

Grafton Township, Ohio Firemen's Pancake Breadfast

Grafton Fire Department
Southest Corner of State Routes 83 and 303
(Grafton Township/Belden)

Sunday, February 21st
8 am to 1 pm

All you can eat:
$5.50 for ages 11 and up
$5 for seniors
$3 for children 4 to 10
Free 3 and under

All proceeds will be applied to the training of personnel and purchase of fire department equipment.

St Hazards Condominiums: Lake Erie Island Condos

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Waterfront condominiums, low maintenance, close to the new state marina on Middle Bass Island. Regular ferry service! Paved airstrip! Regular shuttle service to Put-in-Bay! Located in the heart of Ohio's "Vacation Land"!

30-year mortgage climbs above 5% Mortgages - MarketWatch

Considering that lakefront in Vermilion, the waterfront condominium on the Lake Erie Islands, or a "green" home on Cleveland's westside - but you are going to wait for the interest rates to drop more? Really??

Some historical interest rates based on a $100k home w/ a credit score of 720:

January 2010 4.88%
January 2000 8.21%
February 23, 1990 10%
November 24, 1980 13.5%
January 4, 1970 8.5%
February 7, 1961 5.5%

Low Point: April 24th, 1950 - 4%
High Point: September 14th, 1981 - 17.5%

We haven't had rates this consistently low since the 1950's!

30-year mortgage climbs above 5% Mortgages - MarketWatch

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Home energy upgrades pay off with tax credits - MarketWatch

Considering upgrading your Ohio home? New energy efficient windows and doors in your future? Take advantage of the available tax credits:

Home energy upgrades pay off with tax credits - MarketWatch

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Your Listing Expired and Your Home Did NOT Sell - Now What?

These are the five questions to ask yourself if your listing with the real estate agent expired without it selling:

1. Why do you think your home did not sell?
2. Did you get any offers?
3. How many showings did you have?
4. How did your agent market your home?
5. Were your marketing expectations realistic?
6. What changes are you willing to make (were you advised to make changes?) to sell your home?

Remember - Despite what some agents will tell you - YOUR AGENT CAN'T SELL YOUR HOME!! YOUR HOME SELLS ITSELF - THE AGENTS JOB IS TO GIVE IT MAXIMUM EXPOSURE WITHIN A REALISTIC BUDGET!

Contact me today to discuss listing and marketing your Northern Ohio home:

Lee Hisey, The Hisey Group LLC w/ Howard Hanna phone/text: 440-315-6000 leehisey@howardhanna.com

Avon Lake, Northcoast, Cleveland-Sandusky Train Service

Just sitting in Rio's coffee shop in Avon Lake, catching my morning Joe. The Plain Dealer has an article on the proposed train service to serve the lakefront communities from Cleveland to Sandusky. This project has been discussed for years. I think this is a fantastic idea! Not only is this a possible "green alternative" to the highways and roadways (of which I admit to being a regular user), but it gives color and flavor to our area.

From a regional perspective - this pulls together areas that can then market their attractions as a group. Someone staying in Sandusky can spend a week enjoying the Lake Erie Islands for a day, spend a couple of days at Cedar Point, enjoy a festival in Lorain's riverfront, then hop back on the train and visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or catch a sporting event in Cleveland. The train can be part of the vacation experience!

Having worked on the steam locomotives at Cedar Point many, many years ago (authentic coal burners) I admit to being somewhat biased. I love the train experience - but so do other people with money to spend in Northern Ohio!!


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