More Happy Liz Spear Team of RE/MAX Elite Buyers:  Hyde Park This Time! Sometimes home shopping is a short trip, other times a long journey!  We started with this couple early this year, but their situation allowed patience to find the just right home.  And during the months of home shopping there were some close calls, offers that didn't quite come together, or loving a home that got an accepted offer 30 minutes before our scheduled showing. It can be tough when you're working one of the most sought after neighborhoods in Cincinnati, and Hyde Park is high demand if a home is nicely updated and priced right. And new construction is almost non-existent, but it was another avenue we explored.  We expanded the location to include Mt. Lookout and Columbia-Tusculum, but still nothing was qui... 08/10/2013

It's been a little while since my last blog back in the start of the Spring selling season where I encouraged home sellers to position themselves in the upcoming Spring months of March-April-May. This was so they would be SOLD by the beginning of summer and moving on to more enjoyable things in life than stressing over selling a home in this challenging market.  If you missed it, you can read it HERE I thought it would be fun to revisit the homes that I featured back in March and see how they did now that it is officially SUMMER (June 2nd as I write this...)   The wonderful home sellers and their real estate agents were proactive, properly prepared and staged these properties for a successful sale.  And you know what?  All of these homes had A LOT of competition to go up against but as ... 06/02/2011

Here at Stage A Star, our team has been bustling since the beginning of the year.  See, when you are in the home staging business, Spring comes early for us as we help sellers prepare and stage their homes for this very important time of the year.     As a seller, you should be thinking in terms of putting your best foot forward in the next 3 months- April, May, June.   Whether you are putting your home up for sale for the first time or you have been listed since last year in 2010....now is the time to position yourself to SELL and take advantage of the Spring market.  Are you sure you are doing everything you can to make the best impression possible? We'd love to talk with you about your property and how we might be able to help to get you SOLD in the next few months. Here's a sampling... 03/12/2011

The most recent installment of our quarterly Cincinnati Hyde Park Real Estate report. This may not come as much as a surprise, but the Cincinnati Hyde Park real estate market for the second quarter of this year is up - significantly up - from the same time period in 2009. After all, 2008 and 2009 were some years of major market adjustment! Here are some of the numbers on Cincinnati Hyde Park real estate sales: Units sold increased by a whopping 35% year-over-year (!) Median sales price decreased by 4.9% year-over-year The most popular market segment for home sales continues to be between $200k and $300k So what factors are driving these numbers? Be careful not to state the housing slump is over based on that first number... home sales in Cincinnati's Hyde Park real estate market saw a m... 08/17/2010

 Fall is my favorite time of year!  Nothing energizes me more than the crisp morning air and the beautiful colors on the trees. I love snuggling with a fuzzy throw, hot chocolate in my hand while I sit by the outdoor fire pit laughing with family and friends on a cool autumn night.    I love football games, bonfires, hayrides, pumpkins,corn stalks and the beautiful array of mums popping up in landscapings and front porches.           I also love how the change in season motivates me to do a little "nesting" and I want to bring that outside feeling in my own home. I want to surround myself with warm colors and textures, candles, a crackling fire and the smell of apple pie.Ahhh...are you feeling it?   I know I am.     Now if you're lucky enough to be selling your home this time of year, ... 10/16/2009