I was out showing a home to my buyers and took a picture of a flower bed in front of the home we were looking at. The color of the flowers made the home look more inviting and cheerful. A few well placed annuals can brighten up the front and even the back of your home. Many people drive by homes before they look at them and seeing flowers out front will show them that you take good care of your home and that you love your home. Even a couple of pots of colorful flowers on the front steps will make a difference.   09/23/2009

You have been searching for that perfect home and finally you have found it. You are ready to write an offer on it. Hopefully you will be using me your expert negotiator, to help you along the way. First, you need your preapproval letter from a reputable lender that is known to the local realtors. Second, you will need to discuss your starting price in the negotiation process. You can do this one of two ways. One is to offer a great price and hope the buyer will accept it or two, start with a low price and be prepared to negotiate with the seller. I recommend no lower than 10% off the purchase price. Many times if you come in lower, the seller will refuse your offer and won't negotiate at all. Make sure that your realtor is ready to negotiate back and forth with the other realtor. I am ... 09/15/2009

The City of Cuyahoga Falls offers free storm water and sanitary inspections to buyers when they purchase a home in Cuyahoga Falls. The city sends a worker out who puts a tiny camera down to check to make sure the sewer lines and storm water drains are not blocked. The down side to this inspection is if the city finds any problems they must be corrected by the seller or the buyer if the buyer buys the home. If you don't have the money to pay the city will put the bill on your taxes to be paid over time. I was working with a buyer who wanted to do the inspection. The seller didn't want the inspection done because he didn't have the money to make the repair, if it was needed. In this case, the buyer decided to wait to do the inspection until he bought the home. Usually, the seller would ha... 09/14/2009

This weekend my husband and I traveled to Chicago to watch our daughter perform at the Heritage Music Festival with her show choir and jazz choir. It was such a treat for us as when the trip was announced in early fall we did not think we would be able to go but as luck would have it, we were able and had a wonderful time!There were actually 4 groups that performed from our high school, Walsh Jesuit, and they were the Harmony Gold Show Choir, the jazz choir, concert choir and the madrigals. This is not so much a competition as it is a learning experience/workshop. There were 3 adjudicators and after each performance, one of the adjudicators went up on stage to work with th kids, giving them pointers on tone, diction, microphone use and placement, and expression, to name a few. For all 4... 04/06/2009

The Performing Fine Arts of Walsh Jesuit High School represent a group of highly talented and dedicated students and directors. I recently attended the school's Center Stage Theater's Performance of "Bye, Bye Birdie" and was blown away by the kids's preparation of their roles and their incredible talent. Next weekend the Harmony Gold Show Choir, Vocal Jazz Choir, the Chamber Choir and The Madrigals will travel to Chicago to compete at the Heritage National Music Festival. My daughter will be among those competing, both in the show choir and the jazz choir. Good Luck To All The Students And TeachersI Know You Will Make Us Proud!   03/28/2009

In February there were 168 homes for sale in Cuyahoga Falls. They were priced between $30,000 and $245,900. They have been on the market an average of 4 to 5 months. There are 18 homes that went Pending priced between $41,000 and $159,900. There were 25 homes that Sold/Closed priced between $27,700 and $171,200. These homes sold for 93% of the list to sell price. As you can tell by the numbers there were a number of bank owned properties in the lower price range so if you are looking for a foreclosed home/bank property I would be happy to email you a list of those homes. With such great prices, are you ready to buy? First time home buyers can get up to $8,000 back depending on the price of your home. Email or call me today! 03/19/2009

Be sure to mark your calendars so that you can attend the CenterStage Theatre's performance of: Bye Bye Birdie Bye Bye Birdie is the musical that takes a hilarious look at the early Elvis rock era of the late 50's and the teenage craze associated with it has been a favorite among theatre goers for many years. According to David Banks, the director, "We will bring our own special creativity to this show and promise to give the audience a tremendous theatrical experience."I have only seen a few shows at Walsh, most recently the fall production of The Matchmaker and last year's The Odd Couple and both were outstanding. These young men and women are truly inspirational in their performances and behind the scenes technical talents.Show times are as follows: March 12,19,2009 at 7:00 PMMarch 1... 02/23/2009

The city of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio has announced that it is eligible to receive $780,000 in federally subsidized money to purchase foreclosed homes and rehabilitate them.  The money comes in the form of a grant from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  The purpose of the grant is to permit municipalities to purchase foreclosed and abandoned homes. Under the Ohio Neighborhood Stabilization program, the city will be able to purchase about seven homes and rehabilitate them.  Some homes that are considered "blighted" may be torn down.  The city will be able to sell or rent homes they've rehabbed at "below market" prices to those who qualify based on income levels.  Down payment assistance programs are available to assist those who qualify under the program guidelines. Cuyahoga Fall... 02/23/2009

Mark your calendars forSaturday, Feb. 28th, 20096:30 P.M. for the 9th annualFor the Love of  the Arts  Music, Song, Dance, Theater, and Visual Arts await you, all presented to you by the performing and fine arts students of Walsh Jesuit High School.The evening will include: a silent auction, raffle, and other "surprises" light hors d'oeuvres and wine catered by Vaccaro's Trattoria desserts by Mary Ann Wojtila Deadline for online ticket sales is Feb. 25, 2009New for This Year: Each member of the class of 2013 may bring one parent to this event--FREE ADMISSION for both!For more information visit the official website of Walsh Jesuit High School. 01/26/2009

With the Christmas season upon us here are the events for Cuyahoga Falls, Stow, Silver Lake, Munroe Falls and all of Summit County. Arts / Theatre / Music 12/2/2008 Online Art Auction City of Akron Recreation Bureau 12/2/2008 Machines at Play Akron Art Museum 12/2/2008 Enameling with Carol Adams Fine Art Services/Peninsula Art Academy 12/3/2008 Online Art Auction City of Akron Recreation Bureau 12/3/2008 Machines at Play Akron Art Museum 12/3/2008 Weekly dance & lessons Ohio's North Coast Jitterbug Connection 12/4/2008 Online Art Auction City of Akron Recreation Bureau 12/4/2008 Machines at Play Akron Art Museum 12/4/2008 Glass Fusing 1 at PAA Fine Art Services/Peninsula Art Academy 12/4/2008 Sketching in the Galleries Akron Art Museum 12/4/2008 A Christmas Carol Akron-Summit County Pu... 12/03/2008

   Cuyahoga Falls, Stow and Summit County Events   It's snowing outside here in Northeast Ohio where there is plenty to do. I love to Ski and look forward to hitting the slopes again. If it wasn't for the great things to do in the cold blistery weather I would be in California, Texas or Arizona! Everyone have a Happy Thanksgiving with family and friends and be thankful for all the things that America has to offer it's citizens. Let's pray for our troops and the many unfortunate people who aren't as lucky as we Americans! Arts / Theatre / Music 11/25/2008 Unveiled Akron Art Museum 11/25/2008 Heartfield vs. Nazi Akron Art Museum 11/25/2008 Machines at Play Akron Art Museum 11/25/2008 Enameling with Carol Adams Fine Art Services/Peninsula Art Academy 11/25/2008 Guitar with Alex Bevan Stow... 11/25/2008

City leaf collection program starts october 27th The City of Cuyahoga Falls announces that fliers for this year's leaf program will be delivered to all residences soon.  The program offically kicks off on Oct. 27. Residents who would like to know their leaf pick up times can visit the Web site at www.cityofcf.com and click on the leaf program link. Residents can input theit address  and learn when the leaves will be picked up in their area. for more information, call the City of Cuyahoga Falls Service Director's office at 330-971-8240.      Falls Trick or Treat is on Oct. 25 Trick-or-treat hours for the city will be Oct. 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. Trick-or-treat will follow the annual Halloween Party taking place from 2 to 4 p.m. at it's new location-Falls River Square. Cuyahoga Falls Mayor Do... 10/24/2008

Are you ready for positive, encouraging Cuyahoga Falls Ohio real estate news? Sellers are still selling and buyers are still buying in Cuyahoga Falls! Cuyahoga Falls Ohio is having a strong spring/summer! We currently have 63 residential properties under contract, and 105 residential properties have been sold between 4/30/08 and 6/30/08. At this time last year, we had 16 additional properties sold, so we are lower in units sold. Our 2008 numbers are not bad at all -check it out! Average sale price for this quarter: $123,452. Compare to 2007 2nd Qtr: $126,773. Down some, but nothing worrisome. Sellers, a buyer can't come in and expect to get a house for 20-30% under asking, and buyers, note: If you want to be successful, don't expect to get a house for nothing! Cuyahoga Falls is not an a... 08/02/2008

What do you know about Cuyahoga Falls? It is bursting with fun activities, amazing music, beautiful sites and good food... and they have an amazing Natatorium: http://cfo.cityofcf.com/website/web2/view.do?dir=parksandrec/nat Great parks: http://www.summitmetroparks.org/ParksAndTrails/Gorge.aspx Fabulous Festivals: http://cfo.cityofcf.com/website/web2/view.do?dir=commdevelop/frs Excellent food, LeFevre's and Moe's are biggies: http://www.google.com/search?q=Cuyahoga+Falls+restaurants&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7SKPB World Class Music: http://www.clevelandorch.com/html/blossom/BlossomIndex.asp?SiteType=B There is a lot more...it is a great place to visit, live and work! 07/23/2008

Cuyahoga Falls OH Homes for sale-Market Report for Cuyahoga Falls  3/30/2008 - 6/28/2008 2008 Market Report Series Cuyahoga Falls OH Real Estate-Cuyahoga Falls Dawn's observation: This market is heating up - we have had many cases of multiple offers and my last listing sold in a week with lots of interest! There is currently a 2.65 month supply of inventory in Cuyahoga Falls at this time. Average list price is now $147,065. Average sq ft is 1537. Current inventory has been on the market for 42 days average.  Average list price over last 90 days, $121,579. Average sq ft was 1403.   Average sale price over last 90 days, $118,076. Sellers net 97.12% of asking price. Average market time is 73 days.       Current Listing $ SqFt Listing Pr/SqFt DOM/CDOM Sale $ Selling Pr/SqFt Residential (453... 06/27/2008

Real Estate Review of Cuyahoga Falls Cuyahoga Falls is being impacted slightly by the slower housing market. Property values in Cuyahoga Falls declined slightly in 2007, with the average sales price for the year dropping $4,000 since 2006.  The Market had been steadily increasing since 2000 until this year.  Even with the decrease in 2007, the average sales price has increased $9,000 since 2000.   The average sale price for 2000 was 104,243, increasing to $107,880 in 2001 and $110,985 in 2002.  A larger increase occurred in 2003 when the average sales price jumped to $115,131.       The market then remained flat in 2004 with an average sales price of $115,782.  The market then continued to increase to 117,667 in 2005, remaining flat at $117,335  in 2006 and decreasing to $113,404 in 20... 05/18/2008