Archive for December, 2012

Shadyside PA 15232 Homes Sales The Last 7 Days

Shadyside PA 15232 Single Family Home Sales The Past 7 Days: 5 homes sold in the past week in Shadyside. They range in price between $1,169,500 and $290,000. Many people think December is a slow month in real estate. This is a misconception and December is actually always very active. During the holidays many families have time off from work and are able to take …

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Great Review of Squirrel Hill Neighborhood

Cool Squirrel Hill Neighborhood Review. I found this review on TripAdvisor.com about the Squirrel Hill neighborhood and I couldn’t resist sharing it with you.  I think this kind person nailed it when it comes to his description of  the Squirrel Hill neighborhood.  Having lived in a lot of different cities over the years and traveled to a lot more, it’s easy to foget when I come home …

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Pittsburgh Real Estate Market Strengthens at Year End

Pittsburgh Real Estate Market in the News Good news on Pittsburgh’s latest real estate metrics.  According to this article in the Pittsburgh Business Times, home forclosures are down versus last year and likely will show down as well versus 2010.  That may be confirmation to some who have sensed that the Pittsburgh real estate market has been relatively strong the last several quarters.  As a …

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Pittsburgh Home Marketing Advice

Pittsburgh Marketing Tips for 2013 One thing to remember about marketing your home or your business is that you can never stop the merry-go-round. I’ve found that even things I did in the past need to be updated and improved or they end up hurting my marketing performance. For example, I had to update my YELP listing http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-caplan-group-keller-williams-pittsburgh-realty-pittsburgh just today because I realized that it …

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5 Ways To Get More Money For Your Home

I recently had a client ask me what I would do for them to make sure they got top dollar for their home. This is a very important question. After all the two major concerns you have when choosing a realtor are… 1) How fast will they sell it? 2) Will they get me top dollar? Those questions are important. In today’s post I’m going …

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Squirrel Hill Eat n Park Gets Fancy!

And Old Favorite Gets Chic Upgrade: Squirrel Hill Eat n Park What can I say!?  I had family in town for the Thanksgiving holiday and where are you going to end up?  Eat ‘n Park, of course.  My sister-in-law is a native of Squirrel Hill and she is not going to be denied smiley cookies when she returns home from out of town.  And wow, was …

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