Howard Hanna Holt Releases New Website

As per the Dunkirk Observer
We are also pleased to announce the premier of our Fredonia Real Estate Site

MAYVILLE Howard Hanna Holt Real Estate rolls out its all-new website, offering even faster, easier access to nearly 1,200 homes for sale in the Chautauqua County area. The heart of the website is a robust property search that allows buyers to search for properties that match their needs.
Driven by consumer feedback, the all-new HowardHannaHolt.com offers more direct access to the information homebuyers and sellers want, whether they are searching for a home or looking for advice.
"This is a huge step forward for our customers. Our updated property search will allow the consumer to go to one site and search all the properties available in Chautauqua County," said company vice-president Steve Holt. "Our customers are able to request a personalized property search and will be notified of any new property within 24 hours after it comes on the market."
Howard Hanna Holt's mission is to give our customers the most accurate and up to date information available for Chautauqua County real estate. The combination of our website along with our staff of award winning agents makes Howard Hanna Holt a complete resource for buying or selling.
Chautauqua County-headquartered Howard Hanna Holt Real Estate, www.HowardHannaHolt.com, offers comprehensive residential and commercial real estate sales, leasing and related services including real property appraisals, property management, development services, vacation property rentals and traditional rentals.
The locally-owned affiliate of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services has offices in Fredonia, Mayville and Westfield, on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution, at the Bemus Bay condominiums and at Peek'n Peak Resort and Spa.
Pittsburgh-headquartered Howard Hanna Real Estate Services is the 3rd largest independent real estate company in the United States and the country's 4th largest full service real estate company. The firm serves the Western New York, Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and West Virginia real estate markets.

Laurel Haight Join HHH

Howard Hanna Holt Real Estate (HHH), one of Chautauqua County's leading providers of real estate services, is pleased to announce the recent addition of Laurel Haight as the Coordinator of Rental and Property Management Services. This addition will allow HHH to sustain and build upon the growth it has enjoyed in recent years.
"Joining Howard Hanna is an exciting move for me," Haight said. "I'm happy to be part of a strong and growing company that has such a wide variety of services to offer."
"Adding Laurel to the HHH team further strengthens our ability to meet the diverse needs of our clients," Steve Holt, Vice President of HHH, said. "We're very pleased to welcome her aboard, and we expect that her 19 years of rental and property management experience will be of great benefit to our company and our clients."
Chautauqua County-headquartered Howard Hanna Holt Real Estate offers comprehensive residential and commercial real estate sales, leasing and related services including real property appraisals, property management, development services, vacation property rentals and traditional rentals. The locally-owned affiliate of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services has offices in Fredonia, Mayville, Westfield, on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution, at the Bemus Bay condominiums and at Peek'n Peak Resort and Spa.
Howard Hanna Real Estate Services is the third-largest independent real estate company in the United States, the country's fourth-largest full service real estate company and the sixth-largest mortgage banking company in the nation. The company serves the Western New York, Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and West Virginia real estate markets.

The Chautauqua Institution to be Featured on PBS Special

PBS in Buffalo will be premiering Chautauqua: An An American Narrative on January 31st at 10 pm.

										According to the program's website:      "Chautauqua: An American Narrative captures the unique environment and opportunities provided by the       Chautauqua Institution. The program focuses on the contemporary story of Chautauqua today while using       the Institution's rich history to provide context and perspective. It is an exploration of this uniquely American       experience and its pervasive-- yet sometimes forgotten-- place in American culture and history. Check your local listings or visit the PBS site for more details.

Reminder: Our Men and Women in Uniform still eligible for tax credit

While the contract deadline for the homebuyer tax credit for most Americans has come and gone, members of the armed services and certain other federal employees still have time to take advantage of the incentive.


For those that served outside of the U.S. for at least 90 days during the period beginning after December 31, 2008, and ending before May 1, 2010, the deadline is extended to April 30, 2011. If a binding contract is entered into by that date, the taxpayer has until June 30, 2011, to close on the purchase. Both the $8,000 first-time and the $6,500 repeat homebuyer tax credits are included in the extension.

Weekend Open Houses

Howard Hanna Holt Real Estate is hosting a slew of open houses this weekend.

The Fredonia Office will be having their open houses tonight from 6-7:30 at the following locations.

57 Castile Drive

110 Clinton Street

54 Castile Drive

183 CHESTNUT STREET

52 Castile Drive

The Mayville and Westfield Office will hold their open houses on Saturday from 1-3 pm at the following locations:

Westfield:

145 South Portage Sreet

200 EAST MAIN (RTE 20)

7625 Prospect Road

22 Cottage Street

7862 Martin Wright Road

163 Bliss Street

79 North Portage

And at Bemus Bay Condominiums at 50 Lakeside Drive in Bemus Point.

DID YOU KNOW? You can quickly access any howardhannaholt listing by typing theaddress.howardhanna.com.  ie. http://22cottagestreet.howardhanna.com

For all your real estate needs in Chautauqua County and advice on real estate outside of it, visit http://www.howardhannaholt.com or stop by one of our 6 convenient locations.

Howard Hanna Partners with Zillow.com

Zillow.com® Partners with Howard Hanna Real Estate Services

 

Fourth Largest Real Estate Company in the United States Joins Zillow® Listings Feed Program

 

SEATTLE April 15, 2010– Zillow.com and Howard Hanna Real Estate Services today announced a partnership which enables Howard Hanna to automatically feed all of their 21,000 for-sale listings to Zillow.com. The syndication of Howard Hanna’s listings to Zillow will improve the real estate search experience for Zillow users in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and New York.

 

Howard Hanna joins more than eight hundred partners participating in the Zillow Listings Feed Program which launched in November 2007, and has grown to more than four million for-sale listings, and over 65,000 rental listings today.  The program allows listing providers to automatically receive free marketing exposure for their listings on one of the most-visited real estate sites in the country, while providing Zillow’s users with a more robust search experience. 

 

Each listing Howard Hanna feeds to Zillow includes a description of the property with multiple photos, full marketing text, agent contact information, and a link back to the Howard Hanna website.  

                   

 “Zillow is proud to partner with Howard Hanna, the fourth largest real estate company in the nation^[i], and a highly regarded brokerage that has been a leader in the real estate community for over 50 years,” said Spencer Rascoff, Zillow’s chief operating officer.

 

Howard W. “Hoddy” Hanna, III, Chairman and CEO, added, “We continually seek out ways to innovate and maximize marketing exposure for our associates and listings.  By distributing our listings to Zillow, we are able to expose our clients to Zillow’s audience of more than 10 million unique visitors^[ii]. each month. This offers a tremendous marketing opportunity for our 4,000 sales associates, and their sellers.”

 

In addition to being displayed on the Zillow.com Web site, Howard Hanna listings will also appear on the Zillow iPhone® App, the number one real estate application in the Apple® iTunes Store®, the Zillow Android® App, the leading real estate app in the Android Market, and on Zillow on iPad®.

 

For more information on Zillow Listings Feeds, visit www.zillowfeeds.com. 

 

About Howard Hanna Real Estate Services

Howard Hanna Real Estate Services is the 4th largest real estate company in the United States. The company specializes in residential and commercial brokerage service, mortgages, closing and title insurance, land development, appraisal services, insurance services, and corporate relocation. With 131 offices across Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and West Virginia, Howard Hanna’s more than 4,700 sales associates, management and staff are guided by a spirit of integrity in all aspects of the real estate process.  Visit www.howardhanna.com for more information.  

 

About Zillow.com

Zillow.com is an online real estate marketplace where homeowners, buyers, sellers, renters, real estate agents, and mortgage professionals find and share vital information about homes and mortgages. Launched in early 2006 with Zestimate home values and data on millions of U.S. homes, Zillow has since added homes for sale and homes for rent, a directory of real estate and lending professionals, Zillow Advice and Zillow Mortgage Marketplace. One of the most-visited real estate Web sites, with more than 10 million^[iii] unique visitors per month, Zillow's goal is to help people become smarter about homes and real estate in every stage of their lives -- home buying, selling, renting, remodeling and financing. The company is headquartered in Seattle and has raised $87 million in funding.

 

Zillow.com and Zillow are registered trademarks of Zillow, Inc.  Apple, iPhone, iPad and iTunes are registered trademarks of Apple, Inc.

 

Android is a trademark of Google Inc.

 

Howard Hanna Real Estate Services is a registered trademark of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, Inc.

Time Running out on tax credit

Home sales must be under contract before April 30th.

But don't freak out, call a Howard Hanna Holt agent and let them help you take advantage of this opportunity before it passes you by.