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YOUNGSTOWN, OH (July 27, 2020) – For the third consecutive year, Burgan Real Estate led all real estate agencies affiliated with the Youngstown Columbiana Association of REALTORS® (YCAR) by having the most agents (22) earning the distinguished President's Sales Club Award for 2020. The Ohio REALTORS® (OR) present this award to individual Ohio real estate agents who successfully generated at least $1 million in annual home sales for the year. With more than 40% of Burgan Real Estate agents receiving this award, the 43-year old, second-generation, independently owned brokerage also boasted the highest percentage of their active agents receiving this distinction in the Mahoning Valley for the third consecutive year as well.

"It is hard to think that we could top the record-breaking years our agents helped us achieve in 2018 and 2019. However, our culture encourages all of us to be 'better,' and we are especially proud of how these 22 agents embraced this mantra in earning t...

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Paying taxes are a part of our way of life. They help provide for the very things that help our society continue to move forward. While Covid-19 even managed to cancel the normal April 15th tax filing, the new deadline is quickly approaching on July 15th. And while you're trying to find those receipts for deductions you put in a "safe place" so you wouldn't forget them when it came to filing your taxes back in December, new home buyers may overlook the impact property taxes will have on their bottom line. But don't worry, I, along with your trusted REALTORS® from YCAR are here to cut through some of the confusion about property taxes so you don't overlook anything that could cost you hundreds, possibly thousands, of dollars that could be in your pocket.

While you may think that property taxes are just another way of the government taking money from you, well, you're right, but it is for a good reason. Property taxes are raised by our local governments to provide important p...

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(Canfield, OH) 05/27/20 – Burgan Real Estate, the Mahoning Valley's independently, family-owned real estate company for 43 years, announced today Maeson Green is the winner of the John Burgan Entrepreneurship Award. The $2,400 award, donated by Patrick Burgan in honor of his father, John Burgan, was established for Youngstown State University Williamson College of Business Administration students who believed they had a great idea for a new business. Green, a Sophomore Management Major and graduate of Austintown Fitch High School, was awarded the cash prize for his plan to support the expansion of his business, MBG Restoring, LLC., a company specializing in the restoration of sneakers.
"We hoped that this award would bring forth ideas and creativity from students to live out a dream they had of starting or growing their own business, the same way my father helped me when I was just 10 years old," said Patrick Burgan, co-broker and second-generation owner of Burgan Real Estate,...

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Everything today is virtual. Whatever happened to reality? From virtual meetings and virtual business, to virtual education and virtual assistants, the boom of online virtual engagement is impacting everyone. Thanks, Covid!

And while many people are still trying to figure out how to pronounce Alexa's name properly to get her to help them out, most of the population has been forced to embrace a virtual world, replacing the real experience with a remote one. No industry is immune to this virtual phenomenon as it provides a way for every business to feel like they are essential. However, the real estate market is one of the few areas that has not only helped during this time, but it has also reaffirmed that the new way isn't always better.

VIRTUAL HOME VISITS DRIVING ONLINE DEMAND
Digital tools are helping drive the housing market. While the market sustained a slight dip in sales during March, down about 13% in units the Mahoning Valley according to MLS-YES Data for...

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Don't Sit on Selling Your House
I've heard the story more than I can count. Someone was ready to sell their home and then the COVID-19 pandemic broke out and now they are stuck in their home. They want to sell, they even found their dream home listed on the market to purchase, but the virus has infected their ability to sell their home. And I follow up this story with the same answer every time: Why aren't you listing your home?

While the real estate market may not be operating in a traditional manner during these tough times, your YCAR real estate agent, and professionals all across the Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana areas are working tirelessly behind the curtain to make sure the industry is still safe and viable for you to own what you so rightful earned and deserve. While, I will admit, there are still unknowns, economists, experts and even the data from March reveals that you are in a prime position to sell your home to a very attentive and desirable market.

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