Howard Hanna Real Estate Services expands in Canton, Ohio

March 17, 2011 - PRLog -- CANTON (OH) March 16, 2011 - At a press conference on held yesterday, Howard W. "Hoby" Hanna IV, president of Howard Hanna Ohio, announced the company's expansion in the Canton market and Stark County. A lease has been signed for office space at 7166 Fulton Drive NW, The Marketplace at Nobles Pond in Jackson Township by Hanna and the company will open a real estate office at this location within the next 90 days.  This makes the company’s 134th office.  

"Our strategic growth plan has always been to expand in Canton and Stark County, a market that is a major growth area for the company, and today we have,” said Hanna.

“In every county Howard Hanna serves in Ohio, we are #1 in market share and our goal is to be #1 in Stark County," he added.  

This makes the second location for Howard Hanna in the Canton area as the company operates an office at 4455 Dressler Road, in the heart of the Belden Village shopping area.  With 70 sales associates, the office is managed by Cindy Householder.  Kristine Burdick is the company’s Regional Manager for the Canton area.
 
"In addition to our new Jackson location, I am very proud to announce two additions to the Hanna Management Team.  Both have been exceptional sales associates in our Canton-Dressler Road office and were selected based on their leadership abilities along with their skills and knowledge of the real estate business.  Sally Goodnow has been named Manager of our new Jackson office and Darcy Friel has been named Assistant Manager of our Dressler Road office.

Howard Hanna’s Commercial Division also has an office in Canton at the Dressler Road location.  It was established in 2009 and his headed by Jim Bellamy.

The addition of this new office in Canton marks Howard Hanna’s fourth strategic growth move during the first quarter of this year.  
•   Acquisition of Hopewell Realty in Beaver County, PA
•   Acquisition of John Glice, Inc. Realtor  in Harrisburg, PA
•   Opened first office in Philadelphia, PA

Howard Hanna Real Estate Services will continue to bring to the greater Canton real estate market their exclusive 100% Money Back Guarantee, which sets a home apart from others on the market offering unequaled security to home buyers and giving them confidence in the value of the home they are purchasing.  

“Unlike any other real estate company, Howard Hanna stands behind the property for 100% of its sales price,” said Hanna.  “We believe in the value of the homes we are selling and where we are selling them.”

A few 2010 company highlights:
•   #1 in market share in Ohio
•   Sold 33,953 homes.  That is a home sale every 15-16 minutes!  

“We are expecting an even better year in 2011.  Mortgage interest rates continue to be low and consumer confidence is improving,” said Hanna.  

“Howard Hanna Mortgage Services has $150 million available for Ohio homebuyers on 30-year fixed rate mortgages, with as little as 3.5% down,” he added.

Please visit www.howardhanna.com for more information.

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Howard Hanna is the #1 home seller in PA and OH and the 4th largest real estate company in the United States. We have 133across the four states of PA, PH, NY and WV with more than 4,800 sales associates and staff.