We're pleased to welcome Joel Renzenbrink to our team of REALTORS®!

Joel, a retired veteran of the U. S. Army, is a life long resident of the Youngstown-Warren area and a graduate of Youngstown Christian School.  He studied marketing at Youngstown State University and has seven years of experience in both free lance and commercial marketing with expertise in online marketing and social media.  He uses his marketing experience to help clients buy and sell their homes.

Contact Joel for all your real estate needs!

Ron Armour is a life long resident of the Mahoning Valley. He grew up on the north side of Youngstown and graduated from The Rayen School.  After 35 years at General Motors, the last 14 years in Production Management, he retired and assisted his wife, Barbara, with her real estate business.  Then 3 years later he obtained his license to sell real estate.

Ron earned his M.B.A. from Point Park University, his B.E. in Industrial Engineering from Youngstown State University, and received his real estate education from Hondros School of Business.

He currently resides in Liberty with his wife Barbara, also an agent with Lakeside Realty.  They have two daughters, Tiffany and Brittany, and two grandchildren.  His hobbies include golfing, watching sports, fishing and on occasion volunteering at St Vincent DePaul Society.

Contact Ron for all your real estate needs.  Welcome Ron!

Barbara Armour has a wealth of experience taking care of the public with over 20 years in a management role at the Trumbull County Department of Job and Family Services and a combined 30+ years of customer service.  

She is a lifelong resident of the valley and resides in Liberty Township with her husband.  They have two daughters, two grandchildren, and three nieces that she loves as her own children.

Barbara can be reached at (330) 720-1994 or by email at [email protected].  She is passionate about helping buyers and sellers achieve their goals and committed to providing quality service and professional marketing and negotiations.

Welcome to the team, Barbara! 

Interesting video aired by PBS about the efforts to rebuild Youngstown.  Hats off to all the people who are working hard to make Youngstown a better place to live.

The local Mahoning County residential real estate market is steady as she goes.  We have seen consistent improvements in sales over the past few years.  Other than the lack of available homes for sale in some areas, the overall outlook looks healthy.

Comparing the first three months of 2016 to the same period last year:

Closed sales were up 10.8%, from 520 sales in 2015 to 576 sales this year.  

Pendings (homes under contract but not yet closed) also increased in the first quarter of this year.  There were a whopping 746 pending sales, up 16.9% from 638 in 2015.  This is one of the highest number of pendings reported for the first quarter in the past 10 years.  This is very encouraging as we move into the Spring selling season!