Reported by The Craig Liles Team, Associate Broker, Senior Residential Specialist, ASP Master Stager, REALTORS
Updated January 1, 2012.
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Easton has been working diligently to revitalize their Downtown district. Easton offers superior accessibility, enticing small-town ambiance, the prestigious Lafayette College, and diverse culture and historic attractions. Easton's distinctive historic buildings offer expanding opportunities for storefront and upper floor enterprises. Businesses affiliated with the arts will find Easton in the midst of a resurgence in the fine, industrial and creative arts. An active and growing artist community is complemented by galleries displaying nationally known as well as local artists' work. Much of the revitalization of Easton's Downtown can be attributed to the success of Easton's restaurants which have added vibrancy to the downtown in the evenings. Easton property values had benefited from the City's close proximity to New Jersey and New York City but, when the U.S. economy slowed due to the financial crisis, that migration slowed considerably. For the past few years, property values have declined considerably.
ZIP Codes: 18042, 18045 Location Characteristics: Easton is a city in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 26,800 as of the 2010 census.[1] It is the county seat of Northampton County.[2]
Along with Allentown and Bethlehem, Easton is one of the primary cities that comprise the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania's third most populous metropolitan area. Easton is the easternmost city of the Lehigh Valley, sitting on the confluence of the Delaware River and the Lehigh River, for which the Lehigh Valley is named. Easton is the smallest of the three Lehigh Valley cities, with approximately one-fourth of the population of the largest Lehigh Valley city, Allentown.
Easton is almost equidistant from Philadelphia, which is 60 miles (97 km) to the south, and New York City, which is 70 miles (110 km) to the east.
The city is split up into four sections: Historic Downtown, which lies directly to the north of the Lehigh River, to the west of the Delaware River, continuing west to Sixth Street; The West Ward, which lies between Sixth and Fifteenth Streets; The South Side, which lies south of the Lehigh River; and College Hill, a neighborhood on the hills to the north which is the home of Lafayette College. The boroughs of Wilson, West Easton, and Glendon are also directly adjacent to the city; the first and largest of which, Wilson, partially aligns in the same North-South Grid as the city of Easton.
The greater Easton area consists of the city, three townships (Forks, Palmer, and Williams), and three boroughs (Glendon, West Easton, and Wilson).
Centre Square, the town square of the city's Downtown neighborhood, is home to the Soldiers' & Sailors' Monument, a memorial for Easton area veterans killed during the American Civil War. The Peace Candle, a candle-like structure, is assembled and disassembled every year atop the Civil War monument for the Christmas season.
About The Craig Liles Team:
In order to best serve my clients, I focus on my Customer's Needs and Wants providing Honest, Direct Answers. I manage a (4) person Realtor Team with specializations in Selling Homes, Buyer Agency, Short Sale Negotiation, Staging Services, Estate Liquidation, and Foreclosure Purchases.
After many years with a large corporate franchise system where I was Broker and Coach for Keller Williams in Allentown, I moved my team to locally-owned Croslis Realty. It was a strategic move to a company that had local ties for a more family-friendly evironment and also provided legal support through Croslis & Brennan Law Offices. Service and Support are our keys to success. Unlike other real estate offices that focus primarily on recruiting and growth, we emphasize quality care and the flexibility to help our customers and the support to protect their interests, while minimizing their out-of-pocket expenses. Our strengths including communication, negotiation, contract management, finance, pricing, and knowledge of the area and marketplace.
My business is built on Processes and Systems such as a web-based database, process/contract management, milestone checkpoints, a network of service referrals, and continuing education.
My Marketing Plan is aimed at getting started Quickly and Aggressively. We mix a variety of marketing tools that range from National Syndication of Websites to Local Networking Groups to Proactive "Call Capture" Tools. It's a model that works for both the Customers and our team.
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