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Birmingham Realtors ? Thanks for the Great Support!
2008-01-30 18:06:00 On Tuesday this week, our group of 9 top producing Realtors in the Birmingham Bloomfield Realtor Network held another of our broker tours. Dmitry and I held open our brand new listing in the Estates Section of Bloomfield Village that we had just put on the market the day before for $1,650,000. I ... More About: Great , Metro Detroit , Support
Oakland County Real Estate Statistics 4th Quarter 2007
2008-01-30 16:47:00 Realcomp, our MLS, sends me real estate statistics every month because I asked to be on the special list of recipients of real estate stats. Along with their report comes a note that says the stats are not for redistribution. Hence, I have not been publishing them on my blog. But our association of Realtors ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Oakland , Metro Detroit , Statistics
Where is Waldo?
2008-01-28 00:04:00 Oooops, I mean where is Kwame? Can the mayor of Detroit really try to hide from the Sex Lies and SMS scandal? We have not seen him in Michigan since the news broke this week. Trying to run away from your problems is such a fine example to set. Technorati Tags: kwame kilpatrick, ... More About: Metro Detroit
Where are you from?
2008-01-26 05:44:00 Thanks to Logan Albertson for the use of this clever photo. In light of yesterday’s post, many Michiganders might be wishing they were from a state shaped like a different body part… More About: Metro Detroit
How is the Market?
2008-01-25 05:04:00 Or, “how bad is the market?” Yep, we get asked that all the time. First, let me say that we are busy. Our business has been very steady since we started selling homes in 2001. We’ve always looked at this as a business, not a hobby or something to fill our idol time now that ... More About: Market , Metro Detroit
Sex, Lies and Text Messaging
2008-01-24 22:31:00 In a modern day twist on a James Spader film, Detroit’s Hip Hop Mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, and his Chief of Staff, Christine Beatty, have the State of Michigan watching aghast as details of their extramarital affair are paraded before the world. Unfortunately, in addition to the 5 children and the 2 spouses (one ... More About: Metro Detroit , Text , Text Messaging , Lies , Mess
City of Bloomfield Hills Taking a Look at Itself From Buyers? POV
2008-01-24 05:10:00 Kudos to the City of Bloomfield Hills for the efforts they are taking to find out why buyers chose (and don’t chose) to live in Michigan’s wealthiest zip code. We received this email yesterday from the City asking for our input. Competition is high for home buyers right now, and unsold homes result ... More About: Metro Detroit , Buyers , Taking
Staging for Living
2008-01-23 05:41:00 I happened upon a blog today on www.redfin.com , a San Francisco area real estate site. The author, Brenda Keener, brings up the topic of ?Staging for Living ?, a service that we home stagers are schooled in and offer to our non-selling clients. Here is the post in its entirety: Staging Your Home - ...
Surprise Fed Rate Cut
2008-01-22 19:55:00 The Federal Reserve Board cut the federal funds rate today by three quarters of a percent ? the largest single reduction since 1990 and the first between meeting rate cut since September 2001. The Fed wasn?t scheduled to meet to discuss interest rates until next week and it is quite unusual for them to reduce ... More About: Finance , Rate
Putting my toes back in the water, and asking for more help!
2008-01-22 16:36:00 Today I step gingerly back into the gentle, or not so gentle, tides of real estate blogging. Over the last months, most of my energy has been used to care for my terminally ill father who passed away last week. Dmitry and I have kept up with our existing clients, referred out some ... More About: Blogging , Water , Back , Putting
Important Changes In Mortgage Lending
2008-01-10 17:00:00 Turmoil and challenges generally result in change and there sure have been some significant changes in mortgage lending over the past year! I?ve been working in this business for over 15 years and have never witnessed anything like it. However, it?s not all bad. Sure some loans are not being made that ... More About: Finance , Mortgage , Lending , Mort
When a blog goes silent.
2008-01-05 11:25:00 MiOaklandCounty has been without it’s central voice lately. I have been fortunate to have guest bloggers and regular contributors sending me things to post, but my life has gotten in the way of me even being able to take the time to get up other people’s posts in a timely manner. I ... More About: Blog , Silent
Curb Appeal
2008-01-05 04:23:00 When it?s time to improve your Birmingham MI home´s curb appeal it does not have to cost a small fortune. Here are some inexpensive suggestions for improving the curb appeal of your Oakland County home. Nothing makes as big of an impact as a fresh coat of paint? Is there any home out there that would not ... More About: Curb Appeal , Appeal
Government Intervenes to Slow Foreclosures
2007-12-06 20:05:00 The government may actually do something here that?s actually going to help us! We can all agree that one of the reasons why the real estate market is so soft right now is excess inventory. Foreclosures are only adding to this problem as banks list and sell distressed properties below market prices. Slow ing foreclosure rates ... More About: Government , Finance
Breaking News: Mortgage Rates at 2 Year Lows
2007-12-06 19:57:00 Great News ! Mortgage rates are as low as they?ve been in over 2 years!! 30 Year Fixed rate loans have been as low as 6% this week for conventional loans up to $417,000 with zero points (2 points would buy you down to 5.5%). Some of you will also be thrilled ... More About: Breaking News , Breaking , Rates
?You Charge How Much?? Behind the Scenes of a Home Staging Job
2007-12-02 18:48:00 I frequently get calls asking how much it costs to stage a vacant house. Many times, there is a pause, and then a reply of ?Thank you?.I?ll be in touch.? Though the fees to stage a house do add up to be a fairly costly investment, it will always be far less than a ... More About: Home , Charge , Behind The Scenes , Scenes , Staging
Michigan Foreclosure Forum
2007-11-30 06:00:00 Mike Cox, Michigan ’s Attorney General is organizing a forum for people behind on their mortgage payments and those potentially facing foreclosure. This problem is affecting every segment of Southeast Michigan’s housing market, from our grandest estates to our most modest dwellings. Not a week goes by that Dmitry and I do not receive ... More About: Metro Detroit , Foreclosure , Forum
Michigan Foreclosure Forum
2007-11-29 18:00:00 Mike Cox, Michigan ’s Attorney General is organizing a forum for people behind on their mortgage payments and those potentially facing foreclosure. This problem is affecting every segment of Southeast Michigan’s housing market, from our grandest estates to our most modest dwellings. There are options out there for homeowners and the Attorney General is ... More About: Metro Detroit , Foreclosure , Forum
I Want To See Your Garage
2007-11-29 13:59:00 Two weeks ago I had a call from an agent who was inside one of my listings with clients for an hour. Clearly there was some interest in the home, but my friend was calling to ask me where he could find the garage door opener. Today’s post appears courtesy of Teresa ... More About: Garage
Sotheby?s lists entire town
2007-11-06 17:33:00 This one isn’t in Oakland County. It’s not even in Michigan. Still, we think it falls under the category of interesting real estate stories, so we are writing about it today. Albert, Texas is for sale and it could be yours for $2.5 million. The Albert Texas web site says the population is 4, but I ... More About: Humor , Lists , Entire , Town , Sotheby
The Foreclosure Process in Michigan
2007-11-04 01:09:00 There has been so much talk this year about foreclosures and it seems like most people really don?t understand the foreclosure process. There is also an alarming mindset right now in that a lot of people seem to be willing to just throw up there hands and say ?I?ll just give it back to the ... More About: Finance , Foreclosure , Michigan , Process
Happy Halloween
2007-10-31 05:34:00 We’ve been to the Birmingham Pumpkin Patch and Parade, the Beverly Hills Halloween Hoot and the big day has finally arrived. Thanks to the organizers of both events for making them memorable! Happy Halloween! More About: Allo
Michigan Millage Rates By County
2007-10-31 01:09:00 If you are interested in local millage rates, this is the definitive source for 2006. As soon as the 2007 publication becomes available, I will publish it here. Oakland County property tax rates begin on page 110. I did notice a mistake under the Birmingham City section. I am not aware of any homes in Birmingham ... More About: Taxes , Metro Detroit , Michigan , Rates
The little blog that could?
2007-10-29 15:49:00 For the last 18 months, maybe longer, a significant part of my job has been to disappoint people. I get to deliver messages that nobody wants to hear: “Your home is not worth what you paid for it.” “You owe the bank more than your house is worth.” “Your neighbors got more last year than you will ... More About: Blog , Metro Detroit
Join Us Tuesday to See 9 Spooktacular Homes
2007-10-29 01:13:00 The Birmingham Bloomfield Realtor Network is at it again this month. Join us! I will be at 1680 Norfolk in Birmingham. This event is open to the public. Hope to see you… SPOOKTACULAR Tuesday October 30 from 10 to 1 Tour these Nine Homes for some great ?Treats? 32311Arlington - Beverly ... More About: Metro Detroit
Uggh@! Beverly Hills First Christmas Tree Stand
2007-10-25 06:02:00 The leaves in Beverly Hills and Birmingham are still on the trees, so imagine my surprise when I found a Christmas Tree stand erected at the corner of Pierce and 14 Mile on October 23rd! After shopping at Costco last weekend, I knew that the retailers were ready to start the season. But ... More About: Humor , Metro Detroit
Naked House? Have a Home Stager Dress It For Success!
2007-10-25 03:45:00 Look around your neighborhood. How many houses are for sale? If you live in a typical Michigan neighborhood, the answer is ?a boatload.? A good percentage of those houses are vacant, meaning the owners have moved out already and taken all of their furniture with them. What remains is the shell ... More About: House , Home , Success , Dress , Ager
If I can not get in to your house, I can not sell it
2007-10-18 18:27:00 Sad but true fact: If I can’t get into your house, I can’t sell it. If your locks stick and are fickle, get ‘em fixed. If your house in on the market, make it easy for the agent to get in. Long notification requirements, your presence, or the required presence of the listing agent are things ... More About: House , Sell
Council Approves Rezoning of East Beverly Hills
2007-10-16 19:41:00 After years of study and discussion, a plan to rezone Beverly Hills , particularly the East side of the village, was recently approved. The proposal had passionate opposition. I attended a Village council meeting at Groves High School where the police were summoned by the council president to remove a member of the audience. ... More About: Metro Detroit , Council
Oakland County Home Sale Statistics-Third Quarter 2007
More articles from this author:2007-10-13 04:01:00 Housing market figures for Oakland County in September reflect a decrease in sales activity compared to September 2006: sales and sales volume were down eight percent and 18 percent, respectively. Among the municipalities experiencing positive sales activity in the year-to-year comparison (with a minimum of 15 sales) were: Commerce Township, which ... More About: Home , Metro Detroit , Sale , Statistics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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