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Will Congestion Pricing Come To Your City? To Ann Arbor?
2007-06-13 15:50:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters for ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 20 days with Kathy Toth & Team, Ann Arbor , Michigan.Pick any major city and you're certain to find lots of traffic. Big city traffic is how you flow in and out of most cities, it's a threat to life and limb when crossing streets and since it's often a molasses-like mass of belching vehicles, big-city traffic is the surest way to enrich local cab drivers when going crosstown, uptown or nowhere at all. It now turns out that New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg -- a guy who takes the subway to work -- wants to reduce Manhattan traffic in his fair city by instituting what's called "congestion pricing." The idea is to charge $8 a day for auto users who want entry into the heart of Manhattan, thereby reducing vehicular traffic volume, cutting pollution and raising money which can be used to better public transit. One study by the Global Strategy Group, ...
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Secrets to a Successful Move to Ann Arbor
2007-06-12 20:25:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters for ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 20 days with Kathy Toth & Team, Ann Arbor , Michigan.Planning to move this summer? You're not alone -- summer is the busiest time of year for professional movers, according to the American Moving and Storage Association. It's an arduous process, but these tips will make your transition much smoother.If you're planning to use a moving company, call now. As busy as they are, they usually need plenty of notice -- often at least six weeks or much more if you're moving a long distance.Be sure to build in some overlap between the closing/possession date of your new home and the last day of the lease on your rental (or closing date of your current home). Moving always takes much longer than you think. If you want to make any changes to your new home -- for instance, paint some walls, put in new carpeting or refinish wood floors -- plan enough time to do ...
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Seven Secrets About Buying A Second Home in Ann Arbor
2007-06-11 16:08:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters for ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 45 days with Kathy Toth & Team, Ann Arbor , Michigan."Top," "Best," and "Most" lists rarely tell the whole story, but they do serve a useful purpose.As literary distillations of larger stories, lists offer the kind of on-the-go information we need so we can pocket more time -- the real currency of the New Millennium. The best of the best of these lists are presented with a pinch of intrigue, turn of phrase, or perhaps a dash of humor. They hold our interest captive for the few fleeting moments we have to spare, but then leave us sated with pointed information. Craig Venezia, author of the new "Buying A Second Home : Income Getaway or Retirement" (Nolo, $24.99) offers one such list for the second home crowd. Venezia is a contributing real estate writer for the San Francisco Chronicle who telecommutes to work from his Boston-area home. He also served as ...
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Remodeling: Green vs. Green in Ann Arbor
2007-06-08 18:21:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters for ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 45 days with Kathy Toth & Team, Ann Arbor , Michigan.Planning to remodel your out-of-date kitchen? Thinking about a major bathroom overhaul? If so, you're probably thinking about all the green you're going to spend, as in greenbacks. But smart home owners also should be thinking about another shade of green, as in energy efficiency and sustainability."With a few simple steps, home owners can turn a kitchen or bathroom renovation into a green renovation," says Mike Nagel, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders' Remodelers Council and a contractor from Chicago.Here are some upgrades Nagel and his fellow remodelers say can significantly reduce utility bills while looking great for years to come.Refrigerators, average life-span: 13 years -- Even though today's model's are more efficient that they used to be, the most efficient will sav...
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Ann Arbor Shows Shared Appreciation in a New Light
2007-06-08 00:21:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters for ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 45 days with Kathy Toth & Team, Ann Arbor , Michigan.Shared appreciation mortgages, a loan product that gained some popularity three decades ago before fading away, could be making a comeback of sorts as a tool that will allow local communities to provide affordable housing that will remain affordable over time.Shared appreciation mortgages, or SAMs as they became known, are loans in which someone puts up all or some of the cash for a home buyer's downpayment in return for a portion of whatever amount of appreciation takes place in the value of the property between the day it is purchased and the day it is sold.In the 1970s and '80s, SAMs were used as a way to make housing more affordable. But in those days, it was often a friend or family member who put up the cash.Now, the idea has resurfaced in a somewhat different form. Now, a local housing auth...
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What to do When Credit Card Debt is Keeping You Locked Out of Homeownership
2007-06-06 16:32:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 30 days with us.It's a painful position -- mounting credit card debt with increasing interest rates and no real vision of how to crawl out from underneath all that financing.According to the Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Santa Clara and Ventura County, California, (CCCS) what got most people in financial troubles are: overspending (25 percent), reduced income or unemployment (31 percent), medical reasons (11 percent), divorce or separation (8 percent).The non-profit agency helps people alleviate their financial burdens and provides financial education and counseling on preparing to buy a home. Last year 7,043 households were counseled and received financial education which included developing a budget, a debt payout plan, analysis of assets and liabilities, and an action plan to solve their financial concerns. An additional 1,604 households received pre-discharge e...
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Terminating Turf Troubles in Ann Arbor
2007-06-05 17:38:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 45 days with us.Even if you installed Astroturf you'd still have "lawn" problems, because some of them are not associated with the grass itself, but an expanse of earth devoted to a single task.Obviously, however, to keep the neighbors from rolling their eyes, most home owners don't roll out a carpet of green plastic -- except maybe for those select locations out of sight in the back yard.So when the crown jewel of curb appeal is the real deal, upkeep costs mount. In 2005, lawn owners spend nearly $9.7 billion to keep their green verdant, lush, and uniform. That's 10 percent more than they spent in 2004 according to the National Gardening Association's latest statistics.Consumer Reports says that's probably a greater expenditure than necessary. Less expensive preventative medicine is a lawn's best friend.In a new report, the respected consumer goods and services rater...
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Many Ann Arbor Consumers Ignore Energy Tax Credits
2007-06-04 18:15:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 45 days with us. Many Cons umers Ignore Energy Tax Credits Climate change, turmoil in the world's oil regions and consumers' apparent refusal to drive less, conserve energy and reduce demand means rising energy costs are here to stay.Yet few consumers take advantage of federal tax credits and related home improvements that could lower energy bills.Most homeowners (74 percent) are aware of federal tax credits for certain energy-saving home improvements, but only 23 percent took advantage of it on their 2006 tax returns.That's despite the fact that 78 percent of homeowners reported that their 2006 heating/cooling costs increased 5 percent or more than their 2005 costs, and only 32 percent believe that their home is already energy efficient."The 2006 Energy Efficiency Tax Credit Survey" of 1,040 American adults conducted by Opinion Research Corp. for building products manufac...
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Torn Between Two Houses?
2007-06-02 00:19:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 45 days with us.As you find yourself heavily immersed in the house-hunting mode, you may encounter a situation in which you're torn between two houses. Perhaps you and your spouse each have a favorite, or perhaps you both like two houses equally - or think you do.Making a final decision and determining which house to make an offer on shouldn't be taken lightly. The decision should be made rationally and not guided by emotion.Of course, you may not have the luxury of taking your time on deciding which house you'd like to pursue. You may be in a market in which homes in your price range get snatched up as quickly as they go on the market, perhaps even attracting multiple offers.But in some situations, you may find yourself torn between two houses. Sometimes the easiest thing to do is take pen to paper and outline your family's needs, your budget, and the pros and cons of ...
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Indoor Carpeting May Make Some People Become Ill
2007-05-31 20:10:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 45 days with us.In the 1980s it seemed that all new homes offered wall to wall carpeting as standard. But in today's home market, people are looking at a variety of floors and floor coverings -- and wall to wall carpeting may be on the outs.If my perception is correct, that might be good news for people who become ill as a result of carpeting, carpet adhesives and materials that are trapped in and become emitted from carpets.Over the last 20 years, there have been many complaints made to health agencies relating to carpeting -- as they have been tested and some have contained hazardous materials.Of course different carpets contains different materials, so its hard to describe this in broad terms, but tests conducted over the years have shown that many carpets contain harmful materials, some of which are released into the home at unacceptable levels.Apparently in response t...
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Insuring Special Events In Your Home
2007-05-30 16:15:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 45 days with us.The groom gallops from the altar. Rain washes out the family reunion. The sweet sixteen soiree goes sour. The graduation party fails. The bat mitzvah isn't kosher.You get the bill.There must be a better alternative.There is.It's not Lloyd's of London coverage, but you will feel like an insured celebrity if you've had the foresight to spend a few hundred dollars on something called "special event insurance."Depending on the level of coverage, you can forget about losing money on special events that end up in disaster and instead claim benefits in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.Event insurance is designed to protect you from financial loss if something costly goes horribly wrong during a host of events from anniversaries, baby showers and baptisms to quinceañeras, retirement parties and wedding parties, including those held in your home, according t...
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Don't Get Hung Up on Restrictions, Know Before You Buy
2007-05-29 16:12:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 45 days with us.Living in a planned community with a Homeowner's Association can be a blessing or a lesson in frustration depending on which side of the clothesline you hang."It's a huge problem. There are 300,000 community associations around the country and I would say that a large majority of them ban or restrict the clothesline," says Alexander Lee, Founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit, Project Laundry List, which he started 11 years ago when he was in college.Lee says the old tradition is still popular with many people. But he says some see hanging clothes to dry in public view as harmful to property values and thus rules are written to prevent it. "Predominantly it's landlords and community associations that are restricting or banning tenants or property owners from using clotheslines," says Lee.Lee says that results in missed opportunities to: conserve ...
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Michigan Business Activity Index Reports 3 Months Steady
2007-05-25 18:45:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 45 days with us.MICHIGAN ECONOMY HOLDS STEADY IN APRILREPORTS COMERICA BANK’S MICHIGAN BUSINESS ACTIVITY INDEX DETROIT / May 24, 2007 – The Mich igan Business Activity Index compiled by Comerica Bank held at 103 in April. The latest reading is up 1 point from a year ago. So far in 2007, our index is running about 1 ½ percent below the average for 2006, but is up about 1 percent from the average for the fourth quarter."Our index has recorded three pretty solid readings in a row," said Dana Johnson, Chief Economist at Comerica Bank. "Even so, I think it is premature to say that the state economy is bottoming out, given the ongoing job cuts in the Michigan-based auto companies and the severe weakness still apparent in the homebuilding sector. But if the national economy begins to accelerate and if the auto companies are able to reach a constructive settlement with the Unit...
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Squeezing More Savings Out Of Energy-Efficient Home Electronics
2007-05-24 00:35:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 45 days with us.Today's home electronics are much more energy efficient than they were years ago, but because households are stuffed with so many gadgets used more often, energy conservation recommendations for home electronics won't go away.Landmark research has found that the number of consumer electronics products per household has doubled since 1997, with televisions and personal computers leading the way. Along with televisions, desktop computers and their monitors, video recorders and cable and satellite set top boxes lead the way in terms of frequency of use, according to the Consumer Electronics Association's (CEA) "Energy Consumption by Consumer Electronics in U.S. Residences". Better efficiency is finding it's way into the largely computerized gadgets."Standby power consumption has decreased in large part due to the success of voluntary government-industry pro...
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Ann Arbor Home Owners Insurance Issues
2007-05-22 20:05:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 45 days with us.Last week we closed a house that almost did not get insured. The insurance company required the roof be replaced. The roof is not leaking now. In any event, the coverage did begin at closing as long as the new homeowners repair or replace the roof in a timely manner. So in researching this situation, I came across some helpful online videos. The two that I would like to share are loss prevention and home inventory. Both should be done annually. We need to check the smoke detector and if I remember to change the clocks, we should make it a trifecta. So every fall, the checklist will be to change the clocks back, check the smoke detector batteries, and update videos. Lions and tigers and bears Oh, my. Oh the link for the videos is: http://www.iii.org/individuals/videos/Oth er helpful reports can be found at http://www.kathytoth.com/.Kathy Toth &Teamhttp://w...
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60 Minutes Article on Real Estate
2007-05-18 15:38:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 45 days with us.On Sunday 60 Minutes , one of the most respected names in television journalism history produced one of the most one sided, articles I have ever seen. As a long time viewer and admirer of the show, I was shocked at what they did. I have listed the information I and others - including the National Association of Real tors (NAR) - feel they have done wrong...All I can say at this point is there is always a need for all types of companies in helping consumers buy and sell real estate, and I for one welcome them. But whats fair is fair, and 60 minutes needs to present BOTH sides of the story.Here are some examples of the misinformation:Error: The six percent commission is "sacrosanct."Fact: All commissions are negotiable. The average commission rate is not 6 percent, but 5.1 percent, according to Real Trends, a national industry magazine.Error: NAR is the industry...
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Do You Feel Safe in Ann Arbor?
2007-05-17 20:33:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 45 days with us.You can find the survey results from 3000 Ann Arbor ites:statistics about our city.Or you can paste this: http://a2gov.org/Citizen_Survey.html.In this survey, 75% of people felt secure in their homes and neighborhoods. That number goes up to 80% of people who felt safe visiting downtown Ann Arbor! So check it out and compare your thoughts. For other reports about real estate and market conditions, visit www.KathyToth.com.Kathy Toth &Teamhttp://www.kathytoth.com/
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Bull, Bear Grapple in Vacation Home Market
2007-05-16 17:43:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 45 days with us.Adverse economic conditions, rather than seasonal climate change, has ushered in the off-season for investment properties known as vacation rentals.Hordes of investors have gone back to real jobs, the forecast calls for cooler rates of appreciation and discount sale prices are de rigueur.For vacation home buyers with lots of discretionary cash or credit it's quite a bull market and it could be a good time to get that second home.However, if you need to rent out your vacation home to help foot the mortgage bill, don't overlook the bear's grip on the travel market.Second homes (which include both investment properties and getaway vacation homes) were hit so hard last year, the sectors' sales plummeted 18.56 percent while primary residences fell only 4.1 percent according to the National Association of Realtors latest second home report.The big loss was in ...
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When Your Neighbor's Tree Is on Your Property
2007-05-15 23:54:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 45 days with us.Do you know where your property line is located? If your property was surveyed correctly and you have markers in the ground, you probably know.But if you don't have the property lines marked -- how do you really know?If your neighbor has a fence, don't assume that the fence is on the property line. It may be on the line. It may also be a few inches into your neighbor's property.Or your neighbor's fence may be partially or entirely located on your property.The same applies to trees and landscaping at the end of your property. What if they are on your neighbor's property but have grown onto your property? What if the tree that you thought was on your neighbor's property, is half on your property and half on his or her property? And what if is diseased, or needs pruning, or needs to be cut back?These issues re-occur all of the time. Prop erty lines exist o...
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Free Automated 411 Calls, Courtesy of Google in Ann Arbor!
2007-05-14 19:04:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 45 days with us!Next time you find yourself on the road and in need of local information, try Goog-411 (Google ’s Voice Local Search). It is in experimental stage, but you may find it easy to use, and on target. You can try this service by dialing 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) from any phone and it’s free.When your call is answered, the service asks your city and state (only US business listings now), after which you are asked, “What business name or category?” I searched a specific business name in my city. After being provided with the address and phone number, I could choose to be connected directly, or get the details by SMS if using a mobile phone by saying “text message”.I called the service a 2nd time to search by category and asked for “restaurants”. This time I was provided with a list of top restaurants in my city (#1: Excellent Restaurant, #2: Gr...
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Signs of Low Inflation Keep Long Term Mortgage Rates Steady
2007-05-11 15:36:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 45 days with usMortgage Rates U.S. averages as of April 26, 2007:30 yr. fixed: 6.16%15 yr. fixed: 5.87%1 yr. adj: 5.43%McLEAN, VA -- Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) in which the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.15 percent with an average 0.5 point for the week ending May 10, 2007, down slightly from last week when it averaged 6.16 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 6.58 percent.The 15-year FRM this week averaged 5.87 percent with an average 0.5 point, unchanged from last week when it averaged 5.87 percent. A year ago, the 15-year FRM averaged 6.17 percent.Five-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) averaged 5.89 percent this week, with an average 0.6 point, up slightly from last week when it averaged 5.87 percent. A year ago, the 5-year ARM averaged 6.22 ...
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Explaining Real Estate to Kids -- And Their Parents
2007-05-10 21:20:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 45 days with us.It's going to be one of those days.I've agreed to speak to a couple of classes of fifth and sixth graders for career day in the morning and to appear on local television for a segment on home renovation projects that pay.Fortunately, I have no children attending the elementary school (my youngest is turning 18 next month) so I won't be compromising their social status by appearing. To kids, real estate sounds pretty boring, so I always emphasize the home-improvement part of the job and all the TV do-it-yourself hosts I've met. I bring along the technology I now use for multimedia presentations, the digital still and video cameras and the digital tape recorder, as well as the old standby reporter's notebook and pen.In the years that I've been covering real estate, both the National Association of Realtors and the National Association of Homebuilders hav...
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Consumers Want Digitally Tricked-Out Kitchens
2007-05-08 16:40:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 45 days with us.A new study reveals home owners want their kitchen, not the home office or the game room, to be the digital nerve center of the home, as well as a social hub.The finding was discovered after the Internet Home Alliance commissioned research and consulting firm Zanthus to determine how home owners wanted to customize their kitchens.The pollster put a host of questions to 602 home owners responsible for making household purchasing decisions about kitchen appliances and consumer electronics and the answers surprised the alliance."While we expected to learn that the kitchen continues to serve as the hub of the home, we were surprised to find that bigger kitchens aren't necessarily a priority for most U.S. homeowners," said Tim Woods, vice president of the alliance."For example, we thought that a desk or workstation would be a popular addition but, in fact, most ...
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Ann Arbor Buyers & Sellers Updated on Market Trends by Real Estate One
2007-05-07 20:31:00
If you want to be on national TV show House Hunters, you can be featured on HGTV if you buy a home in the next 45 days with usIf local Sellers or Buyers are looking for state of the art market updates, visit http://www.kathytoth.com/ and click on over the net evaluation. One prospective seller commented "I am amazed at the depth of graphs and information that she provides. The data is up to date and concise – better than all other local sites.” We are providing real time MLS market trend information that speaks directly to users needs, complete with mapping, pictures, trend analysis including asking price vs. selling price. Once you complete the information, you will be updated. This is truly Web 2.0 servicing.Kathy Toth &Teamhttp://www.kathytoth.com/
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MICHIGAN ECONOMY BOOSTED BY UTILITY OUTPUT
2007-05-02 15:50:00
REPORTS COMERICA BANK’S MICHIGAN BUSINESS ACTIVITY INDEXDETROIT/March 29, 2007 – The Mich igan Business Activity Index compiled by Comerica Bank rebounded 3 points in February to 104. The reading is down 1 point from a year ago and equal to the average for 2006. “Strong weather-related gains in gas and electric utility output played a big role in the rebound of our index for February,” said Dana Johnson, Chief economist at Comerica Bank. “With more auto sector job cuts likely to hit the numbers for March, next month’s index probably will fall somewhere between the readings for January and February. Unfortunately, it is still too early to look for a bottoming out of Michigan’s one-state recession.”The Michigan Business Activity Index (MBAI) represents ten different measures of Michigan economic activity compiled monthly by the Economics Department of Comerica Bank. The MBAI is seasonally adjusted, corrected for inflation, and expressed as an index, with 1996 as base ye...
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Google News Alert for: Ann Arbor
2007-04-30 20:08:00
I didn't realize just how big "Ann Arbor " actually is...By Rob(Rob) How come I didn't notice that Ann Arbor incorporated a small portion of Ypsilanti Township? I guess I gotta pay less attention to "American Idol" or the latest Anna Nicole news... Then I won't be clueless about an new "Ann Arbor" ...YPSILANTI AIRSHIP WORKS - http://themooringmast.blogspot.com/index. html Monday Hair o' the DogBy Maize n Brew Dave The Beilein Bandwagon continues to gather steam in the Ann Arbor/Detroit Press. Jim Carty's weekend column heartily endorses Beilen's candidacy, as does Eric Lacy's in the Detroit News and Michael Rosenberg of the Free Press. ...Maize n Brew - http://www.maizenbrew.com Amtrak Wolverine Service ChangesBy Scott(Scott) As of April 2, Amtrak is adjusting the schedule of the Wolverine, the train that gets the good people of Ann Arbor to Chicago. The new departure times are: Eastbound from Ann Arbor: 2:09pm 5:47pm 11:30pm Westbound from Ann Arbor: 8:23am ...carfree ann arbo...
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Google News Alert for: Ann Arbor
2007-04-27 17:29:00
Few plastic surgeries after breast cancer United Press International - USAANN ARBOR, Mich., March 26 (UPI) -- Women might make different breast cancer treatment decisions if they were referred to a plastic surgeon prior to the ...Officials translate law on English Ann Arbor News - Ann Arbor,MI,USAEven some City Council members were a little surprised to learn recently about a little-publicized provision in Ann Arbor's taxi cab ordinance that mandates ...From the Daily: Expression repression Michigan Daily - Ann Arbor,MI,USAFor the past 45 years, the Ann Arbor Film Festival has cultivated creative expression by giving experimental artists a way to screen their work. ...Tainted no-well zone to expand Ann Arbor News - Ann Arbor,MI,USAThe area of well restrictions in west Ann Arbor, created to protect people from using polluted groundwater, is likely to expand for the first time since it ...Carl Welser: A2SO sharing stage with students Livingston Daily - Livingston,MI,USAThe orchestra ...
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Real Estate One Ranks 23rd in Annual Power Broker Report
2007-04-26 16:48:00
RISMedia’s 19th Annual Power Broker Report and Survey is published which ranks the top brokerage firms according to closed sales transactions and volume. Real Estate One is ranked as firm number 23 for transaction ranking in 2006. Click Here to View the Rankings.For a complete report, just contact us at 734-669-0337 or email us at info@KathyToth.comKathy Toth &Teamhttp://www.kathytoth.com/
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Dexter Chamber Update
2007-04-25 21:56:00
Chamber Update is now available on our website. To access it, please go tohttp://www.dexterchamber.org/doc/2007/A pril2007.pdf.We had a great time at our Spring Member reception and community meeting at North Point restaurant in the Monument Park Building, 5 - 8pm on Tuesday, April 17th. Sean, the manager did a great job of supplying a huge buffet of glorious creamy pasta, stuffed mushrooms, fresh vegetables and other goodies along with free beverages.MORE COMMUNITY EVENTSIce Cream Social – June 2Summer Membership Gathering – June 20DACC Golf Outing – July 27Dexter Daze – August 10 – 11Apple Daze – October 6Victorian Christmas – December 7-9Downtown Dexter Summer Series - TBAUPCOMING DACC MEETINGS & EVENTSDACC Board and Community Advisors - April 11North Point After Hours Reception - April 17DACC Board Work Session - April 25DACC Golf Committee Meeting - April 26For community tours, visit www.KathyToth.comKathy Toth &Teamhttp://www.kathytoth.com/
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Should an Ann Arbor Buyer Have More Than One Buyers Agent for Different Nei
2007-04-24 21:46:00
A buyer can have more than one agent, but I don’t recommend it:1. Neither agent will probably work as hard for such a client as they will for a client working solely with them. Put yourself in the place of the agents. Who would you work harder for, a buyer where there is only a 50/50 chance that you will earn a commission or a buyer with close to a 100% chance you will earn a commission?2. The more an agent works with buyers, the faster the agent learns what the buyers like and don’t like which saves time for everyone.3. All agents have access to the same information, as long as you are in the same County, the same laws and practices apply, so having multiple agents providing you the same data is most likely duplicating your time.For information on Buyer Pitfalls, http://www.kathytoth.com/custompages_repo rts.php?key=b5Kathy Toth &Team http://www.kathytoth.com/
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