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It’s not often that I comment on anything being done in Washington on this blog. I am not apolitical, but I keep this place as local as I can, and usually Washington isn’t doing too much that I want to talk about. Take that comment as you like.
When the news popped up in my […]

At least someone has a sense of humor about it. A young ‘un in Phoenix sent his homemade Tom Petty-esque video about the real estate market to the Arizona Republic and it was posted on their web site. Give it a watch. Misery loves company.

H/T to our favorite Realtor in Phoenix
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Last week my family had a lovely dinner outside at Salvatore Scallopini at the corner of Harmon and Old Woodward in Birmingham. Salvatore Scallopini, the world’s only Italian restaurant that does not serve Chianti, is now on the short-list to get one of Birmingham’s new Bistro licenses, which will allow them to sell […]

Could there be a silver lining to the increasing number of foreclosures in Michigan? Maybe. Maybe not.
The State of Michigan just changed the laws allowing foreclosures to be taken into consideration in property tax assessments. Previously the depressed sales were disallowed as aberrations. In Oakland County areas particularly hard […]

Quite often, home buyers and sellers are cavalier toward picking an agent to represent them in a real estate purchase or sale. They will use their Aunt Matilda even though she lives 90 miles away and sells 1 house every 4 years. Or they will call the first person in the phone book. […]

This weekend is a biggie for Metro Detroit. The Woodward Avenue Dream Cruise, the world’s largest gathering of classic cars, takes place. The official date is Saturday, but those of us who live and work along Woodward all know that it began in full swing last week, with the beautiful old cars taking […]

Work has gotten in the way of me updating this blog recently. We have been selling houses. I should yell that because there seems to be a rumor circling about in metro Detroit that homes are not selling. So let me repeat: Dmitry and Maureen are selling houses.
In the last few […]

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Written by Maureen FrancisSKBK Sotheby’s International Realty, 248.430.4450
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“Every morning, I wake up unemployed. I have to figure out where my next paycheck is coming from.”
Read on for a great piece from a new blog.  Jay found it first.
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Written by Maureen FrancisSKBK Sotheby’s International Realty, 248.430.4450
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Every morning I check the sales of local homes to keep a close pulse on the market. Friday morning there were 17 homes in Birmingham and Beverly Hills that either went pending or sold in the last 3 days, priced between $1,175 (that is a rental) and $875,000. Of those, only 2 contain the […]

I’ve whined about the death of the Sunday open house and how I think most buyers are looking, at least initially, at homes on line. With few exceptions, we are seeing less agents through most of our broker open’s as well.
I’ve also sung praise about our participation in the Birmingham Bloomfield Realtor Network, a group […]