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Written by Maureen FrancisSKBK Sotheby’s International Realty, […]

36 Condos in the building.
12 lockboxes at the door.
 
It was a bit of a jarring sight to behold when we entered the foyer on Friday morning. The good news is that even though there are 12 lockboxes, only 5 of the units are on the market. The […]

Source: ShutterstockWell, it’s really Millages. Millages. Millages.
I’m interrupting our series on Oakland County luxury homes today to bring you a post about property taxes. I was perusing a report on 2007 Oakland County Millage Rates and decided to see where we would find the highest property tax rates.
The winners:

Lathrup Village, where the homestead millage […]

We are continuing our series on Oakland County’s most expensive homes on the market today by stopping off in Orchard Lake. We started Sunday in the City of Bloomfield Hills on Vaughan Road. Tuesday found us in Bloomfield Township’s gated community, Turtle Lake, at a home on Turtle Ridge. Wednesday we were in […]

We continue our series on the most expensive homes on the market in Metro Detroit today. We started Sunday in the City of Bloomfield Hills on Vaughan Road. Tuesday found us in Bloomfield Township’s gated community, Turtle Lake, at a home on Turtle Ridge.
Today we’ve got our third spec home in this series, […]

Today I am continuing with my series about a few of Oakland County’s highest priced homes currently on the market. We began on Sunday with 730 Vaughan Road in the City of Bloomfield Hills.
In surrounding Bloomfield Township, there are currently 5 homes on the market over the price of $5,000,000. The average price […]

Come see 284 Tilbury with Dmitry on Tuesday morning.
Tour information on LastTuesdayTour.com
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Written by Maureen FrancisSKBK Sotheby’s International Realty, 248.430.4450
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This week I will be running a series of articles about the most expensive homes on the market in Oakland County. These are some of Metro Detroit’s super luxury homes, with price tags above $5 million dollars. In spite of Southeast Michigan’s struggling economony, in the last year the luxury home market saw […]

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Jester Topsy Turvy Cake, originally uploaded by PinkCakeBox.

This little old real estate blog is turning three tomorrow. It did not want to share it’s birthday with Easter, […]

I was asked to stage a vacant house in Royal Oak which had been on the market for 6+ months with no offers. It definitely needed furniture in place to give it some “oomph” and show how lovely the property truly is.
As I toured the house to take measurements and devise a plan of action, […]

Larry Nutson, Bloomfield Village’s manager and a long time resident, loves the village he lives in. When we asked him to tell us a few things he enjoys about Bloomfield Village, he had trouble keeping the list down to the top 10 we requested.

Lower real estate taxes than the City of Birmingham.
Birmingham school district.
Professionally managed […]

Whether it’s helping with a mortgage payment, the grocery bills, or an insurance premium, Shades of Pink Foundation is committed to easing the financial burden of a breast cancer diagnosis.
The Shades of Pink Foundation is having their second annual Strides of Hope walk to at the Detroit Zoo on Saturday, April 19th. The […]