Birmingham MI Real Estate

As I head to Florida for a much-needed vacation and annual Spring Training game (Go Tigers!!!), I leave you with an excellent Q & A reblogged with permission from my staging colleague Cindy Bryant of Redesign Etc, Inc. in Houston, TX.  Her post on Active Rain is spot-on and truly reflects the most common questions [...]

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We know that the three most important factors for a successful real estate sale are location, price and condition.  While the seller can make changes to the price and condition of a property to hasten a sale,  no one can amend the location.
What happens when the location of the house itself is desirable, but the [...]

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Last week Oakland County introduced a plan to help get some of the vacant foreclosed homes off the market in select Oakland County communities.  Their press release follows.
I need to call the county and ask some questions.  The program seems very generous and should help sell some foreclosed homes.  I am not sure why some [...]

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Tightened credit markets and a sluggish real estate market have sellers looking for ways to seal the deal. This week I saw a Birmingham builder do what he could to take control of the situation and set his properties apart. His answer: the land contract.
Not only is he offering land contracts, he’s offering [...]

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I found some pictures of Birmingham on Flickr that present a nice slice of the city. The photographer has his own blog, The Incorrigible City, where he shows the multi-faceted face of Detroit. I find his message hopeful. Take a look at this post to see what I mean.
Written by Maureen FrancisSKBK [...]

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I want to stand on the rooftop and shout Screaming Deal! Screaming Deal! But I know that won’t go over too well with the neighbors, so I am keeping my large mouth closed.
I can’t believe the price on this house. We just reduced it by $50,000 today and it is priced below market for [...]

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Beverly Hills MI doesn’t have a downtown, but the closest thing we have to it is the strip of retail stores and offices that run along Southfield Road and 13 Mile. Recently we got a few nice additions in the area.

Detroit Deli and Catering, 31645 Southfield Road, (248) 723-3354.  I have not been in yet, [...]

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Birmingham Michigan
Birmingham Michigan
I had been meaning to use my new flip video to put together a little video of Birmingham this fall.  Never got around to it and now I am glad I didn’t because my effort would have looked very amatuerish next to this clip.
At about 34 seconds into the piece you will see [...]

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Today I received a call from a salesperson from California who wanted to sell me the latest and greatest real estate lead system.  She started off the call with, “Maureen, are you still selling real estate?”
I was leaving an open house and headed to an appointment to meet a new listing client.  Yes, I am [...]

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Dmitry and I will be at our new listing at 1011 Stratford in the City of Bloomfield Hills. It is a beautifully updated ranch with a finished lower level, that we know you will enjoy seeing. The complex is right off of Woodward across from the main gate to Cranbrook. Please stop [...]

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Someone is going to get a GREAT deal on this super home, steps out of desireable downtown Birmingham. When the home last sold in 2004, the list price was $1,395,000. Dmitry and I relisted it this week for the motivated seller at $799,990.
No, nothing is wrong with the house. It is not a [...]

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