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Yes, that headline is correct. Sales are up over last year for the fourth month in a row, according to our MLS, Realcomp II. We’ve told you, we are seeing a lot of activity, and we are busier than ever. Spring has sprung! Here is Realcomp’s report
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Yesterday I tried to […]

Dmitry and I have had our busiest Spring in real estate in years in 2008.  We are working with more clients than ever before.  Last week we had a couple of closings and we asked the other Realtors and mortgage brokers if they were seeing what we are seeing: a lot more buying activity in […]

On Tuesday April 29th, the Birmingham Bloomfield Realtor Network is having it’s Spring Flowers tour from 10 to 1.  Visit LastTuesdayTour.com for more information.
We are also excited to be sponsors of the 2008 Birmingham Farmer’s Market.  The market is a favorite with all of us.  Our members will even be there to greet you 5 […]

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 […]

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, […]

Come see 284 Tilbury with Dmitry on Tuesday morning.
Tour information on LastTuesdayTour.com
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Dmitry and I have owned our current home in the Birmingham Public School District since 2001 or so. I went to Birmingham Public Schools as a child and that was a consideration when we purchased our own home. Now it is time to enroll our daughter in kindergarten, and the enrollment requirements surprised […]

I’ve just finished up a whirlwind two days with clients in from Miami who were looking at luxury homes in Birmingham and Bloomfield. Their comments gave me a fresh perspective about our area and about our housing market. It was good to hear how we look from the eyes of those seeing the area for […]

Sure, the Southeast Michigan real estate market has hit a rough patch. There are lots of homes on the market longer than the owners want them to be. But right now, Dmitry and I barely have time to eat dinner together. We are both running in different directions taking care of clients’ needs.
In the last […]

Don’t take my word for it, take the Free Press’s.
Sales of homes and condos in metro Detroit rose 12.8% in February compared with a year ago, according to figures released Tuesday by Realcomp.
There were 3,591 home and condo sales in the metro area in February compared with 3,184 in the same month in 2007. Realcomp […]

The real estate market has turned many a hopeful seller into a reluctant landlord (or SellLord, as I have dubbed them). Yesterday I got wind of something I have never heard of before, though I can understand the motivation.
A new tenant went to enroll her children in the Birmingham public schools. The […]

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 […]