Birmingham MI Real Estate

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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I just ran a complete search of home sales in Birmingham MI for the first three quarters of 2008. There were 243 home sales (225 sold, 18 pending sales) between January 1st and September 30th, 2008.
I decided to create a pdf file so that readers could take a look at these sales [...]

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HALLOWEEN HOOT- Beverly Hills
The 13th Annual Halloween Hoot takes place Sunday, October 26th at Beverly Park.
* 10 am - Noon - Topping & Gutting Pumpkins (Volunteers needed)
* Noon - 2 pm - Carving Pumpkins
* The first 200 youngsters can carve a free pumpkin [...]

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The Metropolitan Consolidated Association of Realtors released third quarter 2008 home sales statistics for Oakland County today, compiled from information they received from Realcomp, our mls.
We’ve highlighted the report for markets that we serve, like Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Royal Oak and Troy.
In the county as a whole, sales were up by 21.12% year [...]

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A recent client wanted a completed NEW home in Birmingham.  With a budget of $2,000,000, one would have thought we would have had plenty to chose from.  We did not.
Spec building in Birmingham, and throughout Oakland County, has almost come to a stop.  We are still seeing a few spec homes going up around town, [...]

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Yesterday I spent a few hours sitting at a booth at the Birmingham Farmers Market with Rebecca Meisner from Weir Manuel.  Our group, the Birmingham Bloomfield Realtors Network, is a sponsor of the market this year.
One of the people who stopped by to chat with us picked up my card and said “If I see [...]

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This morning my 5 year old and I made that annual visit to the pediatrician for her back to school check up.  Katya is a healthy child, but she “freaked out” last year when Justin, the nurse, had to prick her finger to do a blood test.  Ever since she has had a deathly fear [...]

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The last few months have been whirlwind for Dmitry and me.  In spite of all that you hear about the crummy housing market, we, through hard work, good fortune and a bit of creative thinking, find ourselves square in the middle of our best year in real estate-EVER.  Yes, you read that right.  Our best [...]

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