Real Estate in Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Beverly Hills, Royal Oak, Troy and Oakland County Michigan
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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 [...]
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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 them [...]
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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 Sotheby’s International [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 by! Written by [...]
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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 foreclosure, [...]
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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 themselves. Statistics [...]
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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 * 6 pm – 8 pm – Trick [...]
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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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