Birmingham MI Real Estate

I have been working on a market update, but then the following article landed in my mail box this morning. To strengthen their statistics I will add that my own office just had its best month in 2.5 years. Our showings are up substantially too. The following is taken directly from MCAR Reports, a publication [...]

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We have seen some ‘super-sized’ transactions lately. A flurry of high end homes have sold in the last few weeks, with list prices from $2,000,000 to $5,000,000. Yes, some of these homes have been on the market a long time. But something has happened that indicates, at least to me, that the wealthiest buyers are [...]

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A few weeks ago another Realtor in the Birmingham MI real estate market referred to me derogatorily as a “blogger”, somehow implying that blogging is not something that a real estate agent does to sell homes. Oh, how wrong he is. And I am OK that he does not know better. Another victim of “Old [...]

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OK, no ‘rah rah rah’, just a few impressions of what I have been seeing out there in the local market in the last two weeks or so. Let’s just call this another one of my anecdotal market reports. I tried to set up 3 showings for one couple. Two of the houses were under [...]

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Some of you may recall a post I did a while back about Habitat for Humanity taking building materials out of my childhood home before it met the wrecking ball. We sold the house in 2003, and it is looking like the new home on the site is nearing completion. Quite a change from the [...]

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Two recent news items are good news for Troy and Birmingham. The regional transit center is one step closer to becoming a reality at Maple and Coolidge. The Amtrak stop will be moved from its current location in Birmingham by the Big Rock to the other side of the tracks, in Troy. And it will [...]

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One of my favorite Birmingham traditions is the Farmers Market. Those new to Birmingham don’t know that the Farmers Market is a relatively new addition to Birmingham life. We called one of the founders, City Commissioner Julie Plotnik, and asked her to tell us a bit more as the Farmer’s Market season approaches. Maureen: The [...]

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Tomorrow is an extra special Last Tuesday Tour. The Birmingham-Bloomfield Realtor Network, our group of 9 top producing agents from competing offices, is teaming up with The Somerset Collection and King Financial to raise money for the Barbara Ann Karmanos Center. We will be accepting donations at each of the 9 wonderful homes we have [...]

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There are all kinds of articles on the web for first time buyers. Plenty of advice, including seminars, classes and such. But rarely do I hear someone talking about first time sellers and the questions they may have. Yes, first time sellers have been on the other side of the transaction once, but the needs [...]

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Exciting things are happening in downtown Birmingham. Last night the city commission made bistro licenses a possibility, making way for smaller establishments to serve alcohol, opening up opportunities for those who cannot invest in an $800,000 liquor license. We stayed up until after midnight last night observing the commission meeting on TV, but for the [...]

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Yesterday I had one of my top 10 most memorable showings. This is a list that you don’t want to be on as most of those showings tend to be memorable for bad reasons, like finding people asleep in beds when you think the house is empty. That is always good for a fright. Our [...]

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