Birmingham MI Real Estate

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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10. Try to sell “By Owner.” Sorry, I am not just saying this because my livelihood is in selling homes. If you want to sell your home, you need to be where the buyers are. Since about 90% of sales in Metro Detroit involve real estate agents, that is clearly where the buyers are. Additionally, [...]

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Mortgage Guru Ken Mascia from Oxford Financial is back today with a message to buyers who are sitting on the fence in South East Michigan. Real Estate Market improving?? If you listen to the doom and gloom crew you’d never know it! I have read so many articles in the last few months that exclaim [...]

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Heads up investors and bargain hunters.  I know of an in-town 2 bedroom condo that is currently on the market for under $170k.  The seller paid $210,000 for it in 2001, according to public records.  The location is excellent.  Another comparable unit in the same building is on the market for $224k.  From where I [...]

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Nothing like a some good real estate market news. Yes, I have said I don’t like talking about statistics, but our MLS, Realcomp reports that Oakland County home sales were up between 4 an 5% in February, and about 1% over February 2006. Good news indeed. Here is the story from the Detroit News. There [...]

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Yup, another report from the self professed Channel 15 Junkie (that is our local access cable channel for those of you who don’t have Comcast or live here). Tuesday night, a Beverly Hills Village Commissioner reminded me of the second benefit of recycling. In addition to being a great thing to do for the planet, [...]

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It is Board of Review time again, and citizens across the state are headed in to appeal their property taxes. If they read the Freep today, the might be left with the impression that they are destined to be overtaxed. Yes, it does seem ironic that taxable values/SEV’s went up last year by 3.7%, the [...]

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