Troy MI Real Estate

As I head to Florida for a much-needed vacation and annual Spring Training game (Go Tigers!!!), I leave you with an excellent Q & A reblogged with permission from my staging colleague Cindy Bryant of Redesign Etc, Inc. in Houston, TX.  Her post on Active Rain is spot-on and truly reflects the most common questions [...]

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We know that the three most important factors for a successful real estate sale are location, price and condition.  While the seller can make changes to the price and condition of a property to hasten a sale,  no one can amend the location.
What happens when the location of the house itself is desirable, but the [...]

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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 some [...]

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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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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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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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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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I hesitate to write this post because I hate to put ideas in anyone’s head about how to commit fraud. The perpetrators are always one step ahead of the banks and “the system” and, just like with mortgage fraud, the rest of us will all end up paying the bill for the latest trend [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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