Sadly we as Realtors, mortgage people, and the country are going down the wrong path again. Is a short term fix, a little money worth the pain in the future. Because that is where we are headed. For more pain and more turmoil in the housing market. Yeah we are all excited about HUD possibly gi
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06/07/2009
She made me breakfast this morning. My wife Marianne is Italian and an excellent cook. But she tends to overdo on the amount of food. At dinner my plates are overflowing. Yes I said plates. I many times get two different plates full of food plus bread. Well this morning she asked me if I want
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06/07/2009
I don't have the picture of the spirit of Detroit with the Red Wings shirt on so this will have to do. But you have to admit that we do have spirit here. Even though we are ranked as the #1 dangerous city in the USA, Detroit is not that bad. It is safe at the big events if you don't go off th
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06/07/2009
The number Canton foreclosures of has gone down dramatically since last year. Right now there are only 26 Canton foreclosed homes for sale. They range in price from $49,900 all the way up to 367,900. The average time on the market for these Canton foreclosed homes is 71 days. In the last 30 d
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06/06/2009
Here is a look at what Livonia foreclosures have sold for in the last 30 days. If you look at the list below you will notice that 10 sold over list price 5 sold within $2000 of list price 4 sold
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06/06/2009
I see a lot of foreclosed homes in a week. Last week I was working with a Metro Detroit relocation buyer that was a young doctor from Providence Hospital in Farmington Hills MI. I have been working with quite a few young doctors moving into the area lately. They have been doing their residenc
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06/06/2009
About this time every year we see lots of Metro Detroit foreclosed homes with mold in them. This house was a Canton Twp home. Why we see so many in the spring is because the water pipes burst in the house. What happens is the homeowners up and leave the house and shut the utilities off. No
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06/06/2009
Plymouth MI is a great little town. What is great about the City of Plymouthis that they are trying hard to keep the old downtown area alive by bringing in people from outside the city to visit. ( And they are succeeding!) The way they do that is to have some different festivals throughout the
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06/06/2009
I have to admit it I am a work-a-holic. But as I turned 50 this year I have even slowed down. I am starting to realize that I only have so many years left on this earth and there are a lot if things I still want to do. I have decided that I am going to scale back starting January 1 after I com
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06/06/2009
I know some Metro Detroit home inspectors that are both good and bad. They is good at what they do but sometimes they doesn't know what they are talking about. Take today for an example. The house was in Commerce Township. The client had a home inspection done and the Metro Detroit home inspec
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06/04/2009
