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A recent article in todays Detroit News highlighted what many home buyers in Macomb County have been seeing since the beginning of the year:  More short sale homes for sale, and less foreclosures. It can be very frustrating for home buyers, as most that I work with as a buyers agent do not like the [...]

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So often lately I receive a phone call from either a past client, or someone that knows a past client and refers them to me. What is the first thing I do? I refer them to someone that I work with that knows what he is doing.  As I tell these callers:  Short sales are [...]

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If you have been looking for a home over the last year or so you have encountered homes offered for sale with a “short sale” contingency.   There’s no avoiding them, they make up so much of a percentage of the homes for sale now in Macomb County as well as the entire state of Michigan. [...]

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A gentleman that I know in the mortgage banking industry in Birmingham Michigan wrote an excellent article about purchasing a short sale and things that a buyer and their agent should pay heed to before writing the offer. One of the things that my buyer clients and I often talk about are the differences between [...]

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A recent question on Trulia Q & A section has still been on my mind days after I replied to it. The former home owner who asked the question was denied a short sale in which the lender wouldn’t take $30,000 less for their home. It was then foreclosed upon and sold for $116,000 less [...]

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For many home buyers in Macomb County there is confusion when it comes to the definition of a foreclosure (bank owned home) and one that is labeled as a short sale. A home that is labeled as a foreclosure (or REO, or bank owned) is one that the bank already has taken possession of through [...]

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I am overly excited this morning about something that is probably not going to mean alot to many people – yet – but  will mean more clarity to those who are considering purchasing a short sale home in Macomb County. First, exactly what does it mean when you see a home and it is advertised [...]

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