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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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You’ve seen hundreds of homes online, and have viewed the interior of many home with your buyers agent.  Now it’s time for you to make an offer on a home that has your heart pounding and your palms sweaty.    If you’re a first time home buyer you are without a doubt nervous and excited at [...]

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A point of confusion for home buyers in my area, as well as home sellers, is the role of an FHA appraiser.   The FHA appraiser not only determines fair market value for the home but he/she will also take a peek to determine if there are any issues to what FHA refers to as the [...]

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I had a lovely drive yesterday in to St. Clair County showing homes to a couple that are ready to purchase. One of the things I like most about St. Clair county for home buyers is the USDA rural home loan that can be used for their home purchase. Unlike most Macomb County buyers, those [...]

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These last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of buyer showings and hunting through both MLS databases for homes to view for my clients. One of the things that I’ve noticed consistently over the last few weeks is the fact that so many homes on the market have really horrible photos online for potential [...]

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Shadow Inventory.  It’s a murky term, as the word “shadow” usually means something dark following us around.    When we hear it in a way that relates to our local real estate market, for example Macomb County and the Metro Detroit area, it means homes that are sitting vacant on our blocks and in our subdivisions [...]

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Several months ago I read an article written by another real estate agent (in another part of the country) about an incident she had while showing homes to a  young buyer couple. The house was empty (the sellers left for the showing) and the buyers looked at the home thoroughly, even though they really weren’t [...]

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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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Is it really April already?   I think this winter dragged on so long that the first few days of April kind of sneaked up on me! This morning I took a peek at the single family residential home sales that happened in the first quarter of this year in Macomb County and realized once again [...]

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What a frustrating weekend! I tried to make appointments for my buyer client to view 2 owner occupied Oakland County homes this weekend.  We were giving plenty of notice (a day and a half).    Both homes were set up for “online showing access” through our Multilist databases.   Should be easy enough right? Wrong. We couldn’t [...]

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