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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What is shadow inventory? Explaining an often heard term in our real estate market - Macomb County MI
January 12th, 2012 · No Comments · macomb county mi real estate market, tips for home sellers
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One of those “just when I thought I heard it all…” moments while showing a house in Macomb County
September 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · Buyers agency, macomb county mi real estate market, tips for home buyers, tips for home sellers
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 [...]
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Receiving the call from people to help them with short sales..knowing when to refer to someone else in Macomb County MI
August 8th, 2011 · No Comments · short sale advice in Macomb County MI, tips for home sellers
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 a [...]
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Macomb County home sales - first quarter of 2011
April 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Macomb County MI real estate market report, first time home buyers, tips for home sellers
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 that [...]
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Choosing a real estate company- if my client can’t view your home they can’t buy it. (And you can’t sell it!)
March 21st, 2011 · No Comments · tips for home sellers
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 get a [...]
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Excuse my rant please…if you want to sell your home please PLEASE clean your driveways
February 14th, 2011 · No Comments · tips for home sellers
I was out and about yesterday in St. Clair County showing homes to a wonderful couple. One of the homes that we were really interested in viewing seemed to have most of their “wish list / want list” covered.
Imagine our disappointment and surprise when we pulled up to this:
This was an extremely long country driveway [...]
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Homes sold in Macomb Township MI - year ending 2010
January 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Macomb County MI real estate market report, Macomb Township, tips for home sellers
Finally back on track (and with some free time!) to analyze a bit more today the homes sold in Macomb County during the past year. Once again the north west part of the county, Macomb Township, showed me in black and white what I had been seeing with my buyer clients: Stability.
There were fewer homes [...]
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Disclose, disclose and oh - disclose!
November 7th, 2010 · No Comments · tips for home sellers
In Michigan as in other states when a home owner puts their home on the market in most instances they are required to fill out a sellers disclosure form.
This form really isn’t tricky or difficult to fill out. It has basic “yes and no” questions about whether certain items are in [...]
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HUD approved condos in Macomb County - part 2
May 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Condos in Macomb County MI, tips for home sellers
Last week I received a call from a condo owner in Sterling Heights. She has had her condo on the market off and on a couple of times and would really like to sell it. Pricing isn’t an issue, she is realistic about the over saturation of condos on the market and can price her [...]
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A heads up for condo sellers in Macomb County MI - double standard at play here?
May 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Condos in Macomb County MI, tips for home sellers
A while back I received an email from someone who wanted to know if there is a list of HUD approved condos that she could look over. I directed her to HUDS site that is updated when condo sites are approved, searchable by state, city or zip code.
This morning I had some free time to [...]
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