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I knew it wouldn’t last forever, but I was kind of shocked to get the information in my email that the HUD incentives for Michigan are ending soon.
As of February 12th of this year (yes, less than 2 weeks away) HUD is putting an end to the wonderful incentives that they’ve been offering for the [...]

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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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Congratulations to Ashley, a single woman who purchased her first home.
The home she bought was owned by HUD, and everything about the purchase process went smoothly. Unlike other bank or government owned homes, HUD has an online process for bidding. Everyone that bids knows when their offers to purchase will be considered, and it [...]

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“I only want to see foreclosures”
I had an interesting conversation with a caller yesterday the other day and  thought I would share it with all of you.  I’m hoping that by sharing it and putting it out to the public that other potential home buyers will see it, and understand the very real aspect [...]

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MSHDA (Michigan State Housing Development Authority) has some new
programs to help first time home buyers with their down payment
assistance.   I talked with Michelle Cyplik of Paramount Bank in Rochester
MI about these programs just before the Labor Day weekend, and we are
going to get together at the end of this week to talk more in depth [...]

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If you have been out and about looking at homes for sale in the Macomb County area then you surely have noticed that the number of homes on the market that are foreclosures (bank owned) is less than what it was a few months ago.
Part of the reason for this lower number of bank owned [...]

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One of the things that really gets my goat (ok, that was an oldie but it applies) is the lack of sellers disclosures on bank owned homes.
In Michigan if I decide to sell my own home I am required to provide a written sellers disclosure about the condition of the home.    Are there any known [...]

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The first reading of a new ordinance in the City of Warren has already taken place and the 2nd reading will probably happen when the city council next meets.
This ordinance is going to have a positive affect on homeowners in the city by helping reduce the eyesores and the safety hazards that abandoned properties have [...]

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I’ve shown many homes in Sterling Heights (Macomb County MI) over the last 2 months and while many of them have been your typical on the market  homes (not a foreclosure or a short sale) I have been surprised to see that it is the foreclosure sales that have overwhelmingly been the homes that have [...]

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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 foreclosure [...]

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