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A few days I wrote an article about the National Association of Realtors® taking
a stance and adding to their Standards of Practice the verbage “don’t give out the
lockbox code!”.   While reading and commenting it reminded me of something
that is taking place with HUD owned homes:   The locks are re-keyed with the
same HUD key being able [...]

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I dislike pressuring people, especially home buyers.  If you would ask my previous clients they’d be apt to say that I’ll talk them out of purchase rather than talk them in to one.
That being said, if you are thinking about buying a home solely to take advantage of the first time home buyers tax credit, [...]

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I wrote this article the other day and published it on my first time home buyers blog, and then decided to add it here.  (Something I don’t normally do - I don’t like to duplicate content as it appears to be spammy. )
This is so important though that I broke one of my own rules. [...]

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I was out and about yesterday showing homes in Chesterfield Township (Macomb County MI) and realized that there are many wonderful homes and condos for sale under $100,000.  (Perfect pricing for those who are buying for the first time and are going to take advantage of the 1st time home buyers tax credit!)
Chesterfield Township has [...]

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—You better start looking now.
I hate it when I sound like a “salesperson” (no offense to sales people intended) but things are going to get crazy-busy here in Macomb County during the months of September and October.
Already we are experiencing signs of what is going to come hurdling at us like an avalanche:

Multiple offers on [...]

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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 as [...]

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Mr. Kelley left a note on the side panel of this blog letting us know that he has his home for sale, and one of the incentives that he is using is to pay the first 6 months of a buyers mortgage payments.  Also, if a buyer can close within 30 days of an accepted [...]

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Wednesday of this week I had time to sit down and have a leisurely lunch with a mortgage represensative, Mike Caira of Great Lakes Mortgage Funding in Sterling Heights, that I think highly of and trust to give me the most accurate information.
One of the things that I wanted to know was if he is [...]

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Contrary to all the doomsday talk about home sales in Macomb County and across the state of Michigan, homes that are owned privately are selling.
Let me state this clearly:  Not all home sales in our area are foreclosure sales.
During the last month (December 2008) 208 homes that were privately owned sold.    Out of those [...]

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Macomb County MI home buyers have had a rough time of it lately with the medias continual reporting of the “Mortgage Meltdowns” and “Bail out Madness”.
Guess what? I talked with a local mortgage broker yesterday and he stated the following:  As of August 30, 2008 fourteen out of fifteen mortgages nationwide were current. (I [...]

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