All articles from: February, 2010

Top Six Things Your Listing Agent Should Tell You

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You’re selling your home. It’s been on the market for a little while, an offer has been tendered and you have come to an agreement on price and terms with the purchasers. Once you’ve gotten to this stage of the deal, you’re done, right? Not so fast there, Smokey! There are still a few potential [...]

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House Hunting Tips for Plymouth Homes

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So, you’ve decided to take advantage of the amazing market for home buyers in the greater Canton, Northville, Novi, Plymouth Michigan real estate market. Good thinking! There are so many bargains to be had right now in this market right now. Then the question becomes, “What can I do to find the home of my dreams [...]

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The Subprime Market: "Six-inch Hooker Heels"

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[Originally written in June of 2007 by Todd Waller] The subprime blowout is not over? So, cruising around today on the RSS feeds and bump into this (behind Inman subscription wall now…) little beauty of an article on Inman News. Never mind the icky feeling I get seeing two sumo wrestlers practicing their sport, there [...]

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February 2010 Plymouth Michigan Real Estate Tips

Todd’s first attempt at video blogging.  I promise the video quality will get better! Today, I cover just a couple reasons for Plymouth Michigan real estate buyers and sellers to act sooner rather than later…and it all has to do with the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan guidelines changing after April 30th.

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5 FSBO Caveats To Remember

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In this down real estate market (and even during normal times), many people in the greater Plymouth, Northville, Novi, Canton, Michigan market have at one time or another looked at or have thought about buying a “FSBO” (“for sale by owner”) home. We certainly understand a seller’s motivation for selling this way and a buyer’s [...]

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February 2010 Hot Sheets!

You’ve heard about some of the prices on homes for sale these days.  Short of Professional One setting up a personalized, automated search for you, here are the latest and greatest foreclosure and short sales currently on the market in Canton and Plymouth, Michigan: Canton-Foreclosure-List-February-2010 Plymouth-Foreclosure-List-February-2010 For more information on these properties, or others that [...]

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January 2010 Housing Stats: Plymouth, Michigan

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A regular feature here is a rundown on the monthly statistics for homes in Plymouth, Michigan.  The charts presented here are created by only looking at the homes that sold in the past month.  In this case, we looked at the Plymouth, Michigan (city and township) homes that sold in January.   The charts themselves [...]

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The 2010 Housing Market for Plymouth, Michigan :: Factors to Consider

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Todd’s pulled out his crystal ball, is staring at the tea leaves and generally trying to help predict what the 2010 Plymouth, Michigan housing market is going to be like. We all know that the 2009 real estate market was less than stellar.  The silver lining in 2009 is that, despite many predictions to contrary, [...]

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