Plymouth Michigan Homes for Sale & Plymouth Michigan Real Estate

Title insurance:  What exactly is it, and why is it necessary? Let’s break down what title insurance is and why you will run into it on your next sale or purchase. Title insurance is simply what the name implies: insurance that a clear chain of title exists on the property that is passing from one [...]

[For fullscreen goodness, be sure to click "Fullscreen.] October 2010 Plymouth Real Estate Stats Average Sales Price:  $207,296 There was a 4.0% drop in sales price from September to October 2010, with 5 additional homes sold in the month of October.  In addition to a month to month price drop, there was also a nearly [...]

Plymouth Real Estate Musings This past couple of weeks saw an interesting move by a rather large bank.  In case you missed it, Bank of America halted foreclosure proceedings and transactions on allegations by some state attorneys general that the foreclosure process may not have been handled correctly in more than a few instances. Officials [...]

[For fullscreen goodness, be sure to click "Fullscreen.] September 2010 Plymouth Real Estate Stats Average Sales Price:  $215,671 There was a 4.7% drop in sales price from August to September 2010, while only 3 fewer homes were sold.  While there was a month to month drop in sales price, the comparison to September 2009 shows [...]

Why? Why do we have the highest barrier to entry in the real estate industry? Why will we only allow professionals with clean records of ethical behavior to work at Professional One? Why do we place such a large emphasis on the character of our people? Why don’t we have sales quotas? Why do we [...]

The Whole World Is Watching… As Brian Boero, of 1000Watt Consulting points out, when the market was zipping along and property values were climbing, very few real estate insiders stopped to consider how consumers were being treated or served.  As the market has turned and made the sale of real estate increasingly difficult, consumers (buyers [...]

Do you remember the movie, ‘There’s Something About Mary?’  I’m sure you do. The Farrelly brothers “romantic” comedy certainly raised some eyebrows when it hit the big screen. One scene in particular, though, continues to stand out in my mind. Ben Stiller’s character, Ted, picks up a hitchhiker to fight off boredom on his drive [...]

Some Background… Part of my work history includes managing multiple campaigns for state representative here in southeastern Michigan.  As such, I’ve never really been able to shake the draw of the political arena.  In fact, 2010 may be the first time in my voting history that I did not tune in to a gubernatorial primary [...]

[To view the Plymouth Michigan real estate statistics for July 2010, be sure to click "Fullscreen" for monitor filling goodness!] Plymouth Michigan Real Estate Statistics | July 2010 Average Sales Price:  $258,414 July saw a nice increase in the average sales price over June, a 12.4% increase in fact.  There were 22 homes in Plymouth, [...]