Is This a Trend? Clarkston Michigan Sales are Up AGAIN! Let’s hope it is. The past couple days I wrote similar posts for Lake Orion and Oxford. And today I’m happy to write that sales are up, AGAIN, in Clarkston Michigan. The median sales price was up for the first half of the year, up [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Is This a Trend? Clarkston Michigan Sales are Up AGAIN!
Posted in Clarkston Michigan, market conditions, tagged bank owned homes, clarkston michigan, foreclosures, home prices, market conditions, short sale on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Oxford Michigan Homes- Prices Up! Inventory Down!
Posted in market conditions, Oxford Michigan, tagged distressed properties, foreclosures, home prices, market conditions, oxford michigan, real estate, short sale on September 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Oxford Michigan Homes- Prices Up! Inventory Down! Does this mean Oxford Michigan real estate has reached rock bottom? Who knows? What I can state is that at the end of August: Unit sales are up 17.5% Median sales price is up 15% Total sales volume through August 2010 was $30,807,690 vs $22,988,190 in 2009. In [...]
Lake Orion Michigan- Sale Prices Up 4 Months In a Row!
Posted in Lake Orion Michigan, market conditions, tagged lake orion michigan, lake orion michigan homes for sale, lake orion michigan real estate, market conditions on September 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Lake Orion Michigan- Sale Prices Up 4 Months In a Row! Normally hearing that year to date median sale prices are down 3.4% wouldn’t be good new. But when you consider Lake Orion Michigan/Orion Township Michigan prices have been plummeting since 2005, a slight decrease in prices truly is good news. Even better news is [...]
Some Energy Tax Credits Due to Expire in a Few Months- Reduce Your Bills and Get Some of Your Tax $$ Back
Posted in tax credits and incentives, tagged bank owned homes, distressed properties, energy tax credits, foreclosures, tax incentives on September 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s no big secret that Michigan residents in general have been going through some rough economic times. I say in general, because not everybody is hurting. But with unemployment/underemployment at 20% or more many Michiganders have felt a financial pinch. Some of that financial pinch shows in many of the houses that have sold in [...]
Michigan Tax Legislation Now in the House of Representatives- Good News for Home Buyers
Posted in property taxes, tagged clarkston michigan, house payments, lake orion michigan, lapeer michigan, oxford michigan, property taxes, waterford michigan on September 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Michigan Tax Legislation Now in the House of Representatives- Good News for Home Buyers A brief explanation of how Michigan property taxes work. We have what is called the homestead exemption for a person’s primary residence in The Great Lakes State, which basically means if the house is your primary residence you get a break [...]
Why an Oakland County Michigan Foreclosure Listing May Not be the Best “Deal”
Posted in distressed sales, Foreclosures, making an offer, tagged bank owned homes, clarkston michigan, distressed properties, foreclosures, lake orion michigan, lapeer michigan, oxford michigan, waterford michigan on September 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Why an Oakland County Michigan Foreclosure Listing May Not be the Best “Deal” I often get inquiries from potential buyers who want to look at foreclosure listings. No short sales. No “regular” listing. Just foreclosures. Sometimes foreclosure listings in Oakland and Lapeer County Michigan are GREAT deals. Often times foreclosure listings are grossly under-priced. And [...]
The Foreclosure Process in Southeast Michigan
Posted in distressed sales, Foreclosures, tagged bank owned homes, clarkston michigan, distressed properties, foreclosures, lake orion michigan, lapeer michigan, oxford michigan, waterford michigan on September 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Foreclosure Process in Southeast Michigan Many of the numbers the media likes to spout about homes going into foreclosure are a bit exaggerated. When you read about the number of homes in foreclosure the stats often quoted are the notices of foreclosure that have been served- not the new bank owned listings. There are [...]
Oakland County Michigan Home Buyer- Find a Foreclosure Listing You Want? Jump on It!
Posted in distressed sales, Foreclosures, making an offer, tagged bank owned homes, clarkston michigan, distressed properties, foreclosures, jackie's pearls of wisdom- buyers, lake orion michigan, lapeer michigan, oxford michigan on September 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Oakland County Michigan Home Buyer- Find a Foreclosure Listing You Want? Jump on It! Dear Home Buyer, While it is true that we are currently in a buyers market here in Oakland County Michigan if you define a “buyer’s market” as follows: low prices, low interest rate. One thing that is strange about this market [...]
Lakes of Indianwood, Oxford Michigan- Upscale Homes in a Natural Setting
Posted in market conditions, neighborhoods, tagged home prices, lake orion michigan, Lakes of Indianwood, market conditions, neighborhood information, oxford michigan, real estate on September 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Lakes of Indianwood, Oxford Michigan Lakes of Indianwood is an upscale subdivision (higher priced, larger homes) covering Orion and Oxford townships in North Oakland County Michigan. The majority of the lots are heavily wooded – some waterfront. There are approximately 90 acres of lakes and streams, 125 acres of wetlands (aka waterfowl habitats), and the Polly [...]
