The past few weeks I have been showing houses in North Oakland and Southern Lapeer Counties, all on at least an acre and many with pole barns. My brain knows prices are way down, but for some reason I’m still amazed when I show houses.
These particular buyers found a house in Dryden Township in 
Southern Lapeer County- less than a mile off Rochester Rd. Over 2600 sq. ft. which doesn’t count the finished walk out basement. It’s a bank owned home in excellent condition on over 2 1/2 acres with a pole barn. The asking price is $206,900.
We looked at several houses in the Ortonville, Oxford, Metamora, Dryden areas and there was a handful of houses- all around $200,000 – that were quite nice. We lost out on a house that was a bit under 2000 sq. 
ft. on a couple acres in Dryden to another offer. Very nice, newer home with a pole barn. There was one house that could have used a bit of sprucing up (carpet, paint, update the baths) that was on 10 acres with a pole barn for around $220,000.
There was a lot of crap out there, too. But if you would like to live in the country with a bit of property, you are able to get a pretty nice home on a couple acres for a decent price. And with today’s low interest rates, and dropping property taxes, a $200,000 house isn’t nearly as high of a house payment as it was just a few years ago.
For more information about buying a home on acreage in North Oakland County or Lapeer County, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Jackie Hawley
cell: (248)736-6407
email: Jackie@JackieHawley.com
