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Despite the gloom and doom we all hear daily from the news media Traverse City area real estate is moving in a positive direction. A year to year comparison from 2010 to 2011 shows that our local area ( mostly Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Benzie, Antrim,
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Daily Real Estate News | Friday, January 20, 2012 --> Existing-home sales continued on an uptrend in December, rising for three consecutive months and remaining above where they were a year ago, according to the National Association of REALTORS®.
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Daily Real Estate News | Friday, December 30, 2011 --> The “government, the mortgage industry, and forces of nature all shook the housing market in 2011,” according to a recent Time magazine article, which highlights the key issues that had
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Daily Real Estate News | Monday, November 21, 2011 --> Existing-home sales improved in October while the number of homes on the market continued to decline, according to the National Association of REALTORS ® . Total existing-home sales — completed
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Daily Real Estate News | Monday, October 31, 2011 --> Which cities are home buyers targeting the most? Realtor.com recently released its search rankings of 146 metros during the month of September. The following are the 12 most-searched markets last month,
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The 10 Best Places to Retire in 2012 These cities will meet your retirement lifestyle needs and suit your budget By Emily Brandon October 17, 2011 RSS Feed Print Tweet Related Articles In Pictures: The 10 Best Places to Retire in 2012 10 Places to Retire
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Daily Real Estate News | Wednesday, October 12, 2011 --> The housing market doesn't necessarily require a major overhaul for a recovery, a panel of experts said yesterday morning at the Mortgage Bankers 2011 Convention & Expo in Chicago. A handful
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Daily Real Estate News | Wednesday, October 12, 2011 --> Home prices mostly held flat in August, increasing a modest 0.1 percent from July to August, according to Zillow’s latest Home Value Index. Two of the nation’s hardest-hit housing markets,
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Daily Real Estate News | Monday, September 12, 2011 --> The National Association of Home Builders is debuting a new economic index that highlights metro areas that are seeing the most improvement in their housing markets. The First American Improving
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Daily Real Estate News | Monday, September 12, 2011 --> With the growth of green building the last decade, green lending has emerged to help finance those often costly “green” upgrades. Dave Porter, with PorterWorks in Stanton, Wash., who
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Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, August 09, 2011 --> The founder of a popular for-sale by owner Web site used a real estate broker to help sell his 2,000-square-foot, two-bedroom New York apartment after it lingered on the market for six months. Colby
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Nationally, the median age of inventory of homes on the market shrank slightly in May from April to 92 days, but still marks a 4.55 percent year-over-year increase. But in some markets homes are selling much faster. For example, the fastest-selling market
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A ruling by the state Court of Appeals could mean relief for thousands of people facing foreclosure in Michigan. The ruling applies to foreclosures started under the Mortgage Electronic Registration System, or MERS. MERS is a nationwide system that was
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Attachment(s): 53627924-Michigan-Court-of-Appeals-Rules-Against-MERS.pdf
TRAVERSE CITY REAL ESTATE SELLERS TAKE NOTE: So far in 2011 Jon Becker of Century 21 Northland is averages his sellers 11.53% more in sales price of their home than the local MLS average for the area. While the MLS average sales to list price % is 87.87
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Statistics for: Class=SF, VL, CM, MF AND Status=ACT'SLD'PND AND Date Range=01/01/2011-04/30/2011 AND Area=1, 2, 3, 4, 5 AND Board=-1; As Of: 4/26/2011 Active Price Range Number of Listings Average Days On Market 0$ - $19,999 1,102 528 $20,000
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