Traverse City Area Real Estate

By Tom Carr Two new upscale residential developments in the works will bring 30 new residences to downtown Traverse City. The first, located at the northeast corner of Washington and Cass (behind City Centre Plaza), will be the four-story, 18-unit Washington Place. The development, led by Passageways Travel’s Tom and Sheila McIntyre, ...

Is Local Golf Scene on the Upswing Again?May 21, 2013By Karen SteinFollowing a five-year span that left a divot in most golf courses’ pocketbooks, some reports have the $25 billion industry on the upswing. Can the same be said here in Northern Michigan? We inquired. For many local courses, last year brought the first signs of a ...

Weekly Market Statistics05/13/2013 thru 05/19/2013303 New Listings107Sold Listings290 Pending Sales By Classification80 Residential $19,000 to $1,075,000 Median $156,200 Mean $213,68122 Vacant Land $12,000 to $440,000 Median $79,000 Mean $97,52705 Commercial $225 (Lease) to $285,000Sales by Location14 Antrim County11 Benzie County61 Grand Traverse ...

Old Mission Welcomes Two New WineriesMay 16, 2013By Beth MilliganTraverse City natives and siblings Carter and Todd Oosterhouse received good news from Peninsula Township Tuesday evening – which means good news for fans of Old Mission Peninsula wineries. Township officials granted the Oosterhouses a special-use permit to build a 6,500 ...

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Big Questions for the Big Three FestivalsMay 13, 2013By Beth MilliganTraverse City's "big three" festivals are coming soon, each facing its own unique challenge in 2013 and beyond. One needs to appeal to a more upscale audience, another needs more "connections" to locals, and the third is finding its identity among its ...

Three Michigan Associations of REALTORS® Launch a New Collaborative Multiple Listings ServiceSubmitted by NGLR on Mon, 2013-04-01 10:06Today it was announced that three Michigan associations of REALTORS® have launched a new collaborative multiple listings service (MLS) venture to serve as a nucleus of what is hoped will be a truly regional ...

Mortgage Giants to Limit Loan Purchases to 'Qualified Mortgages'Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 -->Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will begin next year to purchase only loans that meet new “qualified mortgage” requirements, the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced Monday. In January, the Consumer ...

Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 -->Delinquencies on home loans dropped in March to 0.84 percent of the nation's 50.2 million mortgages -- the first month since 2007 that delinquencies were below the 1 percent mark, Lender Processing Services Inc. reports. First-time defaults -- loans that are at least 60 days delinquent -- ...

Traverse City: Available and Affordable?May 1, 2013By Heather Johnson Durocher Traverse City is now a legitimate “foodie town” with statewide and national buzz, while Pure Michigan helps fuel another likely blockbuster summer tourism season. But as the region soars toward another peak season, is there fear that the Cherry Capital ...