Traverse City Area Real Estate

Weekly Market Statistics09/03/2012 thru 09/09/2012177 New Listings102 Sold Listings279 PendingSales By Classification84 Residential $35,000 to $613,000 Median $167,500 Mean $196,53317 Vacant Land $6,000 to $460,000 Median $42,000 Mean $102,1111 Commercial $115,000Sales by Location05 Antrim County11 Benzie County56 Grand Traverse County12 Kalkaska ...

5/21/2012 Senate Majority Floor Leader Arlan Meekhof (R-Olive Township) and Representative Jon Bumstead (R-Newaygo) have introduced legislation, Senate Bill 1130 and House Bill 5647 respectively, aimed at applying a less subjective approach to critical dune regulation. REALTORS®, builders, and property owners living and working within the ...

Illustration by Ian Michael Rousey By Jed Kolko Jul 8, 2012 6:30 PM ETHouse prices, after falling for more than five years, are rising again. All the major sales-priceindexes show that there have been modest national increases in recent months, even after adjusting for seasonal patterns. When foreclosures and distressed sales are ...

Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, August 07, 2012 -->Foreclosures can offer some home buyers big bargains, with the typical discount on a foreclosure about 19 percent, according to National Association of REALTORS® data from May. But buyers should be careful not to be guided by price alone, housing experts warn. “Distressed properties ...

Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, August 07, 2012 -->Closing costs have dropped by 7 percent over the last year, according to an annual survey on closing costs conducted by Bankrate.com. Closing costs average $3,754 nationwide. Title insurance and other third-party fees also saw a drop in the last year, falling 12 percent, and origination fees ...

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June 23, 2012 Sales surge continues in May236 homes were sold in the five-county area last monthBy Bill O'Brienbobrien@record-eagle.comThe Record EagleSun Jun 24, 2012, 10:06 AM EDTTRAVERSE CITY — Housing sales continued a spring-time surge in May across the 5-county region. Existing home sales totaled 236 last month in Grand Traverse, ...

Daily Real Estate News | Monday, June 18, 2012 -->Shadow inventory dropped nearly 15 percent year-over-year in April and is at about a four-month supply—reaching its lowest level in nearly three years, real estate data provider CoreLogic reports. Shadow inventory, as defined by CoreLogic, refers to properties that are seriously delinquent ...

TRAVERSE CITY -- Home sales and prices are on the rise in parts of northwestern Michigan as baby boomers scoop up second homes and cottages sometimes years before they plan to retire to get today's discounted prices on lakefront property. Realtors in the area say they've seen heightened activity this year as more buyers are finding the ...

Local home sales on the reboundBy Bill O'Brien-Traverse City Record-EaglePosted: 05/23/2012 7:14 AMExisting home sales continued to surge in the 5-county area, and sale prices also are starting to rebound. April home sales totaled 206 across Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Benzie, Antrim and Kalkaska counties, according to data ...