Oxford MI Home Sales- Trend or Anomaly? Trend! You can see from the charts below, the average sales price every month in 2013 beat the same month from the previous year. When you compare 2012 to 2011 you can see the lines criss crossing, but 2012 prices were higher than 2011 more times than not. […]

Oxford MI home sales - units, prices and total sales volume were up significantly (2013 over 2012). Unit sales in 2013 were up 16% from 2012. The average sales price was up 21% from 2012 and up 26% from 2011. Volume sales were up almost 22 million from 2012 and distressed sales were down significantly. […]

It doesn’t exist. But that is too short of an answer to make an entire blog post! Unless you have an unlimited budget, and location is no object, your dream home really doesn’t exist outside of your head. The location for the dream home in my head changes often. Depending on how cold it is […]

The Perfect House Probably Does Not Exist Even with the low inventory in North Oakland and Lapeer County MI, I still consider this pretty much  a buyer’s market. Prices have been increasing pretty rapidly, BUT are still quite low compared to peak times as are interest rates. And there are good houses out there, but […]

Oakland County Home Prices on the Rise BUT Housing Is Cheaper When most Oakland County MI home buyers purchase a house they are buying under a certain house payment amount. Many factors go into that amount including home price, property taxes, mortgage interest rate. Your mortgage pre-approval is really an approval for a certain monthly […]

Seller Concessions Explained- Southeast Michigan Real Estate This is my attempt at a very simplified explanation of what seller concessions are. Example: You want to buy the house you just looked at and want to make an offer of $200,000. You need $5000 in seller concessions (seller paying all or part of your closing costs). […]

Home staging your Oakland County or Lapeer County MI home for sale. At one time it was just part of a Realtor’s job to “stage” a home they were listing- at least in the North Oakland and Lapeer areas that I work in. In those days staging had a bit of a different meaning. I […]

Now your Southeast Michgan house is on the market- beautifully described in the MLS with 25 photos and a virtual tour, sign in the yard with color flyers in the box (again- beautifully described), full color ads all over the internet. Everything is going along just like your Realtor told you it would. And now the […]

Lake Oakland Lakefront Real Estate- Rising Prices- Low Inventory So far there have been 4 closed sales this year on Lake Oakland in Clarkston and Waterford MI with prices ranging from $245,000-$751,871 with an average sales price of $414,218. Last year the average sales price on Lake Oakland was $223,320 and in 2010 the average […]

What Does BATVI Mean? Clarkston MI Real Estate Simply- Buyer Agent To Verify Information. This is also known as an ass covering, or in my opinion, a waste of precious space in the limited space allotted in the MLS. If you are buying a Clarkston MI short sale listing, beware of listings where the listing […]