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Oakland County Michigan

Oakland County Michigan is and excellent place to live and work. During the "boom" times of the 1990's through the early 2000's, Oakland County was one of the 3 wealthiest counties in the country. While the money was flowing growth happened not only in the housing market but with other amenities that come with a good economy. New subdivisions developed, city water and sewer expanded into once rural areas, township and county parks were developed, sidewalks/black top trails sprung up. Lake houses fixed up, enlarged, or even knocked down and replaced. Village houses spruced up. Schools grew or built new buildings and offer more than in the recent past.  

And while Oakland County has been hit as hard as just about anybody with this recession the past 5 or 6 years, those amenities and by products of the good times are still here. Oakland County provides a high quality of life for any lifestyle. Countless outdoor recreation opportunities are available- ski areas, public fishing sites, public and private golf courses, more than 1468 lakes and approximately 89,000 acres of public recreation land. Significant entertainment venues include DTE and Meadowbrook outdoor theaters, Cranbrook, and the Detroit Zoo to name a few.

Clarkston MI     Clarkston MI, including Independence and Springfield Townships. Back in the day, the Clarkston area grew as rapidly as any other area, but a little higher end than most. Estate like subdivisions sprung up, cutom lake front home were built, and some of the more outlying rural areas enjoyed working farms, including many horse farms.

Lake Orion MI      Lake Orion MI encompases Orion Township and The Village of Lake Orion located just north of exit 81 off I-75.

Oxford MI    Oxford MI is located just north of Lake Orion.


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Southeast Michigan Home Buyer Information » North Oakland area
Oakland County Home Prices on the Rise BUT Housing Is Cheaper
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 […]
Writing an Offer on an Oakland County Michigan Home
Writing an Offer on an Oakland County Michigan Home Unless you’re a cash buyer, our standard purchase agreement contains a financing contingency. Even if you are pre-qualified you need this contingency to protect yourself. If your financial situation changes after writing the offer (such as job loss) you need the protection of the financing contingency. […]
Lotus and Maceday Lakes Waterford and Clarkston MI Real Estate
Lotus and Maceday Lakes Lakefront Real Estate Sales Maceday and Lotus are both all sports lakes and are connected for a total acreage of 419 acres. Maceday Lake is located in Waterford, Michigan. The majority of Lotus Lake is located in Waterford Township, but the northern tip falls into Independence Township (more commonly known as […]
Sylvan and Otter Lakefront Real Estate- You’re Buying a Lifestyle!
Sylvan and Otter Lakes Lakefront Real Estate Sales Sylvan Otter Lake is a 530 acre all sports lake located in Waterford and West Bloomfield Townships and the Village of Sylvan Lake- south of Highland Rd (M-59), north of Orchard Lake Rd, east of Cass Lake Rd and west of Telegraph. Weed control is taken care […]
Friendship Park, Lake Orion MI
Friendship Park, Lake Orion MI Friendship Park in Lake Orion MI (technically Orion Township) is a 137 acre park located on the northeast corner of Clarkston and Baldwin Roads. Friendship Park is quite a nice facility that is only a half mile down the road from where I grew up and would have been great […]
Bald Mountain Recreation Area, Lake Orion MI
Bald Mountain Recreation Area, Lake Orion MI Bald Mountain Recreation Area is comprised of 4 separate parcels totaling 4637 acres in Orion and Oakland Townships. Click here for map. This unique property is open to the public by permit and consists of 15 miles of biking trails, 7 miles of snowmobile trails, 8 miles of […]

Selling Your Oakland County MI Home- "Regular" or "Non Distressed" Seller


Below are the 5 most recent blog posts I wrote for the so called normal seller- basically not a short sale. Negotiating a short sale listing is vastly different than the normal sale- the goals are different. Because of these differences I wrote posts for the potential short sale seller and categorized them as "distressed owner/seller" and the posts for the normal seller are under the category "NON Distressed Seller." You can click this link for a full lists of posts for the non distressed home seller or go to my home seller blog at http://SellingRealEstateInSoutheastMichigan.Wordpress.com and click on the proper category on the right side of the home page.

My seller blog at http://SellingRealEstateInSoutheastMichigan.Wordpress.com is a pretty complete resource for all aspects of the home sale process in Oakland and Lapeer County Michigan with articles covering what to expect at our first meeting, how to price your home, how I market my listings, what happens, step by step, after accepting an offer and much more. 

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Southeast Michigan Real Estate- For Sellers » NON Distressed Seller
Home Staging- Highjacked Term? Does it Help?
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 […]
Showing Times Are Just Approximations
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 […]
What Does BATVI Mean? Clarkston MI Real Estate
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 […]
North Oakland County Homes- The Faster They Sell The Higher They Sell For
North Oakland County Homes- The Faster They Sell The Higher They Sell For The quick sales tend to be the appraisals I sweat out the most. A well priced house will sell quickly. The best prices I’ve gotten for sellers have been the quickest sales. Last year I listed a 4 bedroom colonial in Wyngate, […]
What Sets Me Apart From Other Southeast Michigan Listing Agents?
What Sets Me Apart From Other Southeast Michigan Listing Agents? I’ve been showing houses quite a bit lately and have noticed some disturbing trends. Many of these trends are confined to foreclosure listings; or at least I thought the incomplete listings with no yard sign out front and no electricity on in the house was […]

Buying a Short Sale- The Good The Bad and The Ugly


Below are the 5 most recent blog posts I wrote about buying short sale listings in Oakland and Lapeer Counties. For a complete list please go to my buyer blog at http://SoutheastMichiganRealEstate.Wordpress.com and click on the short sale category. Or simply click on this link.

My buyer blog at http://SoutheastMichiganRealEstate.Wordpress.com is a pretty complete resource for all aspects of purchasing a home in Oakland and Lapeer County Michigan with articles covering how to write an offer, the home buying process, how to figure your new taxes after purchase, market conditions for various areas including my predictions about future market conditions. And of course it is a pretty complete resource for all that is involved in buying a short sale or foreclosure listing.

Jackie Hawley

cell: (248)736-6407

Jackie@JackieHawley.com

Southeast Michigan Home Buyer Information » Short Sale
Buying an Oakland County MI Short Sale Listing- What to Expect
Buying an Oakland County MI Short Sale Listing- What to Expect Between what I’ve heard on TV and radio, read and from conversations I’ve had with clients, potential clients, other agents, relatives, friends… I have learned that there are a whole host of definitions for the term “short sale.” And most of them not very […]
What is a Short Sale? Oakland County MI Real Estate
Oakland County MI Real Estate A short sale is when the house is offered for sale by the owner (person as opposed to a bank) who owes more than what is owed. Once an offer is accepted, the bank has to agree to reduce the mortgage payoff. Usually some of the leg work has been […]
Buying a Clarkston Short Sale? What to Expect
Short sales in Clarkston Michigan – click here for the very basics including my attempt to define exactly what a short sale is and the basic steps involved. Below is more about what to expect throughout the short sale transaction. Short sale listings can be some of the best bargains available in Clarkston MI, but […]
Making an Offer on an Oakland County Michigan Short Sale Listing? The Asking Price Means Nothing!
Making an Offer on an Oakland County Michigan Short Sale Listing? The Asking Price Means Nothing! First a quick run down about how the short sale process works. Owner lists a house with a real estate agent. The owner owes more on the house than he can sell it for and is either unable or […]
Southeast Michigan Short Sales- Why You Should Avoid Many Of The So Called “Short Sale Specialists”
Southeast Michigan Short Sales- Why You Should Avoid Many Of The So Called “Short Sale Specialists” I will preface this post with a kind of anti-disclaimer: If you have to sell via short sale, I DO NOT WANT TO LIST YOUR HOUSE. If you are a past client or a friend, I will list your […]

Buying a "Normal" Home Listing - Not a Short Sale or Foreclosure


Below are the 5 most recent blog posts I wrote about buying "normal" or non-distressed home listings (not short sales or foreclosures) in Oakland County MI. For a complete list please go to my buyer blog at http://SoutheastMichiganRealEstate.Wordpress.com and click on the "buying NON distressed homes" category. Or simply click on this link for posts covering topics such as the purpose of the home inspection, what is an earnest money deposit, why you need title insurance, what are seller concessions, etc.

My buyer blog at http://SoutheastMichiganRealEstate.Wordpress.com is a pretty complete resource for all aspects of purchasing a home in Oakland County Michigan with articles covering how to write an offer, the home buying process, how to figure your new taxes after purchase, market conditions for various areas including my predictions about future market conditions. And of course it is a pretty complete resource for all that is involved in buying a short sale or foreclosure listing.

Jackie Hawley

cell: (248)736-6407

Jackie@JackieHawley.com

Southeast Michigan Home Buyer Information » buying NON distressed homes
Oakland County Home Prices on the Rise BUT Housing Is Cheaper
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 […]
CCS = SALE PENDING- Oakland County Michigan Homes for Sale
CCS = SALE PENDING Tired of calling your agent with Oakland County homes you find on Realtor.com or on your agent’s IDX site (consumer MLS) only to be told that many of those Oakland County homes are pending? And many of those same homes are still showing as active a month or two or six […]
Writing an Offer on an Oakland County Michigan Home
Writing an Offer on an Oakland County Michigan Home Unless you’re a cash buyer, our standard purchase agreement contains a financing contingency. Even if you are pre-qualified you need this contingency to protect yourself. If your financial situation changes after writing the offer (such as job loss) you need the protection of the financing contingency. […]
Seller Concessions Explained- Southeast Michigan Real Estate
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). […]
Oakland County Home Purchase- What is the Deposit? How Much Should it Be?
Oakland County Home Purchase- What is the Deposit? How Much Should it Be? When you  make an offer on a house in Oakland County Michigan one of the questions I will ask you is: How much of a deposit to you want to give me? Partially because it is a space on the purchase agreement […]

The Nuts and Bolts of Buying a Foreclosure Listing


Below are the 5 most recent blog posts I wrote about buying foreclosure listings in Oakland County MI. For a complete list please go to my buyer blog at http://SoutheastMichiganRealEstate.Wordpress.com and click on the foreclosure category. Or simply click on this link.

My buyer blog at http://SoutheastMichiganRealEstate.Wordpress.com is a pretty complete resource for all aspects of purchasing a home in Oakland County Michigan with articles covering how to write an offer, the home buying process, how to figure your new taxes after purchase, market conditions for various areas including my predictions about future market conditions. And of course it is a pretty complete resource for all that is involved in buying a short sale or foreclosure listing.

Jackie Hawley
cell: (248)736-6407

Jackie@JackieHawley.com

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Southeast Michigan Home Buyer Information » Foreclosures
Buying an Oakland County or Lapeer County Foreclosure? What to Expect
Buying an Oakland County or Lapeer County Foreclosure? What to Expect Or more precisely what not to expect. Don’t expect to be able to negotiate anything other than price. Think $150 to re-key a door is high? Too bad. There’s no way around it and you won’t get the key at closing. It may be […]
Can A Seller REALLY Enforce That The Buyer Not Resell For A Specific Period Of Time?
Can A Seller REALLY Enforce That The Buyer Not Resell For A Specific Period Of Time? A lot of the bank and government owned listings specify owner occupied only for the first couple weeks or for the first month. They require the buyer to sign a document that the house will be their primary residence […]
Lake Orion MI Foreclosure Listings Are NOT Available For Sale BEFORE Hitting The MLS
Lake Orion Michigan Foreclosure Listings Are NOT Available For Sale BEFORE Hitting The MLS I am asked multiple times a week if I can let someone know about Lake Orion MI foreclosure listings before they hit the market. When I say “there is no way” I am then often asked about RealtyTrac. RealtyTrac reports foreclosure […]
Am I Overpaying?
Am I Overpaying? Is the listing overpriced? What is the house worth? All questions, or variations of questions, most buyers ask when buying a house. They are valid questions with not easy or pat answer. The value of the home depends on your point of view. Webster defines “value” as “a fair return or equivalent […]
Michigan Foreclosures- New Buyer Fee to Consider
Michigan Foreclosures- New Buyer Fee to Consider It is customary in Michigan real estate transactions for the seller to pay the transfer tax- both state and county- to the tune of .86 of a per cent of the sale price. Bank owned homes backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been exempt from this […]

Local Market Conditions North Oakland County MI


Below are the 5 most recent blog posts I've written about the local market- sales data, neighborhood and lake information. You can see all the posts I've written about the local market by going to http://SoutheastMichiganRealEstate.Wordpress.com and clicking on the market conditions category on the right hand side or simply click here.You may also want to check out post about lakefront real estate, and local recreational attractions.

Jackie Hawley
cell: (248)736-6407

Jackie@JackieHawley.com

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Southeast Michigan Home Buyer Information » North Oakland Market Conditions
Oakland County Home Prices on the Rise BUT Housing Is Cheaper
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 […]
Lake Oakland Real Estate Sales Clarkston and Waterford Michigan
Lake Oakland Lakefront Home Sales Real Estate Sales Clarkston and Waterford Michigan Home prices on all sports Lake Oakland are up from last year- both median and average sales prices. More houses have sold in 2012 than in 2011 and a smaller percentage of those homes are short sales and foreclosures. There are currently 6 […]
Lower Straits Lake Commerce Twp MI Lakefront Home Sales
Lower Straits Lake Commerce Twp MI Lakefront Home Sales Median sales price on all sports Lower Straits Lake and the average sales price on Lower Straits Lake are both more than doubled this year over last year. This doesn’t mean prices went up over 100% in just a year’s time. But if you are a […]
Sylvan Lake Otter Lake Lakefront Home Sales Real Estate Sales Waterford, West Bloomfield and Sylvan Lake MI
Sylvan Lake Otter Lake Lakefront Home Sales Real Estate Sales Waterford, West Bloomfield and the Village of Sylvan Lake Michigan Median sales price on all sports Sylvan and Otter Lakes is up 31% from last year. Average sales price on Sylvan and Otter Lakes is up 26% from last year. So far this year there […]
Lake Oakland Lakefront Sales- Prices Continue to Climb!
Lake Oakland Lakefront Sales- Prices Continue to Climb! Just like the rest of the North Oakland County area- home prices on Lake Oakland are up and there is a real lack of active listings available. Unit sales are up, average sales price is up, median sales price is up, total sales volume is up…. the […]
Sylvan Lake Lakefront Home Sales- Prices on the Rise
Sylvan Lake Lakefront Home Sales- Prices on the Rise Median sales price on all sports Sylvan and Otter Lakes is up 32% from last year. Average sales price on Sylvan and Otter Lakes is up 29% from last year. So far this year there have been 5 more sales on Sylvan and Otter Lakes than […]
Waterford MI Home Sales
Waterford MI homes sales are up in 2012 over the same time period of 2011 (through August) in all 4 categories– unit sales, average sales price, median sales price and sales volume. Distressed sales are down 4%  2012 distressed sales made up 62% of total sales opposed to 66% of total sales Average sales price […]
North Oakland County MI Home Sales Data
Orion, Oxford, Clarkston and Brandon school districts average sales price through August of each year Unit sales are up 9.9% from 2011 and up 27% from 2009. Average sales price is up 6.3% from 2011 and up 9.6% from 2009. Distressed sales are down making up 44.2% of all sales in 2012– down over 10% […]
Clarkston/Independence, Springfield, Waterford Lakefront Sales Through Aug
The average sales price for lakefront home sales in the Clarkston/Waterford area so far this year is up 16.7% from the same time period last year and up 23.9% from 2009. Something freaky happened  in 2010 with a jump in price, but prices so far in 2012 are up 7.1% from that spike in 2010. […]
Oakland County MI Real Estate- What is Affordable Today May Not Be Affordable Next Spring
 Oakland County MI Real Estate- What is Affordable Today May Not Be Affordable Next Spring Prices are on the rise in North Oakland County MI. They have been for a while now- long enough to trust this is probably a trend and not a fluke. Lake Orion average sales price is up 10% from last […]

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