SE Michigan Real Estate Blog

As the old year passes and we prepare to cross the threshold of another, I've been reflecting on many changes in the past year. Since I was licensed in 2001 and Michigan didn't experience the post-9/11 boom of the rest of the country, I've never experienced a 'hot' Michigan market. Through the ye...

Denny Grimes, President of Denny Grimes & Company in Southwest Florida, recently published his take on the traditional resolutions of losing weight and exercise and how they can be applied to our current real estate market. In an article titled "Real estate market needs to lose weight in '08", hi...

With our fixer-upper house being a construction zone for more than three years, I'm reminded of the three rules of thumb I suggested in a June '04 blog entry on home improvement projects: 1) It will take longer than you planned (amen!) 2) It will cost more than you think (way more)3) Your local h...

Lovely Downtown Northville is front page news in the Detroit Free Press today, highlighting the challenges facing downtown Michigan communities in attracting businesses and consumers. The Northville Downtown Development Authority is beginning to see the results of their recent efforts to boost th...

Detroit Free Press columnist Bill McGraw just published an amazing profile of the City of Detroit in all is glory and decay. The six part series summarizes the 138 square miles traveled by McGraw and the Free Press staffers during their 4 month odyssey. Intro: It's worse than you think -- but bet...

As the new Secretary of the local Women Marine Association-Motor City Chapter, I spent several hours yesterday at a 'packing party' for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The WMA Motor City Chapter's "Operation Caring Friends" ships over 200 packages per month overseas. Mary Ann Merritt has organize...

It was announced today that an Administrative Law Judge dismissed the Federal Trade Commission's complaint against RealComp, the largest Realtor®-owned MLS in the State. The complaint, filed last year by the FTC, was dismissed on December 10, 2007. In the FTC's press release, the ALJ ruled that '...