Birmingham Michigan: A Great Place to Live!

Dmitry Koublitsky (SKBK Sotheby's International Realty) — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 13:09:45 -0800

About Birmingham, Michigan

Birmingham is a vibrant city, attractive for its outstanding public schools, wonderful downtown shopping district, convenient location and excellent community resources like the Baldwin Public Library, the Birmingham Historical Museum, the Community House and the Ice Rink. The season for our Farmer's Market has been extended, the park at Quarton Lake is undergoing a beautiful transformation and Shain Park hosts concerts, art fairs and the Dream Cruise throughout the warmer months. The "Rail District" is home to many new galleries and businesses. Birmingham golfers enjoy 2 public courses, Lincoln Hills and Springdale, and the opportunity to join Birmingham Country Club. Our family has lived in Birmingham since 1969, and the community continues to impress us with all that it has to offer.

About Birmingham Real Estate

Birmingham offers some of Metro Detroit's most expensive homes, though a broad spectrum of housing exists in city, ranging from condominiums priced near $100,000 up to stunning new homes seeking up to $9,000,000. Birmingham is an attractive city for developers and real estate investors in both the luxury condo market and new single family homes. Extensive (and expensive) renovation and remodeling projects are popular with Birmingham home owners.

Every quarter we complete a summary of recent activity for the Birmingham Real Estate Market. Past updates can be found on our blog, MiOaklandCounty.com. Also read our blog for events and news about Birmingham.

For our email hotsheet of the newest listings in Birmingham, as they hit the market, write to us at mail@oakland-county-homes.com or call Maureen at 248-961-0801 or Dmitry at 248.961.0802.

We offer free relocation services for Birmingham, Michigan. Dmitry & Maureen are eager to assist you with your next home sale or purchase in Birmingham, Michigan.

A few famous people who have lived in Birmingham, MI

David Spade (actor)
Kid Rock (musician)
Christine Lahti (actress)
Mike Binder (comedian, actor)
Laura Innes (actress, Dr. Kerry Weaver on ER)

Oakland County Homeowners Get New Tool To Protect Against Mortgage Fraud

Dmitry Koublitsky (SKBK Sotheby's International Realty) — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 13:02:09 -0800

We clipped the following from the Metropolitan Consolidated Association of Realtors email newsletter. With mortgage fraud on the rise, we thought our readers and clients should be aware of this service. We are able to do an annual search of public record data for our clients at their request, for no charge. But our records are not as current as these from the county. Please contact us if you would would like us to help you with this. You can reach me at 248.961.0802, or Maureen at 248.961.0801.

Oakland County has become a hotspot for mortgage fraud, according to Oakland County Clerk Ruth Johnson, and she wants it to stop. Her office has introduced a service that will allow homeowners to check if any unauthorized activity, such as quick claim deeds, mortgages and warranty deeds, has been fraudulently recorded on their property. The service is available now at www.LandAccess.com.

Fraud Check will allow online viewers the opportunity to see whether any documents, including quit-claim deeds, mortgages and warranty deeds, have been recorded with the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds Office.

To use the program:

Go to www.landaccess.com.

Click on “MI - Oakland County” in the “Select a County” table to the right. (Macomb County residents do not yet have the option of using the service.)

Then, on the upper right hand side of the screen, click on FRAUDCHECK and enter your name.

The service is available seven-days-a-week, 24-hours-a-day, except during limited computer updating periods.

If homeowners want to conduct further searches there is a $5 fee. To view/print costs an additional $1 per document.

“This may be something that people want to remember to check on the daylight savings time schedule – twice a year in the fall and the spring,” Johnson said. “When you change your clock, check your home on the Internet.”

For more information about the Oakland County Real Estate Market, visit us on the web at Oakland County Homes or on our blog at miOaklandCounty.com

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Birmingham Michigan: A Great Place to Live!

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Oakland County Homeowners Get New Tool To Protect Against Mortgage Fraud