Price Per Square Foot DOES Determine "Value" - 11/30/10 06:52 PM
Price Per Square Foot DOES Determine "Value"
If you are considering selling your house in North Oakland County or Lapeer County Michigan you can kiss those upgrades you added to your house over the years good bye! Had the house built and chose the $300 light fixtures over the $50 light fixtures? Went with a little better cupboard in the kitchen? You know- the ones that weather much better than the builders grade kitchen cabinets your neighbors went with. The ones that still look good 10 years later. And still aren't dated.
Hope you had hardwood put in instead of liminate … (0 comments)

Shores of Long Lake and Village by the Shores, Lake Orion Michigan Real Estate Sales - 11/28/10 08:49 PM
Shores of Long Lake and Village by the Shores, Lake Orion Michigan Real Estate Sales
Shores of Long Lake and Village by the Shores is a newer subdivision in Lake Orion Michigan with about 133 homes- 34 of which are lakefront homes on all sports Long Lake. Both the Shores of Long Lake and the Village by the Shores are covered under one set of by laws with the Shores of Long Lake located in the Township of Orion and the Village by the Shores located in the Village of Lake Orion. When driving through the sub the feeling is also that of one neighborhood.
Homes were … (5 comments)

Silver Lake Lakefront Real Estate Sales - 11/28/10 01:28 PM
Silver Lake is a 101 acre all sports lake in Waterford Michigan- between Walton Blvd and Dixie Hwy and west of Silver Lake Rd. In the 2003-2005 peak times lakefront houses on Silver Lake typically sold in the three hundred, four hundred and five hundred thousand area with an occasional house selling in the six hundred thousand neighborhood.
Today sale prices on all sports Silver Lake are ranging from $150K range to the $450K range with a mixture of newer homes and older homes. Prices seem to be pretty much on par with last year, though still a long way from … (2 comments)

Lake Orion Michigan Real Estate Sales- Home Prices Still Up! Inventory Down! - 11/18/10 06:59 PM
Lake Orion Michigan Real Estate Sales- Home Prices Still Up! Inventory Down!
Despite the fact that unit sales have been down the last 4 months in a row, and that the median sale price for October was down slightly from last October (less than 1/2%) Orion sales are still up year to date.
5 of the past 6 months have shown median sale prices above the previous year and October median sale price was down only $500 from the median sale price for last October. Part of the reason for this is the decrease in foreclosure sales. Last year foreclosures made … (4 comments)

Lotus and Maceday Lakes Lakefront Real Estate Sales - 11/05/10 06:39 PM
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 Clarkston). There is a public access site at Williams Lake Rd just east of Maceday Lake Rd.
Maceday and Lotus Lakes are all sports lakes- great for the water skier or jet skier in the summer and snowmobiler in the winter.
For the fisherman, Maceday Lake is … (2 comments)

Lake Orion Michigan Lakefront Real Estate Sales - 11/03/10 05:19 PM
Lake Orion Michigan Lakefront Real Estate Sales
Lake Orion is a 470 acre all sports lake that is in both the Village of Lake Orion and the Township of Orion Michigan. Lake Orion is a public lake with a public access off Indianwood Rd, just west of M-24.
The housing on Lake Orion is a mixture of cottages, cottages that have been re-built into larger, year 'round houses, and newer homes. Like the rest of Lake Orion, the housing market on Lake Orion has been hit with its share of foreclosures and short sales and a general drop in housing prices … (0 comments)