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2012 

I updated my weekly stats data last night with what may end up being the final numbers for 2012, that is, if no more sales actually close today. I’m not sure how many Title Companies are working on New Year’s Eve day. The stats for the last full week of the year were very mixed. Overall in the ni...
12/30/2012
  “There's a view in this country that everybody's going through what they're going through for the first time.” (Cokie Roberts) from the Jack’s Winning Words blog. That saying would go well side-by-side with the saying by George Santayana – “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to re...
12/27/2012
The latest Case-Shiller Report, released by S & P/Dow Jones is a good tool to confirm the direction of the market a couple of months back. The latest report (see graphic below) confirms that the real estate market continued to recover nicely through the end of October. The report itself contains ...
12/27/2012
  “Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about reform.” (Susan B. Anthony) from a recent Jack’s Winning Words blog. Had Susan B. changed the word “social” in her saying to “political”, she would have nailed the current sta...
12/26/2012
I've posted the second to last set of real estate sales statistics for the year at my Move To Milford web site. The next post will wrap up the year and I'll try to look back and see what the trends have been. The market is general has been improving, with s0me stats like average home sale values ...
12/23/2012
“He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree” – Roy L. Smith. Roy L. Smith was an American clergyman who authored several books in the 1940’s. I like this saying because it makes you stop and disassociate the commercial side of Christmas from what is really important in ...
12/23/2012
  Michigan Monthly Market Report - December 2012 Traditionally, this time of year sales activity slows, but not so much this season. Although sales will be less than peak spring and summer months, they are unusually strong for this time of year. Our annualized sales rate is actually higher now t...
12/21/2012
At the end of the year many people rush to make that last-minute charitable contribution, so that they have an extra tax deduction to count. If you are among them I have just the charity need for you.   The Milford Historical Society is fund-raising to replace the storm windows on the Milford His...
12/20/2012
  “Lasting change is a series of compromises, and compromise is all right, as long as your values don’t change.” (Jane Goodall) As we continue our journey towards the so-called Fiscal Cliff this saying, which of course I found on the Jack's Winning Words blog seemed really apropos. When I thought...
12/18/2012
A recent blog post by George Souto, a Connecticut mortgage broker, here on ActiveRain discusses the  important role that credit scores are playing these days in the mortgage process. See the post at -   http://activerain.com/blogsview/3530908/credit-scores-are-playing-an-even-larger-roll-in-the-m...
12/16/2012
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Posts about things going on in Real Estate in Milford, Michigan; Highland, Michigan; White Lake, Michigan; Commerce Twp, Michigan,; West Bloomfield, Michigan; South Lyon, Michigan; Birghton, Michigan and HArtland, Michigan in Oakland and Livingston Counties of Michigan