Todd Waller | Real Estate

Well, call me shocked!  I didn't think the folks from my former life would catch on that quickly.  I am pleased to point out that the Michigan Legislation has found it in themselves to address the heinous, nearly uncovered, downside to Proposal A from 1994.  Any property purchased from March 1st,...

HERE'S MORE INCENTIVEOk, so I had to dust off the RSS feed aggregator...I can't believe I missed this article!  According to a March 13th, 2007 Detroit News article the folks in Lansing do recognize a problem with Proposal A in a declining market!What the article highlights is a proposal to suspe...

Now with property type specific statsThat's right!  Big House Data has done it again!  Not only do they provide the only comprehensive stats package for Washtenaw County, they have now split the data between Condos and Homes!Homes:  Average sales price Here is the chart showing the average sales ...

Why I Enjoy My BusinessVia email from a regular to SE Michigan Real Estate:"Yes, your blog was most helpful, especially the statistics.  I still go back now and then just because I find it so interesting.  If we had been less informed, we'd probably still be looking.  We made a low bid on our dre...

FYI for A/R readers out there - The "other" blog is one year old today.>>From SE Michigan Real Estate<>For the A/R readers, thank you for...

So, with the discussion of Michigan's Proposal A and its effect on taxes in a declining real estate market, it seems to me that there may be some folks that are looking for assistance in fighting their increase in assessments.  If you are caught in the situation where you believe your assessed va...

Aha!  I found a decent explanation, finally, about Prop A and how it functions in a declining real estate market.  As described here, we experienced a 6% drop in our 2007 property assessment.  Now I can't show where the appraiser got their information, but I can now show why some folks' assessmen...

2007 could be an interesting year Well, the first month of 2007 is in the books and on charts!  My favorite provider of area real estate statistics, Big House Data, LLC, had a late Valentine's Day Gift for its subscribers - January Housing Numbers!As you can see from the chart to the left, there ...

Via the inestimable Arbor Update comes this nifty article about the MichBio association looking to assist in job placement.  If you've been affected by your employer bolting from the state and would like to stay here, this would be a great way to find employment throughout the state.From the Exec...

In case you missed the announcement, the pain for SE Michigan and SW Michigan, continues with Pfizer closing its facilities in Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo.2,100 jobs gone by the end of 2008.  Not only are those 2,100 jobs lost for the Ann Arbor area, that's the City of Ann Arbor's largest single tax...