During the NAR Meetings in Orlando, Laurie Janick NAR Legal Council announced the end was in sight for the law suit with the Dept of Justice that has been going on for three long years. Now in the final stages of approval, we should have direction for the local MLS's in the next few days. The loc
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11/17/2008
Our local MLS is considering enhancing our public web site. In our research we have found several MLS's have very simple but consumer friendly sites. Examples: -www.har.com Houston , Texas -http://beta.homesdatabase.com/ Virginia and DC area MRIS MLS
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11/14/2008
The last few years NAR has been investigating the possibility of having a National Data base of all properties in the United States. Filled with tax information, Insurance documents ( like the Clue report), survey, title information, anything to do with the subject property. The purpose is to ha
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11/14/2008
We attended the latest Grand Valley State University Alumni Breakfast Series this week in Grand Rapids MIchigan. The featured speaker was Blake Krueger, the CEO of Wolverine Worldwide, Inc. speaking on Global Leadership through Innovation. If you aren't familiar with Wolverine Worldwide, they a
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11/13/2008
Wyoming Michigan is a large suburban community of Grand Rapids, MI. Wyoming MI homes are moderately priced, which should make it an active market in this economy. Obviously the lower price levels have affected the average (low price $54,200 vs high price of $236,835) I assume some of the lo
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11/13/2008
Rockford Michigan is a quaint little village on the Rogue River. It is 10 miles from downtown Grand Rapids, with several major roads that will take you there. There is a state of the art school public system, many suburban housing developments, and a busy, vital village with wonderful boutique
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11/13/2008
East Grand Rapids is a small city, population of 10,784 located just east of Grand Rapids city limits. It has been a desired place to live in the Grand Rapids area for many years. East Grand Rapids is primarily residential with some commercial business areas. Many homeowners are attracted by
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11/13/2008
Caledonia Michigan is a very desirable suburban community to live in if you work in the Grand Rapids area. The school system is top rated, the village and surrounding area was rated one of the Top 100 places to live by Money Magazine in 2005. Caledonia MI is a bit rural within a short distance
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11/12/2008
I attended the NAR Convention in Orlando. During the NAR Board of Directors meeting we were told of a four point program that NAR Leadership was going to present to Washington. The plan has 4 basic points: Make the $7,500 tax credit available to all with no payback Make new loan limits permane
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11/12/2008
I was so intrigued by the meetings and the information, I forgot to get my flip video out and record things. I got a snip of a seminar with Jeff Turner about social networking...... Then my Grand Rapids Buddies having a serious debriefing meeting. The dark murky shots of more Grand Rapids attend
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11/10/2008
