It's amazing to me how many times I am on a listing appointment in the Birmingham Real Estate Market and I am competing against other agents who never inform the sellers of what the current market statistics are.  How can a seller make an educated decision without knowing the facts about what exactly is going on in the real estate market.  Well those that are interested here are the latest statistics for the Birmingham Michigan Real Estate Market.

There are currently 618 Homes for sale in Birmingham, Michigan, of which 26 homes sold in the last 30 days.  That means 4% of the inventory is being sold each month.  240 homes have sold this entire year in Birmingham.  It took an average of 189 days to sell each home and if no other homes came on the market…

The Northville Real Estate market is bad, and getting worse.  If you are thinking about selling, and want the most money possible, then why would you wait for the market to continue to decline? 

If you played the stock market and you owned a stock that you were very confident was going to continue to go down for a couple years, would you sell now or wait and let it keep going down, while you are watching it?  I would hope you would sell it NOW.   The good news is once you sell your home now, you will have your pick to search homes for sale in the MLS in Michigan, come spring time.  We have every indication that inventory will be at its all time high come spring of 2008.  If you wait to put your house on the market, you may be competing against more than…

11 Reasons To List Your Plymouth Home During The Holiday Season

The Top 10 Reasons why homeowners in NORTHVILLE, MICHIGAN sell their home for more money in a shorter period of time during the holiday season.

It's amazing how many times I am on a competitive listing appointment in the Northville Real Estate market, or for that matter any Michigan Real Estate market, and I pull out the market stats for that area and the seller has never seen them before.  For whatever reason, most agents know nothing about their market statistics. 

My question is how can a sales professional properly price a property without knowing in which direction the market is heading?  How can you price a property in todays real estate market and not know the following statistics?  I feel it's my duty as a sales professional in the Northville Real Estate market to inform people as to what the statistics are so far this year.  The numbers don't lie...  Without the numbers, a seller cannot…

The Sooner You Sell, The More Money You Net

In Michigan this time of the year the weather starts to change as fall is coming to an end, and winter is about to set in.  Michigan home sellers commonly tell me they want to wait until spring to put their house back on the market.  Or they tell me they want to wait until after the holidays.  My office is in Northville, Michigan, so I have the chance to talk to a lot of sellers in the Northville Real Estate market.

Here are some interesting statistics that may make you think twice about waiting until Spring to sell your home.  I picked the Northville Real Estate Market as an example, however the fact of the matter is it's true for all of the Michigan Real Estate Market.  For example in 2006, the same…