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…