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Are you about to make a move to Michigan? Here is another good reason: Few natural disasters! My wife is a weather junkie. I remember a while ago; she dug into areas with the fewest bad storms. Michigan was one of the best areas. Then she looked into earthquakes. Not...

The Ann Arbor District Library has a great collection of historic aerial views from the last 60 years or so that show many of our Ann Arbor neighborhoods when they were originally being developed. The photo above is part of Martin Acres on the West side. It is looking...

Purchasing a home in the winter presents some unique issues for home buyers. The professional association of buyer agents recently published a report on both the challenges faced by buyers and some counter-tactics that smart home buyers can use to overcome the issues....

Like This One! OK, so the homes aren’t really going to be smaller, but appraisers will measure them as a lot smaller if the appraisals need to meet Fannie Mae standards. (Most residential loans in our market must meet Fannie Mae standards. Those same standards are one...

Congratulations to one of our friends in the Boston market. BuyersBrokersOnly is an exclusive buyers brokerage like our office but they have a different twist. Each of their agents is also an attorney. Their guy Femion Mezini just had a great year helping more than 20...

With Ann Arbor trying to eliminate natural gas usage in the next 8 years this has become an important discussion topic. I don't cook so I don't really have an opinion, but we find it interesting. The Green Home Institute hosted this seminar and I would expect it to be...