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Ann Arbor, Michigan Homes--Fall Harvest: Celebrate the season during the 1850s living history program with wood stove cooking, a costume parade with prizes, pumpkin decorating, pictures with the Headless Horseman, costumed interpreters, barnyard animals, traditional lawn games including hoops and stilts, tours of the farmhouse, cider and doughnuts and more. Noon-4 p.m. Sun. Cobblestone Farm and Museum, 2781 Packard, Ann Arbor. $7 families, $1.50 children. Members are admitted free. 734-994-2928.

Belleville, Michigan--Haunted Hayride: 7-11 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 7-9 p.m. Sun. Through Oct. 31. The Pumpkin Factory, 48651 Harris, Belleville. $7. 734-461-1835.

Belleville, MichiganSpooktacular: Haunted hayride. 7 p.m.…

Halloween Is Going To Suck This Year!

This is a funny picture but so true. This tells the tale of what is going on in the real estate market here in Metro Detroit and really throughout most of the entire country now.  Unfortunately kids will have to walk to many more homes to get the same amount of candy because of all the Michigan bank owned foreclosures and empty houses.  Everybody thinks that just because the house is a foreclosure that it is the steal of the century. This is just not true. Banks are in the business to try to recoup as much money as they can and giving houses is not what they want to do. They have their own appraiser go out and tell them what the value of the house is including the repairs needed. Sure they may discount it 3%-5%, but…

Join celebrities including Karen Newman-The voice of the Detroit Red Wings, Jenny McCarthy, Darren McCarty, Stephen Stills, Gary Cole, Toni Braxton, and Charlie Adams.

Me and my wife love helping kids, so when we saw the signs  about the Autism benefit to raise money for children with Autism, all around Commerce Township, my wife decided to call and get more information. It's definately a great cause and worth inquiring about. It turns out this is the 2nd annual benefit. Last year over 800 people showed their support and hopefully there will be more this year. It would be hard to ignore this event considering the fact that my wife and I live in Commerce Michigan. I feel like it is important to support your local homeowners in a time of need.

There will…

A recent article in the Detroit Free Press, written by Greta Guest talks about how the number of Michigan Real Estate agents dropped by 16.7%, and many big name franchises like Real Estate One and Century 21 closed many of their offices because business was so bad. Experts predict this will spread throughout the entire country soon as times get tough.

The article then goes on to talk about how because so many agents have left the business, the agents that have made it through these times are some of the most aggressive agents in the industry. In fact there is one agent in particular the article spotlights, and his name is MARK Z., a Top Real Estate Agent in Northville Michigan who works for Coldwell Banker who is having his best year ever selling a little…

I'm very excited about the real estate market that is spreading across the country. While most Realtors think this is the worst possible thing that could ever happen to our industry, I'm looking at all the positive things that will come out of this market. Lets face it, there are a lot of Realtors who are having their best year ever, not to brag but me included. There are a lot of Realtors who have sold more houses than they have ever sold before. There are a lot of Realtors who have done positive things that they have never done during the "great markets."

For all the agents that have figured out ways to still get homes SOLD, they will finally earn the respect they deserve from the general public. Let’s face it, for a long time anybody could sell a home.…

ATTENTION ALL REAL ESTATE AGENTS...

ALL Seller funded Down Payment Assistant Programs such as Nehemiah, HART and AmeriDream or funds from any other interested party (Yes, this includes the seller) to the transaction will be prohibited on all loans where final credit approval has not been established by September 30, 2008. 

This means call all your buyer leads that have been sitting on the fence and tell them the urgency of finding a home within the next two weeks. I say the next two weeks, because we all know it is going to take 30 days to fund the loan, so if you don't have a house picked out and negotiated a signed purchase agreement to have in your lenders hands by September 1, 2008 you are going to be chasing your tail to close by September 30,…

Donald Trump has even decided to jump into the real estate bank foreclosure market. Donald Trump will be soon be Ed McMahon's Landlord. Trump has agreed to buy Ed McMahon's house for an undisclosed price and rent the house back to him.

The Beverly Hills mansion boasts six-bedrooms, five-bathrooms and had been on the market for about two years. At one point, it was listed at more than $7 million but dropped in increments, winding up this weekend at $4.6 million. McMahon purchased the house in 1990 for $2.6 million, according to public records.

Trump said he stepped in because helping McMahon "would be an honor."  According to an exclusive interview with the Times, Trump said "I don't know the man, but I grew up watching him on TV."

McMahon, 85, was about…

Ferndale Woodward Dream Cruise

The classic Ferndale Woodward Dream Cruise is back in Michigan and car fanatics are excited! It is time to show off all that sweat you have put in over the years on that classic ride.

The party begins at 1:00 on the 15th of August, 2008.  The kickoff starts with the 8th Annual International Emergency Vehicle Show features a display of the newest, and of course the antique, Police, Fire, Military and EMS vehicles ranging from a 1930's Hot Rod Police Car to some of today's most advanced, along with Bomb Squad's, K-9's with plenty of fun for the whole family!

The fun continues on Saturday morning with the 14th Annual Ferndale Classic Car Show, and Mustang Alley Show. There will be live bands including Terrie Lea and the…