About Ingham County, MI

April 2009 Market Update for Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties in Michigan. The Robert Dowding team at Keller Williams Realty is dedicated to providing you with the most up to date statistice and trends available.

We are now officially in the full swing of the spring real estate market in the Tri-County area of Mid Michigan. With the addition of buyer incentives and continued affordability of housing we are seeing another month of promising numbers.

Average sales prices were fairly stable as compared to March 2009 numbers with exception of Eaton County that experienced a difficult March but rebounded well in April. We are still down from 2008 which is to be expected. The promising numbers are the number of units sold. All three counties reported increases in units sold with Ingham and Eaton counties over 40%! May has been very busy as well and I would expect to see this trend continue.

As always keep us in mind for all of your real estate needs and contact us with any questions you may have. We look forward to helping you and yours.

Professionally, Robert Dowding

Holt is a great place to Live, work and play. In addition to award winning school system, Delhi Township is into recycling, gardening, blood drives and many other events for the entire family. Our family lived in Holt for 25 years and our children always had something to do within the community, in addition to the great school system. Here are some events taking place this summer you may want to check out. I have included a link to Delhi Townships latest newsletter which includes many details and dates for you to participate in.

May 16 - Waste Water Treatment Plant Open House & Re-use Rally - Water Quality Awareness Week May 16 - Aquafina Pitch, Hit & Run Competition (Register with Parks & Rec. Dept.)
May 25 - Memorial Day Parade
May 28 - Holt Kiwanis Blood Drive
May 29-30 - Holt Kiwanis Paper Drive, Holt Plaza
June - Swimming at Valhalla Park Opens
June 13 - Holt Lions Community Kids Day at Valhalla Park, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
June 13 - Fishing Derby at Valhalla Park (Register with Parks & Rec. Dept.)
June 26-27 - Holt Relay for Life, Holt High School

Have you been thinking of buying a home in Delhi Township, Holt, Michigan real estate market? "Now is the time to make your move" Buying a home can be an emotional, time-consuming, and complex process. There are a few things that you can do to help make the process go as smooth as possible, which you can read here.

"Expect the Best" Mike

Mike Bowler Sr. ePRO, CRB, GRI, SRES
Coldwell Banker Hubbell Briarwood
1020 S. Creyts Road, Lansing, MI 48917
Phone: 517-492-3400 Fax: 888-832-6203
email: Mike@MikeBowler.com
Website for Clients: MikeBowler.com
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We invite everyone to visit our open house at 1130 Morris Ave. on 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
A Must To See!

Take advantage of the first time home buyer credit, own this home. Here's a rare find in West Lansing, Edgemont Park Sub, Waverly School District. A quaint red brick ranch with front porch great for rocking and back porch for grilling. This 3-bedroom home has hardwood floors throughout, refinished in 2008, beautiful kitchen with ceramic tile, updated hardware on cabinets, recessed lighting and spacious living room. Completely remodeled bathroom in 2006, (new tub/shower, toilet, sink, lighting, and medicine cabinet). All new light fixtures and modern paint throughout.

Mike Bowler Sr. ePRO, CRB, GRI, SRES
Coldwell Banker Hubbell Briarwood
1020 S. Creyts Road, Lansing, MI 48917
Phone: 517-492-3400 Fax: 888-832-6203
email: Mike@MikeBowler.com
Website for Clients: MikeBowler.com
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So I recieved a call yesterday evening from Alison Himelhoch of WLNS 6 News asking for an interview of me to discuss the declining sheriff's deeds in Ingham County, Michigan as compared to last years numbers. I have communicated with Alison in the past but was sceptically of this subject as it is kind of a hot button. The numbers don't represent an accurate picture of our market due to the moratorium that was applied to sheriff's deed last year. So I turned her down as I did not want to be the one to deliver the bad news.

5-10 minutes later I had a change of heart. Wanting to make sure the public got to hear from the Real Estate community was important to me and WLNS. I decided that I could be that voice to make sure everyone had an opportunity to hear our side of the story. My message came across fairly well I think, our interview included a lot more positive statements about the market but overall I think it went well.

I look forward to your thoughts and have a great day.

I am working on getting a copy of the video so I can post it elsewhere. Click the photo to view the link to vieo from WLNS 6 News.

For those that don't trust clicking the photo here's the actual link.

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