Northville, MI

Metro Detroit Victorian homes Michigan

A few months back I wrote about Wayne County Victorian Homes and today I got a email from a lady requesting listings for Metro Detroit Victorian homes built before 1900. We are going out Thursday to see different Victorian Homes for sale.

So I urge all of you to write about your local area. Even use the styles of homes to help enhance your position. I have written about Oakland County Victorian Homes and Livingston County Victorian homes on outside blogs. I have ranked no#1 on Google for Wayne County and Livingston County. I write extensively about Oakland County lake homes and Oakland County Lakefront properties. Sometimes it is hard to crack #1 spot on google for your local area. I have a hard time being number one for Livonia real estate because I am fighting the big sites like yahoo real estate or homesdotsom.

I believe is the key is all this madness about google is to be found in as many spots as possible. With the keys to drive traffic to your website and to have potential clients call you.

Good luck on moving up in Google.

Northville MI Photos

Here's a little pictorial of Northville in Wayne County MI. If you are thinking of relocating to Michigan and thinking of buying Northville real estate come explore from the seat of your computer.

The clock tower across the Marquis Theater

looking North on Main Street

Northville is all American old tyme downtown. They still have free music for it residents.

Need to eat or have a drink. There are lots of different restaurants in downtown Northville there are 3 different Italian restaurants, A Mongolian barbecue, a Japanese Sushi restaurants, a high end American restaurant, 3 beer and burger places, a down home breakfast place, and a couple of cafes.

Wagon Wheel Bar Little Italy Restaurant Northville MI

Northville MI has a long history of horse racing. Northville Downs is still a good place to enjoy simulcast and live harness racing during session.

Northville and Northville Twp are considered an affluent area of Wayne County. If you have a Michigan relocation in your future check out Northville real estate, Northville foreclosures, and Northville homes for sale.

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Russ Ravary Northville Realtor

I have been taking a young couple out looking at houses in Northville for a couple of weeks. We were putting offers in but we lost a couple of them because there were multiple bids. There seemed to be quite a bit of action on Northville foreclosures and Canton foreclosures lately. But we finally won one.

That's when the problems started. We got the water turned back on only to find out that the home had not been winterized correctly. There were all sorts of leaks in the plumbing system because the pipes froze.

So I called the listing agent and sent over an addendum requesting the pipes be fixed before we do the inspection. You can't get a FHA loanif the water isn't turned on. Well it seems there was a little mix up between the asset manager and the listing agent on when the winterization was supposed to take place. So nobody was doing anything with the addendum and we couldn't move forward with the inspection.

So for ten days we went back and forth on what was happening. The agent didn't want to ask for the authorization to spend the money because of the issue of who was at fault for the problem. Well finally I asked her if she would like to use my inexpensive plumber to fix the problem. Instead of the high priced plumber she finally agreed to pay my plumber to get the house fixed.

So finally we are moving forward on the home purchase. Problem solved by simply providing a reasonable Northville plumber.

The following is a monthly market analysis for Northville & Northville Twp., Michigan. It compares only residential homes sold in Feb. 2009 with Jan. 2009 to determine the # of homes sold for the month and the increase/decrease in average sold price. It also distinguishes how many homes were recorded to be Bank Owned/HUD. as opposed to private owned. First figures include all homes--private, bank owned and short sales. In the latter part of 2008, Realtors were required to categorize ownership status so figures were not accurate and not calculated for bank owned Feb. 2008 or YTD. To insure that most leases were not included in data, minimum sale price used was $12,000.

Market Analysis

Feb. 09 median sale price decreased 17% from Jan. 09 & a 3% increase # of homes sold. Bank owned homes median price decreased 18% in Feb. 09 from Jan. 09

Feb. 09 median sale price decreased 23% from Feb. 08 & 16% increase in # homes sold. Bank owned homes median price decreased 32% in Feb. 09 from Feb. 08

Medium Sale price yr ending Feb. 2008 compared to yr ending Feb. 2009 decreased 16%;

Statistics rounded to nearest % -compiled from RealComp II data believed to be reliable.

Active & Solds February 2009

293 listings:		19 Sold listings:
Average List Price	$538,937	Average Sold Price	$351,968
Median List Price	$435,000	Median Sold Price	$325,000
Highest List Price	$3,999,000	Highest Sold Price	$606,375
Lowest List Price	$45,000	Lowest Sold Price	$127,000
Avg. DOM	200	Avg. DOM	115
Bank Owned	18 listings	Bank Owned	4 Sold
Median List Price	$272,700	Median Sold Price	$307,500
Avg. DOM	99	Avg. DOM	55

Active & Solds January 2009

288 listings:		14 Sold listings:
Average List Price	$545,934	Average Sold Price	$394,500
Median List Price	$444,220	Median Sold Price	$392,500
Avg. DOM	211	Avg. DOM	332
Bank Owned	16 listings	Bank Owned	2 Sold
Median List Price	$252,750	Median Sold Price	$373,000
Avg. DOM	111	Avg. DOM	106

Active & Solds February 2008

290 listings:		16 Sold listings:
Median List Price	$444,220	Median Sold Price	$422,000
Avg. DOM	200	Avg. DOM	110

March 1, 2007 - Feb. 29, 2008

558 listings:		284 Sold listings:
Median List Price	$449,900	Median Sold Price	$435,000

March 1, 2008 - Feb. 28, 2009

566 listings:		292 Sold listings:
Median List Price	$401,875	Median Sold Price	$365,000

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Northville Realtor selling Real Estate in Southeastern Michigan. TishHouse sells Houses - selling Wayne & Oakland County Real Estate with RE/MAX Showcase Homes in Birmingham, Michigan. Helping People in a challenging market by specializing in Short Sales. See what my clients have to say about my extraordinary customer service. Follow me on Twitter.

Q. I want to move to a bigger house but every agent I talk to tells me I won't get what I want. It's not that I "want" it, I need it be able to make a move.

A. If you're serious about selling, better to price where the market is selling rather than 'chase the market down', by continuing to reduce your price. This usually results in a longer time on the market plus a perception by buyers that there is something 'wrong' with your house because it has been on the market so long.

That said, you can ask whatever you want for your home. The rub comes after you've found a willing and able buyer ready to pay your price because your home needs to appraise for the selling price. Appraisers will use the very same comparable homes that the agents have shown you.

Remember, the beauty of this market is that although you'll take a hit on your home, you'll also be paying a lower price for your new home!