Plymouth, MI

Michigan Real Estate News

If you are a Michigan homeowner and are stuck with two homes this is great news for you. This is only if you bought a new one and have not sold the previous one.

This week Jennifer Granholm will sign the Homestead Exemption extension bill which will grant homestead (primary residence) exemptions for up to 3 years for those who bought a home (new or existing) in Michigan and still need to sell their last home In Michigan. As long as the first homes is "for sale" and not rented, the Homestead (Primary Residence) exemption will stay in place.
As May 1 approaches, this rule will stop the panic about loss of homestead taxes and give our sellers with two homes in Michigan some peace while they continue to offer their Michigan homes for sale.

For more great Michigan home selling tips go to my website www.RussRavary.com Or search over 68,000 Michigan homes for sale

If you have future relocation to Michigan or any other state you want to know about the area and the city. When moving to Michigan you want to know about the local schools, the crime statistics, the type of people that live in the city. So whether you are moving to Livonia, Plymouth, South Lyon, Novi, Westland or any city in the country here are some tips and links to find out about the area.

First thing you should do is search the city. Google or Yahoo the information you want. Go to the actual cities site and the chamber of commerce and read about the community. Read about the schools, police and fire department. Then use outside sources to get through the "hype"

Schools So your move to Michigan is going to take you to Redford. What about the schools, what about the test scores, How does Redford compare to Northville. Here are some ways to compare them

www.greatschools.net http://www.schoolmatters.com/ michigan.privateschoolsreport.com www.schooldigger.com www.publicschoolreview.com www.schoolmatch.com www.ratemyteachers.com

Demographics. Are you relocating to Michigan and want to know about Canton Michigan. You might want to know the average age, the average income, the races of the people to see if you are going to like the area or fit in. You don't want to move your 6 kids into an area that 85% of the residents are over 65.

http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html http://www.maps-n-stats.com/ profiles.nationalrelocation.com http://www.muninetguide.com/ http://www.epodunk.com/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki michigan.hometownlocator.com

Crime Statistics How bad is the crime in Northville, how does it compare to your old city? How good are the Michigan crime statistics?

http://www.infoplease.com/ http://www.cityrating.com/ livonia.areaconnect.com www.crime.org

Best places So you are nervous about your Michigan relocation and you want the best possible city. Here are a few more areas to check out. Novi Michigan may be the town for your family.

http://www.bestplaces.net/ http://www.findyourspot.com/ www.cityrating.com www.homefair.com

City Data Now here is spots to get information about your relocation. Whether it is Wayne county, Oakland county or any county in the country you can learn a lot about the spot you are moving to.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki http://www.city-data.com/ http://www.relocationnow.com/ www.infomi.com

For more on Michigan real estate or cities you can go to my website www.RussRavary.comand search over 68,000 Michigan homes for sale. May your move be easy and open a great chapter in your life. Russ Ravary

Plymouth Michigan is a town about 20 miles west of Detroit, Michigan.  It is halfway between Downtown Detroit and Ann Arbor, and a short hop to Detroit Metro Airport.  What is special about Plymouth is that it has a central park (Kellogg Park) that the city circles around.  Kellog Park is faced on 3 sides by old commercial builidings.

Plymouth was first settled in 1825 and only became a city in 1932.  One of Plymouth's claim to fame is that the Daisy Air Rifle company started here.  Plymouth was the BB Gun capital of the world or the "air rifle capital of the world"   In 1886, Plymouth native Clarence Hamilton invented a rough model of the soon to be Daisy BB Gun. It was a combination of metal and wire, vaguely resembling a gun that could fire a lead ball using compressed air. Lewis Cass Hough, then president of the firm Plymouth Iron Windmill, gave it a try and, after his first shot, enthusiastically exclaimed, "Boy, that's a daisy!"

They gave the BB gun went as a gift when a farmers bought a windmill. The gun was such a huge success that Plymouth Iron Windmill soon began manufacturing the BB gun in place of windmills! Nine years later they cahnged the name from Plymouth Iron Windmill to Daisy Manufacturing Company, Inc.  Over 8 million pump action rifles (model 250 and the most popular model the Red Ryder model sold over 1 million units in 1949.  An unbelievable number at that time!

Below is a home of one of the founders.  This home sits to the east of the park just down the street from the Penn Theatre.                             

They are now building condos where the old Daisy factory sat and they kept one wall of the old factory up.  Daisy moved out of state in 1958.

Take a quick walking tour with me and see what else Downtown Plymouth Michigan has to offer.  If you are relocating to Michigan this area is one spot you want to check out.

For more on Plymouth, Plymouth Township, and Plymouth real estate go to my website www.RussRavary.com

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People looking to relocate to Michigan may not be aware that the City of Plymouth and Plymouth Township are two individual communities with their own governments. The city of Plymouth has the old time downtown with offices and stores located around a central park. Plymouth Township is 16.6 square miles on the Western side of Detroit and Wayne County. In 2000, the City of Plymouth had a population of about 9,000 and Plymouth Township had a population of 27,798. The city is one of the oldest communities in Michigan. The City of Plymouth is 1/8 the size of the township, only about 2.27 square miles in the middle of the Township.

Plymouth and Plymouth Township have over 81 acres of parks! And they even have a public golf course and a water splash park for the kids. During the summer there is music in Kellogg Park, Plymouth Arts & Crafts Festival, A chili cook off in the fall, Plymouth Fall festival. And of course in the Winter there is the Plymouth Ice Carving Competition and Show. A town with a small time atmosphere.

There is not a lot of traffic congestion in the city as there are not many big box stores. Of course they do have all the shopping you need to do within 10 miles. Novi Town center, 12 Oaks Mall, and Laurel Park Place are all mega shopping areas that are just a short drive from Plymouth & Plymouth Township. For more on Michigan real estate, Wayne county real estate, Michigan relocation Information go to my website http://www.russravary.com/ and check out the local city info.

Plymouth Michigan held it's annual ice show this past weekend.

On Monday, my husband and I, thought we would walk around a little bit and enjoy the the 40 degree heat wave.

It's amazing how fast these carvings will melt in our balmy winter days when the sun is shining.

The next day the temp were higher and we had thunder storms. I imagine that the carvings are gone now.

BTW, we are back to sever winter with about 6 inches of snow.

It was a challenge getting these few photos. The sun wasn't right and they were melting. The tails had broken off the dragons becasue of one day of 40 degrees and a little sun.

Next year I'll try to go the day of the show.