Saugatuck, MI

Saugatuck Mi Real Estate is shifting from a buyer's market to a seller's market gradually. Check out my blog from year end 2011 versus year end 2010. It used to be that we were listing more homes in that area than we were selling. Now that has changed and we are selling more than we are listing so the inventory is gradually diminishing.

Very slight shift so far but if you are a buyer, don't wait any longer to take advantage of the market. If you are a seller, your day is on the horizon.

Call Dee Dee at 616-836-8535 to buy or sell real estate in the area and I will give you a full market analysis for your price range.

Saugatuck, Mi turkeys are thriving in the Turkey Protection Program. Here is their photo in an undisclosed location.

There used to be eighteen and now there are thirteen in this group so they have joined the Turkey Protection Program and are traveling incognito. As they are really creatures of habit they arrive at this location every day for their corn fix. They should be really big by spring if they continue to lay low.

CRS Convention in Phoenix was fantastic! I learned so much from some real heavy hitters. This is "The Oscars" for real estate. 400 attendees with 29 from Spain and only two from Michigan. What is wrong with this picture? Michiganders, where are you?

Classes in Mobile Marketing, iPad Revolution, Twitter Jumpstart, the Cloud, Gadgets and Gizmos, etc. and very inspiring Keynote Sessions. I attended six to eight classes a day until my head was spinning.

This was really worth the trip. Just one idea facilitating one sale will pay for the cost.

I was getting ready to go and guess where Ilsa was. She couldn't understand why she couldn't come. After all she is my mascot!

She thought she would just ride along and was disappointed when there was no room in the suitcase for a little dog.

The convention was held in Phoenix at the Arizona Grand Resort and it was truly Grand.

So glad I went. Meet some fantastic agents and learned a lot. Looking forward to next year already.

I want to thank all my clients for a fabulous year I had in 2011. This was Dee Dee Hanson's best year in the number of sales (24), amount earned, and total dollars of all my sales.

Happy New Year to everyone and looking forward to a 2012 even better than 2011.

Saugatuck, Mi, Real Estate single family sale numbers for Saugatuck, Douglas, and Saugatuck Township is a mixed bag. Dollars spent on single family homes decreased by about 5 % from $25,388,135 to $24,175,874 and the number of homes sold decreased by 13% from 94 homes to 81 homes

BUT the interesting news is that the median price of homes sold went UP 3% from $235,000 to $243,000 and the average price of homes sold went up 10% from 270,087 to $298,468.

NOW HERE IS THE REALLY GOOD NEWS!

Sales of vacant land in Saugatuck, Douglas and Saugatuck Township has increased by 241%

from total sales of $1,662,150 in 2010 to $3,999,350 in 2011. Twenty two properties sold in 2010 and twenty six properties sold in 2011. The average price of vacant land has doubled from $75,552 to $153,821!

If land sales are up, can constuction be very far behind?