On Saturday, May 10th, Preview Properties will be hosting a blood drive for the Livingston County Chapter of the American Red Cross. This is the company's charity activity for May 2008, and we invite you to participate.
Hours will be 10 am - 3pm. You can call the Red Cross office at 517-546-0326 to set an appointment, or just show up during the blood drive hours.
Preview Properties is located at 130 W. Grand River Ave., Brighton, MI 48116, at the corner of St. Paul Street.
The Livingston County Chapter of the American Red Cross web site is http://www.liv-redcross.org/index.html
The Brighton Optimist Club is a community service organization whose motto is 'Bringing Out The Best In Kids'. Perhaps best known for the Free Fishing Derby for Kids at the Brighton Millpond every June, they do many other notable things.
In their 30 year history, they've given out tens of thousands of dollars in scholarships, conduct an Oratorical Contest to encourage public speaking in youth, recognize area youth through their Youth Appreciation events and Public Safety professionals through Respect For Law days. The Brighton Optimist Club was also the group that started the effort towards what is now the SELCRA Meijer's Skate Park. The group is supporting the only remaining Junior Achievement Program in Livingston County.
As part of their annual fundraising efforts, they are organizing a Golf Outing for May 17, 2008. It will start at 1pm at Whispering Pines Golf Club in Pinckney. They're looking for golfers and sponsors. Please visit their online registration page at http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=610749 to register for golf or as a sponsor, or click on the 'event details' link on that page for more information. Help the Optimists help our area's youth - and have a great time while doing so.
Register as a golfer or sponsor today! The Brighton Optimist Club Foundation is an IRS-recognized 501 (c)(3) organization.
The Livingston County Association of Realtors has been supporting Gleaner's Food Bank for a number of years by way of its 'Fill The Gazebo' Food Drive. As the name implies, we want to fill the Brighton Millpond gazebo with food donations.
On May 3, 2008, you can drop off items on Main Street in Downtown Brighton. Realtor volunteers will be standing in the center lane to accept your food and monetary donations. We'll also be stationed aroudn the County at various grocery stores to accept donations.
In addition to food, the Gleaner's Food Pantry needs household items like laundry detergent, toothpaste and the like. All food collected stays within Livingston County for families in need. In fact, we can't support our own County's needs and Gleaner's has to bring additional food into Livingston to help support the demand for its services.
If you see a great sale at your local grocery store, consider buying extra to donate on May 3rd. If you have trouble making it into town that day, most Realtor offices will have drop offs available. Or feel free to call me at 810-220-1478 and I'll be happy to get your food or monetary donation collected.
Here at Preview Properties, we select a new community service project each month. For April 2008, our project is 'Cell Phones For Soldiers'.
Stop in at the office located at 130 W. Grand River, Brighton (corner of E. St. Paul St.) and drop off your old cell phone. For each one collected, a serviceman or woman on assignment overseas will receive a free 60 minute phone card. If you can't make it into the office yourself, give me a call at 810-220-1478 and I'll be happy to make arrangements to pick up your old cell phone equipment.
In a previous post, I reported on an industry survey of new home construction that is conducted monthly by Bank of America. With their kind permission, here is a summary from the January 2008 report.
New home prices and incentives to buyers continue to increase while time to sell is taking longer. Nationally, part of this is still an over-abundance of inventory, but as many builders are now reducing standing stock and beginning new construction only upon receipt of a signed puprchase agreement, this inventory continues to drop.
New home affordability, attractive mortgage interest rates and the dropping inventory will help this sector over the next 12 months.
The Detroit-area market was the nation's 36th largest for all of 2006. This latest report indicates that traffic at new models is still pretty slow and prices continue to drop, while time on the market increases - pretty much in step with national trends. In this market, the builders with the most exposure are Pulte, Toll Brothers and Centex.
It's a great time to get a bargain on a new home, but shop carefully! There are many, many great deals available on exisiting homes, too, and you can often get more for your money with a re-sale home. Work with an experienced, full-time real estate professional and mortgage representative to get the most from this strong buyer's market.
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