Cascade Hospital for Animals is holding a canine blood drive on Saturday,
November 14th, 2009 from 10am to 5 pm at their facility, 6730 Cascade
Road SE, Grand Rapids Michigan.
Blood donation is a simple procedure, taking less than 30 minutes, and does
not require anesthesia or sedation. Dogs must be healthy, friendly,
50 pounds or over, between one and six years old. parasite free, current
on vaccinations, have no heart murmur, and not taking the following
medications: thyroid, Phenobarbital, NSAIDS, steroid therapy, or allergy
injections.
If accepted for the donation drive, the pet will receive approximately
$235 worth of blood work performed free.
If interested, call 949-0960 or mail chfa@chfa.net.
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We enjoy autumn in Michigan, it is one of our favorite seasons. The fall colors, the
crisp fall air, football games, crisp crunchy apples are just a few of the wonderful
things about fall in Michigan.
While the autumn colors on the trees are a thing of beauty, they quickly become
a much detested chore to clean up. Raking leaves on a beautiful fall day
is fun for about 30 minutes. On a blustery cold, rainy day, it is a miserable
chore, a never ending job to complete. The leaves fall like rain, and will
take a few days to 2 weeks to completely leave the trees.
If you live in the city of East Grand Rapids, Michigan, this isn't such a chore because the
city takes away your leaves for you. All you have to do is get them to the curb.
As you can see in these photos of a few streets in East Grand Rapids, many
leaves are at the curb, ready to be picked up and composted.
According to NAR's [National Association of Realtors] latest figures,
Did You Know: November 6, 2009, the increase in single owner households is
on the rise. They attribute it to baby-boomers that are widowed but staying
in their home. There has been an increase in single women purchasing homes,
per NAR's stats, almost one-quarter of first time home buyers were single
females who purchased their first home on a median income of $47,400.
Click on photo to see flyer
The national average for single occupant households is 28%. This figure
is likely to rise after the results of the 2010 census is revealed in January.
This trend is good news for the small bungalows and ranch homes built
after World War II that are on the market today. We have found that
condos and townhouses have great appeal to the single buyer, too.
It used to be unusual for people to live alone but is much more
accepted as the norm today.
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Roselle Park in Ada Michigan along the Grand River is 247 acre park that is
a dedicated Natural Habitat Refuge. On a rainy Saturday a few weeks
ago, we stopped and took a few photos. It was cold and windy but
the fall colors were great. We walked on one of the trails along the Grand
River. A very peaceful place to visit. Dogs on leashes are welcome.
These silos were left from the previous owner of the property. The one with
the stars on top has been made into a 9 story observation tower.
This stone states that Roselle park is dedicated the people of Ada Township
View from the observation tower toward the Grand River
On the walking trail along the river.
The Grand River, the longest river in Michigan. It starts near Hillsdale MI and
winds it's way north then west, eventually emptying into Lake Michigan.
This spot is just north of the confluence of the Thornapple River at Ada MI.
Roselle Park Nature Preserve on the Grand River
Roselle Park Flood Stage Spring 2009 Video
We have gathered a list of the Top Best Kentwood Home
Buys. Please note: This list can change daily as some
homes sell, prices are adjusted and other homes come
on the market. The homes listed below are probably
dated and would need updating with new carpeting,
paint, and kitchen-bath redos at a minimum to bring
them to current market standards. They might need major
repair work done, such as new roofs & mechanicals.
*Some of these homes may be bank owned foreclosures and
not habitable as is or available for a mortgage in present condition.*
Check back often or just subscribe to our blog to get
up-to-date local real estate information that you want to know.
The total square footage is noted here, although only the
main floors are used to figure price per square foot. The
lowest prices/Sq Ft range from $26.34 to $69.44 in
Kentwood this month.
Homes on the list this month are still at bargain prices, with
average price per square foot @ $58.50.
Kentwood & Wyoming have been hit hard by the automotive
shutdowns and subsequent job losses in these areas. Nearly half of
the homes we researched this month were short sale properties
that will be coming on the market in the next 6-9 months as
foreclosure sales.
Short Sales are extremely difficult for most home buyers to
consider as a purchase. Please keep in mind the time alone
[3-9 months] of negotiating with the banks makes it almost
impossible for some buyers to consider.
October 2009 39 TOP BEST BUYS in Kentwood Homes
The lowest list price is $29,900
the highest list price is $179,900
Top Kentwood Homes to Buy by Price per Square Foot:
7213 Regal Ave $29,900 750 Sq Ft $39.87/SqFt
136 Nancy St SE $47,900 1680 Sq Ft $28.51/SqFt
5545 Kalamazoo Ave $48,800 848 Sq Ft $57.55/SqFt
2102 68th St SE $57,400 2179 SqFt $26.34/SqFt
97 Roth St SE $59,900 1100 Sq Ft $54.45/SqFt
3685 Giddings Ave $59,900 1470 Sq Ft $40.75/SqFt
5443 Claudia Ave $59,900 975 Sq Ft $61.44/SqFt
150 58th St SE $59,900 1007 Sq Ft $59.48/SqFt
5444 Eastern Ave $59,900 976 SqFt $61.37/SqFt
315 60th St SE $60,000 864 Sq Ft $69.44/SqFt
4525 Grantwood Ave $62,900 960 Sq Ft $65.52/SqFt
5891 Pine Vista St $69,900 1269 Sq Ft $55.08/SqFt
426 Pine Vista St $70,000 1248 SqFt $56.09/SqFt
3750 Breton Rd SE $79,500 1651 Sq Ft $48.15/SqFt
293 68th St SE $79.900 1152 Sq Ft $69.36/SqFt
6817 Quincy Ave $79.900 1461 Sq Ft $68.64/SqFt
5916 Pine Vista St $79,900 1152 Sq Ft $69.36/SqFt
5689 Gentian Ct SE $79,900 2182 Sq Ft $54.91/SqFt
5818 Pinetree Ave $81,900 2200 Sq Ft $37.23/SqFt
1582 Marwood Dr $84,900 2047 SqFt $62.24/SqFt
3622 Senora Ave $89,900 1720 SqFt $67.59/SqFt
1620 Mapleview St $89,900 1900 Sq Ft $57.37/SqFt
1929 68th St SE $90,000 1476 Sq Ft $60.98/SqFt
5393 Newcastle Dr $90,000 2696 Sq Ft $50.53/SqFt
5518 Edgelawn Dr $99,900 2155 Sq Ft $68.71/SqFt
110 Lurie St SE $104,900 1627 Sq Ft $64.47/SqFt
1635 Pembroke St $109,900 1596 Sq Ft $68.86/SqFt
4957 Bringham Ln $115,000 2260 Sq Ft $66.86/SqFt
1024 52nd St SE $115,900 1932 Sq Ft $59.99/SqFt
2655 52nd St SE $116,900 1687 Sq Ft $69.29/SqFt
2528 Mapleview Ct $119,900 1992 Sq Ft $60.19/SqFt
4675 Brooklyn Ave $124,900 2817 Sq Ft $59.05/SqFt
5830 Buchanan Ave $124,940 1808 Sq Ft $69.10/SqFt
5848 Valley Lane Dr $129,900 2073 Sq Ft $63.49/SqFt
5800 Buchanan Ave $134,884 2073 Sq Ft $65.07/SqFt
6665 Crystal Downes $149,900 2586 Sq Ft $57.97/SqFt
1889 60th St SE $150,000 2436 Sq Ft $61.58/SqFt
4546 Torrington Dr $169,900 2736 Sq Ft $62.10/SqFt
116 Edsel St St $ 179,900 3128 Sq Ft $62.51/SqFt
If you would like to view a Kentwood Top Best Buys Home,
please call 1-888-240-1968 ext 0 or email us at:
All information is subject to verification & no liability for
omission or error is assumed.
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Our team strives to provide Buyers & Sellers in the Greater Grand Rapids Mi Area the best resources & user friendly tools we can find to make a stress free decision about their real estate investment
As leading real estate professionals in Grand Rapids MI, including Ada MI,
Cascade MI, Caledonia MI, East Grand Rapids MI, Kentwood MI, Lowell MI
and Rockford MI , we can assist you in determining which area of our community
is best suited to your needs as a Grand Rapids Buyer.
Our GRAND RAPIDS WEBSITE contains tons of information just for you.
You can SEARCH FOR HOMES in Grand Rapids, Ada, Cascade, Caledonia,
East Grand Rapids, Kentwood, Lowell, Rockford, and all surrounding
WEST MICHIGAN areas.
Grand Rapids Buyers: Search ALL The Listings in the West Michigan market.
We have lots of information for Buyers, whether it is your first time or you are a
seasoned real estate veteran. When your are ready to purchase a home, give
Terry a call at 1-888-240-1988 ext 0.
When you SEARCH LISTINGS on the TerryWestbrook.com web site,
you can save your custom searches and refine them as you become
familiar with Grand Rapids neighborhoods. The search page is
designed to help you, our home buyers, see the current real estate
in the Greater Grand Rapids, Kent County and West Michigan Market.
You can see ALL existing homes offered for sale on the Multiple
Listing Service. Search by location, price, features. When you're ready,
contact Terry at 1-888-240-1968 ext 0 and we'll arrange a tour of
homes just for you.
You can also sign up for a FREE EMAIL REPORT of any new listings
that hit the MLS that meet your requirements DAILY! This customized
free service for our buyers we gladly provide to make searching for
homes easier.
We have lots of RELOCATION FACTS, PHOTOS, and Videos on our
Grand Rapids Real Estate Blog. Get to know the many different areas of
Grand Rapids and West Michigan before you look at homes.
We also offer a RELOCATION Packet that can be customized for you
which includes: Maps, School Information, Shopping, Grand Rapids
Chamber of Commerce info, etc.
Find out if you QUALIFY for a home mortgage and HOW MUCH Home
you can qualify to buy. This is extremely important in today's market.
Pre-qualifying is not difficult and makes the purchase of a home when
you are ready so much easier.
We can make referralls to legitimate lenders and professional
mortagage lenders whom we can refer with confidence.
We offer full service Real Estate Transactions for Buyers & Sellers,
including:
New Home Sales & Construction: There are many
new homes and new home developments ready for
immediate occupancy in the Greater Grand Rapids Area.
The Westbrook Team is well versed in new home construction
and all the details it requires. From making your color selections,
final walk through, to closing the transaction, we have the expertise
to make your new home purchase as easy as possible.
CONTACT Westbrook Realty for timely real estate information in the Kent
County or Grand Rapids market area. TerryWestbrook.com is on top of
market values and the latest in SOLD stats to help YOU get the
best price, whether buying or selling a home in Greater Grand Rapids.
We can guide you through the minefield of a "short sale" if you find yourself
in this financial situation. It can be a daunting project but it is something
that can usually be accomplished. Calling us early is much better than
waiting until your house is in the foreclosure process.
We have provided video tours of some of our local areas so you can get an
idea of what they look like and we have lots of local information. You can get an
idea of what it is like to live here in Kent County.
Click on the communities below to view:
Ada Caledonia Cascade East Grand Rapids
Local Information Blog Articles:
Ada Township Hall Rockford Park #2 EGR Park
Local School Links Watermark Country Club
Caledonia Park #1 Real Food Cafe Rockford Park #3
The Grille Restaurant Forest Hills Foods
"Green" Grand Rapids Famous GR Natives Ada Township Park
Cascade Park Leslie E Tassell Park
GR-Top 50 Cool Cities West Mich Golf GR Micro Brew Pubs
GR Dream Home GR Baseball GR Facts
Foreclosure Home Grand Rapids Golf
We strive to provide information, tools, and resources so Buyers & Sellers can make informed decisions
about real estate investments in Grand Rapids, Ada, Cascade, Caledonia, East Grand Rapids,
Kentwood, and Rockford. Relocating to Grand Rapids? We would like you to have the benefit of our
30+ years of experience in marketing, negotiating, and finalizing real estate investments with as little
stress and discomfort as possible to the Greater Grand Rapids Mi area. If you have a home to sell or
are looking for a home to buy, contact Terry 1-888-240-1968 ext.0 or terry@terrywestbrook.com
Terry is a very dedicated realtor! Our family can not say enough good about him. He was patient, persistent, creative and very knowledgeable in the selling of our home.
Our home was on the market during the time when homes in Michigan were not selling. We had an old farm house with acreage on a very busy road__ not an easy home to sell even in good economic times. With Terry's persistence and dedication we fortunately were able to sell our house. Terry even persisted on working coming right out of surgery. He completed the buy/sell agreement for our home a day after he was discharged out of the hospital. What dedication!!!
Our family would highly recommend Terry for selling or buying a home. He developed a personal relationship not only with my husband and I but also with our two teenage sons. What a wonderful realtor to have during a "stressfull" time for our family. Thank you so much Terry for all you did for us!!
Mary Beth, Mike, Kenzie & Dalton 
After six disappointing months with another company, we signed with Terry. The activity increased immediately and he sold our home quickly and easily. Tom & Joan
Terry helped us sell our house, then buy property to build a new one. Our family is now enjoying our wonderful new home. Jeff & Heather
When I started looking at buying a home in Grand Rapids, I met with a couple of realtors, and in a matter of 2 years, I had only been shown 3 houses. So, I decided to try looking on my own. I spent a lot of time looking in the paper, and just driving around. I went with a good friend one day to look at a house I had seen in the paper, and ended up driving around for quite a while trying to find it. She said, "Chris you can't do this on your own, it's too time consuming. You need someone to do all this looking for you. We'll call my realtor when we get to my house." Being a full-time working, single mom, I knew she was right. I was very apprehensive about making this call, as her house was substantially more expensive than the price range I was in the market for. So, my thoughts were that I would just be "small potatoes" in her realtor's eyes, and he would probably not spend much time assisting me. Especially since his commission would depend on the price of the house. But, we made the call and I set an appt to meet with him. We sat down, and he asked me lots of questions, and gave me some information about different areas in Grand Rapids. He took notes on what I was looking for (no other realtor had done that) and we scheduled an appt. to look.
The first day we went to look at homes, he handed me a color portfolio with helpful guidelines for what to look for in a home, and information with photos of 9 houses we were going to look at that day! I was amazed. From then on, he would send me information on new listings, and I would give him my feedback.
Since I am divorced, there were several hurdles that I had to jump to be able to buy a home. My realtor was helpful in getting me with the right people in order to take care of those issues, and he was patient as I did so.
Today, my young son and I have a beautiful home, where we've painted his bedroom room to his liking, he has a nice yard to play in, and friendly neighborhood children to play with. What I once thought was far out of my reach is now a reality, and I am so thankful to my realtor for all the help to get us here. I am also thankful for my good friend for pushing me to make the call in the first place. Realtor: Terry Westbrook ~ Christine
I have to thank you for the super job you did getting me so well settled. It could have been a very traumatic time but everything moved as " smooth as glass. " Your preparation was awesome, too. I sold real estate for only 2 years and I wasn't near you in the work you did for me. You sold my house and have me so well tucked in the new one in about one month! Has to be a record. Thank you and Bonnie, too for everythng. I can recommend you very happily -
Loretta M.
Just a note to let you know how much I appreciated everything you did for me in purchasing my condo - the circumstances were not great & the problems were many but you made it all happen pretty smoothly and always with a smile on your face. You have a great way of making sure we all "get with the program!"
-Lin C.
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