Recent Blog Posts by Mike Griffin

Real Estate at Shanty Creek Resort

Real estate at Shanty Creek Resort provides some of the best opportunities for your "Up North" get-away or vacation home. Shanty Creek Resort is a true 4 season location with 4 golf courses, 46 downhill ski runs and groomed cross country trails just waiting for you to come enjoy Northern Michigan. Click Here to see all of the houses and condominiums available, just follow the hot links for Shanty Creek ...

Favorite Web Sites

www.realtor.com www.greatrentals.com www.shantycreek.com www.taar.com www.upnorthlife.com/Bellaire  

Interest rate are little changed

http://www.realtor.org/rmodaily.nsf/pages/News2008050205?OpenDocument

Major Price Reduction on a Great Home on Chamionship Hawks Eye Golf Course

Take a look at this log sided home on the course. Price just reduced by $44,000 to $435,000. This is absolutely the best priced home of this quality in the area - the price is better than a bank foreclosure! Click Here to View Listings      

March Sales Statistics For our 5 County Area

What a great time to be a buyer!   Here are the homes sold report from the Traverse Area Association of Realtors. It appears that the greatest decrease in sales are from $180,000 to $400,000. This report shows a significant decrease in the average and median price of homes compared to previous years.  http://www.taar.com/march_stats_08.pdf        

Reasons to be a Buyer in this Market that you may not be seeing in the headlines!

When people ask me if real estate is still a good investment - here is my response. I begin my answer by referencing what we are seeing in the newspaper headlines almost everyday. That the prices for real estate have come down significantly and the amount of selection is up considerably. Seller's are motivated to find a buyer and are oftern selling properties in better shape at a better price ...