ANN ARBOR, MI
Encouraging News for Michigan
Michigan was ranked # 3 in the Nation for Corporate Expansions. Site Selection’s annual Governor’s Cup award recognizes the state with the most new or expanded private-sector capital projects as tracked by publisher Conway Data Inc.’s New Plant Database. Ohio was named #1 and Texas #2. Major new corporate projects for Michigan in 2009 included…Rest of Story…

LAKE GENEVA, WI
Lake Geneva Real Estate Pending Home Sales Drag In January, But Should Rebound For Spring
Fewer homes went under contract in January as the Lake Geneva real estate housing market continues to limp through the winter months. According to the National Association of Realtors®, the Pending Home Sales Index fell to its lowest level in 3 quarters this January. By contrast, in October 2009, the index had touched a 3-year high…Rest of Story…

PHOENIX, AZ
Arizona Earnest Money
Earnest money is the amount of money a buyer submits with an offer to purchase a house. You actually write a check and send a copy with the purchase offer. Typically it’s a personal check.
Earnest money proves the buyer is ‘in earnest’, or serious about buying that house. If the seller accepts the offer, the earnest money is immediately deposited with the escrow/title office. Contributing to the funds needed to purchase the house…Rest of Story…

SAN ANTONIO, TX
Huebner Village – San Antonio 78248
Huebner Village, located off of Huebner Road, just south of Bitters Road in the 78248zip code (map), is a small custom home community built by McNair Homes. Featuring Mediterranean style homes with clay tile roofs, this neighborhood of thirty-three homes offers beautifully designed homes and a close-knit community feel. Although the entryway to Huebner Village is rather unassuming, the homes are grand in style and the subdivision is anything but…Rest of Story…

SEATTLE, WA
Seattle Real Estate: Thinking about Buying a Short Sale…Be Prepared to Hurry Up and Wait!
Buying a Short Sale can be an exercise in futility. Often Glacially slow, the process may not be for everybody…especially if you are looking to move into your new home before the next Ice Age! I posted an article yesterday about the process of buying a foreclosure, the distinction between that and buying a short sale has a number of noticeable differences none of which more important than you may still have someone living in the home…Rest of Story…

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