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Why Buyers Should Use Local Ann Arbor Area Lenders

Missy Caulk — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:08:27 +0000

Why buyers should use local Ann Arbor lenders when purchasing a home for sale in Ann Arbor and the surrounding area’s. When you are buying a home, it is one of the biggest purchases of your life. Many buyers spend a lot of time picking out the perfect home, some “shop for rates”, some just [...]

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Why Buyers Should Use Local Ann Arbor Area Lenders

Renting with An Option to Buy in Ann Arbor

Missy Caulk — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:16:30 +0000

Weekly we get calls to the Ann Arbor Real Estate Team, Missy Caulk with buyers asking us to help them find a house or condo with a rent with an option to buy.” What is a Rent with a Option to Buy Renting with an option to buy is pretty easy to understand, first you [...]

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Renting with An Option to Buy in Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor Buyers Beware of New Mortgage Scam

Missy Caulk — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:39:09 +0000

Today we received a notice from the Ann Arbor Area Board of Realtors alerting us to a new mortgage scam floating around the country. How it works This scam involves sending letters to borrowers to inform them that a new company has assumed the management of their loans and to start making mortgage payments to [...]

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Ann Arbor Buyers Beware of New Mortgage Scam

Home Sales Down by 17% in Ann Arbor With Home Buyer Credit Gone

Missy Caulk — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:48:14 +0000

Well I thought this would happen, after the home buyer tax credit the amount of home sales in April of 2011 decreased by 17% from last April. That is why we need to leave the market alone and let it adjust on it’s own. The good news is we are up almost 10% from last [...]

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Home Sales Down by 17% in Ann Arbor With Home Buyer Credit Gone

Ann Arbor Buyers Preparing for the “Final Walk-Through”

Missy Caulk — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:03:58 +0000

In Ann Arbor our purchase agreements provide a time frame of 48 hours to do a final walk-through before closing. Typically this is done the night before or an hour before the closing. This is really important for a new home buyer to do. Many times you may think, oh I just saw it, measured [...]

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Ann Arbor Buyers Preparing for the “Final Walk-Through”

Washtenaw County MEAP Scores by School Districts

Missy Caulk — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 21:36:21 +0000

Below is a chart for the recent MEAP scores for the School district in Ann Arbor and the surrounding communities of Saline, Dexter, Chelsea,Milan, Lincoln, Ypsilanti, Manchester, Willow Run and Whitmore Lake. Included in the chart is the State of Michigan average and proficiency of each subject tested, Math, Social Studies, Writing and Science. window.fbAsyncInit [...]

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Washtenaw County MEAP Scores by School Districts

U of M Medical Residents Receive “Match Letters”

Missy Caulk — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:30:24 +0000

The Medical Residents “match” letters went out of Thursday, across the United States. Congratulations if you are moving to Ann Arbor. We are DRS Certified, and each year help many U of M Residents relocate to Ann Arbor for the duration of your residency. I am sure there is a number of you moving to [...]

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U of M Medical Residents Receive “Match Letters”

Ann Arbor First Time Home Buyers in 2010

Missy Caulk — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:53:09 +0000

Ann Arbor first time home buyers, remember to file your Form 5405 in order to get your $8000.00 Tax Credit. This time last year everyone was scrambling to find a home in the Ann Arbor Area, in order to get the $8000.00 first time home buyer credit. The form you need to file is called [...]

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Ann Arbor First Time Home Buyers in 2010

Ann Arbor Buyers Mortgage Rates Creep Up

Missy Caulk — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:08:04 +0000

Ann Arbor home buyers the mortgage rates are creeping up. I am never ever one to tell a buyer, NOW is the time to buy. The time to buy is: when you need a home have a lifestyle change get tired of renting relocate to a new area. Homes always sell and there are always [...]

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Ann Arbor Buyers Mortgage Rates Creep Up

Highest and Best on Offers in Ann Arbor

Missy Caulk — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:19:01 +0000

What does “highest and best” mean on offers in Ann Arbor? Typically you will hear this when you are interested in purchasing a foreclosure in the Ann Arbor Area. On a foreclosure most have already been priced by the bank below market value. In Ann Arbor most foreclosures sell for over asking price. Yesterday I [...]

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Highest and Best on Offers in Ann Arbor