Paul Hicks's (sparky13) Blog

A breath of fresh air in the Real Estate Sales market in Southwest Michigan! February results as posted by the Southwest Michigan Association of Realtors reveal that the total volume of sales in the service area rose from $29,357.147 in February of 2007 to $30,275,711 in 2008, for an increase of ...

Last week, I got a call from a client who has been looking for homes. She had gotten verbal pre-approval for a loan through a local bank, to whom I had sent her. The loan officer has always been very nice and curteous, but not very prompt about returning calls to me. In this case, I called him to...

I did some research recently, and I was pleased to find that I've found a measure of success in selling homes with single-car garages in St. Joseph and Lakeshore School districts in Southwest Michigan. When I list homes with single car garages, I always share my concerns with the sellers. I tell ...

I'll tell my readers the same thing I tell everyone who asks me about Real estate sales in Southwest Michigan: Homes are Selling.Maybe not at the rate that will make sellers and Realtors happy, but they are selling. In our area in January of 2008, 21 Million dollars worth of Residential real esta...