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Michigan Realtors Shocked & Awed By Housing Market

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Michigan realtors are stunned by the dog-eat-dog housing market. The low home inventory and historically low mortgage interest rates have created the perfect storm. Michigan’s supply of housing inventory is down 61%, and the median sale price is up 13.5% from a year ago. Some realtors say a home’s listing price has become something akin to a reserve price at an auction. Buyers are bidding far above the asking price and offering cash on the table. At the least, buyers need to come to the table with substantial cash down payments.

Group Halts Work on Historic Mill Site

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Rezoning of the historic Glen Arbor Mill faces opposition.  A group was able to successfully halt work on the site for 30 days while they collected signatures to add a referendum on the November ballot. The property owner intercepted an email in an effort to discredit the group. The rezoning of the historic property remain controversial.

Lawyer – No Light at the End of the Pandemic Tunnel for Property Owners

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The future of real estate continues to be in a flux. At a federal level, GSEs have continued to extend foreclosure and eviction moratoriums through June 30, 2021. The Center for Disease Control issued its own eviction moratorium in September 2020, and the Biden administration has extended it through March 31, 2021. In Michigan, the pandemic’s eviction moratoriums have expired, although the Michigan Supreme Court has recognized the CDC Order. No formal foreclosure moratoriums were ever instituted in Michigan, but social distancing requirements have halted the proceedings that are held in courthouses which have been closed to the public during the pandemic.