Oceana County 
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Mark You Calander - Lighthouse Festival June 2-3
Friday, May 18th, 2012 at 9:43am. 16 Views, 0 Comments.
Sable Point Lighthouse Keepers Association will be holding their first ever "Lighthouse Festival" in a couple of weeks. The event looks to be a pretty good time! There will be live music, craft fair, and more.
| Big Sable Point Lighthouse | Ludington, MI |
| Ludington North Breakwater Light | Ludington, MI |
| Little Point Sable Lighthouse | Mears, MI |
| White River Light Station | Whitehall, MI |
Silver Lake Michigan Real Estate Stats - 2011 Sold Data Analysis
Friday, February 3rd, 2012 at 7:12am. 117 Views, 0 Comments.
Last Year, there were 32 homes sold in the Silver Lake, Mears Michigan area (49436 Zip Code). They ranged in price from $30,000 to $399,900. The average home sold for $125,510 in 182 days at 97.1% of full listing price. There are currently 42 homes on the market, so that calculates into about 16 months of supply. With this much "supply," it is important to price a home appropriately in order to sell it in a reasonable amount of time. A deeper look into the numbers reveals that although the average home sold for 97% of the listing price, the original asking price was higher. The average home sold for 91% of the original list price.
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Waterfront Real Estate in Pentwater is still selling
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 at 9:05am. 71 Views, 0 Comments.
In 2011, there we 39 homes sold in Pentwater. Of these, 24 were on the water or had water access. This includes Pentwater Lake, Bass Lake, and Lake Michigan mostly. So waterfront homes accounted for nearly two-thirds of all sales in Pentwater. This is interesting in light of the fact that waterfront homes only account for about one-third of all active MLS listings. There are currently in 91 homes on the market in Pentwater and 34 of those are waterfront properties.
Our Website is Getting a Facelift
Saturday, January 21st, 2012 at 11:59am. 88 Views, 0 Comments.
Starting this spring, Maplewood Homes will no longer need to share a website with Greenridge Realty. This site will then be free to focus exclusively on the areas I serve as a real estate agent, specifically, Silver Lake Michigan, Pentwater, and Oceana County (plus Ludington). In a few weeks' time we will be launching a brand new Maplewood Homes website that will be better than ever! Stay tuned...
2011 Coming to a Close and Things are Looking Up
Saturday, December 31st, 2011 at 8:39am. 77 Views, 0 Comments.
Everyone I talk to here in West Michigan is seeing an uptick in new construction. The guys down at the lumber yard, my trade partners and vendors, everyone is saying the same thing; that builders have work. This is a change from prior seasons when it seemed many builders were just doing odd jobs to stay busy. We're still a long way down from the peak, but it's good to hear that other builders are finding work, too. Here at Maplewood Homes, we sold 5 new homes in 2011. Our best year, before the economic downturn, we sold 19 new homes, and you can see that we're well below that. Still, this is a 66% increase over the 3 "build jobs" we had in 2010. Slow, steady recovery in the housing market is probably all we could hope for and if it…
Oceana County Census Data
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 at 6:04pm. 215 Views, 0 Comments.
Michigan was the only state in the union to lose population over the past 10 years. While the total population in the US grew nearly 10%, Michigan lost over 55,000 residents. This obviously affects our real estate market because when someone gives up on Michigan, and decides to leave the state, they can't take their house with them. Michigan is unique in that our housing collapse wasn't caused by over-building, like it was in Florida, California, and Nevada. It is primarily a result less people living here, leading to lower demand for homes. As you can see by the chart below, Oceana County was hit pretty hard. 303 is not a lot of people, but it is actually twice the statewide average on a percentage basis. The silver lining is this: At…