Median Home Sale Prices Continue Rising Locally This Spring, Report Shows

"Home sales have been going up," one Shelby Township real estate agent says.

Refreshing news for local home-sellers is in the latest look at sale prices for homes and condos in four Metro Detroit counties. Median prices rose to $70,000 in Oakland, Macomb, Livingston and Wayne last month, a 1.6-percent rise from March. The new median is nearly 19 percent higher than in April 2011, says a report Monday from Realcomp II Ltd., a multiple listing service in Farmington Hills. Selling prices rose within each county, extending a four-month trend for 2012. Livingston County has the highest median ($150,000), followed by Oakland ($114,500), Macomb ($72,500) and "Greater Wayne," excluding Detroit ($62,000). Percentage increases from the previous April are in a table below.   Sales volume slipped for the first time in 10 …

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John Hetzler

3:56 pm on Monday, May 14, 2012

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Spring is the Time to Sell Your Home

Getting ready to put your home on the market? 'Tis the season, but be sure you de-clutter and get organized first, says a local organization guru.

Spring is a great time to sell your home, according to lendingtree.com.  If you’re getting ready to sell your home, Andrea Wolf wants you to do a knick-knack check, among other things. Wolf, who has been a professional organizer for the past four years and runs Huntington Woods-based NEAT — Need Everything Away and Tidy, says even just a few knick knacks can break a sale, especially if they’re ultra-personal. Here, she shares her best home-staging and de-cluttering tips. Oh, and if you’re not selling your home, some of these insider secrets could still work for you. • Scale down the amount of photos around the home. You don't want people to be focused on the amount of "strangers" posted/hung around the house. This goes for knick knacks, …

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