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Here are some photos of Canton Township homes if you are looking for Canton Township relocation information for Michigan.  Here is a look at what Canton home are like.  Of course it is January here in the photos of Canton Township Michigan.  It snowed a couple of weeks ago and this is what is left.

  This tri-level home is just one of many Canton split level homes.

                        Canton was originally a farming community but starting in 1970 there was a building boom.  From 1970 to 2000 Canton's main business was construction.  Subdivision after subdivision sprouted up over the years.

Here is a 1970's Canton Township colonial.  Many Canton Township colonials are some brick and vinyl exterior.  Some of the homes have wood, aluminum siding, or vinyl siding.  But most of them have some brick on them.

     This is a typical 1990's -2000 brick colonial.  They range from 2000 square feet up to 4000 square feet.

Canton Township Michigan has many ranch homes - great for older buyers that want main floor bedrooms and laundries!  No need to go into the basement if they don't want to.  Many of these Canton Township ranch homes make great starter homes too.

                                 Another different style of Canton split level homes.

                                                Yes Canton Township has Cape cod homes, bi-levels, and qual-level homes too. 

Most Canton homes have basements and attached garages.

If you are looking for Canton Township Michigan relocation information and more information on Canton Township home styles feel free to call or email me.  I know the area very well and I should be able to answer your question.  If I don't know the answer I will look it up or point you in the right direction to find it.

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Here are some photos of Canton Michigan if you are looking for Canton relocation information.  Canton Michigan is one city that planned it's growth very carefully.  Canton has designed a nice municipal complex located on Canton Center Rd just south of Cherry Hill.

The Library is located right across from the townships municipal offices.

                                                                       This is the view of Canton's municipals offices from Canton Center Rd.       

Here is a Photo of Canton's fire department.

This is Canton Michigan recreation center - they call it Summit on the Park.

All of these muncipal buildings are within walking distance of each other.  And after you finish going to the library, or the Townships offices you can head out back to Heritage Park.  Heritage Park is a very large park with playsets, baseball fields, and picnic areas.

I hope these photos of Canton Michigan help you if you have a Canton relocation in your future.

If you are relocating to Michigan Canton is a great place to raise your family.  Many beautiful parks, nice subdivisions, and a good school system make Canton Michigan a place to check out.

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 When you are moving from out of state you might want to know Canton Michigan's demographics so you know whether you want to buy a piece of Canton real estate. 

Canton is a great place to live if you are relocating to Michigan.  Some of these Canton demographics may have changed from 2000.  Canton was one of Michigan fastest growing cities in  the early 2000's.  If anything I would believe that Canton Township Michigan may have more college graduates and the median income may have risen.

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Canton home buyer tips

Canton Township first time home buyer advice

 Today I was reading on MSN.com and they had an article on How far Metro Detroit real estate prices have fallen.  I read Cities where homes have lost the most value.  In the article it said the Metro Detroit area homes have lost 31% of their value. 

If you look at the Detroit Metro real estate market as a circle with Detroit as the center, then the next ring of cities, and then the more upscale cities.

The more upscale cities like West Bloomfield, Canton Township, Northville, Rochester have lost 31% of their value.  But you start moving into the inner circle of many of the middle class cities like Dearborn, Redford, Southfield.  Those cities had some homes that their high prices in 2003 were from $100-$140,000.  Now they are ranging from $50,000 to $70,000.  I would say the average loss in those cities about 50%

But the City of Detroit real estate prices in my opinion have taken a huge dive.  I don't know exactly what the average sales price of Detroit homes were at their height.  But I would take a guess and say the average price was about $65,000.  Last year the average sold price of 10,514 Detroit homes that sold through our MLS was $10,692. 

                                  $10,692. Average sold price

                                                                             That's a 83% drop!!!! 

So I think over all Metro Detroit real estate has dropped more than 31%.  But that is just from a guy in the trenchs.  I don't have all the statistics but this is what I am seeing.   

Information provided courtesy of RealComp II Ltd

Russ Ravary your Metro Detroit real estate agent

My quote of the day:

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help
        them to become what they are capable of being.
                                                                                                      - Goethe

So you are you buying a piece of Canton Township real estate and you want to know what sellers concessions mean?

If you are a Canton Township home buyer and you don't have the enough money to buy a home.  Sure you have the 3 1/2% that FHA requires, but you don't have much more.  And you can't get more from any family members.  So what do you do?  You want to buy a Canton home but you don't have the money.  Yes you can still buy the home. 

The way it is done is by asking for sellers concessions.  Seller's concessions is when the seller pays for your closing costs.  On a FHA loan you can get up to 6% of the purchase price to pay for closing costs.  So if you are buying a $150,000 Canton home you can get 6% of $150,000.  That is $150,000 x .06 = $9000.

But you have to remember when you ask for sellers concessions it is coming out of the seller's bottom line.  So if you offer $150,000 on that Canton ranch home the seller is only going to get $141,000 because he is giving you $9000.  So take this home buyer tip and use it well.  If you know there are multiple bids on a house take into account the sellers concessions you are asking for. 

The bottom line is: If you only have the down payment for the house you can buy a home.  All you have to do is have your Real estate agent ask for seller's concessions.

If you are a metro Detroit first time home buyer and don't understand a part of the home buying process always feel free to call me on my cell phone (313) 310-9855 or email me yesmyrealtor@gmail.com. 

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