I live in Livonia myself. Whether you are looking for Livonia real estate, or just checking out Wayne County real estate. I believe Livonia, Michigan is a great city to move to. Whether are relocating to Michigan from out of state or just moving from one city to another, Livonia is a city you should look at. Livonia has been recognized by the FBI as the 7th Safest City in the Country. It has also been named the 2nd Best Kid Friendly Place in the Nation by Population Connection. The City of Livonia has also been rated the 2nd Least Economic Stressful by the City American City Business Journals.
The size of Livonia, MI is approximately 35.7 square miles on the western side of Detroit, in Wayne County, MI. Livonia is about 15 miles from Downtown Detroit. Livonia’s boundaries are Inkster Road on the east, Eight Mile Road on the north, Eckles Road and Haggerty Road on the west and Joy Road on the south. It is bordered to the east by the city of Redford. And bordered to the west by Northville and Plymouth. Farmington Hills and Novi are on the Northern border of Livonia. Livonia is very accessibile to many highways. The City´s great location offers easy east-west access via the Jeffries Expressway (I-96) and north-south transportation on the I-275 expressway. You can get to any where in the metro Detroit area easily from Livonia.
Livonia has condo and singe family homes. The home styles include bungalows, ranches, colonials, tudors, and contemporary. The prices range from $100,000 to $600,000 for single family homes. From a 900 square foot home to 4,000 square foot colonial with the latest amenities. Livonia has condos ranging from $40,000 to $325,000 with square footage from 600 to 2600 square feet.
Livonia SpreeLivonia is a great community town and the city officials each year put on the Livonia Spree with the help of local businesses. Todays the last day of the Livonia Spree with only the fireworks left. The Livonia Spree is held between Eddie Edgar Ice Irena and the Livonia YMCA at Ford Field off Farmington Rd between I-96 and 5 Mile Rd. The Livonia spree is usually held the last week in June and the fireworks are held on Sunday evening. The had food tents with coney islands, pizza, middle eastern food, hamburgers, hotdogs, elephant ears, cajun food.
Everybody had fun enjoying the rides and the entertainment. Livonia Spree is a family event with lots of police presence to make sure the fun didn't get out of hand. There were the carnival rides, the carnival games and of course carnival food. We all love corn dogs and elephant ears once a year. And the Livonia Spree is a great place to sample them. I even got into the act. They even had racing pigs, circus acts, and other entertainment for the kids. They had a beer tent for the adult refreshments. Local restaurants and churches had many of the food booths. If you are thinking of moving to Livonia you won't be sorry. It's a great place to raise a family and live whether you are young, old, single, married, kids or no kids. I hope to see you at the Livonia spree next year or at the fireworks tonight. For More Livonia real estate information go to either of my websites. Or feel free to pick up the phone and call me on my cell (313) 310-9855 to get more local information. Russ Ravary your Metro Detroit real estate agent
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Livonia Foreclosure Market MIHere is a look at recent sold Livonia foreclosures in the last 30 days. You will notice that some of them have sold as quickly as 2 days and 7 days. The average time on the market is 53 days for the Livonia foreclosures that have sold. For a while there the average time on the market was 4 to 6 months for Livonia homes. So sales have picked up and foreclosures are selling quicker. If you look at the list below you will notice that
The two things I recommend to any Livonia foreclosure homebuyers is:
So if you are a bargain hunter, you have to be aware that you may not win that Livonia foreclosure if you bid to low or wait too long. As you can see metro Detroit home buyers are willing to pay a fair price for the Livonia foreclosure. So if it is a great deal bid appropriately. Talk to your Livonia real estate agent for advice on how to bid. There are still lots of great Livonia foreclosures to be had. If you would like Livonia foreclosures listings emailed to you join my Livonia foreclosure home VIP club.
Feel free to call me with any questions about any metro Detroit foreclosures or if you are a first time home buyer and need some answers. Russ Ravary your Metro Detroit real estate agent
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Good Metro Detroit real estate agents gofishing for information. That is the key to our business. I have been looking at Livonia condos and Northville condos with a first time home buyer. We have it down to about 4 condos that she really likes.
I pulled all the recent sold condos in the 3 different Northville condo complexes and we found out that two of the condos were about 20% over priced. Condos that were listed at $135,000 should be selling at about $115,000. The other 2 were close to what they should sell for. So I went fishing for information from the listing agent. Listing agents aren't supposed to tell you anything about their client or their bargaining position unless the client lets them. But information slips out all the time even with the best agents. The listing agent normally sends out a email form asking for feedback on what we thought of the condo. They ask if we think it is in good condition, what we think of the price, and they even have a comment section. So I filled out the comment section saying that compared to the recent sold Northville condos that sold in the complex theirs were high about $20,000 too high. That my client was interested but.....the price was an issue. One I don't know if it would even appraise at $25,000 lower to meet the banks standards. Well one agent called up and said don't let price be an issue. He had talked to his client and the client said to bring them an offer. Bingo. I got what I needed to know. They were flexible and they realize that the Northville condo was a little overpriced. On the opposite end I got a call from the other agent. Now he spilled his guts. He told me everything about the seller and his position. Where the seller was moving to and all about him. He also stated that we couldn't count Northville foreclosures when comparing prices. (What planet is this agent on) He basically said his condo was a great price. And this was the condo that absolutely needed to come down $14,000 even to be in the ball park. Sure somebody might pay cash and over pay for the updated condo. But it wasn't worth the price in this Metro Detroit real estate market. So after talking to this agent we more or less can cross this condo off the list. Because they aren't going to deal and they are overpriced for the market. It saved us a lot of time putting in an offer and wasting our breathe. Now we down to three choices. So whatever my client chooses at least she knows where the Northville condos should be priced at and what is a good deal on the home. Russ Ravary your Northville real estate agent http://www.detroitmichiganrealestatehomes.com/004D9F Posted on Apr 29, 2009 @ 8:39 am by russ.ravary - View Profile
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Livonia parks and recreationParks and Recreation in Livonia MI Livonia Michigan has over
Livonia's Community Recreation Center located at 5 Mile Rd and Hubbard is a 130,000 state of the art square-foot facility with indoor facilities of:
and outdoor facilities of: Skateboard Park (14,000 SF in size), complete with Launching Ramp, ½ Pipe, Fun Box, Spines, 5' Quarter Piano Bank Combo, 5' Mini Ramp, Half Pyramid with, Planter, Kinked Grind Rail, 5' Quarter, Bank with Roll-In, 6' Quarter Pipe inline skate rink 85' x 200' with dasher boards Picnic Pavilion Area Two sand volleyball courts Asphalt jogging/walking path-half mile 4 Soccer fields Water spray ground for kids with water sprays and geysers
Fox Creek Golf course is one of the newest of the Livonia golf courses (1988). The course offers two distinct nines, making golf challenging for golfers of all ages. The front nine is over 300 yards longer than its counterpart but is easier. Whispering Willows Golf Courseis the oldest city owned golf course in Livonia. The course is known for hole #2, a difficult par 4, rated as one of the 18 hardest holes in the Metro Detroit area. Whispering Willows is considered one of the most popular golf courses in the Western Wayne county. Idyl Wyld Golf Coursehas small greens and well placed bunkers. This older course is shorter in distance than the other two courses, however the small greens, numerous sandtraps, and fair amount of water make up for the distance.
Livonia's walking paths are available at the following parks:
Hines Drive runs through the city with many parks. Newburgh Lake (not a swimming lake) and the Rouge River also runs through the city. Livonia offers many recreational opportunities including a a YMCA and a new recreational center. There are many private swim clubs located throughout the city.
Wayne County Parks & Recreation All of these Livonia parks and recreation areas are within minutes or walking distance for Livonia residents. The city motto of Livonia, Michigan is "People Come First" and you can tell it from how the parks are kept up. If you are thinking of relocating to Michigan and want a nice place to live then check out Livonia MI. Search Livonia homes for sale and get listings emailed to you to fit your criteria If you have any questions about Livonia feel free to call or email me anytime. Russ Ravary your Livonia realtor
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Livonia DemographicsThinking about buying Livonia real estate but want to know more about the city? Here is City of Livonia information and Livonia demographics Livonia Median Household income
The median age for residents in Livonia, MI is 42.8 (this is older than average age in the U.S.). Families (non-single residences) represent 73.7% of the population
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