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 Livonia MI

Livonia 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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Here 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

• 10 sold                                          over list price
• 5 sold                                            within $2000 of list price
• 4 sold                                            less than 5% of list price
• 5 sold                                            between 5 -10% below list price
• 5 sold                                            between 10 -15%  below list price
• 3 sold                                            below 20% of list price 

The two things I recommend to any Livonia foreclosure homebuyers is:

1. If you see a house you like don't wait put an offer in on it.  Good homes are selling quickly.  The old saying of "if you snooze you loose" is true here.
2. Don't try to lowball the house if it hasn't been on the market for over 30 days.  Homes that just came on the market and are nice are going to be snapped up.  Remember there are other people that know it is a deal too. 

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. 

Recent Livonia foreclosed homes that have sold

ADDRESS	LIST PRICE	SALE PRICE	DOM	SP PER SQFT	SQUARE FOOTAGE
20161 ANTAGO ST	14900	16100	143	14.2477	1130
18453 DEERING ST	38900	23000	91	30.1441	763
29420 MINTON ST	32900	30500	64	29.9313	1019
14966 ALEXANDER ST	42500	36500	12	33.2422	1098
15524 DEERING ST	45900	45000	109	53.5714	840
18544 MERRIMAN RD	47500	46075	4	32.8403	1403
33805 ORANGELAWN ST	77000	50000	58	29.4117	1700
19337 SAINT FRANCIS ST	63000	55000	42	58.3244	943
29832 ORANGELAWN ST	59900	58000	2	55.8229	1039
11317 MERRIMAN RD	67500	60000	62	61.0376	983
30407 5 MILE RD	67000	63500	21	39.6875	1600
31005 ROYCROFT ST	79900	65000	11 2	63.4146	1025
10060 ARCOLA ST	74000	65000	11	40.9062	1589
19952 WEYHER ST	79900	70000	38	50.3959	1389
35252 W CHICAGO ST	82900	75000	47	67.3854	1113
19548 HILLCREST ST	74900	75000	28	50	1500
27808 PERTH ST	92900	80000	175	64.2054	1246
11408 CRANSTON ST	97500	85000	139	77.2025	1101
31610 SCONE ST	89900	89500	52	78.9241	1134
32711 VERMONT ST	78900	91000	28	76.923	1183
36250 LAWRENCE DR	87900	92000	2	89.4941	1028
36611 ANGELINE CIR	96000	96000	54	95.3326	1007
29851 BRETTON ST	93500	97000	25	71.8518	1350
28712 BUCKINGHAM	102500	99000	83	41.3188	2396
35171 W PARKDALE ST W	99500	100000	15	89.8472	1113
14616 FAIRWAY ST	104500	100000	7	67.5675	1480
27434 GRANDON AVE	99900	107000	15	89.0183	1202
33810 ELMIRA CT	113900	114000	3	67.0588	1700
8920 HOUGHTON ST	119900	116229	14	66.9907	1735
14052 YALE ST	129000	120000	56	68.9655	1740
30503 JEANINE ST	114900	124000	39	92.6064	1339
15145 TAYLOR	164900	170000	7	78.6308	2162
38600 KINGSBURY ST	190900	180000	13	76.9559	2339

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

 

comp and listing information courtesy of Real Comp II Ltd.  Homes above have been sold by various Realtors

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fishing 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

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 Parks and Recreation in Livonia MI

Livonia Michigan has over

• 1800 acres of park land
• 46 developed municipal parks
• 3 city owned and operated golf courses
• twenty-two playgrounds
• forty-three baseball diamonds
• thirty-two tennis courts
• 15 Miles of Nature & Ski Trails
• a walking path
• 4 Bocci Ball Courts
• twenty-five soccer field
• 3 Outdoor Swimming Pools
• 3 Natural Outdoor Ice rinks
• two indoor ice arenas. 
• 11 picnic shelters
• an archery range
• 7 in-line skating courts
• 1 skateboard park
•  10 sand volleyball courts
• 3 fitness clusters
• 22 neighborhood parks with play structures
• 11 designated nature preserve areas some with trails.   

 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:

• two pools one leisure pool and one competition lap pool
• four gyms
• gymnastics center
• climbing wall
• indoor soft playground
• fitness center
• indoor track.
• Outside features at this new facility include four soccer fields, in-lined skate rink, skateboard park, sand volleyball courts and water spray ground.   .
• gymnasiums 2 gyms with over 27,000 sq ft of space
• tree fort

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

Livonia Golf courses.  Livonia has 3 public golf courses.  All Livonia's golf courses are open seven days a week from April 1 until November 15, weather permitting. There are special rates for Livonia senior citizens and Livonia youths only.   

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:

Bicentennial Park	2,640 Ft.	.5 Mile
Clements Circle	2,100 Ft.	just under .5 Mile
Mies Park	3,896 Ft.	3/4 Mile
Recreation Center	2,560 Ft.	.5 Mile
Rotary Park	2,640 Ft.	.5 Mile
Bien Park	1,969 Ft.	3/8 Mile

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.

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Livonia Parks & Recreational Center 15100 Hubbard St Livonia, MI (734) 466-2410		John F Dooley Park 14200 Harrison St Livonia, MI		Robert F Nash Memorial Park 14700 Henry Ruff St Livonia, MI
Millennium Park 28551 Schoolcraft Rd Livonia, MI (734) 367-9342		Compton Park 28874 Lyndon St Livonia, MI		John Stymelski Veteran's Park 14275 Stark Rd Livonia, MI
Devonshire Park 30799 Robert Dr Livonia, MI		Wilson Acres Park Cathedral St Livonia, MI		Rudolf Kleinert Park 9800 Fairfield St Livonia, MI
Beverly Park 30601 Pickford St Livonia, MI		Clements Circle Park 10201 Harrison St Livonia, MI		James E Miles Park 32499 W Chicago St Livonia, MI
West Sheldon Park 32901 Plymouth Rd Livonia, MI		Pastor Park 32255 Lyndon St Livonia, MI		Elm Park 27800 Grantland St Livonia, MI
Country Homes Park 35400 Richland St Livonia, MI		Ford Athletic Field 33771 Lyndon St Livonia, MI
Rotary Park Hubbard and 6 Mile Rd Livonia, MI		BiCentennial Park Wayne Rd and 7 Mile Rd Livonia, MI

 Wayne County Parks & Recreation
33175 Ann Arbor Trl
Westland, MI
(734) 261-1990

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. 

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If you have any questions about Livonia feel free to call or email me anytime.

Russ Ravary your Livonia realtor

 

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Thinking 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

•  U.S.                  $60,374
• Wayne County    $53,805
• Livonia               $70,844 

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

Per capita income

$27,923 (27% above national average)

Poverty Level

$3.3% (national average 12.4%)

Livonia, MI as of 2000 Census

Number

Percent

Total Population	100,545	100
SEX AND AGE
Male	48,718	48.5
Female	51,827	51.5
Median Age	40.2
RACE
One race	99,432	98.9
White	95,975	95.5
Black or African American	951	0.9
American Indian or Alaska Native	223	0.2
Asian	1,951	1.9
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific	14	-
Some other race	318	0.3
Two or more races	1,113	1.1
HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
Average household size	2.59	-
Average family size	3.07	-
Total housing units	38.658	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	33,808	88.8
Renter-occupied housing units	4,281	11.2

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