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Livonia City Hall MI http://www.detroitmichiganrealestatehomes.comI 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.Greenmead Livonia Michigan www.detroitmichiganrealestatehomes.com  

Southeastern Michigan real estate explanations

Here are some Southeastern Michigan real estate explanations.  This should help you read listings whether you are a first time homebuyer or an experienced Michigan homebuyer.

BATVAI - Buyers Agent To Verify All Information

HUD homes - FHA homes that have gone into foreclosure

REO - Real Estate Owned by banks

ROI - Return on investment

MLS - Multi Listing Service - the organization that Realtors list homes through - the company that puts all the listings out on the internet for buyers to look at.

A/C - Air conditioning

BDRM - Bedrooms

A/C - Air Conditioning

WIC- Walk in Closet

FP - Fire place

LBP - Lead Based Paint

EMD - Earnest Money Deposit

Short sale - should be called long sale.  Where a seller is trying to sell a home for less than what they owe,  They must get the banks approval to do so.

If you have any other abbreviations or questions feel free to call me or email me.  Cell 313-310-9855 or Yesmyrealtor@gmail.com

LATPAO - Listing Agent To Present All Offers

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Did your bid really go in? Metro Detroit real estate information

 I got a call a few weeks ago from a Metro Detroit real estate buyer.  He was all upset with a local big foreclosure agent..  He thinks the foreclosure agent never put the offer in.

I honestly don't know whether he did or not, but I always submit the offer no matter how crazy it is or how little it is.  It's not my job to decide whether the seller will accept your offer.  I have told clients that their offer would never fly, but still put it in.  Sometimes the seller refused to negotiate other times they did. 

As a real estate agent it is in our code of ethics that we must present ALL OFFERS..  I take that seriously.  I many times drop what I am doing to get the offer in.  It's not unusual for me to run to the office in the evening to complete the paperwork for my home buyers.  Then I fax and email it to the sellers agent. ( I like to do both to make sure the listing agent doesn't try to say they never got it.)

But this got me to thinking..... did any of my clients ever think that?  It's possible because sometimes the house sell for less than what we have put in.

1.)  In fact I looked up a piece of Livonia real estate that we bid on in the fall.  Our bid was $121,000 FHA bid.   The house sold for $107,000 on a conventional loan.  It was a highest and best offer situation on a Livonia foreclosure.  The bank accepted a $14,000 lower bid.  It was conventional loan with more money down.  The house did need some minor repairs.  The bank and the agent may have decided that they did not want to deal with FHA's required repairs.

2.)  Another Livonia foreclosed home was listed at $65,000.  The house needed a roof.  There was no way that it would ever pass an appraisal inspection.  My clients thought was to put a roof on before the appraiser came by.  We put an FHA offer of $81,000 in.  We still LOST IT!     This house sold for $55,000 cash.  This was really a no brainer for the bank.  They didn't want to put the time or money into putting a roof on.  So they sold to a cash buyer instead a FHA buyer.  

3.)  Another home we put an offer in one had a renter in it.  We put an offer in.  It was never accepted.  I has never shown up on the MLS as sold.  The bank pulled the house back.  Right now the banks are giving some consideration to people that are renting the homes.  In this case they are probably working out some deal to get the renter to buy the home.  My friend Larson did it.  He was living in a home that was in foreclosure.  He contacted the bank and they let him rent for a year. And then did a FHA mortgage for him after a year.  The bank helped somebody that needed a hand.

So the bottom line is that yes banks make some strange decisions and accept lower offers.  But I think most agents put your offer in,  even though it may not make sense why it wasn't accepted.

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Livonia demographics - Livonia real estate

 If you are thinking of relocating to Livonia MI and buying a piece of Livonia real estate here is Livonia demographics.   This will give you a glimpse of the city and what it's residents characteristics are.

                                                 Livonia                                                                                                         Michigan as a whole

Population, 2006 estimate 96,736 10,095,643
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 -3.8% 1.6%
Population, 2000 100,545 9,938,444
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 5.6% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 23.8% 26.1%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 16.9% 12.3%
Female persons, percent, 2000 51.5% 51.0%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 95.5% 80.2%
Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.9% 14.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2% 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.9% 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z Z
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.1% 1.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.7% 3.3%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 68.1% 57.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 6.7%

 

5.3%

Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 9.0% 8.4%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 88.8% 83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 29.7% 21.8%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 22.9 24.1

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Livonia relocation and general Livonia real estate information

If you have a Livonia relocation in your future here is some general Livonia real estate informationLivonia Michigan is located in the western suburbs of the Metro Detroit area.  It is located in Wayne County about 20 minutes from downtown Detroit, and 20 minutes from Ann Arbor, and 15 minutes from Southfield.

I would say that the majority of Livionia real estate is either 1000 square foot ranch homes or 1800 -2200 square foot colonials.  Of course the City of Livonia has ranchs, tri-levels, bungalows, colonials, and quad-levels ranging from 800 to 3500 square foot. Many of the ranch homes were built during the years 1950 - 1970.  The colonials started being built in the 1960 and 1970's with many new subdivisions built recently.

The ranch homes are usually brick 3 bedroom, 1 - 1.5 bathrooms, basement, one or two car garage. (sometimes attached) and about 1000 square foot.   

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The 1960 - 1970s colonials are usually half brick, half vinyl or aluminum.  3 or 4 bedrooms, basement (sometimes 3/4 basement....no basement under the family room)  2 + bathrooms, 2 car attached garage and about 1800 -2400 square foot.

The newer colonials are larger with master bedrooms, master baths, and walk in closets.  They range in size from 2400 to 3600 square foot.

I myself live in Livonia and think it is a great little town to live in. If you have a Livonia relocation soon I hope this Livonia real estate information is helpful  

Russ Ravary Your Livonia real estate agent serving all of Wayne and Oakland County  

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Livonia Spree

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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.

Livonia Spree

The had food tents with coney islands, pizza, middle eastern food, hamburgers, hotdogs, elephant ears, cajun food.

Livonia spree food   Bayou Billy food at Livonia Spree

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.

Livonia Spree rides

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.

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I even got into the act.

               Livonia Spree MI

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.

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