Recent Blog Posts by CENTURY 21 Town & Country

GB SHELTER MORTGAGE AND CENTURY 21 TOWN & COUNTRY PARTNER

   in partnership with  For Immediate ReleaseJanuary 25, 2012 GB SHELTER MORTGAGE AND CENTURY 21 TOWN & COUNTRY PARTNER Detroit, MI – GB Shelter Mortgage has partnered with CENTURY 21 Town & Country, the number oneCENTURY 21 Firm in Michigan, to provide on site lending resources to customers at all CENTURY 21local offices. "GB Shelter Mortgage has been successfully ...

Thoughts on Leasing. By William Frohriep, Ph.D.,Associate Broker, Sales Manager

Thoughts on Leasing  One of the first lessons a new landlord learns is that there are numerous responsibilities associated with leasing and managing a rental unit. Today’s challenging real estate market has left many sellers with unsold properties. Frequently, these sellers consider the possibility of leasing their property. Whether this consideration is based on the need to cover the holding ...

WIN A 2012 CADILLAC CTS AND $50,000! 53rd Easter Seals Raffle

What could be better than winning a new car plus $50,000? Answer: Helping people with disabilities lead more independent lives. Click Here to Order Tickets! The Details Tickets are $50 each • Only 5,000 tickets will be sold Winning ticket will be drawn February 25, 2012, 2 PM Winner need not be present to win. Confirmation of your ticket numbers will be sent to you upon receipt of ...

What is Flipping and why you should not do it

Since 2007, fraud involving distressed properties has increased greatly, none more aggressively than short sale flips. A growing trend of short sale flipping has Freddie Mac and the FBI investigating various cases where lenders, distressed homeowners, and/or end-buyers are being defrauded. Everyone should be aware of this trend, and how Realtors and clients can avoid becoming a victim of or party to ...

Good News in Royal Oak and beyond!

Recent sales trends indicate that the market is stable and in many cases improving. August was a banner month in Royal Oak with unit sales increasing by 44.7% and the median sales price increased by 9.1%.* We now have a plus for the year to date and we expect that trend to continue. The last number is very good news for property owners who have seen values decline for the past 5 plus years. Other ...

Press Release - CENTURY 21 Town & Country Opens Northville, MI Sales Office

Press Release Metro area multi-office Real Estate Brokerage Company Expands With Northville Office Opening Northville, MI, August 4, 2011: John R. Kersten, President and Owner, announced today that his firm is expanding its regional coverage by adding a new sales office in Northville at 41820 Six Mile Rd., near Haggerty Rd. The company has already positioned itself strategically ...

Easy Tips for Going Green

Some can actually be fun!!! Choose to walk - take Rover with you and enjoy all the happy tail wagging Share rides - tell jokes or sing to music along the way Plant trees - eventually sit underneath them with a lemonade drink and/or decorate for holidays Ride a bike - either helps to lose weight or allows one to splurge on a forbidden food afterward :) Use a clothesline - with or without underwear ...

Listen to our current radio spot promoting our upcoming Easter Seals Car Raffle!

Click the radio to hear the Easter Seals fundraising car raffle promotion now airing on 96.3 and 93.1:  

Don’t Believe All You Read & Hear About the Real Estate Market.

If everyone were to believe what the media is saying about the current real estate market you would think all of us Realtors would be standing in line at the local soup kitchen. Hardly the case! In fact we are experiencing a great year in home sales and leases. Many of our agents are achieving double digit unit sales increases over 2010 and average sales prices appear to moving upward. The media ...

Credit Is Crucial !!!!

How good is your credit score?  Six quick (and general) tips aimed toward improving this number as soon as possible: 1) Pay your bills on time as much as possible 2) Correct any mistakes you may find reported from any of the (3) reporting agencies 3) Strive to reduce balances of revolving credit lines to less than 50% 4) Pay off collection accounts 5) Detach yourself from frivolous ...

Press Release - Taylor Resident Wins 2011 Chevrolet Corvette Coupe & $50,000 - CENTURY 21 Town & Country Raffle Benefits Easter Seals Michigan

TAYLOR, MI (May 12, 2011) -- CENTURY 21 Town & Country President John R.Kersten presents Taylor resident, Denise Charneski, with her winnings. Charneski was the winner of the 49th CENTURY 21 Town & Country Car and Cash Raffle benefitting EasterSeals Michigan on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at John Bowman Chevrolet in Clarkston. CENTURY 21 Town & Country has raised more than $11 million for Easter ...

EXPIRED - Win a 2011 Corvette and $50,000! 49TH Easter Seals Raffle. - EXPIRED

What could be better than winning a new car plus $50,000? Answer: Helping people with disabilities lead more independent lives by supporting Easter Seals - Michigan! Enter for your chance to win a 2011 Corvette and $50,000! Tickets are $50, and only 5,000 will be sold. EXPIRED EXPIRED Winning ticket will be drawn: May 7, 2011, 2 PMJohn Bowman Chevrolet6750 Dixie Highway at M-15Clarkston, MI  ...

Short Sale Perspective

Short Sale Perspective for the Homeowner Many homeowners find themselves in a situation where the current market and economic conditions converge causing the homeowner to be over encumbered in their property. The ease at which lenders have offered to finance all or most of the purchase price, second mortgages that place a lien against the homeowner's equity, a depreciating real estate market, and ...

" It's a Great Time to Buy "

Based on the current market indications we feel it is a great time to buy a new home. Fewer Foreclosures, Higher Rental Rates, Job Growth in the Economy all contribute to a positive upswing in the Southeast Michigan Real Estate Market. If you have been waiting for the bottom, we have already been there. We are seeing more listings and sales than this time last year and we are ready to assist anyone ...

Professionalism Doesn't Cost, It Pays!

Seek the advice of professionals when buying or selling real estate.   The Realtor wants you to have a great buying or selling experience, but today's world has too many intricacies with tax consequences and legal liabilities for you to expect the Realtor to know everything you need to know in order to do what is best for you.   Everyone's situation is unique.   Don't ...

CENTURY 21 Town & Country launches new Web 2.0 Experience

We are proud to announce the launch of the new CENTURY21Town-Country.com website. Our goal is to make the home buying and selling process as easy and efficient as possible for you, our clients. CENTURY21Town-Country.com offers cutting-edge search technology to buyers and sellers, which is built on a Google Maps platform. All listings offer a neighborhood view with satellite imaging ...

How's the Market?

Probably one of the most popular questions to ask a Realtor today is how’s the market? A partial answer to this question can be found in the 2010 year-end statistics recently released by the Realcomp Multiple Listing Service. The table below identifies the sales reported to Realcomp Multiple Listing Service in 2010 and 2009. A number of important and positive trends have emerged. For example, ...

CENTURY 21 Town & Country Royal Oak Office Welcomes Three Agents in the New Year!

Three agents starting off the new year! We would like to welcome Sandra Brown, Trish Crocker and Kim Morgan to our Royal Oak office. 

Housing market trending toward recovery

CENTURY 21 Town & Country agent Joanna Darmanin talks about the housing recovery.  Read the article here:  http://ow.ly/3zvlS