Tomie Raines

Selecting A Listing Agent

Hiring a professional REALTOR to represent you in a real estate sale is the most critcal decision you will make, but often it is made in the most haphazard way possible for the poorest of reasons. Would you select a medical, legal,

Tomie Raines

Where Are Home Prices Going?

This is the big question on many people's minds and the answers vary. There are discussions of a ‘housing bubble’ created by rapidly increasing prices crushing demand or that increasing interest rates will reduce purchasing power which will force prices down. Other

Tomie Raines

Thinking About Buying a Home-Do It Now.

There are three important reasons to consider buying a home now. 1. Prices in most of greater Lansing are rising and are expected to continue to rise. Average selling prices historically appreciate at about 3.5% a year but a recent national Home Price