Tomie Raines

What Do Agents Do For Buyers?

According to the National Association of REALTORS 2013 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, eighty-eight percent of home buyers purchased through a real estate agent or broker. Seven percent purchased from a builder or their agent but many used an agent to

Tomie Raines

Challenges for Buying a Home In Greater Lansing

Just as we have forecast, demand for homes is continuing to escalate. Inventory of salable homes is still lower than normal and buyers are abundant. The relaxing of lending standards is qualifying more buyers and the economic attractiveness of buying versus renting

Tomie Raines

Mid-Michigan Real Estate Market Heating Up

This year got off to a slower than normal start and though the sales volume in the greater Lansing market has increased about 3.7%, much of the gains came in May.  Extremely bad weather this past winter caused many sellers to put