Saint Clair Homes

Vacationland 2009 travel magazine published a guide for the Blue Water Area recently, one of the things that they covered was places to stay in and around the St. Clair area. Pictured below is a portion of that page. Many of the St. Clair locations are great, small-town, historical places which everyone should try, rather than your standard hotel/motel setting.

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The economic down fall that we’ve been experiencing may have been the catalyst we needed for this great new venture of the Great Lakes being a motion picture hub. Not just the Great Lakes, but why not St Clair!?

I have heard from many within the real estate industry as well as from buyers and sellers, that the property won’t appraise. I myself have recently experienced this even though I had RECENT COMP’s to support a selling price. The following little article from Realtor.org packs a big punch with an explanation as to why this is happening. http://www.realtor.org/RMODaily.nsf/pages/News2009060502?OpenDocument

The National Association of Realtors has published a new brochure that outlines the Home Buyer's Tax Credit, covering how it works, deadlines, how much is available, repayment options, and who is eligible. The also provide web links to read further information if this is something that might apply to you. You can download a PDF of the brochure right here on the Saint Clair Homes website.

It’s true! Hollywood is coming to Detroit. The purchase of GM’s Centerpoint Complex, a 22 acre site, has formally closed.

This is a quick view of the real estate market in St. Clair County from 2006 to 2009.

It seems as though the tax credit has been approved for some closing costs, but not all. There also seems to be ways of receiving this credit up front, however, it would be advisable to seek the advice of an accountant on this matter. For more details as to how these new guidelines could help you in the purchase of your new home go to the original article on Realtor.org