It's boom time for residential and commercial projects, particularly in the heart of downtown Traverse City but in outlying areas as well. Here’s a round-up of some of the developments nearly completed, underway, or in the planning stages. Meijer Superstore, Acme The largest project is the long-anticipated...
Andy Stireman, a longtime Traverse City real estate agent with Coldwell Banker Schmidt Realtors, neatly sums up the various opinions expressed about Zillow in two short sentences. “Consumers love it, so I love it,” Stireman said. “But it’s not perfect.” Seattle-based Zillow is firmly established as the...
Buying and selling a home is a process often fraught with anxiety, as prices are negotiated, financing is arranged, and all the i’s are carefully dotted and t’s precisely crossed. The process culminates in the closing, during which the papers are signed and money and...
Near Northport there is a luxury house along the sandy Grand Traverse Bay shoreline listed for $1.38 million, which recently hosted a flurry of interested buyers and basically serves as an economic barometer for up-and-coming real estate professional Aric Browning. “We are getting a lot of...
Ask just about any real estate agent around town how business is this spring - they'll barely have time to answer. April came in like a lion for local realtors – new listings are overwhelmed with showings, sellers are getting asking price (or more) and...
Kyle Miller made a unique career swap when he left the high-profile, but hectic, world of sports broadcasting to get into real estate sales. “I just love working with people and helping them to find their dream home," said the Indiana native who joined Traverse City's...
Camille Campbell grew up near Rapid River, spending many summers boating, beaching and making memories on Torch Lake. Today, she sells the Torch Lake cache as one of the many regional realtors specializing in ‘up north’ properties. Torch Lake, 17 miles northeast of Traverse City, is...
Realtor Tom Krause knows about failing and starting over. After a tough divorce and moving north to Traverse City to be closer to his son, his new life was met with a bumpy beginning. "I had been doing real estate in the Flint area and took a...
The real estate market in the Grand Traverse area is most definitely on the upswing with several agents reporting more closings in the the first quarter of 2015 than in years past. With residential property sales on the increase, and with a slew of new...
The Grand Traverse region is a rare natural beauty – scenic splendor relatively isolated from “the Big City.” When gazing out over Grand Traverse Bay, it can be easy to forget the area’s industrial roots. However, manufacturing, agriculture, and logging have left their mark. In many...
