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	<title>Detroit Area Real Estate - Canton &#124; Plymouth &#124; Northville &#124; Livonia - Community News</title>
	<link>http://blog.thebittingerteam.com</link>
	<description>Real Estate sales, investing, financing, and current values in the Canton, Plymouth and Northville Michigan area.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Want a quick home sale? Canton, Michigan home owners find out how.</title>
		<link>http://blog.thebittingerteam.com/2008/08/15/want-a-quick-home-sale-canton-michigan-home-owners-find-out-how/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Bittinger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Curb Appeal]]></category>

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Canton and Plymouth, Michigan home owners learn the value of curb appeal and how it relates to the quick sale of their house. Simply defined, Curb Appeal is a&#160;&#34;Common term for everything prospective buyers can see from the street that might make them want to take a closer look at a house for sale.&#34; Canton, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canton first time home buyers tax credit basics.</title>
		<link>http://blog.thebittingerteam.com/2008/08/04/canton-first-time-home-buyers-tax-credit-basics/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thebittingerteam.com/2008/08/04/canton-first-time-home-buyers-tax-credit-basics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Bittinger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[First Time Home Buyers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Home Financing]]></category>

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Calling all first time home buyers&#160;in Canton and Plymouth, Michigan. The federal government is making home ownership so easy&#160;it&#8217;s like they are handing you money. You can&#8217;t afford to pass this opportunity by.&#160;
A new bill has been passed that provides significant federal tax credits for first time home buyers. The details are a bit daunting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canton, MI homeowners discover ways to avoid foreclosure.</title>
		<link>http://blog.thebittingerteam.com/2008/07/11/canton-mi-homeowners-discover-ways-to-avoid-foreclosure/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thebittingerteam.com/2008/07/11/canton-mi-homeowners-discover-ways-to-avoid-foreclosure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Bittinger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Foreclosure and Short Sales]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[foreclosure help]]></category>

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Plymouth and Canton, Michigan homeowners facing foreclosure usually don&#8217;t know they have many options. We help them discover ways to avoid foreclosure they never though of or were told would not work.
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If you are like most homeowners facing foreclosure, you want to keep your home. Perhaps you raised your family in this home and have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canton, Mi home buyers find bargains in pre foreclosure houses.</title>
		<link>http://blog.thebittingerteam.com/2008/06/26/canton-mi-home-buyers-find-bargains-in-pre-foreclosure-houses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Bittinger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Foreclosure and Short Sales]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Investing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[buying foreclosures]]></category>

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Buy that sinking house before it totally submerges into the foreclosure process! That&#8217;s our advice to home buyers looking for homes in Canton and Plymouth, Michigan. 
Home buyers usually ask us to search specifically for foreclosed houses thinking this is where the best bargains are. 
Savvy buyers look for houses that are in danger of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canton and Plymouth home buyers say no to cash back deals!</title>
		<link>http://blog.thebittingerteam.com/2008/06/15/canton-and-plymouth-home-buyers-say-no-to-cash-back-deals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Bittinger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Home Financing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[House Values]]></category>

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Home sales in Canton, Plymouth, Livonia, Northville, and pretty much all of the Detroit suburbs has been painfully slow. That&#8217;s why &#8220;Cash Back Deals&#8221; for home buyers are starting to surface. When confronted with a money back transaction . . .&#160;Just Say No! 
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Several of our clients have asked why not. Manufacturers and retailers often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We lost our precious Daphne last week.</title>
		<link>http://blog.thebittingerteam.com/2008/06/02/we-lost-our-precious-daphne-last-week/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thebittingerteam.com/2008/06/02/we-lost-our-precious-daphne-last-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Bittinger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Niles &amp; Daphne's Corner]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Lee and Noel Bittinger and Niles and Daphne]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lee and Noel Bittinger's Dog Died]]></category>

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We took Niles and Daphne to the groomer last Wednesday because Noel&#8217;s family was coming to visit. We always give Niles and Daphne a &#8220;Buff &#38; Fluff&#8221; when we have visitors&#8230;being real proud of the little critters.
The groomer called us a couple of hours after dropping them off to alert us that Daphne was having [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low Appraisals Add To Seller&#8217;s Woes&#8230;Setting Your House Price, Clinic #1</title>
		<link>http://blog.thebittingerteam.com/2008/05/22/low-appraisals-add-to-sellers-woessetting-your-house-price-clinic-1/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thebittingerteam.com/2008/05/22/low-appraisals-add-to-sellers-woessetting-your-house-price-clinic-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 19:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Bittinger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[House Values]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Your Home For Sale]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pricing Your Home For Sale]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[canton appraisals]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[fixing a low appraisal]]></category>

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Getting the highest price for the sale of your home is usually a seller&#8217;s primary objective.&#160;But even if you sell the house at a high price, it still has to appraise or it will never make&#160;it to closing.
Our experience in home sales in the Detroit, Michigan suburbs is that sellers, with the help of their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Having a hard time facing foreclosure?</title>
		<link>http://blog.thebittingerteam.com/2008/05/12/having-a-hard-time-facing-foreclosure/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thebittingerteam.com/2008/05/12/having-a-hard-time-facing-foreclosure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 03:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Bittinger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Foreclosure and Short Sales]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Home Financing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category>

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&#160;Losing your home to foreclosure is a reality many people have a hard time facing. The growing number of foreclosures in Canton, Plymouth, and the surrounding communities are accompanied by homeowners unwilling to face the facts. Instead of hiding, the best advice is to talk to your lender as soon as you can.
&#160;When the bill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Positive home sale factors the media ignore.</title>
		<link>http://blog.thebittingerteam.com/2008/05/05/positive-home-sale-factors-the-media-ignore/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thebittingerteam.com/2008/05/05/positive-home-sale-factors-the-media-ignore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 14:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Bittinger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Home Financing]]></category>

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Thumbs up for all the positive things about home sales in Detroit, Michigan suburbs that are not getting reported by the media!
It is true that home sales are at an all time low here in Canton, Plymouth, Northville, Livonia and pretty much all of&#160;southeastern Michigan. &#160;The media remind us of foreclosures,&#160;short sales, and the slowdown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look before you leap &#8230;. or Flip a House!</title>
		<link>http://blog.thebittingerteam.com/2008/04/28/look-before-you-leap-or-flip-a-house/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thebittingerteam.com/2008/04/28/look-before-you-leap-or-flip-a-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Bittinger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Flip That House]]></category>

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If you leap right in to house flipping will you make big money or loose change? 
How you plan a house flip makes all the difference.
There are lots of opportunities to make money on house flips in Canton, Plymouth, Northville and many more of the surrounding communities in the Detroit suburbs. We have seen our [...]]]></description>
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