So, the story goes that coal miners would carry caged canaries into the mines with them. Canaries, being very sensitive to toxic gas, would cease singing as the gas levels rose to dangerous levels. Thus the phrase canary in a coal mine.
I have maintained for some time now that Michigan is the canary in the [...]
Category Archives: Cities
4 Reasons To Get in the Ann Arbor Real Estate Game in 2009
January 3, 2009 – 12:43 pm
10 Tips for Ann Arbor Home Sellers
January 2, 2009 – 11:35 am
Periodically, my Google Reader pulls up some great stuff on real estate from across the globe. AgentGenius highlighted this video and I simply had to share it with you.
For Ann Arbor Home sellers it is vital to ensure your home has the best quality, price and marketing system in place. Having these three points taken [...]
The Changing Face of Real Estate in Ann Arbor
December 23, 2008 – 9:31 am
Ann Arbor area sellers know that selling a home has gotten more difficult, but many sellers, let alone agents, have been unable to quantify just how difficult. Perception being reality, it used to be that all you had to do was plant a sign in the yard and mystically the buyers would appear to purchase [...]
Housing Stats for November 2008: A Presentation on Ann Arbor Homes
December 19, 2008 – 5:46 pm
Presented here is a discussion/breakdown of the housing market in Washtenaw County, home to Ann Arbor, Michigan and the University of Michigan. Covered in this presentation are numbers simply about homes/single family residences.
