on the "chip-in sportsmans club" a hangout for former auto workers who chipped in and bought a building

The eviction this week of a local Web hosting firm temporarily crippled the Web sites of several nonprofits and businesses.

IAS.net lost its office space in Swisher Commercial's Northern Brewery building on Jones Drive due to "chronic late-payment of rent," said Doug Smith, a Swisher Commercial agent.

Smith said his attorney advised him not to comment further. But IAS's Web site lists dozens of clients, including the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority, Eastern Michigan University Foundation, Zingerman's and Michigan Radio.

real estate blog for plymouth / canton / livonia / northville area - about 70% real estate, 30% goings on around town

see what town looks like through the eyes of realtors. interesting perspective, quite a bit of residential real estate info mixed in with the odd bit of news and opinion. (compare w/outside.in for contrast)

The Wall Street Journal delves into the world of real estate blogs this morning, with a focus on their commenting culture, to see how they're faring as the housing crisis continues. "Thanks to the housing crisis, real-estate blogs are blooming not only in number, but in nastiness, as thousands of strangers swap stinging critiques of high-end homes hitting the market." The paper looks at the fallout from the jabs, citing one house seller who tuned in to Brownstoner and saw his property getting the royal treatment, from us and from the commenters, alike. "Readers quickly chimed in, citing overuse of track lighting and black granite and calling the border on the bathtub 'hideous' and the furniture 'cheesy,'" they write. "'They're probably hipsters — people who live really grungy,' counters Dr. Fernandez, noting that the bathroom tiles are handmade and the 'cheesy' furniture cost over $100,000."

Localism provides the environment where residents and business owners can create a micro-social network uniquely attuned to their individual communities. Together, they use multi-media to paint a canvas of local color and texture. Their Localism 'Neighborpedia' becomes an extension of who and what they are.

Ann Arbor Realtors are using everything from technology like Internet search-engine optimization and Web lead generation to basic skills like market research to keep their businesses going through a market characterized by soft prices and low volume.

The 201 Depot Street building has been vacant since it was completed in late 2006. The Depot Street building has a state equalized value of $1.1 million, and pays taxes of approximately $60,000 annually, according to city records.

Forest City's tour of the Pfizer site must be pretty big news in Ann Arbor — a local business commentator sorts through the rumors to pick a favorite. (an anti-Atlantic Yards site picks up local news)

"If we had been left alone, probably the building would be just about completed by now," said Greg Cook, who now works in Las Vegas, after losing his job as the executive director of the AATA following questions over travel expenses.

They said they were told the house at 1211 Wright Street in Ann Arbor was built in the early 1900s. Turns out, it was likely built in 1845.

While initial reports suggested that Pfizer’s departure would remove over two thousand jobs from the area, recent statistics say that total will be much lower. For Google, the company is in the early stages of the hiring process.

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As some of you may or may not know, Lowes is offering what they call "Katrina Cottages," which are small, low cost, easy to build dwellings intended as an alternative to FEMA trailers for victims of Hurricane Katrina. These homes are sold as "kits" whic

"We have heard anecdotally from several advertisers that they are cutting their spending," Jon Kaplan, director of financial services advertising at Google (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research), told Reuters. "People are cutting their budgets but (Web) searc

Maureen Francis, a Birmingham, Mich.-based broker and the author of miOaklandCounty, has been writing her real estate blog for two years and says she is "a voracious watcher" of community public access television. "I follow every city council and village

My old landlord made the headlines again yesterday in this front page article in the Ann Arbor News. Basically, Dale Newman's houses were declared uninhabitable because of his criminal fraudulence. The good news is, I will be getting my money back after a

$3400 neg. apx. 2300SqFt. Located downtown Ann Arbor, one block from Main and Liberty, in Town Center Plaza next to Eastern Accents. Kitchen Area, and bathroom in space. Space may be able to be broken up into two spaces. 210 S. 4th Ave. For more informati

What's worse is that a lot of that advertising may never come back to newspapers even if the real estate sector recovers. That's because a significant chunk of those advertising dollars are moving — you guessed, online.

I use Google Alerts to keep up with what is being said About Ann Arbor Real Estate, Saline Real Estate, Missy Caulk, Blogs about Ann Arbor and other topics on the World Wide Web I want to be aware of.

using the Trulia tool to watch Birmingham, MI get built one neighborhood at a time.

Rick Klau has an awesome realtor for relocating from Chicago to California

Meadowlark Builders of Ann Arbor is building a duplex on spec at 723 and 729 Spring St. that appears to be among the first new residences in the city to use insulating concrete form walls.

Goodbye, Anberay apartments. Hello, Zaragon Place Lofts.

That's basically what the Ann Arbor City Council said Monday night when it approved the demolition of historic Anberay apartment building, commonly known as "Melrose Place" among University of M

Thomson Healthcare, Inc. is leasing an additional floor, increasing its office space to 143,000 square feet of the 777 Eisenhower building near the corner of State Street and Eisenhower Parkway.

Staubach is representing Pfizer in marketing the Ann Arbor campus; here's Roger's blog (not updated since Jan 2007 but interesting nonetheless, dig into the archives)

using stamen design's visualizer to see settlement and growth patterns in communities over time.

The flip side of the Pfizer shutdown in Ann Arbor is a booming real estate market in Eastern Connecticut.

Missy Caulk writes on the impact of Pfizer leaving on Ann Arbor home prices - and how Pfizer's $100k guarantee is driving them down

Since I moved from St. Louis to Ann Arbor, I’ve become the latter’s unpaid ambassador, singing this small town’s praises like nobody’s business. I’ve been here long enough, however, to see that all is not golden in this little haven.

Spark expects to move by Aug. 1 to 3,500 square feet on the fourth floor of McKinley Towne Centre - where it will share space with Google and law firm Bodman LLP - at the corner of Division and Liberty streets.

the google building in downtown ann arbor

Chaconas: Our retail business has softened. If it wasn't for coffee shops, we'd be in trouble. We just got a vacancy at Courtyard Shops when Hollywood Video moved out. I used to get 20 calls a month to get people in there. After four months of marketing,

No charge for leads, additional photos "featured homes" click straight through to the source. Unlike the Yahoo Prudential where agents are paying big referral fees, the Keller Williams Listing Services puts listings on Google and Trulia with tons of pho

Big House Data pulls through again! April 2007 Ann Arbor area housing statistics are available. Before discussing the stats, if you would like a full copy of the stats package, please drop me an email at todd-at-toddwaller-dot-com.

realtors in a down market scared of zillow as a buyer's weapon for driving prices down further with tough questions.

Parsigian came from Miller, Paddock, Canfield and Stone PLC, where he practiced law for about 20 years. Honigman wants to establish a strong base of general business clientele, but especially hopes to attract technology-related clients.

Angelina has found a possible house for her family to buy. The owners moved to Ann Arbor because of Pfizer and now will be moving out because of Pfizer.

ann arbor real estate blog from kathy toth

The lack of a car has not been a problem, and we sincerely hope we’ll never have to buy another one. We’ve only needed a car twice, and we simply rented one. And trips to the airport are far less stressful when all you have to do is hail a taxi.

Once you've gathered as much information as you can, review it. Does the neighborhood seem to meet your needs? Did you find any information that's a deal breaker? Can you picture yourself living here happily? Be as picky as you can afford to be; no return

From being out looking at homes on the market it is very clear that values have dropped. (Prices have dropped.)

Two quick examples:
1. ~1,000 sqft ranch in nice shape on the West side for under $175K with a full basement and a 2 car garage. Seller bou

It is really not that difficult of a concept to understand, many corporations do offer this to highly sought after employees.The package Pfizer is offering is to reimburse the employee up to 100K, if they aren't able to sell their home for what they paid.

Pfizer will pay an employee up to $100,000 to offset a loss if his or her home sells for below its value, according to local spokesman Rick Chambers - a perk that will surely ease the fear of workers who want to transfer, but worry about selling their hom

no specific line item tracking ann arbor real estate prices, but very interesting data.

look at 173 search results of fake testimonials for real estate services

strudeau, the other hack people have done is "retrofit cohousing" - buy a place explicitly to turn into cohousing, sometimes buy a couple places on a block. a left coast thing.

oakland county michigan real estate blog

A neighbor wanted to build a new garage and needed variances from city code to do it. Thanks to our neighborhood email list they got five people in the neighborhood to voice their support, and they were allowed to build.

Jim is looking for 2000 sq ft in Seattle - and he needs it pronto. No web site is any help.

nice buildings, priced too high, now in posession by creditors

from Freakonomics, on language in real estate listings