1. Mortgage Rates Are Creating a Real Buyer Window — Counsel Your Clients Accordingly Michigan 30-year fixed rates are sitting at approximately 6.32% APR as of early June 2026 — down 54 basis points from a year ago, according to NerdWallet Michigan mortgage rate data. On a $400,000 purchase with 20% down that is roughly $120 less per month and nearly $43,000 less over the life of the loan. What I am seeing on the ground: buyers who walked away at 7% are coming back. First-timers who were priced out are re-engaging. Move-up buyers in Farmington Hills and Novi are doing the math and liking what they see. Forecasts point toward the 5.25% to 5.75% range before year end — credible and already changing buyer behavior. Oakland County inventory remains under two months of supply. Properly pric... 06/10/2026

The Death of Personal Responsibility: When Did Someone Else’s Child Become My Financial Burden? If you spend an hour reading the mainstream media’s endless coverage on the "childcare crisis," you’ll notice a glaring, systematic omission. There are thousands of words dedicated to systemic failure, government subsidies, and corporate mandates. But you will search in vain for the two words that used to anchor the entire concept of family in America: personal responsibility. When did basic family planning stop being part of the plan?For generations, the calculus of starting a family was straightforward, rooted in maturity and foresight. Before bringing a new life into the world, would-be parents asked themselves a fundamental, agonizingly practical question: "How are we going to afford the... 06/15/2026

I will be honest with you — when I started in real estate 24 years ago, digital marketing meant having a listing on a website. Today it means something entirely different. It means being found on Google before a competitor, showing up in AI search results, having video that makes buyers feel what it is like to live in a home before they ever walk through the door, and maintaining a digital presence that builds trust over the 10 weeks a buyer typically spends researching before they call anyone.That is the world we are operating in now across Farmington Hills, Novi, Northville, West Bloomfield, and all of Oakland County — and I want to share what I have actually seen work.What Does Digital Marketing Actually Mean for Real Estate in 2026?Digital marketing in real estate is the coordinated... 06/14/2026

Every few months, a seller asks me some version of the same question: "My neighbor's house sold for $50,000 more than mine, and it's the same size — why?" Sometimes the answer really is location or condition. But more often than people expect, the answer is something simpler and more structural: when the home was built.Farmington Hills, Michigan has a genuinely wide range of construction eras living side by side — and that range explains more about price differences than almost any other single factor. After 24 years pricing homes across Farmington Hills, here is what I look for.Why Does Farmington Hills Have Such a Wide Range of Home Ages?Farmington Hills grew in waves. Some neighborhoods date back to the 1950s and 1960s, built during the first big wave of Detroit-area suburban expansi... 06/12/2026