| The median closing price for recent real estate sales | | | | properties on the market means that each home |
| in Grand Blanc MI was nearly $200,000. Unlike nearby | | | | stays on the market longer. |
| cities and many areas of the state, there has been | | | | A number of the recent real estate sales in Grand |
| an increase in the number of recent real estate | | | | Blanc MI were new home sales. Even though there |
| transactions in Grand Blanc MI, and in property values. | | | | are thousands of existing homes in Grand Blanc, |
| Still, buying and selling may be difficult in the area for | | | | hundreds of which are currently for sale, there is |
| many reasons that will be discussed here. | | | | new construction. This means more competition for |
| A Bit of History | | | | those of you trying to sell. |
| Both the city and township of Grand Blanc are | | | | 179 of the recent real estate transactions in Grand |
| located in Genesee County. The area was originally | | | | Blanc MI were foreclosures. In Flint, the number of |
| settled by the Chippewa. French traders arrived in | | | | foreclosures was over 1200. It is sad and amazing |
| the late 1700s. The pioneer families that followed | | | | that two cities within a few miles of each other can |
| adopted the French name, which means "Great | | | | have such different economies. According to the last |
| White". The township was organized in 1833 and the | | | | census, the median income for a family in the city of |
| city was incorporated in 1930. | | | | Grand Blanc was $82,456; in Flint, $32,000. |
| The city of Flint is the county seat of Genesee and | | | | Whether you live in Flint, Grand Blanc or anywhere in |
| is only a few miles north of Grand Blanc Township. | | | | Michigan, if you need to sell your house quickly, for |
| While closing prices for recent real estate sales in | | | | any reason, you need to know that there are |
| Grand Blanc MI were good, as mentioned above, the | | | | options. Experienced real estate investors, like us, can |
| median price in Flint, for the same period, was | | | | provide those options by lease optioning your home |
| $74,900. The unemployment rate in Flint is nearly | | | | for you and putting a tenant-buyer in there who will |
| 8%, but Grand Blanc's economy seems to be | | | | take over the monthly mortgage payments with an |
| somewhat unaffected by the problems affecting Flint | | | | option to purchase it. |
| and much of the rest of Michigan. | | | | For buyers, we have credit repair programs, |
| If you have lived in the area for a while, you may | | | | mortgage brokers, attorneys, and with no charge to |
| have been a victim of the suffering economy. You | | | | you...(except a few dollars to run your credit to know |
| may be struggling with "leftover" credit scores, | | | | what we have to do for you), we can put you into a |
| finding it difficult to buy and thinking that your only | | | | home, as long as you are sick of wasting money on |
| option is renting. The truth is that if you are currently | | | | rent, and have at least $3,000 to put down to get |
| employed and can afford to pay rent, then you can | | | | into a home. |
| probably buy a home. If you have a small | | | | The recent real estate transactions in Grand Blanc MI |
| downpayment and a little motivation, you can | | | | include permits to develop Trillium Park which includes |
| probably qualify for a lease option agreement. | | | | a 14 screen movie theater. Business owners, both |
| A lease option (also called a rent to own) is an | | | | small and large account for a large number of recent |
| excellent strategy for motivated buyers and sellers. | | | | real estate sales in Grand Blanc MI. |
| In struggling economies, owners find it difficult to sell | | | | There are many reasonably priced properties in |
| and many would-be home owners find it difficult or | | | | Grand Blanc and we can help you find one, even if |
| impossible to buy. For sellers, the large number of | | | | you have problem credit. |