Feel free to laugh along:

Q. Did you hear about Robin Hood’s house?
A. It has a little John.

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When a real estate agency had not sold our house, we decided to do it ourselves. I placed ads in the local papers; spray painted a “For Sale” message on a signboard, and posted it outside our house.

When my husband came home that evening, he told me, laughing, that my sign was the most truthful one he had ever seen. Confused, I rushed outside to look. In my haste I had printed - “For Sale by Ower.”

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Q. Why do appraisers carry a wasp in their hand?
A. Value is in the eye of the bee holder.

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A new homeowner got into his grubbiest clothes on Saturday morning and set about all the chores he had been putting off for weeks.

He cleaned the garage, pruned the hedges, and was halfway through mowing the lawn when a neighbor pulled up in front of the house and yelled, “Say, what do you get for yard work?”

The fellow thought for a minute, and then answered, “The lady who lives here lets me continue living with her.”

If you catch the doom-and-gloomnews on TV and in our newspapers, you would think we should see people hanging themselves from every visible yardarm in Macomb County and the metro-Detroit area. However, I am seeing new and exciting things happening this spring. The grip of winter is over and fear is lifting from people who are banding together! Putting aside their competitive instincts, other Realtors are calling me and we are working together to make things happen. We are not only thinking outside the box, but we are taking positive action.

In addition, homebuyers are peeking their heads out and making decisions again. The phones are ringing, the emails are filling up and homes are going on the market, which means more buyers are shifting.

With these facts in mind, if you are considering making a move, the time to act is now. In the dead of summer, it will be just that: dead. The Macomb County real estate market is very predictable in that regard. Sure, you will have to take less money for your home this year, but you will also get the deal of the century on your next home. There are deals out there that will simply amaze you. The key is to plan your Macomb County real estate move wisely and with care and take advantage of the spring surge.

Call Jeannie Sample for answers to all your Macomb County real estate questions: (810) 614-2120.

Here in April of 2007, studies show four distinctive positive buyer trends that will help sell your home:

1. We are having a baby boom here in the Metro Detroit area. It is very true! Macomb County homebuyers are having more babies in the last three years. The buyers that NEED, not WANT, are still out there buying and their tummies are out to here! Cramped quarters and living with Mom and Dad are forcing young buyers, with baby on the way, out to buy a home.
2. Our diversity in cultures is on a huge upswing. With that fact comes money from other areas! In addition, different cultures like different types of home. There is a rear for every seat and a seat for every rear, I say. We see this fact in Macomb County Real Estate all the time. This diversity helps sell all types of home in all areas.
3. Baby Boomers and Retirees are finally buying! After umpteen million years living in the same home, the Baby Boomers are retiring and finding a new place to live! This causes movement from part of generation who normally remained in one home for a long time in the Macomb County Real Estate market.
4. Pent-up Buyers will only wait so long. It is a fact that in Macomb County, people go through definite cycles of pent up buying sprees. In the last couple of years, with the Macomb County Real Estate market down, people stayed home and updated the home they currently own. Studies show that most people seek to buy another home once they have fixed up the old home. Right now, homes are being updated like crazy and it is only a matter of time when the itch happens and it starts a large scale buying spree. Don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t believe it? Think of all the people you know and perhaps even yourself, that fixed up their home and proceeded to go home shopping within six months of the updates.

With these positive, forward moving facts, your home has a larger chance of selling. They drive the housing market in Macomb County Real Estate. That is a fact.

Remember, houses are still selling. The Multiple Listing Service for Macomb County keeps track of Macomb County Real Estate and homes sold. The statistics prove that we still have movement. It is those Sellers who get creative, target these four factors, and price their home correctly that get the Grand Prize: a Buyer.