More Good News About Our Real Estate Market

According to the Traverse City Record Eagle in today's edition, "Existing home sales continued to surge in the 5-county area, and sale prices also are starting to rebound.

April home sales totaled 206 across Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Benzie, Antrim and Kalkaska counties, according to data from the Traverse Area Association of Realtors. That's a 14 percent increase from March totals and up 31 percent from April 2011.

The value of those transactions totaled more than $38.3 million, with nearly $21 million of that from Grand Traverse County. Leelanau totaled just over $5.2 million, while Benzie and Antrim were near $4.5 million in total sales."