
5x5 Night in Grand Rapids
5 ideas, 5 minutes each, 5 slides each, 5 judges, 5,000 dollars
5x5 Night is a monthly event in Grand Rapids that allows 5 people to pitch their ideas to a panel of judges who decide how to award $5,000 on the last Tuesday night of every…

Real Estate Gold Amidst Detroit's Downturn
Slows by farlane
A few weeks ago NPR had an interesting feature titled Despite Tough Times, Some See Opportunity In Detroit that looked at how Detroit's dramatic downturn has created some amazing opportunities for starting businesses.
Phil…

Five things you need to know for Thursday, March 27, 2008
Welcome to a special Michigan Homes & Real Estate edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan. Before I dive in I wanted to say a little something about our month themes. We got the word that a) you like them but b) you would…

March is Home Month on Absolute Michigan
Homes along East Ferry Avenue - Detroit MI by pinehurst19475
For the month of March, Absolute Michigan will be featuring Homes with stories about historic Michigan houses, home & home design blogs, green building and other new trends…

Home is where...
well red by suesue2
For the whole month of March, we'll be featuring Homes on Absolute Michigan with features about historic Michigan homes, green building and other new trends in construction and some great neighborhoods across the state.…

Five things you need to know for Tuesday, November 27, 2007
They said it: Dana Johnson, chief economist for used-to-be-Detroit-based Comerica Bank in forecasting modest 1-2% growth for Michigan's economy in 2008. We'll finally have the sense, after four years of a downturn, we're on a rise again. Roy…

Blogs We Dig: Our Michigan
For Sale by John BairdCeleste Whiting's Our Michigan is a blog that takes a probing look at hard to comprehend mega-issues like the global financial upheaval, simplifies them, and then explores how they relate to life right here in Michigan.…

House Dems propose real estate package
Yellow House by anikarenina
The Detroit News reports (Buying a home? Tax freeze may be on way) that Michigan's House Democrats have proposed a package of bills calling for a state-backed second mortgage to provide six months of foreclosure…

Vol I, No. 1: Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization!
This is a page where we asked folks to say hello. Lots of them did!
The current version of Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization is right there.

Michigan Second Mortgages Increasing Faster than Home Values
Looking up by Geoffrey George
also see Looking Up (set)
The Detroit Free Press reports that census data shows that 556,000 Michigan homes (19% of all owner-occupied homes in the state - 2% over the national average) have some kind of…