Activity remains high in the local real estate market as first-time buyers race toward signing a deal before the $8,000 federal tax credit expires on Dec. 1. While everyone in the real estate industry hopes the credit is extended beyond that deadline, no one is taking that possibility for granted.
Ann Arbor’s real estate community continues to be split on the reasons and value of administrative brokerage fees charged on home sales, even as the use of those fees garners national attention after a spring court ruling. That case was in Alabama, where a federal judge ruled that charging an ...