REALTORS® are real estate licensees that are Members of a local Association of REALTORS® and subscribe to the Code of Ethics of the National Association of REALTORS®. The Southwestern Michigan Association of REALTORS is an advocate for their REALTOR® Members and actively promotes and protects private property rights for everyone.
REALTORS® are involved in their local communities contributing their time and talents to various service clubs, business organizations, schools, churches and local government to insure their communities continue to be a good place to live. REALTORS® are currently involved in a three county project for ”Suitcases for Kids”, which provides benefits to children in the foster home program in each county. They will also be a part of the Great Lakes Cleanup on September 25, 2010 by adopting the North Beach in South Haven and having the REALTORS® volunteering for other beach cleanups on that day along Lake Michigan.
REALTORS® that participate in the Multiple Listing System (MLS) can sell other REALTORS® property listings that are filed in the MLS. The local MLS is a Member of a regional database (SWMRIC) which provides our Members with property information from 22 Counties in South and
The Housing Market in Southwestern Michigan for July 2010 | 
July brought the mix bag of numbers with some really good and some really surprising. With the closing extension for the tax credit, we would have expected the number of homes sold and closed to remain up or even with last month and with July of last year. Instead we sold 55 fewer homes than in June and 70 less than in July 2009.
SWMA Home Sales Up For First Half of the Year |
ST. JOSEPH, MI – “June started our peak selling period with a 10 percent increase in houses sold and closed over May. However like May, June closed sales did not carry the surge that we had experienced from February until April that was a result of the Stimulus Tax Credit. June closed sales were 10 percent lower than in June of 2009. Since buyers had until June 30th to close sales, this may indicate that pending sales did not get closed or that buyers did not take advantage of the tax credit. Congress has passed an extension of the Homebuyer Tax Credit closing deadline to September 30, 2010 so we will have to see if the extension will have any effect,” stated Gary Walter, EVP, of the Southwestern Michigan Association of REALTORS®, Inc.
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