Check out this new listing in the Grand Rapids real estate market in Alger heights. This 4 bedroom, 2 bath home with over 2200 square feet is a gem in the area. Take a Look!!!

There is a great new web site for Grand Rapids real estate, mlive.com. This site allows you to search for homes, find agents in your area and gives you valuable information about the real estate market in your area. This site is updated daily as it is associated with all of the papers in Michigan.

Why buy a home in East Grand Rapids?

Well, being a resident of East Grand Rapids for over 40 years and growing up here, I would call myself an expert in the East Grand Rapids real estate market.

East Grand Rapids boasts one of the top public school systems not only in the State of Michigan, but Nationally. Our students go on to further their education at an astounding percentage rate.

East Grand Rapids can also brag about it’s outstanding athletic programs as well being able to say that they have the most state championships of any public high school in the nation, at 112. That includes all sports, from football to basketball to golf and swimming , tennis and so on.

East Grand Rapids also has a wonderful arts program with a fully equipped “opera house” and one of the best music and singing departments in the state.

But the school system is not the only reason to buy a home in East Grand Rapids. There are other facets to this wonderful city that are worth writing about. The city has a small knit closeness that is hard to find these days. Your children will be able to walk to school, (no busing), walk home for lunch and most of all, never more than a few blocks from their friends. Families in East Grand Rapids tend to stick around as they grow up and create families of their own. So, many generations of families continue to live in and around the area and enjoy the many things this city offers as the years pass along.

East Grand Rapids is home to Reeds and Fisk Lakes and wonderful Collins Park at Reeds lake. There is Gaslight Village, full of great shops and restaurants, and a bike and running trail around Reeds Lake. There is Friday night football games; a true tradition in East Grand Rapids, the 4th of July fireworks shot over Reeds lake, the Reeds Lake Run, the many parades and art festivals and just the ever present families always walking and riding bikes around the streets and sidewalks of East Grand Rapids.

East Grand Rapids is home to some of the most beautiful architecture seen in Western Michigan. These homes were built from 1880 to 2009 and range in price from $135,000 to $3,000,000. Character is everywhere. If you want classic, modern, waterfront, brick, art-deco…whatever, you will find it here, and I am the real estate agent in East Grand Rapids to help you. I grew up here, I was educated here and have put both of my children through the East Grand Rapids School system.

East Grand Rapids has great history, great families and great houses. If you want to learn more about East Grand Rapids, just give me a call, and I will be more than happy to let you in on this Western Michigan’s best kept secret.

Once again in 2009, Keller Williams Grand Rapids is ranked in the top 25 real estate offices in the nation for Keller Williams Realty National. This year, Keller Williams Grand Rapids was ranked #14 out of over 740 offices nationally and #1 in it’s region for units sold. We are also ranked 17th nationally and #1 regionally for our profitability. We may not have the most agents in our office in Grand Rapids, but what we do have is the most productive and most efficient group of real estate professionals. It is a great company to work for and I am proud to be a part of such a wonderful organization with very high standards in culture, training and client satisfaction.
If you have not already chosen a real estate company to represent you in a buying or selling need, please consider Keller Williams and The Sprich Group for your real estate needs.

Keller Williams Grand Rapids now has a Commercial real estate division. If you have any commercial real estate or investment property needs, just contact me at Keller Williams Realty and I can give you the direction necessary. Thank you for considering Keller Wiiliams and The Sprich Group.

Great Condominium just listed in Grand Rapids/Forest hills Schools in the very desirable Centennial neighborhood!! Just click anywhere, it will take you to the listing.

Here are a few items form a survey done in 2009 polling home buyers and home sellers in 2009 by the National Association of Realtors.

Here are five highlights:

90% of home buyers use the internet to search for a home.
84% report that photos are the most useful information.
77% purchase their home with an agent.
85% sell their home with an real estate agent.
The median age of all home buyers is 39, same as last year.

Take a look at this stunning new listing in Thousand Oaks development, in Grand Rapids Township, Northview Schools!!! #776604

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to get a home buyer tax credit offered by the federal government. First time home buyers can get up to an $8,000 home buyer tax credit and existing home buyers qualify for up to a $6,500 home buyer tax credit. Hurry, as time is running out. You must have a signed and accepted real estate transaction by April 30th, 2010.

Take a look at this article in the Grand Rapids Press :