Traverse City, Mich.-- The Grand Traverse County Resource Recovery Department (RecycleSmart) has announced the following events!

Grand Traverse County Resource Recovery Department (RecycleSmart) will conduct the Spring Household Hazardous Waste & Pesticide collection on Thursday, March 28, from 1:00 to 6:45 pm. 

•  30-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 3.42 percent, with an average 0.7 point, rising from last week’s 3.38 percent average. A year ago at this time, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 3.98 percent. The record low for 30-year rates is 3.31 percent, set on Nov. 21, 2012.

•  15-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 2.71 percent, with an average 0.7 point, rising from last week’s 2.66 percent average.

Effective October 6, 2012, Milton Township has new Ordinances regarding all residential sale transactions concerning septic inspection and propety transfer. Use the NWHealth Dept application.

For more information concerning the Ordinance, the document Frequently Asked Questions and Septic Inspection ande Property Transfer Ordinance Summary will be helpful.

New video for Pure Michigan that is currently being viewed across the United States.

"If you look at other areas of the country that have already put some of these transportation systems into play, they're some of the ones recovering the fastest and some of the ones that are going to thrive the best," says Kim Pontius, Traverse Area Association of Realtors Executive Vice President. "Transportation is the key to everything."

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Consumers and REALTORS® across the country have reported rental listings posted on Craigslist which secure a deposit up front but the property is not a legitimate rental. The posting is simply a way to either get you to send a deposit or to provide your personal information to the scamster who posted the fake listing. This type of scam is designed to make the consumer part with money and/or personal information.

Not all real estate practitioners are REALTORS®. The term REALTOR® is a registered trademark that identifies a real estate professional who is a member of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of REALTORS® and subscribes to its strict Code of Ethics. Here’s why it pays to work with a REALTOR®. 

Be sure to research other key factors besides appearance and price of a home.  Here are three critical factors to research.

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