It's a home buyer's market in West Michigan

It's a good time to buy a house in West Michgan and depending on where you live, it's not a bad time to sell either.

According to an excerpt from the Detroit Free Press:

Julie Dykstra, a recently divorced mother of two, was ecstatic to get a deal on her new house in Grand Rapids since she lost big on the sale of her marital home.

Dykstra, an attorney for Meijer, traded down from a 3,500-square-foot, five-bedroom home in the Grand Rapids area. She found a 1,914-square-foot house with four bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms built late last year. She paid $219,900 for the house in December. It was first listed at $224,900.

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