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Prokopowicz
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Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 8:57 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04 /03/business/03labor.html?ex=1 364961600&en=10b151dd969bb7f1& ei=5124&partner=permalink&expr od=permalinkin

Does anyone recognize this neighborhood? The house shown looks well built and well kept.
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Mayor_sekou
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Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 9:00 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That looks like the University district.
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Spiritofdetroit
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Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 9:57 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

thats a beautiful home
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Livernoisyard
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Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 10:12 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The houses in the UD were dirt cheap around the early to mid 1990s. Then shot way up in price (five to ten times), and started going way down again.
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Barnesfoto
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Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 10:29 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

and people wonder why I liked (for the most part) the Dennis Archer Years...

The price drops are everywhere. There are 345 houses priced under 20k in in my old, old zip code of 48219
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Wash_man
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Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 10:29 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

There's a phone listing for the same name as the owner with the address listed as Oak Dr. University District.
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Mayor_sekou
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Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 10:47 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah my neighbors across the street and next door both got foreclosed on the houses when they bought them were going in the 300k range. Recently they were bought from the bank for 62 and 57k, I wish I was in the house buying market. Well those kind of houses market.

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