Taylor Brown 4/16/26 Taylor Brown 4/16/26

Boardman River Flooding, a Collapsed Bridge, and What Northern Michigan Homeowners Need to Know Right Now

The Boardman River just hit a record 7.91 feet, the Beitner Road bridge collapsed, and a state of emergency covers 32 counties. Here’s what the flooding means for property values, flood insurance, and every homeowner near a waterway in Northern Michigan.

Taylor Brown 4/15/26 Taylor Brown 4/15/26

Happy Tax Day. Grand Traverse County Just Showed You Exactly Where the Growth Is Headed.

Grand Traverse County’s 2026 assessment data just dropped, and the outlying townships are appreciating at two to three times the rate of Traverse City proper. Here’s what the numbers mean for buyers, sellers, and everyone in between.

Taylor Brown 4/12/26 Taylor Brown 4/12/26

The 20-Minute Rule: Where Northern Michigan Buyers Are Actually Finding Deals in 2026

Taylor Brown 4/11/26 Taylor Brown 4/11/26

Ice-Out Just Hit the Inland Lakes. Here’s Why the Next Three Weeks Decide Northern Michigan’s Waterfront Season.

Taylor Brown 4/10/26 Taylor Brown 4/10/26

Mud Season Is the Best Time to Tour a House in Northern Michigan.

The two ugly weeks between ski season and tulip season are when Northern Michigan houses finally tell the truth — about drainage, basements, back roads, and motivated sellers. Here’s why April is our favorite month to tour properties up north.

Taylor Brown 4/1/26 Taylor Brown 4/1/26

Michigan Wants to Put Three Homes on Every Residential Lot. Here’s What That Actually Means Up Here.

Nine bipartisan bills in Lansing would make duplexes and ADUs legal on every single-family lot in Michigan. Here's what the Michigan Housing Readiness Package actually means for homeowners, buyers, and investors in Northern Michigan.

Taylor Brown 3/31/26 Taylor Brown 3/31/26

Cherry Capital Airport Is Doubling in Size. Here's What That Means for Every Homeowner Within 30 Miles.

Cherry Capital Airport's $120 million "Gates to the Future" expansion breaks ground this spring, nearly doubling gate capacity by 2028. Here's what that means for home prices, out-of-state buyers, and the 30-mile radius around TVC that's about to get a lot more interesting.

Taylor Brown 3/28/26 Taylor Brown 3/28/26

Traverse City Is Pouring Over $120 Million Into Downtown. Here's What That Means for Your Property.

Traverse City is investing over $120 million in downtown infrastructure — from a $5.7 million riverwalk to a district-wide snowmelt system. Combined with 500 Hagerty employees returning downtown and a new Meijer breaking ground, here's what all that investment means for local property values.

Taylor Brown 3/27/26 Taylor Brown 3/27/26

Waterfront Sales Are Up 29% in Grand Traverse County. Here’s What Nobody Tells You Before You Buy.

Taylor Brown 3/26/26 Taylor Brown 3/26/26

Glen Arbor Has 900 Year-Round Residents and a Million Annual Visitors. Here’s What That Does to Real Estate.

Glen Arbor sits at the doorstep of Sleeping Bear Dunes, surrounded by federally protected land that makes its real estate market unlike anything else in Northern Michigan. From Glen Lake waterfront to The Homestead resort condos, here’s what you actually need to know before buying in this tiny village with a million annual visitors.

Taylor Brown 3/25/26 Taylor Brown 3/25/26

Shanty Creek Just Got New Owners and Bellaire Is About to Have a Moment. Here’s What That Means for Real Estate.

A Michigan investment group just closed on Shanty Creek Resort — 5,500 acres in the heart of Antrim County. Between resort upgrades, the Chain of Lakes, and a median price that still undercuts Traverse City, Bellaire might be the most interesting real estate play in Northern Michigan right now.