In the News
I'm sitting with my wife on the fringe of Rosa Parks Circle as a multiracial band blasts bluesy tunes for a small but very receptive crowd--it's like a Dave Matthews concert in miniature--and it occurs to me that, for the slightly stressed Chicagoan, this western Michigan town represents the ideal urban getaway.
Chicago Tribune
08/10/2009
For the first time in five years, existing-home sales have increased for four months in a row, according to the National Association of REALTORS®.
Daily Real Estate News
08/21/2009
Gaines Township - Eastbrook Homes is holding a sneak peek happy hour Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. at The Cottages, part of Cooks Crossing, a development on Eastern Avenue SE just north of 84th Street.
The Grand Rapids Press
08/18/2009
Real estate agent Cheryl Grant is negotiating a deal on a site condo in Cascade Township using mortgage financing from the Federal Housing Administration.
Grand Rapids Press
06/29/2009
WHITEHALL -- The city of Whitehall's consultants for dealing with the contamination cleanup and proposed redevelopment of the former Whitehall Leather Co. tannery site impressed upon city leaders this week that strides have been made and a final step is near.
Muskegon Chronicle
05/17/2009
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan’s decision to allow consumers to use the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit to help cover their downpayment and closing costs on FHA-insured mortgages will be a big boost to the housing market, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
NAHB
05/13/2009
The National Association of Realtors says pending U.S. home sales rose from February to March as buyers took advantage of deeply discounted prices and low interest rates.
WOODTV
05/04/2009
The Grand Rapids real estate market had another good month with a sales volume increase of 21 percent in April. This is compared to April 2008, according to the figures prepared by the Grand Rapids Association of Realtors .
WOODTV
05/01/2009
Home sales in the Grand Rapids area are expected to be up for the third straight month when numbers are formally released Friday.
WOODTV
04/30/2009
Tallies on first-quarter housing starts are enough to make a home builder cringe, but it's not stopping at least a few from beginning to build spec houses again.
Grand Rapids Press
04/30/2009
Paper over the cracks could not stop the downturn in residential real estate. Now it appears the light will shine on commercial real estate’s blemishes – quite possibly exposing something even bigger and uglier.
MiBiz.com
04/27/2009
A Muskegon-area community has been named one of the top four "affordable" destinations in the United States to buy a vacation home.
Grand Haven? Nope.
Whitehall? Getting warmer.
Ludington? Strike three.
According to an article by CNNMoney.com, the West Michigan community receiving national attention is ...
Montague.
Muskegon Chronicle
04/27/2009
It's been more than three years since development firm Eastbrook Homes first requested 88 acres of land west of the Rockford City limits on the south side of 10 Mile Road be rezoned to accommodate a housing development.
Northeast Advance
04/09/2009
Eastbrook Homes has broken ground on the company's first urban development, 35 townhomes slated for Fairmount Square. The townhomes, all duplexes and triplexes, are situated adjacent to the newly renovated D.A. Blodgett Home for Children, now the home of the Inner City Christian Federation (ICCF).
Rapid Growth
02/28/2008
Eastbrook Homes received Eliant awards in several categories at the 2006 National Roundtable on Homebuyer Satisfaction held in Anaheim in October. The Eliant, previously called the Homebuyers' Choice Award, recognizes a company's outstanding efforts in customer service, reliability and product quality. A Top-10 finish places a firm in elite company as one of the top performers among reputable builders across the country.
The A to Z of Building
11/14/2006
Conservation-minded builders and developers around the country have been named to receive 2003 Awards of Excellence in the Building With Trees recognition program. The program, sponsored by The National Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with the National Association of Home Builders and Firewise Communities, recognizes builders and developers who save trees during construction and land development.
Arbor Day Foundation
05/30/2003
Eastbrook Homes Inc. President Mick McGraw is one of just two West Michigan businessmen selected for the 26-member land-use council initiated by Gov. Jennifer Granholm in cooperation with Lansing lawmakers
Grand Rapids Business Journal
03/03/2003
