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Offbeat
1:10 pm
Fri June 7, 2013

Lansing Christmas Tree search begins

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School’s out and summer means sun tans, barbeques, beach days, and…searching for Christmas Trees?

The hunt for the state holiday tree has begun. Michigan needs a 65-foot-tall evergreen that can sparkle on the lawn of the Capitol building in November.

“Everyone laughs that the process starts in June,” said Kurt Weiss with Michigan’s Department of Technology, Management and Budget, “But that’s when the process starts.”

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Economy
12:38 am
Thu June 6, 2013

Looking for a little 'fixer-upper?' Try Detroit or Lansing

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All it needs is a little TLC. (file photo)
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Realty Trac's Top 15 markets for 'fixer-upper' homes
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A map of bank owned homes in metro Detroit
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Potential home buyers looking for a fixer-upper may want to look in Detroit or Lansing.

Realty Trac is out with a list of the 15 cities with the largest number of bank-owned homes on the market that were built before 1960 and valued at under $100 thousand.

Detroit tops the list, with nearly four thousand older homes with an average estimated value of just over $40 thousand. Lansing comes in 15th, with more than 500 pre-1960 homes with an average estimated value of $56 thousand.

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