What is South Bend?

What is South Bend? A city built on the “south bend” of the St. Joseph river which empties into Lake Michigan Roughly halfway between Chicago and Detroit Cold in the Winter Hot in the Summer The center of “Michiana,” a market of about 840,000 people. 175 years old The place where Studebaker cars were and […]

Home Inspections – A Good Idea

For a few hundred dollars you can get a basic whole house inspection of the house you are buying. The most commonly used contract in South Bend allows 15 days after an accepted offer for the buyer to order, receive and respond to inspections. If the reports reveal serious problems you can ask the seller […]

A Primer on Mortgage Fraud

Although I try not to merely link to other sites in my posts, David Jackson’s series about mortgage fraud in Chicago is causing me to break my rule. It happens in Chicago, and South Bend, and across the nation. Thanks David for this superior journalism.

More Condos Near Notre Dame Next Season

Notre Dame’s last home football game of the season is approaching and though we have covered condos that cater to fans and students before, this might be a good time to review the developments that will bring new condos next season. There are four projects that will together add several hundred units to the market. […]

South Bend Homes in the National Media Again

In June, South Bend real estate was the subject of some national media attention (view the blog post here), and has popped onto the radar once again. The Christian Science Monitor has an article “Real Estate Slump Tough on Midwest” on its Web-site which describes the surplus of South Bend homes under $50,000 on the […]