What People are Saying about Marketplace Homes

Linda and Matt Serafini found themselves in a bind. The two-bedroom duplex they bought in Joliet in 2007 had lost $73,000 in value, thanks to the difficult real estate market and overall economic downturn. They were stuck in their home, and with good reason. Who would want to lose $73,000? But, with the help of Marketplace Homes, they were able to move out of their duplex, and into a larger home. "William Ryan Homes and Marketplace Homes gave us the flexibility to buy a new home now," Linda, a high school teacher, explained. "Without them, we wouldn't have wanted to put ourselves in a position where we had two homes and had to rent one house ourselves and be landlords."

Jennifer and Jeff Steger needed to move to make space for their growing family. But how could they make that happen when they weren't willing to lose the money they invested in their current home? The answer: Marketplace Homes! The move gave the Stegers the space they were looking for, at considerably less than they'd have paid at the peak of the bubble, and put Jeff closer to his teaching job in South Lyon, Michigan.
"It met our needs, it gave us bigger bedrooms, a bigger kitchen" and room to entertain that they didn't have in Livonia. "It's been a positive experience. We haven't had any surprises yet," Jennifer Steger said.