Current News about Marketplace Homes

Its formula of offering lease payments for unsold existing homes translated into 543 sales for its preferred builder network.<br>&nbsp;<br>Top Seller: Joel Parrot, a solutions manager for Marketplace Homes, helped builders in Chicago...

Like many homeowners, John Kennedy bought his Chicago condo when home prices were high. But when he got married and wanted a bigger place, selling his condo seemed out of the question because he owed more on his home than it was worth. The...

Want to buy a new home but can't sell your old home? Purchase an Atlanta new home from Acadia Homes & Neighborhoods, and Marketplace Homes will take care of your old one. As a company that offers a long term lease program, Marketplace Homes...

Home sellers, real estate agents and builders recognize that pricing a home correctly is the main reason a property sells. But they also know that a creative or extravagant incentive can be the best way to get more prospective buyers to see a...

Two local homebuilders have partnered with a Midwestern company to entice hesitant customers off the fence and into new homes by offering to rent out their old residences. The program from Detroit-based Marketplace Homes helps overcome the major...

After several difficult years for the industry, many in real estate are looking to 2012 with much anticipation. Will this year bring the return of the for-sale market, or will rentals reign? What features will emerge in home design, and how will...

Home sellers, real estate agents and builders recognize that pricing a home correctly is the main reason a property sells. But they also know that a creative or extravagant incentive can be the best way to get more prospective buyers to see a...

Video - Marketplace Homes Managing Partner Mike Kalis on the company's plan to get people to start buying new...

Jeanine McShea has seen plenty of ups and downs in residential real estate since she began her career 25 years ago. McShea, who was @Properties' president of brokerage services, jumped ship late last month to become an executive vice president...

The Philadelphia Business Journal reports, "Two Philadelphia-area builders have signed up with a company that guarantees buyers of new homes that their old homes will be rented out if a buyer can not be found, phillyBurbs reports. Heritage...

The Philadelphia Business Journal reports, "Two Philadelphia-area builders have signed up with a company that guarantees buyers of new homes that their old homes will be rented out if a buyer can not be found, phillyBurbs reports. Heritage...

Two local homebuilders have partnered with a Midwestern company to entice hesitant customers off the fence and into new homes by offering to rent out their old residences. The program from Detroit-based Marketplace Homes helps overcome the...

Two Philadelphia-area builders have signed up with a company that guarantees buyers of new homes that their old homes will be rented out if a buyer can not be found, phillyBurbs reports.Heritage Building Group of Warwick and Orleans of Bensalem are...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. %u2013 Homeowners looking to move have a new option in Middle Tennessee, and it doesn't involve selling their property right away. Detroit-based Marketplace Homes thinks it has found a way to stimulate the housing market by...

NOVI, Mich. (WJBK) - "As soon as we moved in, the market kind of went down," said Jeffrey Steger. Like so many in Michigan, Jeffrey and Jennifer Steger felt stuck. With the housing crisis, their starter home in Livonia was likely going...

Thinking about moving to Atlanta, but are unsure about what to do with your old home? Marketplaces Homes is your solution to finding peace of mind. Based out of Novi, Mich., Marketplace Homes utilizes its Guaranteed Lease Program to ensure an...

The housing bubble's burst left a boom market for home buyers. For sellers, however, not so much. Mike Kalis is trying to level that playing field. Kalis says his Plymouth-based Marketplace Homes can get customers with upside-down mortgages -...

Talk about getting a new lease on life. Quite literally. Picture this: You and your spouse are seeking a change, more specifically one that involves a larger home. You're adding to the family, you need more space, and your "starter"...

Shorts Brewing Co., Wixom Description: Craft beer makerCEO: Leah ShortFounded: 2003Full-time employees: 28 in 2010; 45 expected in 20112010 revenue: $3.4 million, up from $1.1 mil-lion in 2008. Projects $4.6 million this year. Beer flavors such as...

A Michigan-based company that is capitalizing on the need to help home buyers to separate from their existing homes is looking this year to triple the number of markets in which it currently operates.Since 2003, Marketplace Homes in Plymouth,...

Home builder Drees, which is marketing a dozen communities in Nashville's suburbs, has teamed up with Detroit-based Marketplace Homes to offer home buyers the option of leasing their previous home to the Michigan company for up to six years. In...

Home builder Drees, which is marketing a dozen communities in Nashville's suburbs, has teamed up with Detroit-based Marketplace Homes to offer home buyers the option of leasing their previous home to the Michigan company for up to six years. In...

The depressed value of today's housing market is a double-edged sword: it's a great time to buy a house, but a lousy time to sell the one you're in. Michigan-based Marketplace Homes, which announced today an expansion into Nashville, claims to...

Linda and Matt Serafini found themselves in a bind. The two-bedroom duplex they bought in Joliet three years ago had lost $73,000 in value, thanks to the difficult real estate market and overall economic downturn. Add to that a new baby daughter...

Even at the peak of the boom, Fred Didier never built a large number of homes. But amid the bust that now defines the housing market, Didier, owner of Didier Custom Homes of St. Charles, like many builders, has been forced to adapt to the new...

Even at the peak of the boom, Fred Didier never built a large number of homes. But amid the bust that now defines the housing market, Didier, owner of Didier Custom Homes of St. Charles, like many builders, has been forced to adapt to the new...

Preconstruction sales and preview pricing are under way at The Preserves at McDonald Woods, a new residential development in Lindenhurst by William Ryan Homes. Located off Grand Avenue (Route 132) and Illinois Highway 45, The Preserves at...

Lennar, one of the nation's leading homebuilders, is helping get more prospective homebuyers into its brand new homes through its recent strategic alliance with Marketplace Homes in Denver, Colorado. Any prospective homebuyer that thinks they...

A Detroit-area company has joined with a local homebuilder to offer a novel approach to selling houses. The company, Marketplace Homes, offers homeowners guaranteed rent for their current home if they buy a house from Westport Homes. Marketplace...

Last year, Lombardo Homes of Washington, Mich., was among the few builders to report revenue and closings gains over the previous year. It cracked into the Builder 100 list in 2009, even though permits in Greater Detroit fell to 1,000, down from...

The most recent issue of Corp! magazine, features the winners of its annual Michigan'sEconomic Bright Spots Awards, honoring the many Michigan businesses that are thriving and succeeding inthe state. The winners, comprised of 77 companies from...

PLYMOUTH, Mich., May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Marketplace Homes was named a Finalist today in the Most Innovative Company of the Year category in The 2010 American Business Awards. The American Business Awards are the nation's premier business awards...

Source: forbes.com Press Release Marketplace Homes 6 Year Guaranteed Lease Now Available Through One of the Nation's Largest... 03.30.10, 01:27 PM EDT PLYMOUTH, Mich., March 30 /PRNewswire/ --...

BY JUDY ROSEFREE PRESS SPECIAL WRITER The Slaughters had good jobs and good credit, but they also had the house they already owned. They knew the chance of a fast sale was slim.But today the couple lives in a handsome new four-bedroom,...

By R.J. King Michael Kalis plans to expand to 12 states by 2012. photograph by cybelle codish The residential real-estate market in metro Detroit and Michigan can be summed up fairly quickly: It's a great time to buy, a tough...

Why he lives in metro Detroit: "I didn't choose Detroit, Detroit chose me. With a thriving company, I simply couldn't leave for another city." Claim to fame: Helped start a new real estate business that's making money in the down...

Four metro Detroit area home builders in 50 new home communities are crediting the new "Lease Your Home "program offered by Marketplace Homes for additional 2008 new home sales. Buy or build a new home from one of these four builders...

Difficulties in selling a home in today's shaky economic climate have caused some homeowners to think outside of the box and into the past. Rather than offering incentives, such as plasma TVs, some homeowners are going back to the way...

A business model born of the housing slowdown generated 40 new home sales in Metro Detroit in 2007, and now the format is moving two new markets: Indianapolis and Chicago. Birmingham-based MarketPlace Homes works with new home builders who...

Gerald and Arlene Zemke could see themselves enjoying the walking trails, tennis courts and swimming pool in Pulte Homes' Bridgewater development in Brownstown Township. There was just one problem: They needed to unload their home of eight...

Since Dick Chelten of Beverly Hills founded Marketplace Homes in 2002, only two of 70 deals have gone sour. The company: Founded in 2002, Marketplace Homes of Beverly Hills has a rent-to-buy financing program that lets people...

The belief "bad things happen to good people" is what got Dick Chelten thinking how to give people in danger of losing their homes another chance. His company, Marketplace Homes, LLC, purchases "nice homes in nice...

David Guralnick / The Detroit News Dick Chelten, left, the owner of Marketplace Homes, allows buyers with less-than-stellar credit, such as Darryl Perry, to pick out a home that is leased with an option to buy....

Potential home buyers who don't qualify for traditional financing are the targets of a new local company that offers a different twist on the rental home. Beverly Hills-based Marketplace Homes L.L.C. goes after the self-employed, those with...