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Housing starts decreased for the fourth month in a row in August. A total of 49 housing starts were recorded in August, compared to 55 in August of 2009. Year-to-date housing starts are up by 8.1%. Our full housing start report is available on the real estate trends page at DaneCountyMarket.com. ...
09/16/2010
Dane County home and condo sales decreased by 32% from last August, reaching historically low levels. Here's our monthly home and condo report with all of the details. Home sales were the lowest for any August dating back to 1991, the earliest available year for reportable data from the South C...
09/15/2010
Dane County has a number of single family homes in the lakefront and golf course niche markets. Here are some statistics about both of these markets (excluding condos) from the South Central Wisconsin MLS. Eighty-three Dane County homes with more than 50 feet of lake frontage are on the market ri...
09/13/2010
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Dane County foreclosures increased in August after posting decreases in June and July. A total of 153 Dane County foreclosures were filed in August, an increase of 1.3% from the 151 foreclosures filed in August of 2009. Foreclosures remain very high by historical standards. This graph shows the n...
09/12/2010
This graph shows the Dane County condo monthly listing success rate dating back to January of 2005. The success rate for condos dipped from 49.8% in July of 2009 to 34.7% in July of 2010. This shift shows the impact the expiration of the tax credit has had on the condo market. Back in July of 200...
09/08/2010
We know the market has become much more competitive for sellers since the latest tax credit expired. The Dane County single family home listing success rate provides one way to measure this change. The success rate for homes (excluding condos) decreased from 68.4% in July of 2009 to 48.3% in July...
09/07/2010
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...in the luxury condo market. As of August 31st, inventory for Dane County condos priced at $800,000 and above stood at 300 months. Twenty-five condos were listed on the South Central Wisconsin MLS, with one unit selling in the prior 12 months. You can see our full report on inventory by price r...
09/06/2010
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Dina ElBoghdady chronicles the sales experience of one Washington DC home owner in this recent Washington Post article. Here's a brief summary of this seller's story. Six years ago the seller bought a property and invested $150,000 in remodeling costs. He lived in it for three years and then deci...
09/05/2010
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Should I rent my home and wait for prices to rise before I sell? Or should I sell my home now? Many home owners are considering these two options right now. Although every situation is unique, our strong recommendation is you should sell your home now. Here are six reasons why: # 1: When you add ...
09/02/2010
On the last day of each month we measure the number of active Dane County home and condo listings and compare that number to the inventory level from the prior year. As of August 31st, there were 46 fewer Dane County home and condo listings compared to August 31st of 2009 - a modest improvement....
09/01/2010
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