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2010 

Housing starts in October decreased on a year-over-year basis for the 5th time in 6 months. You'll find our full housing start report on the real estate trends page at DaneCountyMarket.com. Here's how housing starts have trended for every October dating back to 1991. Housing starts in October of ...
11/08/2010
Our new Middleton condo for sale at 1622 Pond View Ct offers many high quality upgrades in a quiet but very convenient Middleton setting. With 2 master suites, 2.5 baths, a study, and a 2 car garage this Sandhill Condominium offers a lot for $289,900. You can learn a lot more about this Middleton...
11/07/2010
Just a quick reminder on this Sunday morning that we offer an easy-to-use open house search tool on the property search menu at DaneCountyMarket.com. Our full menu of property search tools includes a number of useful features, including: map search, foreclosure/short sale search, subdivision sear...
11/07/2010
Our no-spin Dane County home and condo reports are updated through the month of September on the DaneCountyMarket.com real estate trends page. We'll be providing our preliminary report on the month of October in the next few days. The October report will show weak sales volume for both the home a...
11/07/2010
Calculated Risk reports today the Q3 REO inventory for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA increased by 92% from Q3 of 2009 and 24% from Q2 of 2010. This graph from Calculated Risk says it all. With more foreclosures entering the market, and no tax credits on the horizon, 2011 is shaping up to be ano...
11/05/2010
Our October 31st single family home inventory by location report provides a good look at the Dane County market. The graph below is from our report. It shows how inventory tends to be highest in the ring communities located furthest away from Madison.   Generally speaking, buyer demand is softer ...
11/05/2010
The real estate research firm Reis Inc, recently reported a 3rd quarter apartment vacancy rate of 7.2%, down from 7.8% the prior quarter.  The demand for rental housing is increasing, while investor demand for multifamily ownership is not. Dane County multifamily sales have stagnated at historica...
11/04/2010
You can estimate your closing proceeds by completing a simple spreadsheet called a seller net sheet. The seller net sheet calculates your closing proceeds after you enter variables such as your mortgage payoff, sales price, sales commission, pending real estate taxes, and closing costs. You can u...
11/01/2010
Sales have decreased since the last tax credit expired, while single family home inventory has risen in many price categories.   Home buyers in the under $200,000 price category have more leverage than they had a year ago, back when the tax credit was in play. Consequently home sellers in this ca...
11/01/2010
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