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Our latest report on the mortgage market shows interest rates dropping to near historic lows once again. Local rates for 30 year fixed rate loans have dropped to well under 4%. Rates for 15 year fixed rate loans have dropped to 3.25%. For more useful buyer information, check out the buyer tools p...
12/31/2011
Shadow Inventory. Home and condo inventory is high in our market, but shadow inventory is also very high. Shadow inventory exists in several different forms: 1) Properties in the foreclosure pipeline. Dane County foreclosures have been decreasing, but they remain at historically very high levels....
12/21/2011
Home sales are still low, but they are moving in the right direction. Condo sales have much more work to do. You'll find all of our no-spin home and condo market reports updated through the month of November at DaneCountyMarket.com. Dan Miller, Realtor, Keller Williams Realty and www.DaneCountyMa...
12/20/2011
We've updated our detailed home and condo market reports through the month of November at DaneCountyMarket.com. Our no-spin reports show some big differences in the home and condo markets: Dane County home sales are down only 3.7% through November. Condo sales are down 20.2%. Dane County home inv...
12/19/2011
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Hire an inspector who will do an excellent job of protecting your best interests. Don't select a home inspector based on price. Hire a home inspector who uses a thermal imaging camera to detect moisture and mold issues. Only a small percentage of today's home inspectors invest in this technology...
12/17/2011
Now home and condo buyers can locate properties by school attendance area at DaneCountyMarket.com. Here's how you use this tool through a simple example. Suppose you want to view a list of available homes in the Stephens Elementary attendance area in Madison: 1) Go to the property search tools me...
12/16/2011
Now home and condo buyers can locate properties by school district at DaneCountyMarket.com. Here's how you use this tool through a simple example. Suppose you want to view a list of available homes in the Middleton-Cross Plains school district: 1) Go to the property search tools menu in the upper...
12/16/2011
Here's another good post from my real estate partner, Shawn Kriewaldt, and his blog. This post covers how we use video syndication to advertise our listings on the web. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Packaging a hi...
12/12/2011
This recent article from my real estate partner, Shawn Kriewaldt, provides a great example of how a real estate team can implement a plan to sell a home very quickly, even in the slowest month for sales in our Madison, WI market. Thanks to Realtor Sandra Early in Destin, Florida, who found me on ...
12/11/2011
We have a new and easy-to-use search tool that allows you to quickly locate Madison homes for sale by zip code at DaneCountyMarket.com. Here's how you find it: Go to the property search tools menu in the upper left corner of our home page. Then select Quick Search - Madison homes for Sale by Zi...
12/10/2011