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2011
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You see and hear a lot of advertisements these days offering free foreclosure lists. Quite often there is some sort of catch that requires your personal information or a payment. Now more and more Realtors are offering free foreclosure searches without any catch. Our real estate team has two such...
01/08/2011
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We've covered how buyers can research mortgages, schools and school districts, delinquent property taxes, and utility costs. We've also covered how buyers can use systematic property searches to their advantage. Up-to-date market information is another tool buyers can leverage to their advantage....
01/05/2011
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We've been reporting Dane County home sales will surprise on the upside when our December data is released. This is a positive development, because single family home inventory has been increasing. The inventory increase has been confined for the most part to homes priced under $250,000. The affo...
01/04/2011
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Prices fall one listing at a time. Either a new listing will enter the market at a very competitive price, or an existing listing will lower its price to the leading edge, giving it the pricing it needs to sell. The danger of over-pricing in this market is there is always another seller who is wi...
01/03/2011
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We've covered how buyers can research mortgages, schools and school districts, delinquent property taxes, and utility costs. A systematic property search is another very useful buyer tool. Many online search tools allow buyers to save their search criteria and receive automatic email updates when...
01/02/2011
The National Association of Realtors recently released its November Pending Home Sales Index report. The numbers were mildly encouraging. The November non-seasonally adjusted pending home sales index was at 76.2, which was just below the level from November of 2009, but above the levels recorded ...
01/02/2011