Madison Real Estate News and Views

3299 Prairie Glade RoadList Price:  $474,900Priced below tax assessment! This custom designed home features maple floors, custom tapered columns, gas fireplace, formal dining room and large eat-in kitchen with granite countertops, large pantry and a Bosch dishwasher. The master suite has 2 douubl...

When I got to my office this morning I had a package from my consultant in my mailbox.  It was a little box called "Whatever It Takes"  one month of daily inspiration.  It's really a cool little gift with 30 pull tab type cards for a daily dose of inspiration.I pulled my first card out for today ...

I spent last night sitting in the Dane County Board of Adjustment meeting regarding an appeal that has been filed to a variance request I had been granted in February regarding construction on 2 platted buildable lots.  My case has highly publicized and incredibly politically charged.  Here are j...

This just came in from Mike Theo, VP of Political Affairs for the Wisconsin REALTORS Association.   "A few minutes ago, Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) introduced a budget amendment on the floor of the State Senate to reject the proposed doubling of the real estate transfer tax and restor...

Now that I've gotten my feet wet in the Blog world, I've become an advocate for this medium as a research and education tool for our business.  Just this morning, while teaching my weekly "Write it Right" course in one of my offices, I spent the 1st ten minutes demostrating how to find great indu...

It's amazing that on a weekly basis we've had the pleasure of discovering yet another great place to dine on Madison's East Side.One of the most recent is the aptly named "Cloud 9 Grille" located at 876 Jupiter Drive in the Grandview Commons subdivision.Since it's discovery just 3 short weeks ago...

6932 Ramsey Road, Middleton Hills- Just listed!List Price:  $569,800Come and see this former parade home. You will love the gourmet kitchen by Viking, a wonderful open floor plan great for entertaining, beautiful builtin cabinetry in the living room and family room for your entertainment center, ...

We had the pleasure last night of having dinner at Madison's newest Mexican restaurant "El Pescador".  What a treat!This new treasure has opened in the past 2 weeks in the location formerly housing "Las Palmas" at 2810 E. Washington Avenue.  The interior hasn't changed much but the food was wonde...

I'm on the road today, in a hotel room in Minneapolis.  One of the pleasures of being on the road is the complimentary copy of USA Today sitting outside my door each morning.Today, there was an article entitled "Housing Slowdown Smacks REALTORS Hard".  When I saw this in the Money Section of the ...

There's been rumor that the Smart car was coming to the states.  I finally saw my first Smart on the highway while stuck in traffic yesterday.It had Canadian license plates so I'm guessing it isn't here yet.I remember being enamored by this car on my first trip to Paris a few years ago.  How conv...