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According to the latest Country Financial Security Index, fewer Americans believe that homeownership is attainable for middle-income consumers. It’s no wonder with the housing events of the past few years, Americans just are not confident in the future of the housing market. Almost half of the ...
10/29/2013
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With Halloween coming up, would you buy or want to live in a "haunted" house? More than half of home buyers say they’d be OK buying a “haunted” house, according to realtor.com’s 2013 Haunted House Report. This was based on a survey with over 1,300 respondents. In fact, over a third of responde...
10/25/2013
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Now that the weather is turning cooler, many of us are looking at indoor projects we put on hold for the summer. With the holidays right around the corner, now is the time to get that dining room or living room painted or spruced up for family and friends that may visit. Or maybe it’s the kid’s ...
10/21/2013
According to the National Association of Realtors, Generation X – those between the ages of 33 to 47 made up the largest chunk of home buyers between July 2011 and June 2012. 31 percent of home buyers were in this age range. So what does this all mean for us as realtors? I think that with t...
10/18/2013
Some interesting information from “ Digital House Hunt”, a report that is generated between NAR Research and Google. Video tours of homes are becoming more popular among new home buyers. In fact, finding an agent on YouTube has grown by 46%. The Dale Marciniak Team realizes the importance of vi...
10/16/2013
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Is it true that the older you get, the pickier you become when buying a home? Statistics show that this is true. About half of people 58 years old and older made no compromises at all during their most recent home purchase. Only 28% of young buyers made no compromise with most young buyers com...
10/08/2013
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As reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, mortgage foreclosure filings continued to drop in southeastern Wisconsin in the month of September. The number of September foreclosures was the smallest 1 month total in 7 years. This was a 29% decrease from September 2012 and includes the counties...
10/04/2013
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Many of us are really enjoying this last bit of warm weather that we are having this week… We know what is right around the corner! With the leaves turning beautiful colors in the great State of Wisconsin, it’s great to get out and enjoy all the colors of fall. Many of these colors can be enjoye...
10/02/2013
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So interest rates have crept up and now they seem to have dropped down a little because of the recent announcement that the Federal government is going to buy bonds. So what does that mean for you as a buyer? Just as an example…If you lock in your interest rate at 4.5%, your principal and...
09/26/2013
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