Washington County Wisconsin Real Estate Blog

Friday March 2, 1:58pm ETNEW YORK (AP) -- Realogy, which owns the Coldwell Banker and ERA Brands, on Friday said it would partner with Google and the Trulia real estate websites to market listings from its brokerages.  Parsippany, NJ- based Realogy has added about half a million listings from the...

REALTOR® & GOVERNMENT Day April 18, 2007 Monona Terrace Convention Center | Madison, Wisconsin 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm Help Lobby Your Legislators at REALTOR® & Government Day 2007 The state Capitol won’t be quite the same after April 18, at least not if we have anything to say about it! Because that’s...

When deciding to sell to sell your home, a little extra work can make a huge impact as to how smooth your transaction will be. It will have an impact on who will be looking at your home, what a prospective buyer is willing to offer you on your home, and even if you get to the closing table! Pers...

Just Reduced the Price from $649,900 to $599,900! Priced to sell!View Interior Virtual Tour View Exterior Virtual Tour Horse lovers or hobbyist’s dream! 35 rolling acres, complete w/2 large spring fed ponds. Creek along N lot line. 2 barns in excellent condition 300amp, w/new roof, pasture, ready...

Countrywide Financial Corp. has instructed its brokers to no longer offer zero-down mortgages as an option for borrowers, the Wall Street Journal reports. That’s because such loans are among the biggest reasons for a recent and sharp increase in the level of delinquencies at U.S. home lenders. C...

Appleton Post-Crescent (02/07/07) Traditionally, Wisconsin farmers have had two choices when retiring: sell the land to another farmer or sell to a developer for about five times more. Now, though, the state is looking at the "purchase of development rights" program that has had some success in ...

Previously I posted about how Governor Doyle’s budget proposal to increase the real estate transfer tax.  After a few days of contemplating this proposal, I began to think more in depth of his reasoning.  As we all know that Wisconsin has a pretty large deficit, and money needs to be raised in or...

Rates on 30-year mortgages rose slightly this week, reversing last week's brief decline. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac reported yesterday that 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.30 percent this week, up from 6.28 percent last week. Last week's decline was the first since early December. The sma...

Statement from the Wisconsin REALTORS® AssociationFebruary 13, 2007Madison –Governor Doyle’s budget proposal to increase the real estate transfer tax is a tax increase on the American Dream of homeownership according to the Wisconsin REALTORS Association (WRA).  “This is a tax increase of $140 mi...

There is a new Property Maintenance Code update for the Village of Jackson Wisconsin.  As you all know,  they require a Property Maintenance Code. They have changed their procedures effective immediately(02-09-2007)! They will not complete the SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LETTERS on property until this Pro...