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2011 

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
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
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