Mindy Allen's Blog

While the media may be portraying the housing market in Madison as all doom and gloom, statistics are showing something quite different. While existing home sales in the 2nd and 3rd quarters of 2007 are down from 2006, according to the Wisconsin Realtors Association they are the 3rd highest on re...

So, I just finished watching 1408, which didn't get much publicity, but was supposedly a great thriller, thought provoking type movie.  Its basically about a cynical writer (John Cusack) who goes into "haunted" mansions, houses, etc and writes about their history etc, yet doesn't believe them him...

Dogtoberfest 2007 - TODAY!!  The Dane County Humane Society is once again holding their annual fall Dogtoberfest celebration at Capital Brewery in Middleton.  In addition to a fun day full of games, contests, auctions, raffles, live entertainment, and of course, dogs and the people who love them ...

Welcome to Lake Mills, WisconsinWhere a passion for the past is the inspiration for the future... Discover Lake Mills and unlockthe legend!Lake Mills, Wisconsin, located in Jefferson County on the shores of beautiful Rock Lake, has been called 'Home' by many since its beginning in 1836. This hist...

Farewell to the days of feeling the wind in your hair.... canine or otherwise... In late October the leaves are changing and fall has begun to take hold of southern Wisconsin. It's nearly time to retire those bikes for the long, cold winter... but not quite yet! Take one last cruise for your four...

The Cherokee Park Neighborhood, statistics are showing the following for 3rd quarter compared with 2nd quarter and 1st quarters. As we move from the 1st to 3rd quarter, days on market decresed from 160 days to 54 days and average sales prices have moved up and down as well. Here are your statisti...

Residential Homes SalesActive Listings: 81 home with accepted offersAverage Asking Price: $205,9872 Pending Sales September 2007 Sales: 0 SalesAverage List Price: Average Sold Price: Average days on market:  3rd Quarter 2007 Sales: 2 SalesAverage List Price: $209,950Average Sold Price: $209,500Av...

While the numbers of listings have remained fairly consistent, however, in your neighborhood the homes sales have increased from 4 in August to 5 in September thanks to the 3 pending sales and 2 with accepted offers. With 4th quarter starting off with some great drops in interest rates, the housi...

With going back to school and other similar activities associated with September, its not surprising that September is one of the slowest months for home sales. While the numbers of listings have remained fairly consistent, the homes sales have dropped from 7 in August to only 1 in September. The...

With going back to school and other similar activities associated with September, its not surprising that September is one of the slowest months for home sales. While the numbers of listings have remained fairly consistent, the homes sales have dropped from 15 in August to only 3 in September. Th...