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Tag Archives: Housing Market
The State of the Market — May 2013
A letter from Joseph A. Horning, President of Shorewest, REALTORS® Throughout the first quarter, the nation saw growth in home sales and median prices. In Wisconsin, first quarter home sales were up 11% and median prices rose 5% compared with …
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Quarterly State of the Market Report Now Available
The Shorewest State of the Market Report is out and full of great data and articles about the Wisconsin housing market. Get updated information on every county that Shorewest serves, as well as articles on mortgage rates continuing to drop, …
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Quarterly State of the Market Report Now Available
The Shorewest State of the Market Report is out and full of great data and articles about the Wisconsin housing market. Get updated information on every county that Shorewest serves, as well as articles on record-low mortgage rates, homeownership rates, …
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Single Home Owners Boosting U.S. Economy
The U.S. has reported its highest percentage of solo home owners ever. With 28% of households being one person, singles are fast becoming an economic powerhouse. Around 30 million people, including 18 million women, have pursued single person homes, and …
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Experts Say Housing Prices Are About to Turn
Experts Say Housing Prices Are About to Turn Each quarter the independent research and consulting firm Pulsenomics conducts a survey of economists, investments strategists, and housing market analysts about their expectations for the housing market over the next five years. …
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Home Sales Improve in Wisconsin While Prices Vary
Wisconsin homes sales increased 16.2 percent in January compared with the same month last year, according to a recent report by the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association. Home prices varied throughout the state resulting in the median price decreasing by 4.1 percent. …
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Six Reasons to Use a Real Estate Professional
What impact will foreclosures have on prices? Which loan products are available? How do you convince a buyer to make an offer when everyone is telling them that they should see another 100 houses or wait until the price softens …
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What is a Short Sale?
The economy has people looking for ways to save their homes. What if you can’t refinance to make lower payments or can’t sell your home in this market? DON’T go into foreclosure. Try to work with your bank to work …
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Social Benefits of Housing
Recent research from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) outlines the importance of homeownership’s relationship with the economy, but of the social benefits it provides. NAR reports, “The economic benefits of the housing market and homeownership are immense and well …
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