Our Blog County-by-County Real Estate Data, May 2017 Learn what’s happening in your market area by clicking on your county link. You’ll find helpful information, including a year-to-year and quarterly comparisons of new listings, closed sales, median sales price, active listings and months of inventory. Jump to: Brown … Read More Tags: buy a home, County Data, Home, Housing, Listings, Sale Price, selling your home, Shorewest Realtors, Update Categories: Community, First Time Home Buyers, Home Buying, Home Selling, Homeowner, Quarterly Newsletter, Real Estate News, Shorewest News State of the Market – May 2017 A letter from Joseph A. Horning, President of Shorewest, REALTORS® Entering the second quarter of the year, we are in the midst of a very active, tight inventory spring market. Home sales in Southeastern Wisconsin are up 3.9% and prices … Read More Tags: buying a home, Home, Housing, inventory, Joe Horning, Mortage, selling a home, Shorewest Realtors, spring market, State of the Market, Top Real Estate Workplace Categories: Community, First Time Home Buyers, Home Buying, Home Selling, Homeowner, Mortgage, Neighborhoods, Quarterly Newsletter, Real Estate News, Shorewest News Resource Video: Buyer Edition Your debt-to-income ratio is one way that lenders measure your ability to manage the monthly payments you’ll need to make to repay the money they intend to lend you. This informational video provides key points on how this ratio is … Read More Tags: Debt, Home, Income, Loan, Mortgage. Wisconsin Mortgage Corporation Loan Officer, Ratio, Resource Videos, shorewest family, Shorewest Realtors Categories: First Time Home Buyers, Home Buying, Homeowner, How to, Mortgage, Real Estate Tips, Shorewest Tips Trend Watch: Four Bathroom Fads to Watch Out For Bathrooms and kitchens are high on the list for buyers. They want to find something that fits their tastes and is functional. Fads are continually changing and these are on the way out! If your bathroom has these fading trends, … Read More Tags: Bathrooms, First Time Home Seller, home trends, Potential Buyers, Project, Resale, selling your home, Shorewest Realtors, Style, Tips, Trend Watch Categories: Home Buying, Home Selling, Homeowner, Real Estate Tips, Shorewest Tips, Trend Watch Resource Video: Buyer Edition What are Discount Points? Discount points are a kind of prepaid interest that a borrower pays as an upfront fee to their lender at the time of closing. By paying discount points you pay more upfront, but receive a lower … Read More Tags: buying a home, Closing, Discount Points, Homeowner, How-To, Lender, Loan Officer, Resource Videos, Shorewest Realtors, shorewest tips, Wisconsin Mortgage Corporation Categories: First Time Home Buyers, Home Buying, How to, Mortgage, Real Estate Tips, Shorewest Tips Resource Video: Seller Edition Things That Turn Off Potential Home Buyers When you are living in your home it is easy to overlook certain things because you see or smell them every day. When you are getting ready to sell your home, it is … Read More Tags: Home, Home Buying, Home Selling, home selling tips, How-To, Offer, Potential Buyers, shorewest family, Shorewest Realtors, shorewest tips, Smells, Staging Categories: First Time Home Buyers, Home Buying, Home Improvement, Home Selling, Homeowner, How to, Real Estate Tips, Shorewest Tips Thinking of Buying a Home? Think Luxury! Our current housing market is constrained by a low supply of homes for sale, the luxury market is seeing an upswing in inventory and less buyer competition. This is great news for anyone with a home to sell and looking … Read More Tags: Buying, down payment, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, LeadingRE, luxury, luxury homes, Luxury Market, Selling, Shorewest Realtors, Upgrading Categories: Home Buying, Homeowner, Real Estate Tips, Shorewest Tips Resource Video: Buyer and Seller Edition Who is Responsible for Making Repairs Called for in a Home Inspection? A home inspection helps a buyer discover any issues with a home before the closing. The buyer is responsible for selecting and paying the home inspector, but if … Read More Tags: Buyers, first time home buyer, First Time Home Seller, home inspection, Repairs, Resource Videos, Sellers, shorewest family, Shorewest Realtors Categories: First Time Home Buyers, Home Buying, Home Improvement, Home Selling, Homeowner, How to, Real Estate Tips Resource Video: Buyer Edition Things You Should Never Say When House Hunting Buying a home is an exciting time and when you walk into a potential home there are a million comments running through your mind. However in today’s world there may be nanny … Read More Tags: buy a home, buyer tips, first time home buyers, home buyer advice, Home Buying, House Hunting, Resource Videos, shorewest family, Shorewest Realtors Categories: First Time Home Buyers, Home Buying, How to, Real Estate Tips How Does Owning a Home Give You Wealth? You have heard repeatedly that putting money down on a home will repay you with equity. But that’s hard to remember after a large down payment and closing costs! However it is an important piece of information to remember when … Read More Tags: buying a home, Equity, keeping current matters, Mortgage, net worth, shorewest family, Shorewest Realtors Categories: First Time Home Buyers, Home Buying, Homeowner, Mortgage, Real Estate Tips Page 10 of 36« First‹ Previous67891011121314Next ›Last »