Our Blog County-by-County Real Estate Data, October 2014 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: … Read More Categories: Quarterly Newsletter, Uncategorized The Intoxication of Low Interest Rates — A letter from John Inzeo, Vice President, Wisconsin Mortgage Corporation Watching the Packer game, I was drawn into all the commercials that advertised low interest rates. From credit cards to furniture, cars to student loans, “LOW INTEREST RATES” was flashed across my television more times than I could count… or … Read More Tags: buying a home, current housing market, Home Buying, Housing Market, living in milwaukee, Milwaukee, milwaukee lifestyle, Quarterly Newsletter, real estate market, shorewest, Shorewest Realtors, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Mortgage Corporation, wisconsin real estate Categories: Quarterly Newsletter State of the Market — December 2014 State of the Market — December 2014 A letter from Joseph A. Horning, President of Shorewest, REALTORS® Markets across the nation seem to be on the track to recovery. The Wisconsin Real Estate market has picked up nicely … Read More Tags: Home Buying, Home Selling, Housing Market, living in milwaukee, Milwaukee, milwaukee lifestyle, Quarterly Newsletter, Real Estate, real estate advice, real estate trends, shorewest, Shorewest Realtors, Wisconsin, wisconsin real estate Categories: Quarterly Newsletter County-by-County Real Estate Data, May 2014 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: Q2, Quarterly Newsletter Categories: Quarterly Newsletter State of the Market — May 2014 A letter from Joseph A. Horning, President of Shorewest, REALTORS® Throughout the first quarter, Wisconsin and the nation have seen an overall decrease in the number of home sales. This year’s extreme cold during the first quarter clearly held buyers … Read More Tags: Q2, Quarterly Newsletter Categories: Quarterly Newsletter Distressed Property Sales Continue to Fall, Impacting Overall Home Sales Although national home sales declined by 7% year-over-year, this graph portrays a more accurate picture of the housing market as a whole. It’s important to note why home sales in the $0-$100,000 range have decreased so dramatically — distressed home … Read More Tags: Q2, Quarterly Newsletter Categories: Quarterly Newsletter Home Prices Continue to Gain throughout the United States Despite the cyclical downturn the housing market experiences during winter, home prices continued to rise in the first quarter, indicating the overall health of the real estate market. The chart shows the Case-Shiller Home Price Index, which measures the 20 … Read More Tags: Q2, Quarterly Newsletter Categories: Quarterly Newsletter Low Inventory Once Again Major Player in Real Estate Market Little by little, inventory levels are increasing throughout the United States. Although levels are increasing, they are unfortunately not increasing fast enough to meet the demands of the housing market. Year-over-year inventory shown in this graph shows the challenges we … Read More Tags: Q2, Quarterly Newsletter Categories: Quarterly Newsletter Mortgage Rates Remain Historically Affordable, Will Increase Throughout 2014 Although mortgage rates for the 30-year Fixed Rate Mortgage (FRM) continue to climb, historical perspective shows that rates are still relatively low. Home buying in 2014 will remain more affordable than in past decades, but rates will continue to … Read More Tags: Q2, Quarterly Newsletter Categories: Quarterly Newsletter First Quarter Wisconsin Home Sales Down, Prices Continue to Rise With colder temperatures and serious snowfall continuing into March, home sales dropped for the third consecutive month in Wisconsin, according to the latest statistics released by the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association (WRA). Compared with March 2013, home sales declined 11.3% in … Read More Tags: Q2, Quarterly Newsletter Categories: Quarterly Newsletter Page 16 of 18« First‹ Previous12131415161718Next ›