Multiple Offers Return to the Madeline Island Real Estate Market In another blog post, entitled "What to Watch For in the 2014 Madeline Island Real Estate Market", I recently shared a list of signs which point to continued growth in real estate market activity on Madeline Island. Another market
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12/31/2013
Sellers, Resolve to Make Your Home or Cottage Ready to Sell in 2014 At the year's end, we deal with the inevitable task of summing up which listings sold, and why. We also find ourselves struggling to explain why a particular listing did not succeed in attracting a buyer. Most sellers who are
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12/30/2013
Why do Most Buyers Wait Until the End of the Year to Make an Offer? We appreciate our buyer clients and we finish each year grateful that we have buyers with the vision and the desire to own a second home/vacation home on Lake Superior. At the same time, buyer behavior sometimes leaves agents s
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12/29/2013
Appraisers Look to NorthstarMLS for Madeline Island & Bayfield Comps A well-known area appraiser contacted us last summer to learn more about recent home sales by Madeline Island Realty in LaPointe, Wisconsin. The purpose of his contact email was to gather comparable sales for an appraisal in
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12/28/2013
Madeline Island Realty - Bayfield Wisconsin Listings for Sale We're hearing from a growing number of Bayfield, Wisconsin prospective sellers who wish to list and sell their homes "on the other side of the pond". It's gratifying to take note that our 2013 sales have gotten the attention of main
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12/28/2013
How Long Has This Home Been on the Market? Does it Really Matter? Every once in awhile, a prospective buyer visiting our Madeline Island office asks me "how long has this home been on the market? In a primary home community, I'd consider that a valid question and one that agents expect to rece
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12/28/2013
34970 Highlander Dr, Bayfield WI - Offered by Madeline Island Realty Extraordinary Lake Superior views from all levels make this Apostle Highlands golf course home a stand-out among Bayfield homes currently on the market. 34970 Highlander Drive, in Bayfield, Wisconsin delivers premium features
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12/28/2013
What to Watch For in the 2014 Madeline Island Real Estate Market As I wrote in a recent blog post, making forecasts about real estate market trends and future activity can be a risky business. But after all, risk-taking is what real estate brokerage is all about. And the end of 2013 is a perfe
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12/28/2013
Keep Personal Property Out of Your Real Estate Transaction, Please Speak with any mortgage loan originator about the subject of personal property in purchase agreements/offers to purchase and you'll probably hear the same thing from each of them. They'll tell you that lenders don't write thirty
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12/28/2013
2013 LaPointe WI Home Sales - Listed & Sold by Madeline Island Realty 2013 was a significant year for buyers and sellers of Madeline Island homes. During the second half of 2013, Island homeowners witnessed a real estate market recovery which exceeded expectations, particularly in sales of sin
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12/26/2013
