realestateguy madison wi keller williams realty: Buy a home now! If you have one, buy a rental or two, NOW!
- 02/15/11 02:43 PM
History says, now is the time to buy a home. We have written many times over the last 48 months that now is the time to buy a home. Now the case can be made, if you own 1, buy 2 more too, such is the opportunity. Of course what we have been saying has been correct all along. If you had bought a home in Madison Wi over the last 2 years you could not go wrong. But now the proof is mounting that this elongated opportunity is closing fast. Let’s start with home sales, nationally … (1 comments)
realestateguy madison wi keller williams realty: Market Stats in Verona.
- 02/12/11 10:26 AM
If you are thinking this year may be the time to buy or sell a home in Verona Wi, you probably are wondering how the new year is starting out. Well we had a tough end to 2010 and there are many who are relying on an improved 2011 “Spring” season.
Let’s look at the early indicators, ie those in January. Actually these stats are closings that likely happened before the end of the year. But they are the best we have. Single Family homes (not Condos) There are currently 228 homes on the Verona market 43 … (0 comments)
Should I Sell my home? The answer is not always clear cut, and can be an agonizing decision. A poor decision can cost a family dearly and cause untold stress, wasted effort and opportunity. I have become very good at helping people make as good a decision as possible. Not this may sometimes loose me a sale, but it has earnt me a lot of respect, and that is important in this day and age when people need some help. We have put together a series of Videos to help you in the process. If you would … (1 comments)
realestateguy madison wi keller williams realty: Selling a home:" Pricing important as the new season starts.
- 02/02/11 11:13 AM
So you may be wondering what the home selling market is doing I Verona Wi. It is always difficult to gauge how the new year is going to turn out. This has repercussions in making it very difficult to price a home for sale. If we anticipate a strong spring and then if we price too strongly, we can lose out on early interest and the home does not sell. If however we price cautiously and the market comes roaring back, we could leave money on the table. When RealEstateGuy team counsels a home owner, we have this discussion … (3 comments)
realestateguy madison wi keller williams realty: Tips for making a great housing purchase.
- 01/25/11 10:38 AM
If you are a first time home buyer, or for that matter a home buyer returning to the housing market many years after your previous experience, it is likely that you have not really got a good idea of how the process works. (now I acknowledge you may have done your due diligence online, but that is not a substitute for having a trusted advisor.) In Real Estate Guy’s experience, buyers in this situation, follow a hard worn path. Let’s look at a single buyer, Tom and the experience he would go thru. Tom bounces thru open houses, he … (0 comments)
realestateguy madison wi keller williams realty: Earned the home buyer tax credit? take action now to get it!
- 01/24/11 03:31 PM
So you bought a home last year and qualified for the home buyers tax credit? Congratulations. Have you received the benefit yet. What you should have done was to make an amendment of your 2009 tax return and you would have received the credit by now. However If you did not do that, there is still time. But you have to act now. You will need to make your case on your 2010 tax return. For this you will need the HUD1 form that you signed at closing to prove you bought a home. If you don’t … (0 comments)
realestateguy madison wi keller williams realty: short sale accomplished home closed, Sun Prairie Wi
- 01/23/11 01:31 PM
Congratulations to Genette and Lee, who closed a chapter of their lives today. Yes they sold their home in The Madison Area even though the mortgage was $150,000 more than the net proceeds from the sale. It wasn’t easy. We lost one buyer when the bank took too long to make a Short Sale decision. When they finally made the decision, the buyer had lost a job. But the second round, we were able to make a deal with in 3 weeks to go forward with the sale and to release the sellers from their debt. Yes we negotiated … (2 comments)
I am often talking with home owners about selling their home and so often happens they do not have the questions to ask. So in the spirit of helping said home owner, here is a list of suggested questions to provide a framework for an interview to ensure a good decision is made.
Are you a full-time or part-time agent? What is the average number of days your listings are on the market before selling? Will you service our listing personally or will we be working with your assistants? How many sellers and buyers are you currently … (1 comments)
realestateguy madison wi keller williams realty: Home sellers need RealEstateGuy's competitive advantage in Madison wi
- 01/05/11 07:34 AM
In this day and age, when it istough to sell a home, if you are a home seller, you want the very best. At RealEstateGuy Team we strive to go that little bit further to make the sale more successful. These things make my team stand out. To make sure this is clear, these things are above and beyond the regular listing services that some of the best offer. MLS, Virtual Tours, Regular feedback and follow up calls, great photos, home books, open houses, buyer consultations, closing services, First, is marketing, the more you have the more people get to see a home. (see below)Second, is negotiating, I have … (1 comments)
realestateguy madison wi keller williams realty: Short Sale helps out struggling homeowner.
- 01/02/11 03:32 PM
Another successful short sale closing. Congratulations to Adam and Amanda for closing on the sale of their home. Having bought it recently, Adam and Amanda found themselves in a position where they had to sell. They contacted RealEstateGuy Team to handle the sale because in the market, they owed to Chase Home Finance, more than a sale would bring them. We worked to get an offer on their very nice duplex. And then with Chase to get an approval, which was thru HUD, the government agency. Well, the goal became a reality on Friday, new year's day. Our closing company, Clear … (1 comments)
In all we were able to keep up with last years 50 homes. We are in the business of customer service, and for sellers that means getting homes sold, actually helping make the decision as to whether they really want to sell, and … (2 comments)
realestateguy madison wi keller williams realty: Great tool helps home buyers and home sellers.
- 12/22/10 12:33 PM
Real Estate Guy Team is very proud to announce industry leading technology to improve effectiveness in helping buyers buy homes and home sellers sell theirs. 95% of all home buyers start looking for homes on the internet. What they are looking for is listings of homes for sale.
Our state of the act home site, allows prospective clients, very easily to search for homes online. This search is not just restricted to Madison, but it goes all of Dane County and beyond. http://www.homesforsalemadisonrealestate.com/ Yes it is a bit of a mouthful, but you can simply click on our … (0 comments)
realestateguy madison wi keller williams realty: How do i sell my home in Madison WI?
- 12/13/10 03:28 PM
Are you a home owner in the Madison Wisconsin area who needs to sell your home? Or do you know of someone who needs to sell a home? Video advice how to sell your home. Our guess you are not sure where to turn. There may be agents calling you telling you how great they are. You probably have friends and family giving advice, or know a part time Realtor, who is part time for a reason! They never made it without a supporting job. Who is the right one? If you are underwater, there are a lot of ventures … (1 comments)
Only KW has! I just spent time at a training in Austin, the home of Keller Williams International. I made a list of things that KW has or does for its agents that are totally unique in the industry.
A written set of principles by which their business is run. A National Listing system separate to the MLS, holding over 3 million listings with specially negotiated syndication with over 300 partners. So our Listings sell. The only national company with its own coaching program which follows the KW philosophies and, which has been recognized outside … (4 comments)
realestateguy madison wi keller williams realty: Reasons not to wait to buy a home.
- 12/12/10 09:19 AM
Buy a Home now, the bounty won’t last. In Madison Wi, just like in the rest of the country, The time to buy a home is now. A number of events have converged to shrink the number of buyers; (tightening finances, lower confidence) and increase the need of sellers to sell; (job loss, inability to refinance, dropping prices). This has led to a situation where supply and demand has never been as far out of whack.
As you see sales are down (blue, solid bars), and the months of inventory is way up(red line). So why … (0 comments)
I rarely come across anyone with huge audacious goals. 500 transactions. 1,000,000 GCI, or even NET Income.
I have wondered why? And I have come to observe the reason is because there are no role models in this market. I mean we have a couple … (3 comments)
realestateguy madison wi keller williams realty: Arranging a successful Short Sale is like Herding cats.
- 11/21/10 03:19 PM
Following attempts at at least 30 short sales in the Madison Wi area over the last few years, and having success in at least 70% of them, I have noticed this rather unusual likeness. Let me explain. The short sale has parties. 1 the buyer 2 and seller 3 lien holder/bank, investor, government entity, PMI 4 buyers lender 5 other lein holders: second mortgage, Federal, judgments 6 agents 7 attorneys 8 title company 9 etc 1-5 the most significant, but all can cause a deal to be more difficult. So all of the parties have their own agenda but the … (1 comments)
Yes you read it. If you are a home buyer in Madison Wi. and you are a Veteran, first, thank you for your service. But more importantly, the Tax Credit that expired for everyone else, is still in place for Veterans.So you can take advantage of: a slack market great inventory of homes for sale low low low interest rate AND A tax credit. The Tax Credit is $8,000 for first timers, $6500 for the move up buyer. Call us or see your mortgage professional … (4 comments)
The curve is a trend line (meaning it has smoothed the curves from the boxes) The line represents the average number of months a home could be on market based on current sales and inventory. It represents a ratio calculation of the number of sales and pending deals with the number of homes sold.
Let's take a look. The number of homes under contract (East Madison) on April 10 was 150 pending, 100 … (4 comments)
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