Real Estate Market Data Snapshot For Madison East (Zone E12)

What’s (Zone E12)?It’s an area that the MLS made up to give things boundaries and lines. If I can find a virtual MLS Zone map, I’ll post it on the blog or link to it. E12 is a section of the East Side of Madison though.
The reason for this Market Snapshot is I was doing [...]

To Easy To Get In. To Easy To Stay?

Last week I taught a Real Estate sales training class with most of the learners three years or newer. The course was on how to increase their production and customer service skills. Real Estate has an easy barrier to entry, but fairly hard to succeed at and make a living. No one tells you that. [...]

Retiring Cliches

A little while back I wrote about retiring the marketing line Priced To Sell.
Seth Godin, master marketer, author and blogger put up on his Squidoo site a list of overused business cliches.
On the other hand, the vast majority of buzzwords exist for one reason: to hide. By obfuscating, lying, confusing or just plain avoiding the issue, [...]

Madison Roots Festival

No Weekend Weed Out For Madison real estate today, instead some info on the Madison Wisconsin Roots Festival.
The show is taking place today at the Capital Brewery.

The line up is:

Acoustic-2:30-3:00pm (Mike Droho)
Blues-3:30-4:15pm (Cash Box King)
Rock-4:45-5:30pm (Mighty Short Bus)
Reggae- 6:00-6:45pm (Natty Nation)
7:15pm- 8:30pm (Willy Porter)

Countrywide CEO Talking About Mortage Market, Fed, And Sub-Prime

This week Countrywide CEO, Angelo Mozilo was interviewed on CNBC. 
He discussed the Bank of America loan, the fed, the sub-prime panic (which he doesn’t think exists) and the housing market which could lead to a recession.

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Madison [...]

How Many Showings On A Home Before An Offer?

One! One Showing. Ha ha ha!
Two! Two Showings. Ha ha ha!
Three! Three Showings. Ha ha ha!
How many home showings before a seller gets an offer from a buyer?
 I don’t know. Depends if you are priced to sell.
The rule we operate by at Edyn Real Estate is a rule we came up with called,

The 10/20 Rule

The 10/20 Rule [...]

Madison Real Estate Market Update: July

Madison Wisconsin Real Estate Trends For The Month Of July The Last Five Years
Taking a look at the month July Real Estate Trends since 2003. Looking at New Listings, New Sales and Total Active Listings at the end of the month.

*This information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Information is sourced from the South Central Wisconsin [...]

Jump Starting Real Estate Sales Career

 Barrier to Entry into the field of Real Estate sales is rather easy. The State Of Wisconsin only requires 72 hours of class room time, which you can do over videos at home or online, and then pass an exam.
Many think Real Estate Sales is an easy career to get into, with ability to make [...]

Weekend Weed Out In Madison Real Estate

Madison Real Estate News Week In Review
I usually write a catchy little intro before I go into the news links for the week. I can’t think of a catchy intro this week. So here is this weeks that may or may not have anything to do with Madison real estate.
Wisconsin State Journal
A federal grand jury [...]

UW Madison Move In Time

If you are driving around the UW-Madison Campus area right now, you will see that students are moving in. Moving into their dorms and moving into their housing. The UW Madison campus is buzzing again.
Real Estate guru, Barbara Corcoran gives advice on how to,
“Make a profit and get a surprise on graduation day.”
[...]

Priced To Sell (Part 2)

Yesterday I wrote about how I think the marketing phrase Priced To Sell is stupid. I questioned what else would it be priced to do. We came up a with few things.
Priced To Sit On The Market And Expire From Listing Contract
Priced To Cause Frustration Between Realtor and Seller A Month On The Market
Priced To Make [...]

PRICED TO SELL!!!

You’ve read the real estate ad.
“This home is priced to sell!”
What else on Earth would it be priced to do?
I’m sure I’ve used this Realtor cliche at some point and time. I vow not to do it again though. It’s stupid.
Priced to sell!!! Is this is the most creative, best marketing line we can come [...]

Is Now A Good Time To Buy Real Estate?

We get email at The Gardyn. We get questions from buyers. Questions from sellers. Questions that buyers and sellers should be asking the Realtor they are working with but don’t for what ever reason. Maybe the buyer or seller is scared to ask, maybe their Realtor won’t return their phone call or email.
Edyn Real Estate [...]

What Is Going On With This Mortgage Meltdown Talk?

Here’s the deal, I’m not an economist. I’m not a financial expert. I’m not a journalist. I’m not an entertainer. I’m just a Realtor that keeps a blog.  Much of the news that you are getting from these so called experts and economists that the sky is falling is for them to get press, to promote [...]

Weekend Weed Out In Madison Real Estate

Madison Real Estate News Week In Review
Some crazy stuff going on with the Fed, mortgage company’s, and Wall St. this week, huh? While this shake up does play a part in the local Madison real estate scene, keep in mind all real estate is local and each city and each area of the country will [...]

You Can’t Buy Happiness

Money can’t buy you love.
Money can’t buy you happiness.

Mortgage Applications On The Rise

Mortgage Bankers Association reports an increase in applications for the first time since early June. The applications consist of both purchase loans and refinance loans.
What is important about knowing if people are applying for mortgages?
It is a great gauge on what will be happening for home purchases in the next 30-45 days. If someone is [...]

Let It Rain, Let It Rain, Let It Rain

I thought I would bring back an article that I wrote in the begining of summer about rain. I can recycle blog posts right? We are after all in Madison, and very into our recycling and being green, so I figure I can.
The blog I wrote was 13 Ways To Stop The Rain and Water. I’m [...]

This is the The Gardyn’s 100th Post!!!

I sat for a long time trying to figure out what to write. I wanted to make the 100th post special. It’s not going to be, but I had to write to get it out of the way.
I am amazed that we have hit 100 posts already. Edyn Real Estate’s vision is to make the [...]

Edyn Real Estate Doing An Open House???? WHAT?!?

Open House In Verona
Edyn Real Estate will be holding an open house on a Verona condo on Sunday from 1:00-4:00 pm. The condo is located at 427 Cross Country Rd. Verona, WI.
Why would we hold an open house after writing such articles as “Wasting Time At Open Houses”?
For the most part, we believe at Edyn [...]

Weekend Weed Out In Madison Real Estate

Madison Real Estate News Week In Review
Looking out the window at the neighbor’s rooflines I notice leaves gather on the rooftops. Is fall going to come early this year? Is it just from the extreme heat? Does weather have anything to do with the real estate market?
This week was interesting. If I would have had [...]

Buyers Agent: Should You Have One For Your Real Estate Transaction? Part 5

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Buyers Agent: Should You Have One For Your Real Estate Transaction? Part 2
Buyers Agent: Should You Have One For Your Real Estate Transaction? Part 3
Buyers Agent: Should You Have One For Your Real Estate Transaction? Part 4
Sub-Agency
Is your real estate agent working for [...]