You need to check out this cool site. It is called Trulia Hindsight. Trulia is a real estate search site that puts together cool gadgets and tools that I sometimes spend my spare time playing with. Am I nerd? I think geek. But if you have someone helping you buy or sell a house, don’t [...]
Entries from October 2007
October 30, 2007
East Side Of Madison Home Prices. Going Up or Down?
Taking a look at the Madison East single family and condo home prices.
I love graphs. Graphs make things simple. You can quickly look at a graph and it tells you something. Look at the graph for Madison east single family and condo prices. The graph quickly tells you, that Madison east single family home prices [...]
October 27, 2007
My Bologna Has A First Name…
Things that you will see while driving around Madison, Wisconsin.
Take a virtual tour of the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile at their site.
Here is a video of the Oscar Mayer Weiner Song via Oprah, gospel style.
October 26, 2007
Madison East vs. Madison West Real Estate
Comparing housing days on market for Madison East vs. Madison West.
We looked at single family and condos in both the Madison East and Madison West market areas.
The Madison East and Madison West single family markets are almost even with each other for days on market. What makes the Madison East real estate market a bit [...]
October 24, 2007
Home by Marc Broussard
The last few weeks, I have been putting up music videos with “Home” as the theme.
This week is “Home” by Marc Broussard. ENJOY!!!
Related Video Posts:
Home by Michael Buble
Coming Home by The 88’s
You can’t buy happiness
Make it a great day
Rent or Own
Real Estate TV Ads: Boring, Boring, Boring
Why are Real Estate TV [...]
October 20, 2007
Dane County Real Estate Market Trends (Including Madison and surrounding area)
Info on Dane County Real Estate Market and Housing trends for the past 8 years.
This is looking at the first 3 quarters of the year for the last 8 years of the Dane County real estate market.
Keep this in mind when you are looking at the numbers. I hear from home sellers and even Realtor’s [...]
October 19, 2007
“Thank You” to the lady in Copps Food last night in Monona
After meeting with a FSBO another for a listing appointment and then meeting with a FSBO to chat about the real estate market and give them insights and tips on getting their home sold, I had to go grocery shopping for a dinner party tonight.
I headed to Copps Food in Monona. By the way, if you [...]
October 17, 2007
View Of Downtown Madison (The City On An Isthmus)
The downtown Madison area is located between two lakes.
Lake Monona and Lake Mendota.
This is a photo I took today from the Lake Monona side. Over looking Lake Monona, you can see the downtown Madison area, including the Monona Terrace and the Wisconsin State Capital building.
The Monona Terrace is the building front and center in the [...]
October 16, 2007
Days On Market For Dane County Real Estate
Looking at Dane County Real Estate Days On Market from June ‘06 – September ‘07
Since June, Days on Market has been creeping back up for single family homes in Dane County. Dane County condo sales days on market is all over the place and is really throwing a wrench in to real estate sales in [...]
October 15, 2007
Things That A Home Seller Can Do In The Madison Real Estate Market
Home Sellers, the real estate market got you down? Does this shift to a buyer’s market make your home selling process frustrating and confusing?
18 months ago, a home for sale in Madison was flying off the market and selling for more than the asking price. Now, it kinda feels like pulling teeth just to get buyers into your home [...]
October 10, 2007
Your Home Helping Other Homes Sell
Last week we did a quiz,
Your Home For Sale Could Be Helping Other Homes Sell Instead
We then gave you the results.
How could your home actually be helping other homes sell? Glad you asked.
In order to understand this possibility, you are going to have to forget that your home is…well, your home. It is a product. [...]
October 8, 2007
Home By Michael Buble
Last week I mentioned that I liked The 88’s song, Coming Home. Their song plays in a Target commercial. Lets keep the trend going. Here is “Home” by Michael Buble.
Related Video/Posts:
You can’t buy happiness
Make it a great day
Rent or Own
Real Estate TV Ads: Boring, Boring, Boring
Why are Real Estate TV ads [...]
October 7, 2007
Real Estate FAQ’s: Why won’t my real estate agent do what I want?
Q. Edyn, I’m growing frustrated with my real estate agent. They will not listen to what I want them to do. I’m in sales also and I operate by “The customer is always right.” Why won’t my real estate agent do what I want?
-frustated by real estate agent
A. Dear frustrated by real estate agent,
First, you [...]
October 5, 2007
Dane County Adding More Park Space
From the Wisconsin State Journal
Dane County making largest-ever purchase of park land
Dane County’s largest-ever park purchase — 172 acres in the North Mendota Natural Resource Area in the town of Westport — was announced today by County Executive Kathleen Falk.
The county will seek out partnerships to offset some of the $5.5 million cost for the [...]
October 4, 2007
Your Home For Sale Could Be Helping Other Homes Sell Instead
Did you take our quiz yesterday?
If you answered TRUE to 8 or more questions, your home for sale has definitely helped another home sell.
If you answered TRUE to 5-7 questions, you might want to re-examine your marketing, price, staging and other things. You can read here, about our 10/20 Rule and how many showing you [...]
October 3, 2007
Your Home For Sale Could Be Helping Other Homes Sell Instead
Take this quiz to see if your home for sale is helping other homes sell, while you still sit waiting for a buyer.
You might not only be hurting your chances of selling your home but actually helping the competition get theirs sold. Take this 10 question true/false to find out.
true false
1. My home for sale has been [...]
October 1, 2007
Coming Home by The 88
I mentioned that I liked the Target ad and the back ground song in that commercial. This is the band, The 88 that are performing the song called “Coming Home”.
Related Video/Posts:
You can’t buy happiness
Make it a great day
Rent or Own
