Building A Greener House

If you have not wasted enough time playing Mansion Impossible, I got a new one for you.

My Sustainable House is a game, but super educational about the building a greener home process. Have a little fun, learn a little bit and if you are up to it, come back and post your score. I got a [...]

Good Time To Buy A Home In Madison

Want to know if you should buy a home or condo in this Madison Real Estate market 
We are inspired by NBC going green last week, so The Gardyn will go green this week. We might recycle some posts and all our font will be green.
Recycled Post from Is now a good time to buy real estate?
That depends. That question [...]

One Laptop Per Child: Give 1 Get 1

We are inspired by NBC going green last week, so The Gardyn will go green this week. We might recycle some posts and all our font will be green.
One Laptop Per Child
From Laptopgiving.org:
The mission of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is to empower the children of developing countries to learn by providing one connected laptop [...]

FSBO Madison Tips on Marketing and Exposure

We are inspired by NBC going green last week, so The Gardyn will go green this week. We might recycle some posts and all our font will be green.
From FSBO Madison Needs One More Photo, Atleast
NRT Inc., the largest residential real estate brokerage company in the nation conducted a study which found that the average [...]

Real Estate Open Houses In Madison

Today being Sunday, Realtor’s in Madison will be holding Open Houses.
Every where in the Dane County Real Estate world, you will see open house signs. Edyn Real Estate will not be doing an open house though. We pick our open houses carefully and it’s a place that our Seller’s can save some commission, since we do [...]

Madison Blogger Wonders If She Should Have Bought Her Kids A Condo

Ann Althouse, law professor wonders, “Should you buy your college kid a condo?”
A lot of people do these days, and it might make financial sense. Obviously, there are problems with the housing market that affect the decision these days, but generally, I wish I’d thought of doing this when my sons were in college. A [...]

FSBO Madison Needs One More Photo, atleast

Local For Sale By Owner Real Estate site, FSBOMadison.com does a high volume of business.
From their own website they promote,
“777 homes listed in 1999, 1100 in 2000… and on up, to over 2000 in each of the past 2 years.”
That’s pretty impressive!!! It was a hot seller’s market in Madison and a great time to make [...]

Why Can’t A Home Buyer Search For Pet Friendly Properties?

When searching for a property, why are home buyer’s not given an option for pet friendly property search criteria?
I asked Pearl, my French Bulldog that question, here was her response-

I know it doesn’t matter so much when a buyer is searching for a single family home. A buyer searching for a single family home can do a [...]

West Side of Madison Home Prices. Going Up or Down?

Taking a look at the Madison West single family and condo home prices.

Check this out. Besides a dip right away for Madison West condo prices, which can probably be easily explained, prices have had a stable, consistent rise. It might not be much, but there it is. Moving up. Moving forward.
Now check out Madison West single [...]

Bassett Area Home Buyer Program Announced By City Of Madison

In a press release from the Madison Mayor’s office,
Oct. 30th 2007/MADISON – Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and Ald. Mike Verveer announced today a new acquisition and rehabilitation loan program to help homebuyers interested in living downtown. The new program called the Bassett Small Cap TIF Loan Program can assist potential borrowers in the Bassett area.
Highlights of [...]