What?
Yeah, I know. I read this article from the Cap Times, Jeff Richgels and was left more confused. Here is part of the article,
Such is life in a housing market gone stagnant: After a long boom that peaked in 2005, sales of homes and condominiums in Dane County fell 10.4 percent in 2006 and another [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Yesterday I wondered why do real estate company TV ads suck so bad?
I started skating around the blogosphere ( I figure if you surf the web, you skate the blogos) looking for answers. Over at FoREM, Joel Burlsem wrote,
Real estate ads have become so generic they’re forgettable. Same boring messages. Same boring situations. So who’s going to [...]
Quick.
Name a memorable real estate TV ad. Got it.
Was it clever? Was it funny? Did it convey emotion?
Oh. You can’t even remember one. That’s because real estate TV ad’s suck almost as much as real estate logos. I don’t know if executives at the top just refuse to hire good firms to help with promotion [...]
I think Realtor cliche’s are funny. I have been as guilty as anyone in using them, but I am going to strive to eliminate them from my marketing.
What is a Realtor cliche? I wrote a post awhile back and had some great comments added to some Realtor cliches, but in general, it’s a line that [...]
The Capital Times, a local Madison newspaper, wrote a story yesterday about high end luxury homes in the Dane County area.
“While two decades ago even the most expensive homes barely topped $300,000, in Dane County today there are well over 400 single-family homes that are assessed at more than $1 million, and more than 1,000 [...]
This post includes real estate market stats and info for Madison West, Madison East, Cottage Grove, Monona, Middleton, Waunakee, Sun Prairie, Fitchburg, Verona, Stoughton, McFarland and general Dane County.
“I Want The Truth”
“You Can’t Handle The Truth!”
I already shared the stats about the overall Dane County Real Estate market.
Madison East Real Estate (Single Family)
Absorption Rate: [...]
Follow Instructions On Trash Pick Up
The City of Madison recently got new trash bins refuse carts. Madison Guy from Letter from Here explains:
It wasn’t any old bin. Mayor Dave explained that it was our “new tan refuse cart” (to go with the new trucks with the robot arms). To make sure I knew the message [...]
Big News! Good News! Surprising News!
A rate cut was expected today, but the aggressive .50% rate in both the Federal Funds Rate and the Discount Rate surprised many, including myself.
The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by a half point to 4.75 percent, this is the first Fed rate cut in four years!
In a [...]
After the mortgage meltdown, the Department of Labor seeing the first jobs decline since 2003, all eyes are on the Federal Reserve.
Even though the FHA has stepped in to the subprime mortgage market and the job loss was only 4,000 with the unemployment rate being virtually unchanged at 4.6%, recession is the talk. In the days of [...]
What info do you wish was on a real estate for sale yard sign?
1) A brochure box for flyers
2) Website address for company
3) Website address for property
4) The listing agents cell phone number
5) Property info (ex. 4 bedrooms, 2140 sq. ft.)
6) A photo of the listing agent
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Make your own poll
I mentioned in a blog post early this week that I would be sharing what Madison area communities are in a Seller’s market, Buyer’s market or Balanced market.
On the air on Wednesday I gave the run down of most of those markets. We still have some numbers to pull and will be posting them soon [...]
I recieved this email in my inbox this morning,
Darin -
My name is Rick Berg and I got your name from a reporter at The Capital
Times (Mike Ivey) who is doing a story today on the sluggish Dane County
real estate market.
I’m filling in for Mitch Henck (WIBA, 1310 AM) on Wednesday morning and
wanted to spend an [...]
I said earlier,
“Days on Market has nothing to do with a Buyer’s Market or Seller’s Market.”
It doesn’t? Not really.
What you can see in the Dane County Days On Market chart below is that single family days on market are fairly reasonable, a little over two months. But there are always two markets going on in a [...]
What’s going on in the real estate market?
Is it a seller’s market, a buyers market, or a transitional/balance market?
We hear the news media saying it’s a buyer’s market, but what does that really mean?
I got a phone call on Friday from an “investor”, telling me, “It’s a buyer’s market so your sellers are going to [...]
On More Listings | More Sales I have written about Feedback for real estate agents,
Your business could be giving you feedback but you may not know what it is or how to interpret it. This feedback could come from such forms as; no closings for a month, two months, or three months. Not having any current [...]
It’s a Buyer’s Market. Anyone notice?
In a buyer’s market, home lookers tend to think because they have lots of choices that they also have lots of time.
There are actually two different markets going on during a Buyer’s Market.
The market for good properties
The good properties are priced right, offer great terms, in excellent condition and staged well. These [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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.”
[...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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Sub-Agency
Is your real estate agent working for [...]
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In Buyers Agent: Part 3 we shared with you a bit about the new agency laws, that during [...]
