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Shorewest Reports: Where are Baby Boomers Set to Retire?
Baby Boomers, the largest segment of homeowners in America, are beginning to retire and will continue to do so over the next 15 years. What does this mean for their homes and the real estate market in general? On the …
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County-by-County Real Estate Data – February 2014
Learn what’s happening in your market area by clicking on the county link. You’ll find helpful information, including a year-to-year and quarterly comparisons of new listings, closed sales, median sales price, active listings and months of inventory. Jump to your …
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State of the Market — February 2014
A letter from Joseph A. Horning, President of Shorewest, REALTORS® 2013 was a prosperous year for the real estate market in Wisconsin. I am proud to share that Shorewest, REALTORS® helped over 11,900 families buy and sell their homes. Throughout …
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Housing Recovery in 2013 Leads to Strongest Sales in Seven Years
New data was recently released from the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) stating home sales in 2013 grew 9.1% compared to 2012. Housing sales totaled 5.09 million units, the strongest performance since 2006 when sales reached an unsustainably high 6.48 …
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Lower Inventory Levels Expected for 2014, List Your Home Now!
One of the biggest challenges facing the housing market is the lack of homes for sale. This is a huge change in comparison to 2007-2011, where inventory, especially in distressed foreclosure or short sale properties, had flooded the market and …
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Get Ready… Get Set… Go!
from John Inzeo, Vice President of Wisconsin Mortgage Corporation Get Ready… Get Set… GO !!!! That has been our motto at Wisconsin Mortgage as we have prepared to assist home buyers in 2014. Many new rules and regulations have been …
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Home Values: 2013 versus 2014
Home values continued to climb in 2013, and the S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Indices reveal that the top 10- and 20-city composites have reached prices similar to the levels of mid-2004, before the housing bubble. From June 2012-June 2013, housing …
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Shorewest, REALTORS® Once Again On Top in 2013
Shorewest, REALTORS® spent another year on top of the southeastern Wisconsin markets, producing the most sold homes and the highest amount of listings. In both cases, we did more business than the next three competitors combined! Shorewest sold 11,273 houses …
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We’re Looking for More Sales Associates at Wisconsin’s Top Workplace
There are so many great reasons to join Shorewest as a sales associate. From our employee-voted title of Wisconsin’s #1 Top Workplace to our position as Wisconsin’s Largest Home Seller™, joining Shorewest means you’ll be a part of the best real estate company …
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Shorewest Celebrates the Holidays with 29th Annual Christmas is for Kids Party
Once again, sales associates and employees form the Shorewest family of companies shared the Christmas spirit. Throughout the year, people give thousands of dollars and hours to Christmas is for Kids, a charity started by Shorewest in 1984. The money …
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