Here are the current market conditions for the Oak Creek Wisconsin Single Family Home Real Estate Market.

There were 84 homes sold during the 2nd quarter of 2010 in the City of Oak Creek WI (up from 36 last quarter and up from 62 during the same period in 2009.) The monthly break down is as follows:

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• April – 27 homes sold
• May – 32 homes sold
• June – 25 homes sold

There were 152 active listings in Oak Creek, WI as of 12 July 2010 of which 16 have accepted offers.  There are an additional 5 homes that are in pending status meaning that they are pretty much ready to close. Homes sold in the 2nd quarter 2010 were on the market, an average, 136 days. Homes were selling for 96.10% of last asking price and 87.22% of assessed value. Based on the sales data for the quarter, there is currently a 5-6 month supply of inventory in the Oak Creek, WI Market. I expect that with the expiration of the tax credit that we will see the supply of inventory increase as fewer homes are sold over the next few months. There was a total of $17,965,960 in sales volume translating into an average sales price of $222,558.   The lowest sold price of a home this quarter was $43,000 and the highest priced sale came in at $424,760. From what I could determine looking at the tax records and the MLS data, there were 11 foreclosure sales and 4 short sales during the quarter. Below is a spreadsheet showing the breakout by month of the sales. Also below are 3 pdf links that provide monthly detailed property info on sold properties. If you are thinking about selling your home please feel free to contact me any time. ~Troy

(all data collected using the Metro-MLS 7/14/10)

Solds MLS Data Sheet April 2010
Solds MLS Data Sheet May 2010
Solds MLS Data Sheet June 2010

Here are the current market conditions for the Franklin Wisconsin Single Family Home Real Estate Market.

There were 80 homes sold during the 2nd quarter of 2010 in the City of Franklin WI (up from 47 last quarter and up from 58 during the same period in 2009.) The monthly break down is as follows:

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• April – 24 homes sold
• May – 29 homes sold
• June – 27 homes sold

There were 179 active listings in Franklin, WI as of 12 July 2010 (down from from 207 back in April) of which 10 have accepted offers, down from 30 in April. There are an additional 10 homes that are in pending status meaning that they are pretty much ready to close. Homes sold in the 2nd quarter 2010 were on the market, an average, 133 days, down from 168 in Q1. Homes were selling for 94.95% of last asking price and 91.97% of assessed value a little down from last quarter. Based on the sales data for the quarter, there is currently a 6-7 month supply of inventory in the Franklin, WI Market down from the 13-14 month supply we had in April. I expect that with the expiration of the tax credit that we will see the supply of inventory increase as fewer homes are sold over the next few months. There was a total of $21,726,252 in sales volume (almost twice that of Q1) translating into an average sales price of $286,029 (up about 38K from Q1) The lowest sold price of a home this quarter was $74,000 and the highest priced sale came in at $760,000. From what I could determine looking at the tax records and the MLS data, there were 10 foreclosure sales and 3 short sales during the quarter. Below is a spreadsheet showing the breakout by month of the sales. Also below are 3 pdf links that provide monthly detailed property info on sold properties. If you are thinking about selling your home please feel free to contact me any time. ~Troy

(all data collected using the Metro-MLS 7/12/10)

Solds MLS Data Sheet April 2010
Solds MLS Data Sheet May 2010
Solds MLS Data Sheet June 2010

Posted May 12, 2010 10:02am EDT Yahoo Finance
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Among the crowded ranks of economists and market watchers, Dean Baker stands out. Baker presciently called the housing bubble when he published  “The Run-up in Home Prices: Is It Real or Is It Another Bubble?” in 2002.

So does our guest Baker see the so-called housing recovery now? “No. I mean I think people that are saying that just aren’t paying attention to what’s in front of their eyes,” says Baker, an American economist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

“I think we’re going to see a big fall-off in purchases for the rest of 2010 and even into 2011,” Baker says. “So the idea that somehow the market is stable, that housing prices will rise anytime soon – it’s really hard to make a case for that.”

Baker lays out several reasons for his bearish case:

• Programs that lifted the market, including the tax credit for first-time buyers, have expired.
• The Federal Reserve is exiting the mortgage market, which will likely push rates to 5.5% to 6% by the end of the year.
• There’s still an inventory glut and rental rates are falling in many markets, notes Baker, author of “False Profits: Recovering from the Bubble Economy.” He says the rental market doesn’t lie.

Naturally the housing bulls disagree. Hedge-fund manager John Paulson, for example, said housing prices in hard-hit California will begin to rise this year, setting the stage for a wider recovery, as the FT reports.

So what are the chances of, say, another tax credit or purchase of mortgage-backed securities? “I think they’d be reluctant to do that because of the signal it would send,” Baker says in the accompanying clip. “I mean it would send this unambiguous signal things really are bad, worse than had been advertised.”

Click on the player to learn about Baker’s idea to let struggling homeowners stay in their homes, and prevent home inventory from climbing even higher.