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Archive for July 2009

Foreclosure Business Boom: Lawn Painting

Date: 30 July 2009
Source: cnbc.com
Link: http://www.cnbc.com/id/32220555

Call it the silver — er, green — lining of the housing crisis. One of the few businesses booming in this recession is lawn painting, which has gotten a huge boost from all the foreclosures — and dead lawns that result when homes are abandoned. These companies will [...]

Despite Gains in Home Sales, Real Recovery Is Still Elusive

Date: 29 July 2009
Source: cnbc.com
Link: http://www.cnbc.com/id/32203319

Federal initiatives to stimulate the housing market have created a shallow and narrow recovery, making it likely that Congressional proponents of an expanded homebuyer incentive program will make another push to make it law following the August recess. The existing homebuyer program and an even larger one to contend [...]

Real Estate Agent Lands $80,000 Job as Witch

Date: 29 July 2009
Source: cnbc.com
Link: http://www.cnbc.com/id/32201832

The winner of one of Britain’s most coveted jobs says her new profession is abandoning the housing market to live in a cave. And she says it’s a step up. Carole Bohanan, a real estate agent from Shepton Mallet, Somerset, will be the new Carla Calamity, the Witch of [...]

2nd Quarter Statistical Analysis Single Family Home Sales Greenfield, Wisconsin

Here are the current market conditions for the Greenfield, Wisconsin Single Family Home Real Estate Market.
There were 64 homes sold during the 2nd quarter of 2009 in the City of Greenfield, WI.  The monthly break down is as follows:

April- 13 homes sold
May- 19 homes sold
June- 32 homes sold

There are 147 active listings in Greenfield, WI [...]

MLS May 2009 Statistics Analysis

Source: GMAR website
Link: http://www.gmar.ws/content.cfm?c_id=319&s_id=20
Date: June 10, 2009
Sales were down in just about every county in southeastern Wisconsin in May compared to a year ago, according to housing statistics released by Metro MLS, Inc. today.  A notable exception to the regional data was in Milwaukee County, which saw its second consecutive month of positive sales numbers.  [...]

Foreclosure Sales: A Real Estate Sugar-High

Date: 26 June 2009
Source: cnbc.com
Link: http://www.cnbc.com/id/32035682

Business is booming in Greater Fort Myers in Lee County, near the southern end of Florida’s west coast, where realtor Suzanne Sherer is working seven days a week. Sherer says sales at her six-person firm are back at 2005 levels. “We’re seeing bidding wars on entry-level homes,” says Sherer. [...]

2nd Quarter Statistical Analysis Single Family Home Sales Oak Creek, Wisconsin

Here are the current market conditions for the Oak Creek Wisconsin Single Family Home Real Estate Market.
There were 62 homes sold during the 2nd quarter of 2009 in the City of Oak Creek, WI.  The monthly break down is as follows:

April- 17 homes sold
May- 18 homes sold
June- 27 homes sold

There are 147 active listings in [...]

Property values are likely to be stagnant – Milwaukee Real Estate

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Local Section
Date: 19 July 2009
By: Darryl Enriquez
Numbers will pinch government budgets
County government officials in the Milwaukee area are bracing for stagnant property valuations when state figures are released next month, a downturn that likely will happen statewide, a taxpayer group says. Dale Knapp, research director for the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance [...]

2nd Quarter Statistical Analysis Single Family Home Sales Franklin, Wisconsin

Here are the current market conditions for the Franklin Wisconsin Single Family Home Real Estate Market.
There were 58 homes sold during the 2nd quarter of 2009 in the City of Franklin WI.  The monthly break down is as follows:

April- 19 homes sold
May- 18 homes sold
June- 21 homes sold

There are 203 active listings in Franklin, WI [...]

Mortgage rates fall again, headed toward record low

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Business Section
Date: 17 July 2009
Rates for 30-year home loans dropped for the third-straight week, inching toward a record low reached this year, Freddie Mac said Thursday.  The average rate for 30-year fixed mortgages was 5.14% this week, down from 5.2% last week.  Last year at this time, the average rate for [...]

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