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Six Surprising Factors that Affect Home Insurance Rates

Personal factors hold a lot of weight with your home owner’s insurance agent.  Be prepared to pay more when you or your home features these more costly circumstances. Pets. Insurance rates may increase if you own pets. Some insurance companies …
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Categories: Home Buying


Pools: Yay or Nay?

Wisconsin’s hot weather streak has us thinking about one thing: where is the nearest pool?  The Association of Pool and Spa Professionals say around 4.7 million U.S. homes have in-ground pools.  What are the benefits to having a pool on …
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Single Home Owners Boosting U.S. Economy

The U.S. has reported its highest percentage of solo home owners ever.  With 28% of households being one person, singles are fast becoming an economic powerhouse.  Around 30 million people, including 18 million women, have pursued single person homes, and …
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Urban Growth Outpaces Suburbs for First Time in a Century

New data from the Census Bureau shows American cities growing more than their suburban counterparts for the first time in 100 years.  Since the mass production of the automobile began, US cities have not seen such a dramatic change in …
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Experts Say Housing Prices Are About to Turn

Experts Say Housing Prices Are About to Turn Each quarter the independent research and consulting firm Pulsenomics conducts a survey of economists, investments strategists, and housing market analysts about their expectations for the housing market over the next five years. …
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Free Real Estate Career Webinar – Thursday, June 21

The real estate market is up — start your career in real estate today! Sales from May 2012 show the real estate market is up 18.9% from the same time last year according to the monthly report from Wisconsin REALTORS® …
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Shorewest.com Visitors are Up!

Are you thinking about buying or selling a home? NOW is the time to move forward. Recently, we have received a 31% increase in visitors to Shorewest.com compared with our monthly daily average in February 2010, according to our business …
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Real Estate: A Good Investment and Place to Raise a Family

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. Real estate continues to be a good investment. If you look at the chart below, you’ll see that real estate still far exceeds other investments. A National Housing Survey done by …
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Home Pricing as We Move Forward

While no one really knows what will happen with prices, most housing experts predict that prices will remain soft for at least 18 months and not hit today’s prices again until the 2nd quarter of 2012. In fact, most are …
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Factors to Consider When Buying a Short Sale

A short sale can seem like a great deal, but you have to analyze the overall financial status of the investment. Ask many questions about the home and the current financial status associated with it. Doing your research can save …
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