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        <description>Madison real estate news, views, and housing statistics. Announcements and discussions focused on the Madison real estate market, Madison home buying opportunities, as well as the real estate market of other nearby Madison communities.</description>
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            <author>jolenta@lakeandcityhomes.com (Jolenta Averill)</author>
            <title>Madison Ranks 3rd Best City For Families</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Parenting magazine just released a list of the top places to raise a family and Madison Wisconsin snagged third. According to Parenting magazine, Madison Wisconsin is the third best city in the country for families.Here are the results of the cities that made it into the top 10:1. Arlington, VA2. Austin, TX3. Madison, WI4. Ann Arbor, MI5. Lexington, KY6. Portland, OR7. Spokane, WA8. Scottsdale, AZ9. Omaha, NE10. Raleigh, NCHow did Parenting magazine determine the top 10? They surveyed mothers na... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:05:01 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>jolenta@lakeandcityhomes.com (Jolenta Averill)</author>
            <title>Wisconsin Still Faring Better Than the Rest of the Country in Terms of Foreclosure Rates</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 











Foreclosure rates have been receiving a significant amount of attention over the past couple of years, and for good reason. After all, the rate of foreclosure is a good indicator of the overall health of the economy on a national level as well as on a local level. Therefore, for those who live in Dane County and Madison, Wisconsin, taking a closer look at foreclosure rates is of great importance -- even to those who are not directly involved in the real estate market, sin... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 08:18:08 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>jolenta@lakeandcityhomes.com (Jolenta Averill)</author>
            <title>Madison Market Update - NEW!</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ I'm pleased to announce that after two weeks of enduring a steep learning curve for video editing, a variety of technical issues and glitches, and a fair degree of performance anxiety, I'm finally ready to kick off our new monthly housing update! It's dubbed The Madison Market Update&nbsp; because it's focused on the Madison WI residential real estate market. In today's premier edition of the Madison Market Update you'll find highlights of the Madison housing market year-to-date with comparisons... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:40:47 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>jolenta@lakeandcityhomes.com (Jolenta Averill)</author>
            <title>Tax credit update</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 





It's official! President Obama signed a bill on 11/6/09 extending the $8K tax credit for first-time home buyers and offering a new credit of up to $6,500 for some existing homeowners. Please see our Tax Credit Overview to find out what it means to you. This week the Senate reached a tentative deal to extend the $8K tax credit
for first-time home buyers which expires November 30th, 2009. It will be voted
on in a cloture vote (ie it has been added to a bill currently on the Senate
f... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:58:48 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>jolenta@lakeandcityhomes.com (Jolenta Averill)</author>
            <title>Radon: to test or not to test</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ That is the question! Some homeowners do the laundry in the basement, some have finished basements with offices or playrooms for the kids, others have a Master bedroom suite or a guest room in their finished lower level. But over the years I've had dozens of clients buy or sell homes without testing for radon gas. One of my clients, who was concerned about radon because she had small children, had gone to the trouble of testing for radon twice in two homes she purchased during the last 10 years.... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:44:04 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>jolenta@lakeandcityhomes.com (Jolenta Averill)</author>
            <title>Outdoor hot tubs - love them or hate them?</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ A
client recently posed this question, &quot;Do you think if we got rid of the
hot tub it would help?&quot; Translation: Would getting rid of our hot tub
make our property more attractive to buyers? The
client suggested she freecycle the hot tub. In fact, she thought she'd
have no problem getting rid of it by the weekend. I don't know a lot
about hot tubs (I've never owned one) but I wondered how she'd get rid
of it so quickly if it was so undesirable. Afterall, it was already Thursday wh... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:52:54 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>jolenta@lakeandcityhomes.com (Jolenta Averill)</author>
            <title>Madison Named in Top 10 Places to Buy a Home</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ ABC News Good Morning America recently named Madison, WI one of the top 10 places in the country to buy a home. The following statistical data was provided as positives for the Madison WI housing market:Median Home Value: $207,600, down 4% from a year ago.Property values are flat compared with five years ago.Houses cost an average of $113 per square foot.Buyers are paying 3% less than listing price.As always, such statistics have to be taken with a grain of salt as they are based on a very broad... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:06:39 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>jolenta@lakeandcityhomes.com (Jolenta Averill)</author>
            <title>Madison East Side Homes - Sales Comparison</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Yesterday I discussed how home sales were up a respectable 12.63% in July 2009 vs July 2008 on the West Side of Madison after six straight months of year-over-year declines. The question I posed was whether this signals a turnaround for the housing market on the West Side of Madison? The jury may still be out on the West Side but a clearer picture could be emerging for Madison's East Side where sales of single family homes have been up for not one but two consecutive months. After five straight ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:31:25 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>jolenta@lakeandcityhomes.com (Jolenta Averill)</author>
            <title>Madison West Side Homes - Sales Comparison</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ After sales plummeted each month from 4.1% to 27.62% during January-June 2009 compared to the same period in 2008, sales of single family homes on Madison's West Side rose a respectable 12.63% in July 2009 compared to July 2008 (see chart below). Could this be the beginning of a turnaround in the Madison West Side housing market? &nbsp;Other highlights:The volume of homes sold on the West Side of Madison from January-July 2009 was down 7.67% (to 819) vs the same period in 2008. The average price... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:29:43 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>jolenta@lakeandcityhomes.com (Jolenta Averill)</author>
            <title>Madison Semi-Annual Real Estate Roundup</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ The following market summary pertains to single family homes in Madison WI for the first six months of 2009 vs the first six months of 2008: Listings of single-family homes in Madison were down 12.6% for the period January through June of 2009 vs. the same period in 2008. Sales of single family homes in Madison were down 14% for the period January through June of 2009 vs. the same period in 2008. The average sales price for a single family home in Madison from January to June 2009&nbsp; was $224... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
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