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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>New! Madison property taxes &amp; room dimensions added</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Lake &amp; City Homes Realty is proud to announce the addition of property taxes and room dimensions to our Details tab!We recognize that it's a hassle to have to leave LakeandCityhomes.com to look up property taxes for Madison homes you find of interest. Or to have to contact us when you want to know whether the room dimensions for a certain Madison area property are going to be adequate for you or your family's needs. We also recognize that Madison property taxes can be very high and that many... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 12:44:39 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>jolenta@lakeandcityhomes.com (Jolenta Averill)</author>
            <title>Time Running Low on Tax Credit</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Two days and counting until Tax Day! That means prospective homeowners better close the deal if they want to take advantage of the tax credit, which could return up to $8,000 to first-time home buyers and $6,500 to repeat buyers. Thankfully, qualified service members from the Armed Forces, intelligence community or The Foreign Service have an extra year to put this tax credit to use.Homebuyers that meet one of those criteria and are on official extended duty, deadlines for the tax credit are ext... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:17:36 -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>The case for extending the $8K tax credit</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ As both a Realtor and consumer, it would be hard not to notice what an overwhelming success the first-time homebuyer's $8K tax credit has been both nationally and on the Madison real estate market. Both homebuyer interest and housing sales shot through the roof before the ink was even dry on the legislation. Although lower prices and historically low interest rates have certainly been a huge draw, it's clear the $8K tax credit is primarily responsible for consumers' renewed interest in homeowner... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:23:35 -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>Is Your Madison WI Property Assessment Out of Whack?</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ That old joke about how your tax assessor views your property may be more true than you realize... In a recent
conversation with City of Madison Assessor's Office I was struck by two things: One, the fact that the office of the City Assessor of Madison does not have unfettered access to the South Central Wisconsin MLS (apparently they they have access to Sold listings but do not have access to Active, Pending and Expired listings). And two (and perhaps more surprising), that in valuing properti... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:14:34 -0600</pubDate>
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