The Market this Winter in the Greater Milwaukee Area



There are many great Metro area homes for sale. Click here to perform full home search, or if you're thinking of selling your home, click here to contact us for a FREE Home Price Evaluation so you know what buyers will pay for your home in today's market. You may also call us at (262) 797-6453 or (262) 798-1162 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.   

The end of the year is finally here! The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel encourages sellers to act now on the hot winter market. In fact, the market is so active we’re negotiating multiple offers on our listings now. There are a few reasons for this. Here’s why.
  • Interest rates will rise. This is a message to buyers! You may have heard about the Federal Government raising interest rates sometime soon. Even as little as a 1% increase significantly impacts payments during the new year. For buyers, a 1% increase could cost you 11% more over the length of the loan in monthly payment.
  • Sales are up. We’ve experienced 15% more sales this year compared to last year. In the greater metropolitan area, 3,700 were sold between December 2014 and March 2015! This winter, yours could be one of them.
  • Inventory levels are low. Currently, the inventory level is 70 to 100 homes. Think about that.
  • The weather is colder. Although a lot of people don’t want to move or show their home during the winter, we might not even have a brutal winter this year. However, you can avoid the frustration and hire a professional moving company to take care of the moving process. Plus, we can always limit the days you show your home during the holidays and even schedule showings by appointment only.
Don’t wait until the spring to sell! There will be as many as 30% more homes on the market as it warms up. The time is now! Act today. If you’re thinking about selling or buying a home this winter, give us a call or send us an email.

Happy Holidays!




 There are many great Metro area homes for sale. Click here to perform full home search, or if you're thinking of selling your home, click here to contact us for a FREE Home Price Evaluation so you know what buyers will pay for your home in today's market. You may also call us at (262) 797-6453 or (262) 798-1162 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.   

The whole team is here today to thank all of our clients this year. Thank you for your continual support and business. Together, we’ve helped over 230 families in the Greater Milwaukee metro area community in 2015. We couldn’t have done it without you! Merry Christmas and happy holidays!



If you or someone you know is thinking about buying or selling a home, please reach out to us today! We’d be happy to serve your real estate needs.

How Can a Counter Offer Help You Get the Deal You Want in a Real Estate Transaction?

There are many great Metro area homes for sale. Click here to perform full home search, or if you're thinking of selling your home, click here to contact us for a FREE Home Price Evaluation so you know what buyers will pay for your home in today's market. You may also call us at (262) 797-6453 or (262) 798-1162 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.  
The real estate process can be confusing at times, so today I want to briefly discuss one aspect of it that often catches people off guard: counter offers. Often, people don't know how quickly they need to respond to a counter offer.

If you're selling your property and you receive an offer that is unacceptable, you can always counter the offer in either price or terms before submitting it to the prospective buyer. The same works in reverse: if you're a buyer who doesn't like the seller's offer, you can rework the offer to fit your needs and resubmit it to the seller. Counter offers are a nice tool to use when buying or selling real estate. When you're selling, it's a good way to avoid taking a deal that is unfavorable to you without turning the buyer down outright.


Now that you know how a counter offer is used, you're probably curious about how quickly you need to respond with one. When an offer is submitted, there is a Binding Acceptance, the date of which a counter offer pretty much makes irrelevant. In my experience, however, the quicker you respond to an offer or counter offer, the better the chance that you and the other party come to an agreement.

If you have any questions about this topic, or if you need real estate assistance of any kind, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. We would love to hear from you!