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A Window of Opportunity for Luxury Home Buyers

  The real estate market has been very busy this year with prices rising as the demand far outpaces the supply in almost every region. However, it is a different story when it comes to the luxury market. Inventory levels …
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What Can You Expect for Closing Costs?

First of all what are closing costs? Closing costs are the fees paid to third parties that helped facilitate the sale of the home. You can estimate that the closing costs will typically total two to seven percent of the …
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Shorewest, REALTORS® Continually Ranks Nationally Among Real Estate Companies

Shorewest, REALTORS® is honored to have been ranked highly among top producing real estate companies country-wide. Shorewest has been awarded 31st place for closed transactions in ranking the performance of residential real estate services firms nationwide from the 2016 REAL …
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County-by-County Real Estate Data, May 2016

Learn what’s happening in your market area by clicking on your county link. You’ll find helpful information, including a year-to-year and quarterly comparisons of new listings, closed sales, median sales price, active listings and months of inventory. Jump to: Brown …
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Get your Pre-Approval Now!

Lenders are packaging pre-approvals in many different ways today. Some are using rockets, colored buttons, fancy names and clever animation. I believe consumers are better off armed with more facts and less flash…after all, the real issue is, can you get …
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Shorewest, REALTORS® Celebrates 70th Milestone

 Shorewest, REALTORS® celebrated an incredible milestone of 70 years in business this year. Through three generations, Shorewest has remained a steady name in Wisconsin real estate. Shorewest, REALTORS® began as a humble one-man office in the home of John A. …
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State of the Market – May 2016

A letter from Joseph A. Horning, President of Shorewest, REALTORS® As we enter the second quarter of the year, we reflect on the brisk start to the 2016 market. The housing market has been predictably strong but also more active …
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Shorewest, REALTORS® Cedarburg/Grafton, Janesville/Rock County and Menomonee Falls Offices Broke Sales Records In March

The Wisconsin real estate market is on track to have its best year since 2006. Home sales continue to experience substantial growth as more and more families are looking to buy and sell their homes. We are excited to celebrate …
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Shorewest, REALTORS® Named #1 Top Real Estate Workplace Five Years in a Row!

President Joe Horning Receives Top Leadership Award Brookfield, Wisconsin. Shorewest, REALTORS® is proud to have been awarded 2nd place overall for the 2016 Top Workplaces in the Large Company category of 500 or more associates by The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. …
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Resource Video: Homeowners Edition

What is Eminent Domain? Today’s video centers on eminent domain or the legal process that gives federal, state or local government the power to take private property for public use. This is very important to learn about as it can …
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