Our Blog Planning on Buying or Selling a Home? Act Now! Coming out of the 2008 slump has been a long hard climb. However we are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel with good news! The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) just announced that the February … Read More Tags: Buyers, KCM, keeping current matters, Mortgage, NAR, National Association of Realtors, PHSI, Sellers, shorewest, shorewest family, Shorewest Realtors Categories: First Time Home Buyers, Home Buying, Home Selling, How to, Monday Motivation, Mortgage Five Tips to Get Your Garden Ready for Spring It’s never too early to start thinking and planning for your garden! Spring time is just around the corner and your plot of land needs all the help it can get to be ready! Turn over your composting pile. You … Read More Tags: Garden Tips, gardening, Planting, plants, shorewest, shorewest family, Shorewest Realtors, shorewest tips, spring Categories: How to, Monday Motivation Take Advantage of Historically Low Mortgage Rates! Mortgage rates are predicted to steadily rise throughout 2016. The National Association of REALTORS®, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Mortgage Bankers’ Association have all projected mortgage rates to continue to go up. Rates have been slightly creeping upward since … Read More Tags: Fannie Mae, freddie mac, Leap Day, Leap Year, Mortgage Bankers Association, mortgage rates, National Association of Realtors, shorewest, shorewest family, Shorewest Realtors, Wisconsin Mortgage Corporation Categories: First Time Home Buyers, Home Buying, Monday Motivation, Mortgage, Real Estate News Homeowner’s Net Worth is Predicted to be 45x Greater Than a Renter’s Every three years the Federal Reserve conducts a Survey of Consumer Finances in which they collect data across all economic and social groups. The latest survey, which includes data from 2010-2013, reports that a homeowner’s net worth is 36 times greater than that … Read More Tags: first time home buyer, Homeowner, NAR, National Association of Realtors, renting, shorewest, shorewest family, Shorewest Realtors, shorewest tips Categories: First Time Home Buyers, Home Buying, Monday Motivation, Neighborhoods, Real Estate News The Most Appealing Aspects of Homeownership The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) just released their first issue of the Housing Opportunities & Market Experience Survey (HOME). In the report, NAR revealed what Americans believe to be the most appealing aspects of homeownership. Here is a graph showing the results:It is … Read More Tags: american dream, Homeownership, monday motivation, National Association of Realtors, shorewest, shorewest family, Shorewest Realtors Categories: Community, First Time Home Buyers, Home Buying, Monday Motivation, Real Estate News MLK Day and Real Estate Today is MLK Day, honoring one of most influential civil rights leaders, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Looking back on Dr. King’s many timeless contributions to our society, it is important to note the legacy he left not only in … Read More Tags: act 10, code of ethics, fair housing, fair housing act, martin luther king jr, mlk, mlk day, National Association of Realtors, shorewest, shorewest family, Shorewest Realtors Categories: Monday Motivation, Neighborhoods, Real Estate News 14 Tips to Prepare Your Home for Winter Now that it is finally getting a little colder out, you will want to make sure your home is not only ready for the snow, but the cold weather too! These tips will help protect your investment and can save … Read More Tags: home improvement, monday motivation, prepare your home for winter, shorewest, shorewest family, Shorewest Realtors, winter safety, Wisconsin Winter Categories: First Time Home Buyers, Home Improvement, How to, Monday Motivation, Real Estate News Six Tips To Save To Buy A House As interest rates are still low, the real estate market offers lots of opportunities to become a homeowner. However, what’s holding many people back is saving enough for a down payment. If you analyze your spending habits, you can determine … Read More Tags: Buying a House, Credit Card, down payment, first time home buyer, How-To, Mortgage, saving money, Shorewest Realtors, Shorewest Shares, shorewest tips Categories: First Time Home Buyers, Home Buying, How to, Monday Motivation, Mortgage, Real Estate Tips, Shorewest Tips Page 3 of 3123