Greater Madison WI Real Estate Blog

Accepted Offer:1705 Sherman Ave, Janesville Wisconsin. Buyer Procured by Barbara Chatterton Accepted offer on a three bedroom ranch in Janesville Wisconsin!  We are nearly ready to close and Katherine and her husband can't wait to leave their rented townhouse for this well built new home with a s...

Curb appeal: it is different in the wintertime in colder climates such as the greater Madison Wisconsin area and throughout the Midwest and Northeast.  Besides cutting the grass for the last time and removing dead annuals and adding fresh layers of mulch all over your gardens (you have already do...

During this holiday season, I am working on two transactions for buyers with multiple lending challenges:  appraisal issues and FHA and Freddie Mac balancing acts, We are keeping it together with the excellent help from Matt Horabik, Mortgage Consultant from South Central Mortgage Solutions, LLC ...

Reading text messages or even browsing the Internet is not actually banned, but starting today, a new law makes texting while driving illegal in Wisconsin.  The new Wisconsin law fines first-time violators $20 to $400, along with the addition of  four points tarnishing your driver's license.  Sec...

Tis the season to be jolly. Are you buying a new home in Middleton Wisconsin or the greater Madison Wisconsin area? You will feel much more jolly if you follow these handy do's and don'ts during the loan process for purchase of your new house. Don't be naughty or it will be much harder for Santa ...

My friend and local photographer, Alfredo Lopez, has generously let me share this photo image of the Madison Wisconsin Skyline.  I love the outline of the Capitol and the way he captured the sunset is stunning, don't you agree?  It is digitally enhanced, of course, but the composition is so drama...

"Just Like Maggots When You Fry Them in Hot Grease":   Metaphors Taken from High School Essays Thanksgiving is such a delightful holiday!  But perhaps you have too much "company" and you  just can't take a minute more of Uncle Hector and his terrible jokes, your nephew is wrecking the house and b...

No Time to Make a Pie?  How About a 4 Ingredient Pumpkin Cake?   Four Ingedient Pumpkin Cake. Now that's my kind of cake! Are you running around crazily, already cooking up a storm but thinking you need one more dessert?  I am missing my children and dear sweet grandchildren and grand-dogs this T...

 "I can't find Willy Street on the map of Madison Wisconsin." "Oh yeah.  That's because it is a street with a nickname.  The street is Williamson Street, but everyone calls it Willy Street." And nearly everyone, unless they live down a rabbit hole,  knows Willy Street Co-op. Anya Firszt, General...

  My Photograph of AFTER Thanksgiving Dinner Before the Pie is Served                 Support the bottom" is a warning embossed on my E-Z foil turkey pan. I love just going about doing my Thanksgivng planning and organizing and reading a message that makes me chuckle and imagine all the possibili...