The near west side of Madison: where the real estate values are always strong. You can learn more about this side of town and view all near west side real estate listings by visiting MadCityDreamHomes.com.     Have a great day, Dan Miller, Realtor, Keller Williams Realty, www.MadCityDreamHomes.com and www.DaneCountyMarket.com www.HowWeHelpYouSell.com www.HowWeHelpYouBuy.com www.OurRecentSales.com www.DaneCountyMarketSnapshot.com www.SearchDaneCounty.com www.DaneCountyForeclosureSearch.com 02/05/2013

This week's foreclosure is a 2 bedroom ranch home located at 306 S Owen Drive in the popular Sunset Village Neighborhood on Madison's near west side. As we posted earlier this year, Sunset Village home values have held up very well during the market downturn. As of this post this property is offered by Brad Brethouwer from Brad Bret Real Estate for a price of $179,900. For more information you can contact Brad at 608-234-4047. Don't forget: You can perform your own bank-owned and short sale property searches by using any of our 5 foreclosure search tools available from our property search and foreclosure menus. As always our foreclosure search tools are free to use and don't require you to give away your personal information. Dan Miller, Realtor, Keller Williams Realty and www.DaneCount... 09/21/2011

This week's foreclosure is a 2/3 bedroom home located at 3725 Ross Street in the Arlington Heights subdivision near the Sunset Village neighborhood on Madison's near west side. This home is just a stone's throw away from Hoyt Park.   As of this post this property is offered by Judi Kessler from Century 21 Affiliated for a price of $239,900. Features include: hardwood floors, Corian counters in the kitchen, a wood burning fireplace in the living room, a deck, and a main floor family room. For more information contact the listing agent, Judi Kessler, at 608-223-2760. Don't forget: You can perform your own bank-owned and short sale property searches by using any of our 5 foreclosure search tools available from our property search and foreclosure menus. As always our foreclosure search tool... 06/01/2011

The best way to measure price trends is to measure the selling price of the same properties over time. This property at 309 N Owen Drive in Madison's Sunset Village neighborhood just sold for $204,900 on February 25th. In February of 2009, this same property sold for an even $200,000.   How did this home's value increase over the last 2 years at a time when most home values in Dane County decreased? The answer is all about supply and demand. Sunset Village is located in the W13 MLS location. Month in and month out this location has one of the lowest months of inventory in the county. The inventory level on February 28th was 2.9 months, while the average for all of Dane County was 8.5 months. This is a great example of how all real estate is local. For more information on how inventory v... 03/07/2011