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Resource Video: Buyers Edition

  Fair Market, Appraised and Assessed Value Today’s video centers on those tricky terms of Fair Market, Appraised and Assessed Value. They exercise an important role in determining how much your home is worth but who regulates these features? Fair …
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2016: The Year to Sell Your Home!

New Year, New Resolutions! This year put selling your home at the top of your list. Buyer demand continues to outpace the supply of homes for sale, which is a great thing for sellers! The National Association of REALTORS®’ (NAR) …
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Why use a Shorewest, REALTOR®?

When buying or selling a home, you want a professional who is well trained and backed by a company offering support and resources. A Shorewest, REALTOR® is your best choice, having gone through intensive training, is a member of the …
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Timehop: First YouTube Video

Shorewest, REALTORS® posted our first YouTube video featuring one of our commercials from the 1990’s. It sets a hilarious scene of someone learning how to yodel quite loudly while disturbing their entire neighborhood. You can see the neighbor’s unsatisfied looks …
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Open House Tips for Sellers

Open houses are a great way to bring in potential buyers who may not be ready to schedule a showing but are more than willing to come to this event. Spring months are an excellent time to hold your house …
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Timehop: 70 years ago

This is one of the first listings taken by Mr. John A. Horning in 1946. It was listed for just $23,250! Today that same house has an estimated tax value of over $281,000! That’s a 1,121% increase in almost 70 …
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Why Equity Matters

  It’s tempting to keep renting your residence because being a homeowner is perceived as being more expensive. But are you really saving by renting? Or are you actually costing yourself more in the long run? Recently, Freddie Mac wrote …
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Join Shorewest for our Free Career Seminar on November 24, 2015

Shorewest is hiring and now is a great time to become a sales associate with us! From our employee-voted title of Wisconsin’s #1 Top Workplace to our position as Wisconsin’s Largest Home Seller™, joining Shorewest means you’ll be a part …
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Eight Tips for Fall Home Staging

  While we all may love how we decorate our own home, whether it is giant turkeys, kid’s paintings or even a simple pumpkin collection outside on the porch; our potential buyers come into our homes and try to see …
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