Archive for the ‘Northwoods Wisconsin’ category

October 16, 2008

“It’s not a tough sell if you play the home game right”

“It’s not a tough sell if you play the home game right”

Here’s a very good article from the Fond du Lac Reporter.  it includes red flags on home inspections and home buying tips, staging and financing news.  The article also happens to feature First Weber agent, Karen Jo Dobyns 🙂   A few key points made are: Wisconsin buyers usually look for a home on their own, then […]

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Wisconsin real estate market doing well compared to nationwide

Wisconsin real estate market doing well compared to nationwide

From the Wisconsin Department of Revenue report: Wisconsin’s housing market is expected to weather the currentmarket better than the rest of the country. Home prices in Wisconsin decreased 0.5% in the second quarter of 2008 when compared to the first quarter of 2008. But, home prices still are increasing year by year. For example, Wisconsin home prices […]

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September 29, 2008

Wisconsin golf course named to top ten most beautiful

Wisconsin golf course named to top ten most beautiful

Whistling Straights golf course in Kohler, Wisconsin has been named one of the 10 most beautiful golf courses by Forbes Traveller.  The rugged beauty of this Lake Michigan waterfront course is obvious and Wisconsinites should be proud to have made the list. Have you ever played it?  What is the most beautiful golf course in […]

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September 23, 2008

Wisconsinites like it here

Wisconsinites like it here

2007 U.S. Census data reveals 75% of Wisconsin’s current population (U.S. born) was born in Wisconsin.  That ranks Wisconsin 7th nationally for the percentage of population that live in the state they were born.  Once a Wisconsinite, always a Wisconsinite? I am one of them!  My family is here – I can’t see ever leaving […]

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September 18, 2008

Just one of the thousands of Wisconsin’s lakes

Just one of the thousands of Wisconsin’s lakes

To live on a lake is the dream of many Wisconsinites. There are so many lakes in Wisconsin, doing a snapshot of all of them could take years. So we’re starting with some of the larger ones.  Lake Winnebago… is huge…almost 138,000 acres and it has a maximum depth of 21 feet.  Located in Fond […]

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