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Unlocking Your Home’s Potential: Six Essential Realtor Services for a Standout Sale ( Cloned )

Bonnie Lewis-Tschannen2024-07-26T16:51:17-05:00July 26th, 2024|Buying a Home, First-Time Home Buyers, General, Lake Homes, News, Oconomowoc, Selling a Home|

Interactive Touchscreen Premier Media chose Stapleton Realty for the placement of their innovative interactive touch screen because of our prime location in downtown Oconomowoc and our long-standing reputation in the industry. This collaboration underscores how technology is revolutionizing the real estate sector. In today's digital age, technology is playing a pivotal role in advancing the real estate industry. Interactive touch screens, virtual tours, and augmented reality tools are transforming the way properties are marketed and experienced. Potential buyers Save can now explore properties in immersive detail from anywhere in the world, making the home-buying process more efficient and engaging. At Stapleton Realty, we recognize the importance of integrating cutting-edge technology into [...]

Unlocking Your Home’s Potential: Six Essential Realtor Services for a Standout Sale

Bonnie Lewis-Tschannen2024-07-26T16:47:33-05:00July 26th, 2024|General, News, Oconomowoc|

As Realtors, our role in marketing your home extends far beyond simply placing a sign in the yard. Here are six fundamental tasks we perform to ensure your home stands out in the market: Crafting a Compelling Listing: Our real estate professionals will create a captivating description of your home, emphasizing its unique features and benefits. This includes writing clear and engaging copy, utilizing high-quality photos, and potentially offering a virtual tour, all designed to capture the attention of potential buyers. Strategic Pricing: This is a crucial step! Our agents will thoroughly research comparable properties in your area to determine the most competitive listing price. This approach helps attract buyers while [...]

Owning Your Piece of the Wisconsin Dream: Why Homeownership Roots You and Your Community

Bonnie Lewis-Tschannen2024-07-26T14:38:40-05:00July 26th, 2024|General, News, Oconomowoc|

Wisconsin, with its stunning landscapes, friendly communities, and vibrant cities, offers a unique opportunity for something more than just a place to live – it offers a chance to truly belong. Owning a home in Wisconsin isn't just about securing a roof; it's about planting yourself in a place that fosters growth, stability, and a deep connection to your surroundings. For many Wisconsinites, homeownership represents a cornerstone of the American Dream. It's about having a space you can truly call your own, a place to personalize and build a life. Owning a home allows you to: Build Stability and Security: A home provides a safe haven, a foundation for your future. It [...]

Get Ready: The Best Time To List Your House Is Almost Here

Bonnie Lewis-Tschannen2023-04-04T13:22:25-05:00April 4th, 2023|General, Lake Homes, News, Oconomowoc, Selling a Home|

If you’re thinking about selling this spring, it’s time to get moving – the best week to list your house is fast approaching. Experts at realtor.com looked at seasonal trends from recent years (excluding 2020 as an uncharacteristic year due to the onset of the pandemic) and determined the ideal week to list a house this year: “Home sellers on the fence waiting for that perfect moment to sell should start preparations, because the best time to list a home in 2023 is approaching quickly. The week of April 16-22 is expected to have the ideal balance of housing market conditions that favor home sellers, more so than any other week [...]

How to Make Your Dream of Homeownership a Reality

Bonnie Lewis-Tschannen2023-04-04T13:15:48-05:00April 4th, 2023|Buying a Home, First-Time Home Buyers, General, Lake Homes, News, Oconomowoc, Selling a Home|

According to a recent Harris Poll survey, 8 in 10 Americans say buying a home is a priority, and 28 million Americans actually plan to buy within the next 12 months. Homeownership provides many financial and nonfinancial benefits, so that interest is understandable. However, it’s unlikely all 28 million Americans will accomplish that goal in the coming year. Experts project a total of around five million homes will be sold in 2023. Why is there such a big difference? It’s partly because there can be challenges to buying a home. In the same survey, when asked, “Which of the following are preventing you from pursuing homeownership at this time?”: 34% answered, “I don’t have enough saved for a [...]

Mortgage Rates Are Dropping. What Does That Mean for You?

Bonnie Lewis-Tschannen2023-01-18T13:42:26-05:00January 18th, 2023|Buying a Home, First-Time Home Buyers, General, Lake Homes, News, Oconomowoc, Selling a Home|

Mortgage rates have been a hot topic in the housing market over the past 12 months. Compared to the beginning of 2022, rates have risen dramatically. Now they’re dropping, and that has to do with everything happening in the economy. Nadia Evangelou, Senior Economist and Director of Forecasting at the National Association of Realtors (NAR), explains it well by saying: “Mortgage rates dropped even further this week as two main factors affecting today’s mortgage market became more favorable. Inflation continued to ease while the Federal Reserve switched to a smaller interest rate hike. As a result, according to Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to 6.31% from 6.33% the previous week.” So, what does [...]

Sellers Market?

Bonnie Lewis-Tschannen2023-01-18T13:44:07-05:00January 18th, 2023|General, News, Oconomowoc, Selling a Home|

If you’re thinking about selling your house, you’re likely hearing about the cooling housing market and wondering what that means for you. While it’s not the peak intensity we saw during the pandemic, we’re still in a sellers’ market. That means you haven’t missed your window. Realtor.com explains: “. . . while prospective home sellers may lament that they missed their prime window, in reality, this is still a terrific time to sell. In fact, according to a recent Realtor.com® home seller survey, 95% of sellers who sold their home in the past year got more than they paid for it. Nonetheless, some of the more prominent pandemic trends have changed, so sellers might wish to [...]

Neighborhood Nicknames

Bonnie Lewis-Tschannen2022-10-05T10:41:47-05:00October 5th, 2022|Buying a Home, First-Time Home Buyers, General, Lake Homes, Oconomowoc, Selling a Home|

Reading an article earlier this month by Bob Dohr of NOW titled “ Why are Milwaukee’s suburbs called what they are?” had me thinking about how even within the City of Oconomowoc, the areas have official names and nicknames. West of Downtown and north of Wisconsin Avenue is “Merchants Plat” as it is currently known, where the houses designed by Roy Henszey for the Carnation Company executives are found along Woodland Lane Glenview Avenue. Just east of Fowler Lake you find “Presidential Row” or “The President’s Streets”, comprised of streets surrounding North Oakwood named Washington, Wilson, Madison, Harding, and Roosevelt. The flower patch is an array of flower names, Lily, Rose, Blue [...]

History of the Boat Parade

Bonnie Lewis-Tschannen2022-10-05T10:38:31-05:00October 5th, 2022|General, Maureen's Musings, News, Oconomowoc|

The Oconomowoc Boat parade has a long history of entertaining hundreds of people over the decades. A lot of hard work and creativity has gone into the creation of boats over the years. The parade‘s original date is uncertain as to when it began, but there was a day time parade with no lights in the 1970’s. In 1972 the Bill Chapman boat won 1st place with the “Good Ship Lollipop”. The parade then took a hiatus for a few years, and began again in earnest in 1989. That was the year the Reitbrock boat won 1st place. The next year, in 1990, the Zeutzius boat was decorated as a French Café and [...]

Is the Market Still HOT?

Bonnie Lewis-Tschannen2022-10-05T10:36:03-05:00October 5th, 2022|Buying a Home, First-Time Home Buyers, General, News, Oconomowoc, Selling a Home|

Many people watch the real estate market with great interest. It is fun to imagine what we could sell our homes for or to see what the houses near us are selling for. Without question, these past months have been some of the hottest months in real estate in the Lake Country in years. We have seen a much smaller inventory, which has driven the prices for what comes for sale up. On top of the increased prices, multiple offers have come in with greater than asking offer amounts, escalator clauses and no contingencies. Many buyers have thrown up the white flag for the moment in hopes “things will calm down.” [...]