Milwaukee area posts highest-ever home sales in 2020

January 15, 2021 3:20 pm Leave a comment

A for-sale sign stands before a house in Milwaukee in November 2012. The Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors recently reported that 22,445 houses were sold in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee and Washington counties in 2020. That was the highest annual total ever recorded for the region. (File photo by Kevin Harnack)

The Milwaukee area ended 2020 with its best year ever for home sales, a feat brought-on by the pandemic.

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Mortgage foreclosures drop to 1990s levels

January 8, 2017 6:55 pm Leave a comment

A for sale sign stands in front of a bank-owned home in Las Vegas in 2008. More U.S. homes are entering the foreclosure process, setting the stage for a surge in properties repossessed by lenders in 2012. Thirty-one states posted a monthly increase in homes with a first-time foreclosure notice, according to Realty Trac. (AP File Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Mortgage foreclosures that drove some Wisconsinites from their homes during the economic recession have dropped to levels not seen since the 1990s, according to economists who track the real estate market.

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Milwaukee metro home sales rebound in August

September 13, 2016 8:56 am Leave a comment

Home sales in the Milwaukee area rose in August after a dip in July.

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Milwaukee-area home sales jump 12 percent in May

June 14, 2016 10:28 am Leave a comment

Sales of existing homes in the Milwaukee area rose 12 percent in May compared with the same month last year.

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Milwaukee-area June home sales up 23 percent over year ago

July 15, 2015 8:33 am Leave a comment

A home stands for sale in the 1000 block of E. Hamilton Street Monday, April 20 in Milwaukee. (Staff photo by Kevin Harnack)

A trade association says sales of existing homes in the Milwaukee area spiked more than 23 percent last month from a year earlier.

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Milwaukee programs aim to combat vacant homes

March 4, 2015 2:50 pm Leave a comment

Milwaukee has no room for its vacant buildings.

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Milwaukee existing home sales slip in August

September 12, 2014 9:43 am Leave a comment

A for sale sign stands in front of a home Tuesday at 1012 E. Pleasant St., Milwaukee. Home sales in the state increased 9 percent last month. (File photo by Kevin Harnack)

Sales of existing homes in the Milwaukee area slipped just over 2 percent in August, continuing a slower year for the metro housing market.

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Oh to be young (and in real estate)

April 25, 2014 4:04 pm Leave a comment

The average Wisconsin Realtor is getting older, but some say now is the time for young professionals to enter the industry.

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Metro Milwaukee home sales rose in August

September 10, 2013 3:53 pm Leave a comment

A new report shows sales of existing homes rose 15 percent in the Milwaukee metro area in August.

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Foreclosure auctions drawing small crowds

January 30, 2013 1:22 pm Leave a comment

Every Monday, foreclosed homes go up on the auction block, and every Monday, the banks that hold those mortgages are the only ones showing interest.

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