Marketplace - Sept. 15, 2009
The Moderne is likely moving ahead
The Moderne, the long-awaited project on the corner of 3rd and Juneau, is moving ahead. The City, through RACM, is aiming to provide $10 million in financial assistance to the project
Tags: Moderne, TIF, Development, Rick Barrett, condos, housing, real estate, Palomar, Park East, Vecchio, Westown

Living - Aug. 6, 2009
East Side housing blog: Park Lafayette
Here's my second in a continuing series of greater Downtown housing observations. This time, I'm just outside Downtown on Milwaukee's East Side at the brand new Park Lafayette, 1918 E. Lafayette Pl.
Tags: Park Lafayette, Warren Barr, condos, housing, East Side, Renaissant, mortgage, real estate

Living - Jan. 7, 2009
Report: Milwaukee only region with rising home prices
For the fourth month in a row, Milwaukee was at the top of the 25-MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) ranking in October.
Tags: home prices, market report, real estate, radar logic, RPX, housing market, condo sales, realtors

Politics - May 7, 2008
Real estate reality
Receiving my new assessment last week -- which you read about here -- has me thinking about home values.
Tags: assessment, real estate, walker's point

Politics - April 30, 2008
New assessment: good news or bad?
Although zillow.com says the value of my Milwaukee home has increased 108 percent over the past 10 years, last year -- for the first time in years -- the assessment went unchanged. This year, it's down nearly 5 percent.
Tags: taxes, property value, assessment, real estate

Marketplace - Nov. 2, 2007
Housing market is on ice
If you've got a home for sale at this time, God bless you. You're going to need it. And it's going to get worse before it gets better.
Tags: mortage, real estate, Jagler, Small Business Times, Saccacio, RealtyTrac, subprime, Mayborne, MMAC

Marketplace - Sept. 28, 2007
See the future now
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan admitted earlier this month that he was caught by surprise by the subprime mortgage collapse and the depths of the credit crunch and the housing bubble.
Tags: chernow, greenspan, real estate

Marketplace - Jan. 17, 2007
Go Modern builds new homes in neighborhoods with deep roots
Paul Handle, along with Dave Klevgard and Lee and Kirsten Hildebrand, started a business in 2005 called Go Modern Custom Homes. Go Modern builds contemporary-style homes in up-and-coming neighborhoods.
Tags: Go Modern, Paul Handle, Washington Park, Sherman Park, real estate, Terapak, Klevgard, Lee Hildebrand, Kirsten Hildebrand, Taste of Art, Vliet, Times Cinema, Indigo

Milwaukee Buzz - Aug. 6, 2006
Milwaukee makes another "Top 10" list
Mark Nash, Chicago real estate broker and author of “1001 Tips for Buying and Selling a Home,” likes Milwaukee's burgeoning market.
Tags: Mark Nash 1001 Tips for Buying and Selling a Home, home buying, real estate, broker, value, listing

Marketplace - July 25, 2006
My Dwelling brings together tenants, landlords
Finding the right apartment is difficult, especially in a city setting like Milwaukee. his is where Chris Muellenbach got the idea for My Dwelling, a new Milwaukee business geared toward connecting tenants and landlords.
Tags: Chris Muellenbach, My Dwelling, real estate, apartment, rental, landlord, tenant

Milwaukee Buzz - Aug. 16, 2005
Milwaukee housing market scores well on Home Depot scale
The August issue of Money magazine offers a creative way of analyzing housing markets: the number of Home Depot stores opening in an area. By this measure, Milwaukee is doing very well.
Tags: Home Depot, real estate, New York Times

Marketplace - March 2, 2005
How much house can you get for $175,000 in Milwaukee?
OMC turned to local agents to find out what $175,000 will buy in today's market, and the answer boils down to location, location, location. "On the East Side, $175,000 won't get you anything," says realtor Norm Terapak.
Tags: Terapak, HomeSale, Shorewest, houses, real estate

Marketplace - Jan. 28, 2003
Terapak Realty stays small in staff, big in sales
Terapak Realty might not have mammoth orange "For Sale" signs or commercials with yodeling, yet the Brady Street company remains an active player in Milwaukee's competitive real estate game.
Tags: Select Milwaukee, Terapak Realty, Historic Concordia, Rufus King, real estate

Kids & Family - Dec. 30, 2002
Select Milwaukee helps make home-buying possible
Is buying a house something you'd like to do? Select Milwaukee, a non-profit organization that has assisted thousands of Milwaukeeans to buy homes, can help!
Tags: YMCA, home buyer, Rufus King, Riverwest, Bean Head, soul food guide, Select, Milwaukee, mortgage, finance, real estate