June's results are disappointing. May was showing a positive increase in the number of units sold. June saw a decrease from 128 to 123 units. I don't know if I would call a decrease in the number of listings a positive but I do think it is a positive for the overall market. Having too muc
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07/01/2008
Signs of life? The units sold in the month of May are the highest since January. 128 units were sold compared with 158 in January. Only 53, 70, and 77 units sold in the months of February, March and April of this year. All of these months were well off the previous years of 2004-2007. Howeve
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06/03/2008
Real Estate values in Vilas and Oneida Counties do not appear to be falling. However, volume by every measure is down from 25% to 35%, depending upon area. The question is why? One possible explanation may be simple economics. We all were taught that when demand remains constant and supply inc
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05/31/2008
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 YTD 2008 108 2007 165 250 341 209 965 2006 165 301 329 271 1066 2005 198 348 448 243 1237 2004 106 212 273 187 778 2003 89 161 270 182 679 2002 83 108 247 175 613 2001 84 166 214 116 580 2000 86 0 179 148 574 1999 74 153 218 147 592 1997 73 148 203 124 548 The above data is taken f
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05/26/2008
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 YTD 2008 72 2007 123 208 253 152 736 2006 131 233 269 209 842 2005 143 255 345 244 987 2004 71 147 199 142 559 2003 71 140 203 138 528 2002 42 142 194 128 2001 24 111 161 96 392 2000 66 0 145 1999 65 122 165 140 492 1997 43 125 194 129 491 The data above is from Wisconsin REALTORS
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05/26/2008
Eagle River Area Events - June 2008 Riverside Raceway - Stock car racing Monday, May 26, 2008 - Monday, September 01, 2008 Racing every Tuesday evening Memorial Day - Labor Day. Hot Laps at 7:30 pm with racing at 8:00 pm. For more information contac
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05/26/2008
I have already written about loons. I love loons but I won't go there at this time. An odd experience the other day. I was working on the shoreline when a spotted owl dove at me. He was maybe within 10'. This owl had almost a 3' wingspan. He was busy avoiding being hassled by some blackbirds
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05/23/2008
On this chart, we are tracking units listed in Vilas and Oneida Counties, the Northwoods' of Wisconsin. The blue line represents units listed while the pink line represents units sold. The trend has been remarkably consistent in good years and in not so good year
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05/02/2008
A very belated spring this year in the Northwoods. Ice out on Catfish Lake should be sometime today (May 1). That is about 3 weeks late due to global warming. We'll soon forget this very long winter as I now have other elements of spring to enjoy. I saw my first loon of spring 2 weeks ago but
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05/01/2008
No, I am not talking about customers or neighbors. Of course I am talking about our lovely, ancient birds of the north. Common loons are found in many areas. We are blessed with a large nesting population here in the Northwoods. Loons have a tendency to be territorial. A flock of loons is no
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04/21/2008
