Sara Belle Boutique is a children’s store located in downtown Hartford. Sara Belle has been opened for 2 1/2 years and is now liquidating. Sara Belle is currently offering 40% off. Please stop in and say farewell. Sara Belle was truly a great addition to the Hartford area and will truly be missed.
Thanks for the memories Sara Belle.
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Slinger is a great town that offers small town living with easy access to the city. Slinger has a population of just over 4200 with great schools and parks.
Slinger is known for the Slinger Speedway which is opened from May through September. Slingerfest is a great festival for all that is usually in June and Spooky Slinger is a great gathering every year on Halloween. Slinger also has baseball leagues running all summer for adults and children as young as 4. The village Park and Rec center has many other programs available to residents and non-residents. Everything from kick-ball and sand volleyball to dance and yoga. There are also cooking classes, babysitting coarse, financial planning classes and scrapbooking. The list goes on and on.
On the sweeter side of things Sweet Creations is a great bakery in town and Jims Place is downtown with Pizza, chicken and enormous ice cream cones.
Slinger is truly a community with much to offer.
For Homes for sale in Slinger go to sara.shorewest.com.
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When searching for a home, school districts tend to be an important search criteria for many home buyers. There are many different online sources to help you grade the area schools.
www.GreatSchools.net is a site that can give you many stats on the school district you are searching. I found that Slinger School District scored a 10/10 from this site.
Slinger has a median household income of $55,114 and a Median Home Price of $247,410.
The site will also give you information on spending per student, student ethnicity, ACT results and WKCE-CRT results. This site also posts where the school landed on the testing according to the rest of the state.
This site is a great tool when relocating to the area and when deciding what school district you want to live in.
For listing of homes for sale in Slinger go to sara.shorewest.com.
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In this market you may be thinking that now is not the time to sell. However, now could be the perfect time to sell.
If you are thinking about buying up and need more space now is the time! You may have lost some of the equity you have in your home, but so has the everybody else. If your home has gone down 10% in value, so had the higher prices home. So if your home was worth $250,000 and now you can get $225,000, the home you may want that was once at $350,000 is now priced at $315,000. That means that you may lose $25,000 but the larger home has lost $35,000 which is a difference of $15,000. Your at the advantage of getting much more home for the money.
So now IS the time to sell….if your buying up!
For a free Market Analysis of your home contact me at saraschneider@shorewest.com or visit my website at sara.shorewest.com.
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Now that Spring is here and the weather is nicer I’m always drawn to the area parks. The village of Slinger has a few different parks. The community park is located downtown and has the softball field, basketball courts, playgroud equipment, batting cages and restrooms in the large pavilion. This park is the most used in the town. Most days you drive by and there is something happening there, from Slingerfest and Spooky Slinger in Fall to the ball games all summer long.
The Fireman’s Annex Beach is the newest park in Slinger. It has a sand beach and swimming area with a small turtle slide and flowing raindrop and a diving area. There are bathrooms and a pavilion with small snacks and drinks available.
There is a fee of $2.00 for village residents and $4.00 for non-village residents (3 and under are free). It’s a great addition to Slinger. You can pack a lunch and spend the day enjoying the sun.
To search homes for sale go to sara.shorewest.com.
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If you’re going to be purchasing, at some point your REALTOR will talk to you about Buyer Agency. You may even have spoken to a lender who tells you to find a REALTOR to be your buyers’ agent. So naturally you want to know what Buyer Agency is and what will it cost me?
Buyer Agency is a contract between you, the buyer, and your REALTOR. This contract is set for a length of time in which the agent works in your best interest, above all others. This contract ties you and the agent together.
You must look at all homes and purchase your home through the REALTOR that you have the contract with. The biggest service your agent will offer you is negotiation. When you do find the home you wish to put an offer on your agent will do a CMA (Comparable Market Analysis). The CMA will help you determine if the property is priced properly and what price to offer the seller.
In real estate generally the seller pays all commissions due in a transaction. As long as the property is listed on the MLS (multiple listing service) system, you will not have to pay your agent out of your own pocket.
The buyers agency contract also ties you to the agent you have under contract. You would owe a success fee to your agent if you purchased your home through a different agent during the length of the contract.
To find out more about Buyer Agency contact me at saraschneider@shorewest.com
To search homes for sale go to sara.shorewest.com.
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So you’ve decided to purchase your first home. You know that now is the time. But what’s next?
First of all you should meet with a mortgage lender. They will be able to help you determine your buying power in this market. They will also provide you with a pre-approval letter. This letter will be very important to you once you find your home.
After you’ve met with your lender and you have your pre-approval letter you should then meet with a REALTOR.
Working with a REALTOR can make your home search a much easier and smoother process. A REALTOR will sit down and explain the whole process with you from searching for a home to closing day. You will know what to expect from looking at homes to writing an offer to closing day. A REALTOR will take care of the whole process for you. You can also choose to work under a Buyer agency contract. This is a contract that allows the REALTOR to work in your best interest.
To start your home search contact me at saraschneider@shorewest.com or sara.shorewest.com.
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If your a first time home buyer you’ve probably heard more than once that NOW is the time to buy. It’s a buyers market and you have the upper hand.
But what does that really mean. Well to start with you have options. Once you start searching for homes you may find that there are multiple homes that fit your criteria. Interest rates are at an all time low. There are different loan programs available for first time home buyers. For example:
First National Bank of Hartford is offering a $850.00 closing cost savings coupon for 1st time home buyers purchasing a single-family owner occupied home(Slinger & Hartford Branch). NOW is a great time to buy with so much in your favor.
To search homes for sale go to sara.shorewest.com
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If you’re a first time home buyer or considering purchasing your first home you’ve probably heard about the $8000.00 tax credit. This tax credit is a great incentive for first time home buyers, every dollar of this credit will reduce your income tax by a dollar. The tax credit is based on 10% of the cost of your home purchase. So if you purchase a home for $80,000 you could qualify for the full $8000.00 credit. Here are a few of the rules of the tax credit:
You have to be a first time home buyer or haven’t owned in the last three years.
You must take ownership of the property before December 1, 2009
You must make $75,000 or less or $150,000 per year if filing jointly
You do not have to pay back the credit if you own the property for three years
You may purchase a single family home, Condo or townhouse
For additional rules to the tax credit go to www.irs.gov and read form 5405.
For a list of homes for sale go to sara.shorewest.com.
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