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Vince's Northwoods Notes blog is dedicated to providing market statistics, real estate news and listings, and community information relevant to Manitowish Waters and the surrounding communities of Northern Wisconsin.
October 2008 - Posts
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Ah, the weather -- always a topic of conversation in Wisconsin. Less than two weeks ago the weather was still very pleasant, one week ago the leaves were still falling from the trees, and today -- snow. To be sure, it won’t stick around -- it is Read More...
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Today I have to remove my 20 Whitecap Mountain Resort residential lot listings from this website, or more properly, the listing is "On Hold." Yes, we still do have a current and valid listing contract, and that won't change -- but the sellers Read More...
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In the ongoing bike trail saga, the Bike Trail Committee’s town-appointed community members have resigned en-mass in protest of the town board’s lack of support for the committee’s recommendations and the recent vote to rescind the town’s Read More...
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Well, there has been some in Manitowish Waters. According to the Wisconsin Department of Administration, The Town of Manitowish Waters’ population in 2008 is 703, up from the 646 year-around residents tallied in the 2000 census. Some interesting Read More...
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Yesterday seller clients of mine accepted a buyer's counter-offer for their lake cottage in Winchester. Happily for all concerned, this deal was much easier to put together than all too many deals of the recent past. To be sure, there is much work Read More...
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I had a mortgage loan officer from a local bank stop in today to pesonally pass the word that her bank has money available for jumbo loans at 6.87% with no points. This is way better than rates have been (8+% with 2 points) since the collapse of the secondary Read More...
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It was just one more announcement, so when I heard that part of the rescue plan money was going to be used to purchase stock in financial institutions, I initially paid little heed to it. For about 10 minutes. Then the realization came: we are talking Read More...
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No, I am not referring to the rapid expansion in size of the neighbor's woodpile (tho it is a sign of approaching winter) but rather to two other facts: Last Friday was the last day for the tours of the cranberry farming operations that are organized Read More...
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It may seem as the whole financial world is going to hell-in-a-handbag, but I am not ready to descend into the bunker quite yet. Today I obtained signed listing contracts for 20 residential building lots (some of them lake lots) at Whitecap Mountain Resort Read More...
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Like you, I am wondering about the wisdom and necessity of this rescue/bailout plan -- whatever you want to call it. The powers that be insist it is necessary to keep our economy from stalling completely as companies are finding it difficult to secure Read More...
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Quote by Winston Churchill October 29, 1941 Several days ago a buyer customer of mine and the seller of a lake home came to an agreement on terms for a purchase contract. It took 41 days and 7 counter-offers following the initial offer to purchase for Read More...
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"Council Compromise Allows Apartment Dwellers to Own Chickens" Madison Capital Times (WI) (09/23/08) Czubkowski, Kristin In Wisconsin, the Madison City Council passed an ordinance on Sept. 23 allowing apartment residents to own chickens, but Read More...
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I have had this website for about 6 months but have paid very little attention to it as I had been concentrating on a website hosted by a different company. I have grown increasingly disenchanted with this other website and have decided to shut it down Read More...
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I made note of this piece because we have the controversy surrrounding the proposed bike trail extension here in Manitowish Waters and because I found the last few words of it amusing. "A Different Kind of Bike Tour" Wall Street Journal (08/22/08) Read More...
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Century 21 Ò Pierce Realty has its main office in Mercer, Wisconsin, ten miles up the road from the office in Manitowish Waters, where I have my desk -- somewhere under all the file folders and loose sheets of paper. Mick Perko- Pierce, lifelong Read More...
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