Milwaukee Real Estate Q&A With James Riccaboni of Shorewest Realtors
For 16 years, James Riccaboni has been helping people buy and sell homes in Wisconsin. We asked him what buyers and sellers need to know now.
Interactive Table: Crunching the Numbers for Burbs Real Estate
We broke down Milwaukee’s suburbs walkability, average sale price, population and more.
A Recent Settlement Could Change the Way Real Estate Agents Are Paid
How the sweeping agreement will affect Milwaukee and Wisconsin realtors is still uncertain.
Local Experts Share Their Tips on Buying and Decorating Condos
Milwaukee condos are attracting buyers of all stripes, from retirees to professionals to folks just craving the energy of city life.
Where to Buy a House in Milwaukee County Right Now
Here’s a look at Milwaukee County’s most popular neighborhoods for home buyers.
To Get a Condo in Milwaukee, You Gotta Overbid, and Fast
Milwaukee’s condo shortage stems from a lack of new construction dating back to the collapse of the market about a decade ago.
On the Rise: 777 N. Van Buren St.
Northwestern Mutual plans to complete their mixed-use tower on Van Buren St. by 2018.
Dream Homes
By Sara Rae Lancaster A Sunday drive through Milwaukee and its suburbs can be an architectural feast. Whether it’s a tree-lined city street or a pastoral lane, there’s a rich assortment of homes that reflect the diversity of its residents, a mix of architectural flavors ranging from Gothic revival, Queen Anne and stick style, to federalist, Prairie style and “Milwaukee bungalow.” Although strikingly different in design and age, each plays an important role in the area’s residential landscape. “Individual houses provide a point of interest,” says Robert Greenstreet, an architect and dean of the School of Architecture and…
Best Places to Live
Photo courtesy of Johnsen Schmaling Architects When Jeff and Linda Feist bought their West Milwaukee bungalow in 1990 for about $60,000, they expected to upgrade a few years later. Twenty-three years have gone by, and the house, which today sits in the shadow of Miller Park, is still home to the family of five. But they’re finally looking to change that. Crunching through the frozen snow in January, the Feists approached a gray colonial on a corner lot in Franklin, just down the road from the Milwaukee County Sports Complex. The house is listed at $228,900 and would be an…
Best Schools
For Mequon-Thiensville’s Julie King, teaching reading is a royal passion. Story by Matt Hrodey Photos by Adam Ryan Morris Julie King had a student who was afraid of her own ideas. The girl was “very shy, someone who had struggled in school up to that point,” says the reading specialist at Steffen Middle School in the Mequon-Thiensville School District. Like other students, the sixth-grader had been sent to King for extra help. Something about writing her ideas down and leaving them vulnerable to judgment unsettled the student, and she was now reluctantly creating an outline for what would later…