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June 24, 2010 at 12:34 PM · Posted under Ann Lebiecki, Area Attractions & Events
If you’re looking for a great time this weekend, check out Cedarburg and the 25th annual Strawberry Festival.
Saturday and Sunday June 26, 27 you’ll see Washington Ave packed with festival goers enjoying everything from strawberry pancakes to strawberry wine. You can even try a strawberry brat!
There will be tons of kid events in Cedar Creek Park such as pony rides and a petting zoo, Sumo wrestlers, face painting and a mural where kids can try their hand at painting. The whole family will enjoy the CedarQuacker 500 duck races both Saturday and Sunday at 1:00pm.
Check out the “Paint the Festival” competition, where registered artists can compete in the Historic District of Cedarburg, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. The streets will be full of live music including bluegrass, top forty and rock and roll. A strawberry cooking demo/tasting will be held on Saturday morning 
as well as daily contests like strawberry shortcake eating and strawberry bubblegum blowing.
Aside from all the activities that Strawberry Fest brings to town, Cedarburg in itself is a charming little village. Downtown is peppered with unique shops and restaurants and of course a winery and antique shop too. Plus there’s the historic covered bridge, nearby. So if you can’t make it to Strawberry Fest, set aside another day when you can take in all that Cedarburg has to offer.
Click here for more information on Strawberry Fest or Cedarburg.
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May 13, 2010 at 07:00 PM · Posted under Ann Lebiecki
We’re all familiar with the saying and this Saturday May 15th, 2010 in Jackson, Wisconsin you’ll be able to experience this first hand and find many treasures at the 29th Annual Jackson Rummage. Jackson is a small town atmosphere with large community conveniences nearby. Nestled between West Bend, Slinger and Germantown is this family oriented community with a steady growing estimated population of 6386 in 2009. Only 15 miles north of Milwaukee yet situated in the heart of the Kettle Moraine. The Village of Jackson was named after President Andrew Jackson and back in 1872 was an unincorporated hamlet known as Riceville. You can read more about the history of Jackson on the Village website. 
An interesting tidbit that might intrigue children is that back in the early day the children in Jackson rode the train to school in West Bend, a far cry from daily transportation today.
If you’re looking for a community to call home, come take a drive through town and travel through the different subdivision communities and condo developments, there really is something for everyone. The recently completed Jackson Community Center offers a fitness center, youth camps, open gym and even a church worship service on Sundays plus a whole lot more. Click here for the Spring/Summer 2010 flyer.
So if you’re off to find a treasure in Jackson check us out this weekend or if you’re looking for a new place to call home, as a local Realtor and expert in the area I can show you around our great town of Jackson and acquaint you with the housing market too! Just contact me via email at or at 262-437-5843.
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February 25, 2010 at 11:52 AM · Posted under Ann Lebiecki
How long does it really take to buy a home?
You may have wondered just how long the process takes: searching, financing, inspecting, closing and finally moving in. If you follow the tips below you can be on your way to getting an accepted offer in as little as 2-3 weeks with a subsequent closing in 30 days. All total 6 weeks! Just in time to take advantage of the Home Buyers Tax Credit that expires April 30, 2010.
Here are a few tips and guidelines to use when planning to buy a home.
- Get pre-qualified. Ask your family, friends or co-workers who may have recently purchased a home who they used to finance the transaction. Set up a meeting with a loan officer to discuss the different loan programs that may be available to you. Right now one great program is an FHA loan. With the right credit scores you can buy a home with only 3.5% down payment and interest rates are very competitive. WHEDA, another government backed loan has just recently become available again too. Of course there is conventional financing that requires a minimum of 5% down (20% if you want to avoid paying private mortgage insurance-PMI). The loan officer will tell you how much of a loan you can qualify for and what your monthly payments would be. There are closing costs associated with the loan so make sure they give you an idea of what they should be.
- Find a Buyer’s Agent. Once you have found out you qualify for a home loan and what price point you are comfortable with, now you want to meet with a Buyers Agent. Not all Realtors are members of REBAC (Real estate buyers agent council) and may not be representing your best interest. In fact in Wisconsin, the agent showing you homes is not representing you the buyer unless you have entered into a formal written agreement called a Buyer’s Agency Representation. If you don’t have that written agreement the agent is a sub-agent for the listing broker and thereby is representing the sellers’ best interest. I offer buyer counseling to my clients where we get together and talk thru the process. I find out the buyers’ needs and wants in a home, and where they’d like to live. We discuss agency relationships, viewing homes and contingencies like financing and home inspection. We then pull up on the computer homes that meet their criteria and pick out ones to view. At the end of the 90 minute meeting we typically have a date set to go out on tour.
- View Homes. The beauty of working with one agent in the buying process is that he/she will set up the tour of homes and gain access to them for you. You can block out a few hours and depending on the location of the homes see 6-10 homes and get a great picture of what your dollar can buy. There is no need to wait for open houses, as some homes are never held open and sold even before the first open house.
- Write the offer. Once you’ve selected the home you’d like to buy, you submit a written offer on a state approved form. Your agent will walk you through the process and explain the forms and include any contingencies necessary.
- Finalize the closing. Once you’ve gotten an accepted offer and satisfied any of your contingencies you can set up closing. Closing is set from 9am-4pm weekdays and takes about an hour. After the closing you are the proud new owner of a home.
If you’d like more information on homes for sale or a lender referral, just give me a call 414-510-1908.
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February 18, 2010 at 02:52 PM · Posted under Ann Lebiecki
Shorewest - Menomonee Falls
N94 W17900 Appleton Avenue
Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
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Cell Phone: 414-510-1908
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