Tuesday, September 1, 2026 / by Ryan Huemmer
Dane County Real Estate Market Update: August 2026 Year-Over-Year Sales Report
How did the Dane County housing market perform year-over-year?
In August 2026, Dane County recorded 655 closed sales across single-family, condo, and multi-family properties, up slightly from 647 in August 2025. The overall median sale price rose to $480,000, a 4.3% increase year-over-year, while total sales volume climbed 7.2% to $372.2 million. Homes took a touch longer to sell across the market as a whole, with the median time on market moving from 9 days to 11. Underneath those county-wide figures, the three property types moved in different directions: single-family homes led on both closings and price, condos sold at higher prices but in noticeably lower volume, and multi-family activity grew on sales count and total dollars invested. Every number in this report comes from closed transactions recorded in the South Central Wisconsin MLS (SCWMLS) for the month of August in each year.
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Monday, August 24, 2026 / by Ryan Huemmer
If you own a home in Stoughton or you're thinking about buying one, the numbers coming out of the 2026 market tell a clear story: values are holding strong, demand is steady, and well-priced homes are still moving fast. Here's a data-driven look at where the Stoughton, Wisconsin housing market stands right now, and what it means for you.
Stoughton Home Prices Are Climbing in 2026
Through the first eight months of 2026, the median sale price for a single-family home in Stoughton reached $410,990, up from $399,790 for all of 2025. That's a 2.8% year-over-year gain, a healthy, sustainable pace that reflects continued confidence in the Stoughton market without the runaway swings seen in some Dane County communities.
Even more telling is the price per square foot, which climbed from $222 in 2025 to $237 so far in 2026, a 6.7% increase. When buyers are paying more for every square foot, it signals real, underlying demand for what Stoughton offers: small-t. ...
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Thursday, August 13, 2026 / by Ryan Huemmer
The Huemmer Home Team is the #1-ranked real estate team in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin. Since 2016, the team has closed more than 270 Cottage Grove transactions and $104 million in local home sales. That is nearly 3.5 times the volume of the next-ranked agent, and more sales than the next three ranked competitors combined.
If you are buying or selling in Cottage Grove, "local expert" should not be a slogan. It should be a number you can check. The Huemmer Home Team by the numbers in Cottage Grove sold data for the Village and Town of Cottage Grove from January 2016 through August 2026:
#1 ranked in Cottage Grove
$104,050,382 in closed Cottage Grove sales volume
272.5 transaction sides closed (buyers and sellers represented)
7.58% of the entire Cottage Grove market by volume, the largest single share held by any agent
No other agent or brokerage in Cottage Grove comes close over the same ten-year window.
How that compares to the rest of the market
The table below ran ...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2026 / by Ryan Huemmer
The Monona real estate market has stayed competitive through 2026, and the closed-sale data proves it. Across the City of Monona in Dane County, 49 single-family homes sold and closed in 2026, with a median sold price of $472,000 and homes trading hands in a median of just six days on market. If you are a homeowner thinking about selling, or a buyer trying to understand what it actually takes to win in this lakeside community, this report breaks down the numbers that matter most.
How Much Are Homes Selling For in Monona in 2026?
The median sold price for a single-family home in Monona in 2026 is $472,000, and the average sold price is $530,010. That gap between median and average is normal for Monona, where a handful of high-end lake-influenced and new-construction sales pull the average upward while the median gives a truer picture of the typical home. Prices ranged widely across the year, from a low of $245,000 to a high of $1,500,000, which reflects the real mix of housing in Mono. ...
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Friday, August 7, 2026 / by Ryan Huemmer
If you're buying, selling, or already own a condo in the Madison area, new lending rules that took effect August 3, 2026 are about to change how that mortgage gets approved. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which guarantee roughly 70% of the mortgages originated in the U.S., have eliminated the "shortcut" review process that many condo buildings used to qualify for financing. Here's what changed, why, and what it means for you.
What Changed on August 3
For years, condo projects that looked low-risk could qualify for a "Limited Review" (Fannie Mae) or "Streamlined Review" (Freddie Mac) a faster, lighter-documentation path to loan approval. Roughly 40% of condo mortgage purchases relied on this streamlined pathway.
That option is now gone for most buildings. Unless a project qualifies for a waiver, every condo mortgage now has to go through a "Full Review," which means lenders must dig into:
The condo association's finances
Reserve fund balances
Insurance coverage
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