Article: MARKET FOR PRICEY HOMES IS SWINGING TO BUYERS OWNERS ARE FINDING IT'S TAKING A LITTLE LONGER TO SELL, AND THEY'RE HOLDING DOWN PRICES.(FRONT)

Byline: JASON STEIN jstein@madison.com 608-252-6154

If you're looking for a pricey Dane County home, or even something more in the middle, the local housing market is swinging to your favor.

With more and more homes streaming into an increasingly competitive market, owners are being forced to keep for-sale signs up a little longer and hold down prices, Realtors say.

"The overall marketplace today compared to a year ago, there's much more inventory," said Bob Weber, president of First Weber Group. "It's gone from an incredible sellers' market to more of a balanced market, maybe even leaning toward a buyers' market because they have choices."

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