Category Archives: Twin Cities Real Estate

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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Own vs. Rent: A Growing Reason to Buy – WSJ.com

  Remember interest rates are hovering at 4%, another great reason to buy! Own vs. Rent: A Growing Reason to Buy – WSJ.com

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Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Weekly Real Estate Update!

The Twin Cities housing market continues to adjust to a world without a fancy tax credit. Pending sales leveled off following the slight gains seen the prior week, squatting at 645 signed contracts for the week ending June 19. While … Continue reading

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Friday, June 18th, 2010
What happened to the real estate market?

      Phoebe is also wondering, where are all the showings? Here we are in June a little over a month since the tax credit has expired and many of you are asking what has happened to the real … Continue reading

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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
More good news about the housing market!

The tax credit has come to an end and the housing market is reaping the rewards.  The April median sales price has gone up 11% compared to April 2009.  Thanks Pioneer Press for reporting about the  positive turn in the … Continue reading

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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
Speeding up short sales? Ha, prove it!

  New legislation to speed up short sales?  I am not typically a negative Nancy, but having dealt with many banks during the short sale process has made me a skeptic.  It has me wondering if lenders were able to … Continue reading

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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Back to work in this crazy market

As many of you know I took a brief hiatus to have a baby!  Phoebe Helen (family name, not named after the character on Friends) was born October 15, 2009.  Funny how this date is significant when it comes to … Continue reading

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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Weekly Market Activity Report

I am coming off maternity leave long enough to post this weeks weekly market activity report.  I just couldn’t resist.  Thanks to Mark Allen for this Real Estate version of “Twas the Night Before Christmas.   Twas the week before … Continue reading

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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Tax Credit Ready to Expire, Act Now!!!!

December 1st the first time homebuyer tax credit is ready to expire.   To close by this date you will need to purchase in the next couple of weeks, contrary to the video, in our market closings take 30-45 days after … Continue reading

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Monday, September 28th, 2009
Traditional Sellers, now is the time to sell!!!

Traditional Sellers: It’s "Go" Time Or so says local REALTOR® and our data-friend (is that a word?), Aaron Dickinson in a recent blog post. With foreclosure inventory dropping like a stone and often subject to multiple-offer price wars, and short … Continue reading

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Friday, September 25th, 2009
Hot Neighborhoods for Traditional Sellers

Reprinted from The Skinny Blog from the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors: Neighborhoods Where Traditional Homes Are In Shortest Supply Last week we looked at which neighborhoods were seeing their inventory of available foreclosures and short sales dwindling. The general … Continue reading

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