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	<title>Twin Cities Real Estate Blog &#187; Crystal Ball Projections</title>
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		<title>The Twin Cities Housing Market Has Bottomed</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2012/twin-cities-housing-market-has-bottomed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2012/twin-cities-housing-market-has-bottomed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=2671</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After years of price declines, today I am here to say that the Twin Cities housing market has bottomed. Having sold houses for the last nine years I can tell you I&#8217;ve seen both the up and the dramatic down of our market&#8230; it has been quite the theme park ride!  I think we are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twin Cities Home Buyers Forget to Take a Holiday</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2012/twin-cities-home-buyers-forget-to-take-a-holiday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are normally the coldest weeks in the real estate market are this year much warmer than normal, just like our weather.  We&#8217;ve seen huge year-over-year increases in Pending Sales for months now but the weeks ending 12/17 and 12/24 saw 48% more accepted purchase agreements than a year ago.  Those are numbers you just can&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twin Cities Foreclosures Hit 4+ Year Low</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/twin-cities-foreclosures-hit-4-year-low/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent months a common phrase has been uttered by countless buyers and real estate agents: &#8220;where are all the foreclosures?&#8221;  Since August 2010 the Twin Cities Region has seen foreclosures for sale drop 52% from approximately 4000 to about 1900 today.  This is the first time since July 2007 that we have seen inventory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twin Cities Real Estate Market Update &#8211; October 30, 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/twin-cities-real-estate-market-update/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/twin-cities-real-estate-market-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1972</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Halloween marks the beginning of the significant seasonal slowdown in real estate activity that we see each year.  As days get shorter and the weather gets colder, many home buyers and sellers settle in where they are for the winter. Buyer activity and homes for sale have both seen about a 10% decline in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreclosures and Short Sales Don&#8217;t Matter to House Prices</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/foreclosures-short-sales-dont-matter-house-prices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/foreclosures-short-sales-dont-matter-house-prices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1875</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While foreclosures and short sales continue to be around 40% of our sales, when looking at housing prices I believe they should be completely ignored. When looking at all Twin Cities housing sales, here is how the Median Sales Price stacks up: &#160; When we split it out to look at Foreclosures, Short Sales and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twin Cities Cash Home Purchases At Record-Breaking Levels</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/twin-cities-cash-home-purchases-at-record-breaking-levels/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/twin-cities-cash-home-purchases-at-record-breaking-levels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1862</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Twin Cities continues to see spectacular demand from cash home buyers this year and is on track to make 2011 the biggest year ever for cash home purchases.  Since the 1st of this year, fully 1 in 4 home sales recorded by the RMLS of MN have been cash sales &#8211; 3600+ and counting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twin Cities 2011 Housing Market Prediction: Party Like It&#8217;s 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/twin-cities-2011-housing-market-prediction-party-like-its-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/twin-cities-2011-housing-market-prediction-party-like-its-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1822</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At this time last year the housing market was heating up as the first time home buyer tax credit was nearing its expiration.  Just as soon as that tax credit expired, the Twin Cities housing market went into the meat locker for the rest of the year.  Now that we&#8217;re finally past both the tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Houses Selling Out From Under Buyers</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/houses-selling-out-from-under-buyers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/houses-selling-out-from-under-buyers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 05:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1786</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Twice this week I have had buyers preparing to write an offer on a home they had seen in the last few days and we find out that an offer was just accepted.  In both cases we knew these houses were awesome values the second we stepped in to them.  Yup, the Spring Market is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheap Mortgages Are Gone!</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/cheap-mortgages-are-gone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/cheap-mortgages-are-gone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1779</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The last few months have really seen a change in the cost of borrowing money for a home.  Here&#8217;s what has happened: Interest rates have moved from 4.3% in November to 5% today The interest rate increase of .7% in just a few months&#8217; time dramatically affects the qualification amounts for buyers and has a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twin Cities Sellers Taking a Vacation</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/twin-cities-sellers-taking-a-vacation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/twin-cities-sellers-taking-a-vacation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1773</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So each January we see home seller activity increase, bringing more new listings on the market than can be absorbed by buyers at this time of year.  Well this year things seem to be starting different &#8211; new listing activity is down almost 20% since the first of the year! This leads us to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreclosures are a Lagging Indicator</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/foreclosures-are-a-lagging-indicator/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/foreclosures-are-a-lagging-indicator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1747</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Star Tribune reporter Jim Buchta ran a post on his blog discussing Minnesota Home Ownership Center&#8217;s data release showing that Minnesota pre-foreclosure notices rose in 2010 vs. 2009, albeit by only a small percentage. As seems to be the case with comments I see now on most news stories, there were a lot of idiots adding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twin Cities Home Sales Climb 10% !!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/twin-cities-pending-home-sales-climb/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/twin-cities-pending-home-sales-climb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After six months of lower year-over-year pending sales numbers, the Twin Cities has finally posted an improvement in sales activity.  The week ending 12/4/10 saw 606 pending home sales versus 551 in the same period a year ago, which is an increase of 10% from the prior year&#8217;s figure.  Pending sales are properties that have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twin Cities Buyer Activity Still Down 40% Vs. Last Year</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/twin-cities-buyer-activity-still-down-40-vs-last-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/twin-cities-buyer-activity-still-down-40-vs-last-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1674</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Twin Cities home buyer activity is still substantially lagging last year at this time.  For the last 5 consecutive months we&#8217;ve seen home showing activity down approximately 40% versus the same time last year. Twin Cities Showing Activity How well do showing appointments correlate with sales?  Very, very, very well. Since showings happen before offers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Higher-End Twin Cities Foreclosures Coming?</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/higher-end-twin-cities-foreclosures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/higher-end-twin-cities-foreclosures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a while now there&#8217;s been some talk that the foreclosure activity would become more prevalent in the higher-priced home market &#8211; well as of yet we haven&#8217;t seen that materialize.  In fact, by far the strongest activity remains in the lowest price ranges for both foreclosures and short sales: In the future we may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Condos &amp; Townhomes The Next Housing Boom?</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/condos-townhomes-next-housing-boom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2010/condos-townhomes-next-housing-boom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Star Tribune has a good article discussing the demographic changes coming to the Twin Cities in the coming years and how cities and housing are not currently designed for the needs of our aging population.  The best explanation of the trend is found in their infographic:(image courtesy Star Tribune) So while new housing built [...]]]></description>
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