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Q4 Lender Mediated Report & City Level Data Released

27 January, 2009 (10:20) | Foreclosures and Short Sales, General, Info for Buyers, Info for Sellers, Market Stats, Opinion, Personal Experiences | By: Aaron Dickinson - Edina Realty

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Today I am pleased to announce the release of the Foreclosures and Short Sales in the Twin Cities Housing Market: Q4 2008 Update.  This is the 4th installment of quarterly reporting of lender mediated sales and their impact in the [...]

We Need a New GSE: Please Welcome Fattie Mae

15 January, 2009 (17:20) | Foreclosures and Short Sales, General, Mortgage Rates, Opinion, Personal Experiences | By: Aaron Dickinson - Edina Realty

Every day there is a new article on the housing crisis and every day there’s a new offered solution.  Since everyone else is doing it, I figured it’s time for me to throw my idea into the ring:
My Idea:
The U.S. Government should set up another Government Sponsored Enterprise (GSE) charged with providing liquidity and stability [...]

Foreclosure on a Co-op Might Mean Owners Lose Their Homes

5 October, 2008 (09:55) | General | By: Aaron Dickinson - Edina Realty

Star Tribune has a good article on a co-op that is in financial distress and the potential fallout.
While there are few co-ops in town so this is a limited issue, the issue of unsold units in association communities is a far larger one.  If you buy/have bought in to an association-run development (condo/townhouse) and many [...]

Happy 4th of July… Stay Tuned for News Next Week

2 July, 2008 (22:26) | Foreclosures and Short Sales, General, Useless Ramblings | By: Aaron Dickinson - Edina Realty

The last 6-8 weeks have been busy and while the real estate market isn’t what it used to be, it is still keeping me plenty busy.  In addition, I’m busy working with Jeff Allen to release a 2nd Quarter edition of our Twin Cities foreclosure/short sale report.  Lender mediated sales will be with us for [...]

The Dangers of Unmoderated User-Contributed Content

14 June, 2008 (19:27) | General, Useless Ramblings | By: Aaron Dickinson - Edina Realty

So the reason I moderate blog comments prior to posting is because some people are not very polite and write things that are inappropriate. I’m not talking about dissension, I’m talking about things that just shouldn’t be said on a public forum. I have no problem with people who want to sound like [...]

May 2008 Twin Cities Market Stats

12 June, 2008 (03:01) | General, Info for Buyers, Info for Sellers, Market Stats, Opinion | By: Aaron Dickinson - Edina Realty

MAAR has released their new market stats for the month of May and I’m trying a new idea: I’ve added commentary to the report expressing what I believe are the important “take aways” from the data.  I would love to get feedback both on the concept and your thoughts of my opinion.
Minneapolis/St. Paul Real Estate [...]

May 31st Storms

31 May, 2008 (20:26) | Community Issues, General, Personal Experiences | By: Aaron Dickinson - Edina Realty

I’ve posted some photos to Flickr of the latest hail storm that came through on Saturday, May 31, 2008:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27215653@N05/sets/72157605363818571/