Archive for 'General' Category
Foreclosure on a Co-op Might Mean Owners Lose Their Homes
5 October 2008If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!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 [...]
Happy 4th of July… Stay Tuned for News Next Week
2 July 2008The 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 2008So 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 2008MAAR 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 2008I’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/
Q&A - How to Spot a Recovering Housing Market
21 May 2008I hear buyers, sellers, lenders, real estate agents and the community as a whole rhetorically ask when we’ll see the housing market recover. Unfortunately putting a timeline on a housing recovery is pretty unrealistic as there are simply too many variables to account for. But all is not lost! While I cannot predict when the [...]
So Much to Say, No Time to Say It
16 April 2008I’ve got mountains of thoughts to share with you all but have simply not had the time to write about it. Blogging takes concentration & clarity of thought… two things I have had very little of lately with this busy market.
I’m working with some great buyers & sellers and having a great time but it [...]
Greedy Buyer Loses in Multiple Offers
9 April 2008This is a story about a buyer who was too greedy for his own good, and how his underestimating of the situation left him with terrible regret when he lost out on the offer for his “dream home.”
About a month ago this buyer went looking at new construction in a outer suburb of the Twin [...]
New Regular Feature: Questions & Answers
24 March 2008I’m going to start regularly posting questions I receive from clients and the answers I’ve provided them. If you have questions you’d like answers to, please do not hesitate to ask!
Each Q&A will be a separate blog post and there is now a category called: “Questions and Answers” as well, which will contain all the [...]
Efficiency Furniture in a Box
15 March 2008Imagine taking a whole bedroom set with you in a box!