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		<title>Shadow Inventory &#8211; The Housing Market&#8217;s Boogieman</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2012/shadow-inventory-the-housing-markets-boogieman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=2760</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For years now we&#8217;ve been hearing housing &#8220;experts&#8221; talk about the shadow housing inventory.  This is apparently all the distressed housing backlog that has yet to make its way through the system. Depending on who you talk to, it may or may not include homeowners that are underwater (but current), people who have jobs now but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota Pre-Foreclosure Notices Drop to New Lows</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2012/minnesota-pre-foreclosure-notices-drop-to-new-lows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=2752</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Minnesota Home Ownership Center has been tracking pre-foreclosure notices in Minnesota since the state legislature required notices to be sent to housing counselors as part of the foreclosure process in late 2008. Recent quarters have shown substantially fewer notices sent out and the Center&#8217;s numbers from Q4 2011 continue this trend: While a quarter [...]]]></description>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crystal Ball Projections]]></category>
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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>Foreclosures and Short Sales Now Worth the Same</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2012/foreclosures-and-short-sales-now-worth-the-same/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2012/foreclosures-and-short-sales-now-worth-the-same/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=2617</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since the housing downturn has started, short sales always have always commanded a higher price per square foot.  Well that has now changed.  Median Sales Prices are also quickly coming together as well.  The rule of thumb in the past was that short sales were often in better condition than a bank owned and so [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2012/twin-cities-home-buyers-forget-to-take-a-holiday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crystal Ball Projections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Info for Buyers]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/twin-cities-foreclosures-hit-4-year-low/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crystal Ball Projections]]></category>
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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>Pricing Your Home Right for Today&#8217;s Market</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/pricing-your-home-right-for-todays-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/pricing-your-home-right-for-todays-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1991</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The housing market is full of a mix of Foreclosures, Short Sales and Traditional Sellers.  Traditional Sellers today have fewer foreclosures, short sales and other traditional sellers to compete with than last year but the competition is still heavy since we still have far more home inventory than we have buyers for it. A while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missed Showing = Missed Sale</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/missed-showing-missed-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/missed-showing-missed-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1988</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two of my clients this year have bought houses that were difficult to see.  The first client was refused only the 1st time.  The second was refused the first two times!  In both cases the buyers had enough interest to try again but I can tell you that often isn&#8217;t the case.  I would say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twin Cities Homes For Sale Inventory Hits 7 Year Low</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/twin-cities-homes-for-sale-inventory-hits-7-year-low/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/twin-cities-homes-for-sale-inventory-hits-7-year-low/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1979</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Minneapolis Area Association of REALTORS has just announced October&#8217;s housing numbers and surprises us with a whopper:  In October 2011 there were fewer homes for sale than any October since 2004! &#160; The inventory of Twin Cities homes for sale has seen a progressive decline since its peak in 2007 and that decline I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota Foreclosures in Q3 2011 Down 32% from Q3 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/minnesota-foreclosures-down-32-percent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/minnesota-foreclosures-down-32-percent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1975</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This just in from HousingLink: There were 4,935 foreclosures in Minnesota in Q3 of 2011, down 32% from Q3 2010. Q3 2011 marks four consecutive quarters with fewer than 6,000 statewide foreclosures.  While this follows four quarters in which the statewide count exceeded that number, the Q3 2011 figure of 4,935 still far exceeds the [...]]]></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>Cash Buyers Nearly 30% of All February Twin Cities Home Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/cash-buyers-nearly-30-percent-of-all-twin-cities-sales/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/2011/cash-buyers-nearly-30-percent-of-all-twin-cities-sales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.twincitiesrealestateblog.com/?p=1802</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[February 2011 saw a new record for the percentage of homes sold to cash buyers: a whopping 28.3% of all homes that closed in the month were purchased with cash.  Further, it also represents the largest number of units sold to cash buyers for the month of February: 624 homes sold in February 2011 to [...]]]></description>
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