Twin Cities Real Estate Blog

I just responded to a survey of real estate agents that I get on a regular basis. While I don’t want to name names, the survey comes from a group inside the real estate industry.  The survey covers a lot of things like sales activity, inventory, types of sales, experiences during the sales, and forward-looking [...]

Could retailers be sinking the housing market?
Ok, so I doubt they’re sinking the housing market but retailers are likely having some influence in the housing market today:

When the annual holiday season rolls around, home buyer activity falls sharply and home seller activity wanes too.
In addition, retailers are also throwing out their holiday deals sooner as [...]

On Tuesday, July 28th, CNBC Host Dennis Kneale talked with CNBC’s Michelle Caruso-Cabrera and her recent experience in the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP).  See the video below:

Dennis and Michelle got this story completely wrong.  This program is meant to allow homeowners who couldn’t refinance because of Loan-to-Value ratios, income, etc.  The only loans that [...]

Jim Cramer on Tuesday’s show stated that we’re at a housing market bottom nationally (article).  Below is the video of this segment.

While time will tell if Jim Cramer is right, on a local level I’m not ready to call a housing market bottom.  I do believe however that foreclosures have price-bottomed in our market. Unfortunately [...]

Received this info today.  Application is here.
HGTV’s hit TV series, House Hunters, is coming to the Twin Cities and surrounding areas this summer and we’re looking for homebuyers and real estate agents who want to appear on the show! House Hunters follows buyers and their agents on the hunt as they find just the right [...]