The Minnesota Department of Commerce puts out a report of their "enforcement actions" against licensees in industries they regulate. The DOC regulates MN-chartered banks, debt collectors, notaries, insurance companies, mortgage companies, appraisers, and real estate agents/brokers.I find it interesting to see what people in the real estate field are caught doing ...
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Great Explanation on Trademarks and REALTORS
This isn't the typical nerdy stats or opinion piece I normally do but I thought this was a great explanation of trademark law and also what makes a REALTOR different than a real estate agent:
Twin Cities: 1 in 6 Homes Purchased With Cash in 1st Half of 2010
Based on data from NorthstarMLS, I was able to put together the following chart that shows how home buyers in the first 1/2 of 2010 were financing their purchases. Fully 1 in every 6 buyers paid in cold hard cash, a huge increase from the 1 in 20 to 1 in 25 ratio more typical ...
Twin Cities Home Buyer Financing Over The Years
I took some time today to go over some NorthstarMLS data (the Twin Cities area MLS data service) to see how home buyer financing has changed over the last few years and put together a few pie charts that I thought you might enjoy. Click on each image for a bigger view:
How Much ‘Shadow Inventory’ Is There?
The National Association of REALTORS has put together a video discussing the amount and type of 'Shadow Inventory' nationally. The biggest problem with such figures is that they are still based off of sampling & definitions of what is or is not counted in the definition. Regardless of what the actual number is, the video ...
Aaron Dickinson
Edina Realty
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