Twin Cities Real Estate Blog

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The Minnesota Association of REALTORS (MNAR) has put together a video overviewing the ethics complaint process.  Take a peek.  If you’d like to file a complaint against an agent, please click here for the form and more information.

Over 40% of the sales in the Twin Cities currently occurring are foreclosures or short sales, what we at MAAR call “lender mediated sales.”
The RMLS of Minnesota recently revised their fields regarding foreclosures and short sales (after a year of much confusion over the old fields) and we now have separate fields for in foreclosure, [...]

Betsysoderlund wants the emotional roller coaster that is the Minneapolis real estate market to be less like the cork screw and more like the flume. – @betsysoderlund
This Twitter post last night sums up what many people in the real estate market are feeling right now.  Things seem to be going up, down, left, right and [...]

I try to behave myself, I try to keep my emotions tempered so that my opinions can be read and understood without coming off so harsh that people click away before they finish reading.  Well today I just don’t care.  This is a list (though not comprehensive) of the reasons that I’m sick and tired [...]

Ok so I’ve already discussed the surge of multiple offers this year… in fact I just talked about it two weeks ago.  In just the last two weeks I’ve seen even more examples of multiple offers and they are now becoming the rule on properties priced well.  In just the last 2 days I’ve had [...]

This past week I’ve been in many different foreclosures with my clients.  Some bank owned homes are in turn-key (aka mint) condition and are wonderful.  Others are…. how do I say this…. crap.  Many are simple run down and need repairs, cleaning and updating.  Many more though are safety hazards in their current form.  I’ve [...]

When I became a Realtor in December of 2002, the housing market was already on its long march up to levels that no one thought possible.  By 2005 we had hit the peak of the market but 2006 was still extremely strong too.
One of the things that’s been largely missing since 2005/2006 is the situation [...]