Neighborhoods and Communities
Housing Inventory for First Time Home Buyers
Two statistics we use to analyze the Twin Cities Housing Market are “Inventory of Homes for Sale” and “Monthly Supply of Inventory”. These typically help sellers determine what a realistic timeframe is for the listing and eventual selling of their home because it gives them a sense of the number of homes on the market [...]
February 2010 Monthly Skinny
Here’s another snapshot of the Minneapolis and St. Paul area housing market, courtesy of the Minneapolis Area Associattion of Realtors.
They call it the “Monthly Skinny” report.
(note: I suggest pausing on each slide to fully read the numbers displayed)
What To Look For In A Neighborhood
Many Minnesota First Time Home Buyers often ask me “what do we want to look for in a neighborhood?” This is a very good question, and while everyone prefers a little something different for their surroundings, there are a few key factors that should go into making the choice of where to search for MN [...]
Crunching The Numbers
Most of us learned a little about Supply and Demand back in school. I even remember doing a mini-musical about simple economics in 6th Grade Social Studies. And yet the concept of Supply vs. Demand gets lost in emotion and motivation when looking at buying a home.
I wanted to take some time today and analyze [...]
Chanhassen MN is 2nd Best Place to Live
CNN.Money has come out with it’s annual national rankings of the “Best Places to Live in the America” once again this year. For the second straight year, a Minnesota metro suburb has made it in the Top 3.
This time around Chanhassen, MN was ranked as the 2nd Best Place to Live in the country due in [...]
Is Real Estate Hot or Cold?
I love helping buyers find the right first home. In fact, that’s about 90% of my business – assisting First Time Home Buyers with the process of home buying. But often times I get strange questions from young buyers; those who are astute and listening to the news about the Housing Market.
They ask me, “Have [...]
Suburbs or City Living?
I love meeting new buyers and chatting with them about their needs and wants in a house. In addition to the style and characteristics of a house, we talk about Location, which is still the 3 most important things in Real Estate. It seems like when I talk to a lot of First Time Home Buyers [...]
‘Tis The Season of Giving
So I don’t normally write about a lot of personal matters, since my focus is providing you with the best knowledge possible about real estate and buying your first home. But I thought I would just take a minute and remind people that it really is better to give than receive.
Two things happened this past [...]
Plymouth, MN “Best Place to Live” in America
Recently CNNMoney.com did a wide ranging series on the best places to live in the country. For many of us living in the Twin Cities metro area, it was no surprise that one of our own cities was named the “Best Place to Live” in the U.S.
The article cites Plymouth, Minnesota’s great schools, wonderful [...]
