New Listing – 302 Bernard Street E, West St. Paul, MN 55118

September 29, 2011

My newest listing is this cute & totally renovated 3 bedroom, 2 bath home at 302 Bernard Street E in West St. Paul.  This home has access and views of Lily Lake and is priced at a level that will be cheaper than rent for most buyers.  It has easy access to Highway 52 for [...]

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New Listing – 7392 146th Way W, Apple Valley, MN 55124

August 10, 2011

Today I listed this beautiful, 1 story starter home in Apple Valley.  This 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom house has a ton of updates and is totally move-in ready which is a far cry from other similarly priced bank owned and short sale homes.  The home is close to the prime shopping area of Apple Valley [...]

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Twin Cities Weekly Real Estate Report – June 6, 2011

June 7, 2011

Yesterday, the Minneapolis Association of Realtors released their Twin Cities Weekly Real Estate Report for the week of June 6, 2011.  In it they reported that pending sales for the week ending May 28th were the highest that they have been since April, 2010.  There has been a nice steady increase in sales this year [...]

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Home Rental Assistance To Help You Buy A New Home

June 6, 2011

This past weekend I was doing open houses at a couple of my listings.  I got to talking to one of the couples that attended and realized I have a new service to offer.  In this difficult market there are many people that would like to move to a different house but are saddled with [...]

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Reviewing The 2 Dakota County Home Price Metrics

May 24, 2011

In the past I’ve done significant research to evaluate 2 different methods of finding a home price in Dakota County using easily available metrics.  For a long time I’ve been doing analysis to compare the final sale price of homes against the Dakota County tax assessed value.   For more recently sold homes, another good rule [...]

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Twin Cities Weekly Real Estate Report – May 23, 2011

May 24, 2011

Yesterday the Minneapolis Association of Realtors published their Twin Cities Weekly Activity Report for the week ending May 23, 2011.  This was the first report for 2011 that really is able to separate out the accelerated spring sales of 2010 that coincided with the Homebuyer Tax Credit which expired on April 30, 2010. The bulk [...]

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Dakota County Properties Gets Map Based Home Search

May 19, 2011

Dakota County Home Search is Live Starting today, Dakota County home search is available on this website! This will help buyers find homes, townhouses or condo’s in Dakota County using map based tools that pull real time data out of MLS. One of the great things about working for RE/MAX is that they match my [...]

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New Listing – 108 Crestridge Drive, Burnsville, MN 55337

May 17, 2011

Today I listed this 2 story executive home in Burnsville at 108 Crestridge Drive.  This 5 bedroom, 4 bath home is in excellent condition and is totally move-in ready.  It sits on a quiet cul-de-sac in a very family friendly neighborhood and has easy access to shopping, medical providers and both 35W & 35E. The [...]

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Dakota County April 2011 Home Sales Analysis

May 6, 2011

It’s been a few weeks since I did an analysis of Dakota County home sales so I thought it might be good to take a look at how things ended up in April 2011.  I wanted to take a look and see if we are seeing any change in the impact of distressed properties (bank [...]

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It’s Cheaper To Buy Than Rent in Dakota County

May 5, 2011

Trulia.com continues to do analysis to determine if it is cheaper to buy than rent within major US markets.  For Q2, 2011 they have determined that the Twin Cities market, including Dakota County, are good markets to consider buying a home instead of renting.  Trulia’s Methodology Trulia uses a methodology where they compare the rent [...]

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