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Sharlene Hensrud

Buying a home is more than 30% cheaper than renting for many Millennials

When I met with a woman to talk about getting their home ready to sell recently, she said that their son is following in his sister's footsteps… now also talking...
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Roseville… great first-ring suburb touching both Minneapolis and St. Paul

It's never better hearing about a neighborhood than from the people who live there. Current Roseville sellers had this to say about why they love living there… We were first...
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March 2016 real estate market update… inventory 20.6% below last year

New listings are trending straight up as they should be at this time of year, with March 2016 almost the same as last year according to data recently released by...
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Wednesdays Unplugged – Best Tomato Soup

  "Home is the nicest word there is." ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder     NOTE: I spend my Wednesdays Unplugged from appointments. It's my day to stay home, enjoy cooking and welcome...
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Do I really need title insurance? What is it anyway?

Title insurance is something you pay for at closing. You must buy it for your lender if you have a mortgage, and you have the option to buy an owner's...
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Payne-Phalen has been called St. Paul’s next hot neighborhood… find out why, from people who have loved living there

I first got to know the Payne-Phalen neighborhood about 15 years ago, when I listed a home on Montana Avenue just west of Lake Phalen. I was struck then by...
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Habitat transforms the lives of the ‘invisible homeless’

The message below I recently received from Lan Freitag of Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity reminded me of why we are proud to be Habitat supporters.   I want to...
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Don’t miss this mesmerizing Wind Map!

With spring winds blowing I just had to again share this amazing Wind Map in constant motion that I first posted in April 2012. You can see in the snapshot...
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