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June 2024 real estate market update… average sale price holds steady at 100.1% of list price

Although real estate activity slowed down somewhat in June 2024 average sale price held steady with June 2024 at 100.1% and tied with May 2023. Competition sale prices peaked in...
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Wednesdays Unplugged – Old-fashioned Pea Salad

“Art is for everybody.” -Keith Haring NOTE: I spend my Wednesdays Unplugged from appointments. It’s my day to stay home, enjoy cooking and welcome our kids and grandkids for dinner in the...
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Inspecting Dryer Ducts

I constantly see the rules about dryer duct safety and dryer transition ducts being brought into question, mostly on home inspector forums. If it’s tough for home inspectors to keep...
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Weekly real estate market update 7/19/24… fixing up your home can make a difference

Showing activity is eerily on the same track as 2021… below 2020 and 2023 but ahead of 2022. Bottom line is, you don’t need 20 showings and 12 offers to...
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Weisman Art Museum… and the shoe tree

The Weisman Art Museum on the campus of the University of Minnesota is one of the most recognizable landmarks in the Twin Cities. Hugging the east bank of the Mississippi River, the distinctive Frank Gehry design...
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Self employed and trying to buy a home?

When it comes to buying a home, you may feel there is too much red tape if you are self employed. A bank statement loan may help you. This is...
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Wednesdays Unplugged – Chicken Salad with grapes and walnuts

“The seemingly insignificant things that most of us spend our days noticing are really significant, have meaning, and tell us something.” – Joan Didion NOTE: I spend my Wednesdays Unplugged from appointments....
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Saint Louis Park Home Inspections

Buying a home in Saint Louis Park? I have some helpful information for you about the home inspection. Our company is based in Saint Louis Park and we’ve inspected over...
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Weekly real estate market update 7/12/24… why asking price matters more than ever right now

The market is getting back into gear after the July 4th holiday. It makes me smile how new and coming soon listings flip flop at holiday times. What strikes me...
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Boludo… amazing Argentinian pizza

After spending time at the Weisman Art Museum one day last week I was hungry… and being not far from The Market at Malcolm Yards I thought of Wrecktangle Pizza…...
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