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Real estate voted the best long-term investment for 12th year in a row

According to a recent poll from Gallup, real estate has been voted the best long-term investment for twelve straight years. That’s because a home is so much more just than a roof over...
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Weekly real estate market update 6/21/24… new construction is catching up

New and coming soon listings are declining this week, as I expect will continue as we move into the July 4th holiday season. Pending sales and price changes flipped, as...
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May 2024 real estate market update… supply of inventory continues to rise

In May 2024 Twin Cities inventory of homes for sale rose 15.7% over May 2023, to 8,614 homes for sale. But months supply of inventory rose even more… a 21.1%...
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Buy a Home

It’s Not Just the Key to Homeownership — It’s the Key to Your Future Along with buying a car, investing, and saving for retirement, the most important financial decisions you’ll...
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Wednesdays Unplugged – Lemon Freeze

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”  – Albert Einstein NOTE:...
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Options for repairing ungrounded three-prong outlets

Ungrounded three-prong outlets are a very common defect found on home inspections of old houses. Thankfully, repairing this issue is not a huge deal, and today, I’ll walk through the...
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Love modern architecture? 3 reasons you should be a member of Docomomo US/MN

1. “Before there was Mad Men, Design Within Reach, or Dwell there was Docomomo“… an international non-profit organization dedicated to the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of...
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Happy City Index 2024… Minneapolis is the only US city in Golden “Happiest” Cities

The Institute for Quality of Life recently published their ranking of the happiest cities in the world. Because happiness does not mean the same thing to everyone, and different cities...
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Weekly real estate market update 6/14/24… home equity gains by state

Price changes are increasing as other stats trend down… Showings continue to hang below 2023, as they have for the last couple months… And new listings continue to be higher...
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Mortgage rate updates

Wednesday morning started out with the May CPI report (Consumer Price Index) and it came out better than expected. The overall inflation report showed 0% for the month, which was...
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