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Where did buyers find the home they purchased?

I don't think it comes as any suprise that the Internet has become a primary information source for people buying a home. In fact, 87% of all home buyers and...
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Sunday’s Site – Wayzata on the Bay

NOTE: see the bottom of Sunday's Site posts for homes for sale in the area Minnesota is known for its lakes and last week we visited a first ring suburb only 15 minutes...
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Room Function Staging

Do your rooms have an identity crisis?  While living in a home, we often transform rooms in to areas that suit a different purpose.  I've seen many offices in dining...
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Is the log jam loosening?

For some time I have had this image of a giant log jam building…homes for sale piling up…sellers waiting to sell…buyers waiting for indicators that it was time to buy....
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Buying your first home…

This can be a really exciting and scary time!  I still remember walking out of our closing on our first home many years ago – we got in the car...
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Wednesdays Unplugged – Crusted Cod with Sun-dried Tomatoes and Pine Nuts

It's Wednesday, my day to be unplugged from appointments and plugged into cooking and family. It's always a highlight of my week when everyone comes over in the evening and we get to...
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Vampire Loads

A few ‘Green’ buzzwords I’ve been hearing about lately are ‘Vampire Loads’, ‘Vampire Power’ or ‘Phantom Power’. They all mean the same thing. If you haven’t heard about these yet,...
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4th Quarter Foreclosure & Short Sale Market Update

What I think may be most telling of what is happening in the current market is the chart below released by the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors in their recent quarterly...
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Sunday’s Site – Robbinsdale

NOTE: see the bottom of Sunday's Site posts for homes for sale in the area Adjoining the northwest corner of Minneapolis, Robbinsdale was founded in 1893 as its first suburb…around Lake Crystal, where...
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Home Staging Statistics

I believe that the most important element for selling a home is finding a good Realtor that you trust.  And then, and the second (equally) important element is Staging the...
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