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A Modernist Weekend with Elizabeth Close and Frank Lloyd Wright… and more

It was an idyllic fall weekend, with fall colors on full display. The Minnesota Society of Architectural Historians fall tour featured two modernist homes on a dramatic hillside on Lexington...
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“Scent”sational Homes

Photo Credit: Country Hill Cottage After a lot of sweat, love and maybe some tears, you are finally ready to list your home for sale. The landscaping is impeccable, rooms...
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Weekly real estate market update 10/20/23… home price growth returning to normal

New, coming soon and pending listings are all falling according to normal patterns. The only metric that is rising is price changes… again according to normal seasonal patterns. Looking at...
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New FHA policy allows ADU rental income

FHA just came out with a new policy that will allow lenders to use rental income from accessory dwelling units (ADU’s). The policy change was done to help increase homeownership...
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Wednesdays Unplugged – Anise Cookies

“Nothing is trivial because it is not big.” – Frank Lloyd Wright This has been a week of theater and we are excited to see Frank Lloyd Wright’s Willey House...
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September 2023 real estate market update… months supply of inventory near pre-pandemic levels

Months supply of inventory was low, mostly in the 2-month range but pretty steady in 2017-2018-2019… then it dropped to hang persistently in the 1-month range in the pandemic years...
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Willey House is open this Sunday, 10/22/23

It was 1977 when we first sought out The Willey House, driving down from NDSU in Fargo, ND where John was an architecture student. We were surprised by how ‘not...
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Fall Maintenance for Minnesota Homeowners 2023

It’s time to get your house ready for winter. Do it now while the weather is nice. We’ve compiled a comprehensive list of fall maintenance items to help you remember...
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Weekly real estate market update 10/13/23 – grandparents moving closer to grandkids

Perhaps most significant in this week’s stats is a drop in price reductions… everything else is holding steady or slowly falling, as typically happens at this time of year. ShowingTime...
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Weavers Guild, coffee shop, bookstore, gift shop and more… all at Open Book

Driving by Open Book at 1011 Washington Ave S in downtown Minneapolis you might never guess how much the three renovated 100-year-old buildings that form OPEN BOOK encompasses. Their mission...
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