Buying a Home

First-time homebuyers, this is your year!

If the number of sellers I have been meeting with lately is any indication, 2015 should be a great year for everyone planning to buy or sell a home! After...
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Living where your feet don’t touch the ground

It is weeks like this last one when the wind chill was low enough to close schools that make me dream of living on the downtown Minneapolis skyway system… the...
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Are you a typical first-time homebuyer?

Are you one of the many people sitting on the sidelines trying to decide if they should purchase a home or sign a rental lease? You might wonder if it...
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Walkability and small town feel doesn’t get much better than this

With a walk score of 78, the historic district of Hopkins just north of downtown is a location which combines walkability with an old small town feel… all within 15...
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For retirement couples, soul searching should come before house hunting

Many couples have different ideas about what their lives will be like in retirement. Before you make a move, get both your dreams on the table separately… then discuss them...
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A Snapshot of Mortgages… where are interest rates have been and projections for 2015, qualifying credit scores

Since April 2013, the ability for Americans to obtain a mortgage has increased substantially. See details in the infographic below, including predictions of where mortgage rates are headed in 2015....
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Old Home Certified!

Did you know that most housing stock in the Twin Cities is over 50 years old? To help educate agents about older homes so common in our area, the Presevation...
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Walking the hills of Golden Valley… Tyrol Hills North

My walking leads me, not the other way around. Perhaps it's a sense adventure or maybe just disorganization. But, I love doing it. And, yes, I have got gotten lost...
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