Buying a Home

After the inspection…

Most Purchase Agreements in the Twin Cities are contingent upon an inspection, usually with everything completed within 7-10 days. With this contingency, another round of negotiations can sometimes begin after the...
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It Takes a Village

   Helping Hands Our human lives are filled with challenges, never-ending transitions similar to seasonal shifts.   We may think that we are strong and can handle the challenges all alone.  Our 2 1/2...
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What will you miss out on if you stay?

A couple months ago I talked about What will you miss the most if you move? Sometimes the first question isn't so much WHERE you will move, but IF you will...
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Buying a home? First define your priorities

When you have made the decision to buy a home it is easy to get so excited looking at properties that you never clearly define what is most important to you. When...
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Walkable Communities

Is your ideal neighborhood a walkable one? One with cafes, markets, transit, parks & trails nearby? I recently read an article which talked about how "New Urbanism" is creating  human-scale communities as a reaction to...
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Important Design Features for 55+ Buyers

If you are a 55+ buyer your preferences are likely a little more focused on features such as a main floor master bedroom… features that will allow you to 'age in place'....
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Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head

Rain is falling.  Spring is stalling!  Here in Minnesota, we had been enjoying some absolutely fantastic Spring weather.  Warm breezes and sunny skies were setting all sorts of records.  We were spoiled, thinking we...
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Historic Mortgage Interest Rates

Are mortgage rates really as low as all the hype? See for yourself in this chart of average annual interest rates on 30-year fixed rate mortgages since 1971… data from...
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