Selling a Home

December 2019 real estate market update… only 1.5 months supply of homes for sale

Last December I reported a new trend of increasing inventory. As you can see in the chart above, it was short lived and this December the number of homes for...
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Cost vs Value 2020… home improvements return on investment

According to the 2020 Remodeling Cost vs Value report, average cost of projects in Minneapolis-St. Paul went up only 4.0% over last year… but the return dropped 9.7%. Average return...
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National Cut Your Energy Costs Day

We attended a seminar yesterday about the new Energy Disclosure Report that will be part of the Minneapolis Time of Sale TISH inspections starting January 15, 2020… how fitting that...
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Window Treatments When Selling Your Home

Window treatments are always a topic of conversation in a Home Staging Consultation when I meet with Homeowners that are putting their house on the market.   1) If you...
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2020 real estate projections that may surprise you

from my blog at Keeping Current Matters This will be an interesting year for residential real estate. With a presidential election taking place this fall and talk of a possible...
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NAR cracks down on “off-market” and “pocket listings”

The board of directors of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) voted last month (11-11-19) to ban the controversial practice of “off-market” and “pocket listings”… so named because listing agents...
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Home Staging 101

If you are planning to sell your home and thinking that because of the inventory shortage you don’t need to worry about staging, think again… today’s buyers are very savvy...
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Snapshot of today’s home buyers and sellers… 6 records set

I find data fascinating, and I always look forward to the annual profiles of buyers and sellers compiled by the National Association of Realtors. There were a number of records...
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