January 5, 2009

Minneapolis 2009 Real Estate Trends

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In short, the Minneapolis real estate market of the past three years is
cooling a little bit, but remains one of the strongest in the country.

Just ask Jane and Mark Stevens, who just purchased their first home in
Minnetonka. They were faced with a multiple offer situation with four
buyers. They offered $3,000 more than the asking price and bought
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was selling as quickly as the $300,000 to $400,000 range. While homes
selling for $200,000 or less still often sell the same day or week that

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In Hennepin County, real estate professionals say it is still predominantly
a seller’s market, especially in the $200,000 to $400,000 market. “I think the houses being on the market for just one day, has cooled down a little bit. There are still not enough homes in a particular price range that I can find for people,” said Ross Michelson, buyer specialist for the IgotRealEstate.
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November 10, 2008

Minneapolis Home Value Trend

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October 30, 2008

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Home sales continued their recent upward streak for the week ending,

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with pending sales posting a 21.1 percent increase over the same week in 2007.
While this doesn’t match the extreme increases seen throughout September, it remains a positive indicator of recent buyer demand.

Just shy of 50% of the properties bought during the week were lender-mediated foreclosures or short sales—47.3 percent.

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New listings declined by 10.0 percent for the same time period
comparison and are down 11.5 percent over the last three months.

The total supply of active homes for sale sits 9.4 percent below this time last year.

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Inventory should decline for the rest of the year as traditional home sellers take their homes off the market with greater frequency during the fall and winter months, waiting for the inherent optimism and renewed spirit of spring’s thaw.

Highlighting a common theme of this blog, the core cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are benefiting most from the
price appreciation trend of the last five years. Next in line are some of the developing ex-urban areas and most of the first ring suburban communities.

This is further confirmation of the importance of location in choosing real estate. Commuting an hour or more makes outer ring homes inherently unattractive and when you remove the promise of an ever inflating real estate bubble, people get back to the basics of real estate– Where do I want to live?

Downtown Minneapolis Market remains dynamic. The combination of attractive new developments and a demographic shift in which “baby boomers” and empty nesters seek to retain their youth by enjoying the benefits urban living opposed to suburbs.

This contributes to the commercial success of lofts in the North loop (Warehouse district) and Mill Ruins areas. Also latest High Rise projects like “The Carlyle” and the “Yvy Tower” have seen a strong interest from buyers. Both have seen over 90% of units reserved within the first two days of availibilty.

With a booming entertainment district circling Block E and a “Renaissance” of the Mississippi River banks, Downtown Minneapolis offers to date its best growth, leaving room yet for more affordable real estate. Projects to come…

Uptown Minneapolis shows a remaining interest for ‘condo conversions”. With yet a limited offer and continuously growing demand. Linden Hills neighborhood of Southwest Minneapolis has successfully joined the pack of conversion developments.

July 24, 2008

Twin Cities Voted in 10 Healthiest

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Last year the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ranked Minnesota first in the nation for the overall quality of its health care. Minnesota is also the top-ranked state for residents covered by health insurance, at 91.5 percent. And despite its frequently inclement weather, the Minneapolis metro area ranks among the top ten in the country for share of residents who exercise regularly.

But those are just the numbers. Ask any Minnesotan why the Twin Cities area is a great place to live and you’ll get a litany of reasons, from its forward-thinking policies (the state was the first to designate smoke-free areas in restaurants, in 1975) to its many cultural offerings (which include the new Guthrie Theater on the Minneapolis waterfront) to its sense of community (four in ten residents do some kind of volunteer work, the highest rate in the nation).

“There is a can-do spirit here,” says Charlie Boone, 80, who has a weekly radio show at WCCO-Minneapolis. “It’s easy to stay healthy because it’s easy to stay connected.”

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June 25, 2008

Gas Prices Differentiate Neighborhood Values

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The recent spike in gas prices reinforces the primary tenet of real estate, location, location, location. Right now people who bought great “houses” out in the suburbs are realizing that even granite counter tops can’t compete with a good location. Little old tear downs close to the Twin Cities are holding their values better than any of the fancy new luxury homes stuck out in the country.

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June 27, 2007

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One academic priority in the budget is money to buy new math textbooks for elementary and middle school students. They’ll be put to use in the 2008-09 school year after teachers are trained. There’s also money to beef up International Baccalaureate programs at Northeast and Anwatin middle schools.

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June 7, 2007

City revisits panhandling restrictions

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