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Q: How much is your home worth?

A: How much a buyer is willing to pay for it.

There are many different people who are interested in how much your home is worth. When you are purchasing your home, what the seller thinks the home is worth, what the appraiser thinks the home is worth, what your hazard insurance company thinks the home is worth, and what the county thinks the home is worth are all very different. But, the most important opinion is yours (the buyers) opinion. Read the rest of this entry »

Interesting: number of Twin Cities housing units by year built

Year Built Units
2000 or later: 2,819
1995 to 1999: 2,930
1990 to 1994: 1,187
1980 to 1989: 8,605
1970 to 1979: 10,347
1960 to 1969: 14,387
1950 to 1959: 19,544
1940 to 1949: 19,360
1939 or earlier: 89,503

The Twin Cities, a Smart Place to Live

Minneapolis-St. Paul Voted #2 on Kiplinger’s 2006 “50 Smart Places to Live”

In the June 2006 issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine the feature story provided the “50 Smart Places to Live” in the United States. Voted on by readers, cities nationwide were evaluated on predetermined criteria that consisted of: Read the rest of this entry »

Take advantage of a buyers market.

Home inventories keep rising, and buyer activity has slowed down because of rising interest rates. Its a great time to buy a house, you have a huge amount of selection in the Twin Cities real estate market, and many owners anxious to sell their house. How do you take advantage of these conditions? Read the rest of this entry »

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