http://www.minneapolis-edina-realty.com/blog Minneapolis area real estate, culture, arts and business Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:00:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This video update from the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors (MAAR) is a good snapshot of what is happening in our market right now. What it leaves out is what is happening at the upper price-brackets, which I'll get to in a moment. Also, here is a basic market update ... http://www.minneapolis-edina-realty.com/blog/minneapolis-and-edina-housing-market-update-for-week-ending-10252009/ First-time homebuyers that have been putting off purchasing a home until the last minute will really need to start moving at this point. Considering that they will need to close by Novermber 30th, and that most lenders need 21-45 days to properly underwrite a loan, and for the buyer to ... http://www.minneapolis-edina-realty.com/blog/first-time-homebuyer-tax-credit-to-expire-buyers-must-close-by-november-30th/ The August 2009 issue of Money Magazine is out with their annual ranking of 'Best Places to Live' in the United States. 4 Minnesota cities have been included in this list. The midwest has a high share, with Minnesota and Wisconsin cites alone taking up almost 10% of the entire ... http://www.minneapolis-edina-realty.com/blog/money-magazine-best-places-to-live-minnesota-has-4-of-the-top-100/ I went through the MLS market data for all single family sold's in the Edina housing market. What I I found was some interesting data. Broken-down, there are several important indicators, of which are: 1) Total single family homes sold (closed) through June 6th, 2009 (the halfway point of the year) ... http://www.minneapolis-edina-realty.com/blog/homes-in-edina-sold-housing-market-data-ytd/ While looking through the sales stats for the Southwest Minneapolis and Edina housing market, I find a few bits of encouraging news. Some of this news is for the Minneapolis/St. Paul housing market in general, but I will break it down. Edina: New listings are down. Inventory is down, mortgage rates ... http://www.minneapolis-edina-realty.com/blog/soutwest-minneapolis-and-edina-market-recap-we-05172009/