http://www.minneapolis-edina-realty.com/blog Minneapolis area real estate, culture, arts and business Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:02:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just listed: This wonderful, 4 bedroom, 3 bath, 3-stall (heated) garage is listed in Farmington. This home is priced competitively at $219,900. It is a corner lot, with very nice views of the community pond and fir-trees from the back deck. 19298 Evening star way has a nice open floor-plan, ... http://www.minneapolis-edina-realty.com/blog/new-listing-home-for-sale-at-19298-evening-star-way-farmington-mn-55024/ The January 2010 stats are in. Read this link to see how January 2010 compared to January 2009, and how 2010 compares to 2009, so far, for home sales in Edina. At this point, the average days on market until a sale has increased, from 126 to 148. The percent ... http://www.minneapolis-edina-realty.com/blog/edina-housing-market-update-february/ Buyer activity is increasing, showings are up, and my own buyers and sellers are all now gearing up as well. Pre-lists (homes coming on the market): 2 in Edina, priced between $400K, and $600K, and 3 in Southwest Minneapolis - Linden Hills and Fulton neighborhoods, priced between $300K and $800K. Most ... http://www.minneapolis-edina-realty.com/blog/twin-cities-market-is-heating-up-pre-lists-for-southwest-minneapolis-edina/ The 2010 spring housing market is officially off to the races. Many buyers held off on buying last fall, due to the tax credit extension. Now they are rearing to go. How do I know this? - from my own buyers, and also hearing many other Realtors commenting on this ... http://www.minneapolis-edina-realty.com/blog/minneapolis-spring-housing-market-2010/ This article - posted on Morgan Stanley's investor website - is perhaps the most succinct analysis of the current state of the national housing market that I have read, in a while. It breaks down and explains - with references and analysis - the primary areas of concern. While some of ... http://www.minneapolis-edina-realty.com/blog/morgan-stanleys-current-state-of-the-national-housing-market-november-2009/ Please click here to see full details. http://www.minneapolis-edina-realty.com/blog/more-details-on-homebuyer-8000-and-6500-tax-credit/ http://www.minneapolis-edina-realty.com/blog/minneapolis-housing-market-update-tax-credit-extension-6500-2nd-time-homebuyer-info/ Surprisingly enough, coal supplies about 60% of Minnesota's energy. After coal, the second largest source for energy in Minnesota is nuclear energy, which supplies about 25% of our energy in Minnesota. Click here to see the statistics. Minnesota ranks as #17 nationwide, based on cost of energy. http://www.minneapolis-edina-realty.com/blog/breakdown-of-energy-sources-for-state-of-minnesota-coal-and-nuclear-dominate/ In this WCCO article, Forbes Magazine states that Minneapolis is the safest city in America. This is pretty amazing, and much of what is stated here can be and has been felt over the past few years, but it is still a surprise. 4 of the other top, safe-cities are: 2) ... http://www.minneapolis-edina-realty.com/blog/forbes-magazine-calls-minneapolis-the-safest-city-in-america-for-2009/ 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/