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Just a Question
2008-02-21 07:16:00 A couple of days ago I was out with clients looking at a bank owned home (foreclosure). The buyers have already made an offer on a property but that was in January and the bank still has not responded. They... More About: Question , Foreclosures
The Big Picture
2008-02-20 12:41:00 This chart comes from the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors. I have to say they do a great job with the statistics. The chart shows listings and sales for the Twin Cities metro area from 1998 to the present. (Click... More About: Picture , The Big Picture , Big Picture
Cold?
2008-02-20 07:15:00 Some times when the temperature is between, it is so cold I can't stand it, and just kill me now, as it is today, I can see the beauty in it. . . . The wind carving shapes in the... More About: Cold
Not a Good idea
2008-02-19 07:15:00 I was surprised last weekend when I went to make an appointment to show a condo downtown and the seller said no. Sometimes things come up and sellers have to say no. I have noticed that the listings downtown do... More About: Idea , Good
Steam Along The River
2008-02-18 07:30:00 If you live near the river in St. Paul, you may have notice the huge clouds of steam. They are coming from the new Xcel energy energy plant. The steam is generated by a gas powered combustion turbine. The stacks... More About: Photos , River , Steam
Surest Sign of Spring
2008-02-17 05:58:00 By Erik Hare With the arrival of February, we?ve passed the midpoint of the legendary Minnesota winter. It?s good to know it?s all getting better from here, but it still seems like a long wait. Fortunately, there are plenty of... More About: Spring , Sign , Home Improvement
Always warm and Sunny
2008-02-16 07:30:00 It is always sunny, in the 70's, never windy or cold. The Mall of America, is a great place to go for a walk. I know they have a zillion stores, too but I find shopping frightening, and would rather... More About: Places , Sunny
Fun the First Time
2008-02-15 12:26:00 This is the first Friday fun post I ever wrote, and I wrote it because Friday's are for fun. It has become a tradition on this blog and on several other real estate blogs. Friday Fun Could you pass the... More About: Time , First Time
At Least We Are Talking
2008-02-14 07:30:00 In a couple of weeks there will be a hearing at city hall about foreclosures. I have written several posts about how banks can't sell real estate and what the consequences are to our city. I will be one of... More About: Foreclosures , Talking
The Man on the West Coast
2008-02-13 14:28:00 There are currently 1624 registered vacant building in St. Paul, MN. The number goes up every month, and many of them are in foreclosure. Of the 2009 single family homes currently on the market 716 or about 36% of them... More About: West Coast , Foreclosures , West , Coast
Home Sales and Prices By Neighborhood
2008-02-12 07:10:00 As promised here are those lovely numbers I mentioned last week. The chart shows sales of single family homes including condos and town houses for the month of January 2008, in St. Paul Minnesota. To make the chart larger, click... More About: Sales , Home , Neighborhood , Prices
Expired & Cancelled Listings
2008-02-12 01:21:00 After reading todays blog post with the absorption rates one or our readers asked how many listings were canceled or had expired. I ran some numbers for St. Paul for 2007: 2065 Listings were canceled (Listing contract was canceled and...
Current Absorption Rates
2008-02-11 12:55:00 Absorption rates are a calculation of how long it will take for all the homes on the market to be sold, or absorbed, based on how many homes are on the market and how many were purchased in the last... More About: Current , Rates , Absorption
Cathedral Hill
2008-02-10 23:52:00 Even when it is cold, it is beautiful . . which is a good thing because it is really cold! More About: Places , Hill , Cathedral
Love to Learn
2008-02-10 06:24:00 By Erik Hare One of the many great features of Saint Paul is the excellent school system. But if you?re not a parent, what does that mean to you? Thanks to an incredible Community Education program, plenty! For a small... More About: Love , Learn
How Cold Will it Get?
2008-02-09 21:04:00 The temperature is dropping rapidly and the winds are blowing at 17 mph. In a few hours it will feel like 25 to 35 below zero. Naturally I thought it would be fun to get a picture. This was taken... More About: Photos , Cold
Local Woman gets Coverage in the LA Times
2008-02-09 14:09:00 I was interviewed by Ann Brenoff of the LA times, in January and am part of an article that will be published in tomorrows Sunday addition, that features real estate bloggers from around the country. The article is on their... More About: Local , Woman , Times , Coverage
Throw a Pig
2008-02-08 07:10:00 It is Friday and Friday's are for fun. The rest of the week gets pretty darn serious and next week I will be posting some of those exciting St. Paul real estate numbers you all love so much. Over the... More About: Throw
Competition is Everywhere
2008-02-07 07:14:00 Yes I guess you could say I have plenty of competition out there but the point of this post is to get sellers to think about their competition. One thing I like to do is take my sellers out for... More About: Competition
Market Activity For St. Paul
2008-02-06 14:32:00 The year is already more than a month old so it is time to look at some numbers. In general there have been more new listings and more sales this past January that in January of 2007. We are still... More About: Market , Paul , St Paul
Democracy in Action
2008-02-06 02:41:00 They kept coming until the rooms were filled and then the hallway, all the way to the lobby. Super Tuesday caucuses in St. Paul, MN. It would have gone more smoothly had there been more than 4 pens in the... More About: Action , Democracy
A very Important day in St. Paul
2008-02-05 07:15:00 Party Caucus Dates Independence Party* Tuesday, February 5, 2008* 7:00 p.m. Republican Party Tuesday, February 5, 2008 7:00 p.m. Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Tuesday, February 5, 2008 7:00 p.m. Green Party Tuesday, March 4, 2008 7:00 p.m. Constitution Party Saturday, February 2,... More About: General , Paul , St Paul
What is Wrong With This Picture?
2008-02-04 07:29:00 There is nothing wrong with the picture in my post. I took it myself, the art work is in the skyway at the entrance to the Minnesota Children's museum. What is wrong is that I have some clients who made... More About: Picture , Wrong
Not So Raucous Caucus
2008-02-03 04:51:00 By Erik Hare Punxsutawny Phil saw his shadow yesterday, meaning there are at least six weeks left in Winter. But that entire legend has to apply only in western Pennsylvania, because here in Minnesota another six weeks of winter is... More About: Caucus
Round Pets
2008-02-02 07:30:00 Our dog Daisey has been on the blog a few times. I have never posted a picture of the cat because she likes her privacy. Actually she sleeps 23 hours a day and spends the other hour looking for a... More About: Pets , Round
The Hieroglyphics of Modern Life
2008-02-01 12:30:00 It is Friday , and the Fridays are for fun, especially now that January is behind us, and some of the cold too. This week I had to bite the bullet and buy some office equipment. I feel like an IT... More About: Life , Modern
A Street Level View
2008-01-31 13:58:00 Here is the deal, the news media has been reporting on the housing market a lot lately. I hear it on TV. and I read about it in the paper. Half of what I read and hear is just some... More About: Street , View
This is A Great Time To . .
2008-01-30 07:15:00 I can't finish the headline, it is too misleading. I want to say this is a great time to buy and sell real estate but I know that is not the case for everyone. I offer my own situation up... More About: Time , Great
Melting Art, A St. Paul Tradition
2008-01-29 07:15:00 We have a strange tradition here in St. Paul . Every year we have a winter Carnival , which makes sense because we have winter every year. There is an ice carving contest, one of my favorite winter events. The actual... More About: Tradition , St Paul
Flip this house
More articles from this author:2008-01-28 12:08:00 In the last month or so I have seen some investors get back into the market. For a time it seemed like they had disappeared. There are now homes on the market for less than 50K. I saw some of... More About: House , Flip 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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