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Available inventory in the Shoreview area is trending slightly up, as pending sales and closings have stabilized. With mortgage rates rising and creeping closer to 7%, the time is getting shorter to take advantage of the falling home prices. Call me today if you are ready to sell your existing ho...
06/16/2008
April 2008 MLS statistics were just released for the Twin Cities Metro area, comparing against last April. Shoreview sales this April were down 40% to last year, and median prices were down about 7%, while available inventory was little higher than last year. With the lakes, parks and trails, and...
05/27/2008
While Shoreview listing and pending activity continues to slowly increase, there were 14 closed sales the last week in April through the first week in May (through May 8), which is more than double the rest of the month of April. The market is picking up, and if you are either a Seller or a Buyer...
05/12/2008
While Shoreview active listings are up about 7% this month, the big news is that pending sales are up about 25%!  With our weather looking like it has turned the corner toward a solid Spring, Sellers should be focusing on cleaning up the yard to enhance that 1st impression when a Buyer drives up ...
04/21/2008
The Shoreview-Arden Hills area saw some modest increases in market activity last week, while mortgage rates continued their roller coaster ride, ending up with little net change from a week ago.  If you are either a Seller or a Buyer, please call me for the latest in Shoreview and Arden Hills mar...
03/31/2008
With Easter week and spring break for many, market activity in Shoreview and Arden Hills flattened out last week. Some reports on home prices indicated price decreases across the TC Metro area about 10% down from last January. Will this level of price reductions give some energy to Buyers and a b...
03/25/2008
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Shoreview market activity continues to increase, and with spring and warmer weather just around the corner, and with stocks rallying around the latest Fed interest rate moves, I think that there is some room for optimism in the housing market. If you are a Seller, get your home in order by starti...
03/19/2008
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Both active listings and pending sales in the Shoreview market area continued to show upward movement this week, while 30-yr fixed-rate interest rate averages slid back up over 6% again.  If you are a Buyer or a Seller, the questions that you have to ask yourself now: Is it time to get off of the...
03/11/2008
The Shoreview-Arden Hills real estate market showed some upward movement last week with a flurry of closings, and active and pending listings maintaining previous levels. Couple this with 30-yr fixed-rate averages sliding back below 6% means good news for Buyers. Please call or email me if you ar...
03/03/2008
While inventory of active Shoreview and Arden Hills listings remains flat, pending sales have seen a modest jump from last week (+4). It can be noted that while the average market time in the area is a little over  90 days, the pending sales in the $200k-$400k price range were averaging 40-53 day...
02/20/2008
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