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Kim Melin | Edina Realty | 952-201-4758 5401 Halifax Lane, Edina, MN WOW! Great price on new Construction in South Harriet Park, East Edina! *PROPERTY SALE MAY REQUIRE BANK APPROVAL* 5BR/3.5BA Single Family House offered at $1,049,000 Year Built 2008 Sq Footage 4,900 Bedrooms 5 Bathrooms 3 full,...

President Obama recently signed a bill that reforms certain abuses within the credit card industry that may change life as we know it. The bill won’t take effect until 2010 but wounded lenders are already threatening reprisals in the form of higher rates and more fees.  The new bill will help con...

Kim Melin | Edina Realty | 952-927-2888 5305 Kelsey Terrace, Edina, MN Carl M Hansen built in 2008. Executive home in premier West Edina Parkwood Knolls. Additional lots available. No expense spared, profess landscaped,wa 5BR/3.5BA Single Family House offered at $1,895,000   Year Built 2008 Sq F...

The number of homes for sale in the Twin Cities metro area continues to decline relative to a year ago. As of Monday morning this week, there were 26,674 homes for sale in the region, down 20.9 percent from a year ago. In other words, we've lost 1 in 5 homes in our inventory in the last year. Sal...

Refund! That is a word sure to make anyone perk up their ears. And if you have ever had an FHA-insured mortgage then you should pay attention. While the refund process should be automatic, sometimes a refund gets missed or the payee can’t be located. First check the HUD website to see if you are ...

Kim Melin | Edina Realty | 952-927-2888 5305 Kelsey Terrace, Edina, MN Carl M Hansen built in 2008. Executive home in premier West Edina Parkwood Knolls. Additional lots available. No expense spared, profess landscaped,wa 5BR/3.5BA Single Family House offered at $1,895,000 Year Built 2008 Sq Foo...

This shouldn’t surprise any locals, but Edina High School ranks as one of the top 110 high schools in the nation! Newsweek magazine released a list last week of the top 1500 high schools and Edina ranks at 108! Among the Minnesota schools on the list, Edina High School ranks at number 2. Accordin...

People are saying that mortgage loans are hard to come by, but that’s not true in all cases. Those with excellent credit and a reasonable income can still get a loan from a mortgage company or a bank. People with not-so-good credit are discovering that finding mortgage money can be a problem. For...

The old Shakespeare-based adage “all the world’s a stage” is nowhere so true as in the world of modern real estate.  Staging, the art of preparing a home for sale by de-cluttering, depersonalizing, cleaning, repainting, rearranging, landscaping, and cosmetically improving a home to make it more s...

There are many people who are beginning to take advantage of the post-bubble home prices of bank owned properties to make a housing purchase before the chance is gone. If you are one of them, there are some things you should know before you make an offer. Banks have no emotional ties to influence...