Real Estate Valuation and Appraisals in the Twin Cities of Minnesota

  Usually coming in first or even second is considered a good thing. However, not when that is being the second worst city within the Twin Cities market for the highest percentage of foreclosure sales. This is according to the new statistics put out by our RMLS this week, which covers the surroun...

John McCormack's recent post talks about showing houses to a client, and finding an unlocked vacant home. Even as an appraiser, it'a always an uneasy feeling coming across an unlocked home. Please leave any comments on John's post, I'm sure he would like that.  Not All Lock Boxes Are Created Equa...

Lenn Harley has done an excellent job of putting together a copyright cheat sheet, I even found something that I'm going to have to check into. Please leave any comments on Lenn's post, I'm sure she would appreciate that. Have an AWESOME day!   COPYRIGHT IS IN THE SPOTLIGHT AGAIN.  AN ACTIVERAIN ...

  The Minneapolis Association of Realtors has just come out with their year end report for the Twin Cities market area, which covers 13 counties. The graph below indicates the median selling prices for the different types of sales within the past four years.   What this graphs reflects is the dra...

The City of Cokato, MN  Market Update The MLS indicates that prices for the city of Cokato, MN have decreased for the month of December, and have increased year to date. This is for all types of properties that have sold within the city of Cokato. The data for this market update is based on the a...

If you're going to be a consistent blogger and you want to get the most reward for your effort, than you're going to have to make a concerted effort to learn some of the mumbo jumbo that goes along with it. Just when I was getting the hang of using meta keywords (ugh), now they're no longer impor...

The City of Buffalo, MN  Market Update The MLS indicates that prices for the city of Buffalo, MN have increased for the month of December, and have decreased year to date. This is for all types of properties that have sold within the city of Buffalo. The data for this market update is based on th...

  I’ve found over the years that the best way to combat the winter doldrums is to be proactive. Cross country skiing Hiking the trails throughout the many wildlife areas in my area invigorates me, I’m sure being 5 below zero has something to do with that also, it puts me great state of mind. Thos...

This a great article by Mimi Foster on helping understand Active Rain. After five months of trudging my way around AR, I still found some very useful hints. The biggest take away was, "Don't be afraid to ask for help!" Please leave comments on Mimi's site, I'm sure she would appreciate that. Have...

The City of Minnetrista, MN  Market Update The MLS indicates that prices for the City of Minnitrista, MN have increased for both the month of December, and year to date. This is for all types of properties that have sold within the City of Minnetrista. The data for this market update is based on ...