Minnesota Home Buyer blog

It’s tough out there.  Twin Cities home sellers are languishing, waiting for the “just right” home buyer to come along.  While home buyers in Minneapolis and St. Paul alike are restricted by more stringent mortgage requirements.  It’s going to take a while for the pendulum to return to the middle...

As the downtown Minneapolis condo market continues to shift and change, so do the plans for downtown grocery stores.  In 2004, Lunds was looking in to plans for a downtown location at 12th and Hennepin.  Apparently, they ran in to some snags with regard to having enough room to contain all of the...

I'm getting a little annoyed at how the media is alarming the public about how bad the real estate market is because of foreclosures.  Nationwide, foreclosures are in effect for 2.5%-5% of mortgages overall.  The first quarter of '08 saw .99% of mortgages go in to foreclosure.  I know these are r...