Jeanie Hoholik's (hoholik) Blog

Here are the latest statistics from the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors for Plymouth. The chart explains itself, but in a nutshell, there were a whopping 7% less single family homes on the market in May this year than last year. The housing affordability has not been this good since 2004...

June 18th, 2008 Categories: Maple Grove Stuff, Plymouth Current Housing Statistics, Real Estate News You know it… I know it. The real estate market has been horrible. Except…for my listings. “Oh really”, you say. Yes, oh really. I priced them right. If you have a home listed that’s not selling o...

June 8th, 2008 Categories: Plymouth "News", Real Estate News, The Good Life, Twin Cities Real Estate Economy Bob and Dagmar. What a pair. They bought my home from an unknown (to me) builder way back in 1971. I was just a teenager then. I can’t even imagine what Plymouth looked liked back then. T...

June 7th, 2008 Categories: Maple Grove Stuff, My Listings, Real Estate News It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon and I was just about to go show houses in Savage when one of my co-agents called to say he couldn’t get into the lock box at the open house he was doing for me in Maple Grove. I told h...

Luke Carlson, my personal trainer and owner of Discover Strength in Plymouth, knows that I work hard physically to maintain some sense of a decent body at the ripe old age of 54. It helps me in my personal life, but it totally helps me keep my stamina and good nature in my real estate life here i...

May 22nd, 2008 Categories: Minneapolis Home Buyers and Sellers, Real Estate News, Twin Cities Home Buyers Who do you trust, buyers? How about you, sellers? I just did a dual agency transaction. My seller wasn’t thrilled. My buyer wasn’t too concerned. Do I care? ABSOLUTELY! Well, I think everybo...

May 14th, 2008 Categories: Keller Williams, Maple Grove Police Department, Maple Grove Stuff, Real Estate News Here we go again. This is the fourth accident this sweet little car of mine has been in since I bought it 3 years ago. All of the accidents were during real estate related activities. O...

Moss on Your Roof in Minneapolis? Here’s A Quick Way To Get Rid Of It May 12th, 2008 Categories: Real Estate News Take a box of powdered Tide, sprinkle it on the roof, wait until it rains and…voila! Bye bye!

May 8th, 2008 Categories: My Listings, Real Estate News, Twin Cities Home Buyers, Twin Cities Real Estate Economy, Twin City Sellers I know that I shouldn’t complain. I received three purchase agreements in the last two days on three different properties that I have listed. Trouble is, I’m takin...

May 5th, 2008 Categories: Keller Williams, Minneapolis Home Buyers and Sellers, Real Estate News, Twin City Sellers Fortunately for me, I have a nifty computer program to request feedback from Realtors who have shown my properties around the Twin Cities. It’s called ShowingDesk and it’s a real a...