Joey Torkildson's Blog

There is a lot of talk about a mini bubble, the market tanking, homes selling slower than last spring, and a bunch of other speculation on what's happening in the Twin Cities real estate market. See below for an infographic on the actual projections of households being created over the course of ...

I like to consider myself a trendsetter at times. I love pulling the trigger on things and taking a leap of faith. My most recent leap of faith is with Yelp. Yelp has advertising opportunities where your ad for your Yelp business page shows up when people search for real estate agents in your are...

Hold your horses! I'm sure you read the headline and thought, this guy is crazy! All over the news it's talking about the housing industry making a comeback and I'm talking about the home sales going down the toilet. North Oaks, MN is just like anywhere else in the US, let's dive a little deeper,...

Let's say that the Twin Cities home prices flatline for the next year. That is fairly unlikely, but it could happen. Let's take a look at the average sales price in the Twin Cities right now. The good news is that it's up 12% since last year! Now if prices do not go up a bit, but the rates do wha...

Most home sellers would love to time the sale of their home perfectly! Especially Twin Cities home sellers. With winter right around the corner, us MN nice citizens are already starting to get into hibernation mode! But wait! Right now there are really 5 reasons that Twin Cities home sellers shou...

I speak with a lot of New Brighton homeowners and renters alike, and it's always interesting to hear their opinions on whether homeownership make sense financially or not. I think almost everyone can agree that owning a home is a lot of work. One thing people don't understand is that it can also ...

Everyone keeps talking about the lack of inventory or the increase in inventory so let's take a peek at what's been going on in the New Brighton, MN inventory to really bring it down to a hyper local level instead of a nation wide level. Here are the stats: January- 1.5 months supply of inventory...

As agents we do not take enough time off! Ed really did say it best with his blog today. Take some time off today and come back ready to kick some butt on Tuesday!Labor Day September 2, 2013   Try to do Very Little It's Labor Day, which was a day originally intended to be a day of recognition for...