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Market information for the Sherburne County, Minnesota area. Market reports, foreclosure statistics and buyer and seller information specifice to the northwestern suburbs.
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2008
Well, all filled up? Turkey, shopping, warm fuzzies? Get back to work now! This is one of the best times of the year to sell houses. Seriously. Our buyers want to be in before the snow flies in Minnesota. They can see themselves in the new house, hosting the holiday dinner. If you have doub...
11/30/2008
There is so much doom and gloom in the media, and yet as we draw our families close, we know what the true meaning of Thanksgiving is. Of course, we all love Christmas, but this holiday is unique in that it doesn't require gifts of a specific nature...just companionship, sharing, love and recipr...
11/25/2008
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I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful."-Warren Buffet This market is unusual only that it come off the heels of one of the longest growth periods. We have a market that few can't remember or don't want to, nearly...
11/24/2008
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Valerie Spaulding finally got me. This is one MeMe I actually like. As it happened, my closest book is success@life by the ministers of the Republic of Tea - Ron Rubin and Stuart Avery Gold, a book given to me as a Christmas present by one of my dearest friends. I was rereading it as inspirat...
11/24/2008
When I wake up in the morning, I'll be doing something I love...hunting. Now, mind you, I do that most days. I hunt for the asset manager who can actually get a fax that includes the whole deal I just faxed...for the fourth time, The purchase agreement, the authorization, etc. so that I can a...
11/14/2008
Working with short sales is very difficult at best. I just finished a phone call with one of the larger banks and their systems and procedures are a mess. I just sent the bank again an e-fax document of over 200 pages which brings the total on this file to over 1500 pages-incredible! Yesterday, ...
11/14/2008
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I am proud of what the National Association of Realtors came up with for a stimulus package. It calls for a temporary $7,500 first-time home buyer tax credit with no repayment requirement and a temporary federal buy-down of mortgage rates to 4.5 percent or less. This would likely allow the mark...
11/11/2008
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