For the week ending August 20, Twin Cities home sellers continued to list fewer properties than last year at this time, as new listings were down 11.8 percent to 1,342. That makes for 11 consecutive weeks of (still welcome) declines. Meanwhile, buyer activity was up 53.3 percent over last year, the largest increase in 12 [...]
Recently I have worked with a number of families who put their parent's home in the children's names with the parent retaining a live estate. This was done to protect the asset should the parent have to live in a care facility. Most of these families did this a number of years ago, and have [...]
We are proud to announce that Diane Sorensen, Ryan Lickfelt, and Traci Atkinson have recently joined us as sales agents. As you might remembert, Diane and Ryan worked for us previously and we are pleased to welcome them back. All of these agents have been in the real estate business for many years [...]
Minneapolis, Minnesota (June 10, 2011) – Pending sales for May 2011 in the 13-county Twin Cities metropolitan area were up 13.2 percent over last year's post-tax credit market. The 4,428 signed contracts was the second year-over-year increase in the past 13 months. Sellers introduced 7,021 new properties to the market, a 10.8 percent increase from [...]
In the last 10-15 years, buyers have hired home inspectors to look at the homes that they are thinking about purchasing. (Prior to that, some might have had one of their relatives look at the house and they would surely find all kinds of issues!) The first thing a buyer needs to do is find [...]
Check out the new and improved Hometown Realty web site at https://www.hometownmn.com courtesy of Studio 544 in Hutchinson, MN. The new site was launched the week of May 25 and features links to all of Hometown’s social media networks (Facebook, Twitter, Linked In) as well as improved navigation and the same overall look and feel of [...]
The Hometown Realty blog has a fresh, new look! The blog now features additional tools such as a mortgage calculator, closing cost estimator, Hutchinson weather information and MN real estate news. Be sure to check the blog for regular postings regarding important real estate information for the Hutchinson, MN area and surrounding communities. [...]
You can now follow Hometown Realty on Twitter! Click here to check it out.
Over the last several weeks, you may have noticed that Hometown Realty has been using QR Codes (quick response codes) on our signs and in our newspaper advertising in the Hutchinson, MN area. If you own a smart phone, all you have to do is use your bar scanner and it will read the QR [...]
Spring has always been my favorite season in Hutchinson, MN. It starts with the Crow River opening up, the beautiful spring flowers begin to bloom, and the trees start to bud out. Along with all of nature's signs of spring, the real estate market also begins to come alive. We are seeing many home [...]
