Effective landscaping can help sell your home. Use these 10 tips to increase your home's curb appeal and find out how an attractive and well-maintained landscape can add as much as 10 percent to its value. Potential home buyers form their first impression of a home from its curb appeal. Yet often a [...]
Minneapolis, Minnesota (June 12, 2013) – May was an impressive month for the 13-county Twin Cities residential real estate market. With 5,872 pending sales, buyer demand continued its ascent, surging 18.5 percent to its highest level since June 2005. Seller activity was also up, as new listings rose 26.2 percent to 8,332 units, representing the [...]
In every real estate transaction, there are a number of roles that real estate agents can play. In the State of Minnesota, the law requires that “early in any relationship” real estate agents need to discuss with buyers and sellers what type of agency they desire. Agency Relationships in Real Estate Transactions Here [...]
New Construction in MN If you have driven toward the Minneapolis area in the last few months, you will see that homes are being built everywhere. Chaska, Carver, Chanhassen, Waconia, etc. are booming with new construction. So, why isn’t there any new construction going on in Hutchinson? With about 300 residential lots ready [...]
Hometown Realty in Hutchinson, MN has earned the reputation in the Hutchinson area as a real estate company that is knowledgeable, professional, honest, reliable and able to “get the job done.” We take the confidence that buyers and sellers place in our company seriously. The professional staff at Hometown Realty in Hutchinson, MN [...]
I’ve written before about how much living in a small town means to me. During a recent heavy snowfall, I met my dad and step mom for dinner at one of the locally owned restaurants in Hutchinson. The snowfall was heavy throughout the evening and when we were done, we walked out to the parking [...]
Hometown Realty - Hutchinson, MN real estate experts Some people think that if you put a for sale sign in the yard, buyers will appear. Well, it’s not quite that easy. With the Minnesota real estate market as challenging as it has been for the past several years, we at Hometown Realty in [...]
MN real estate pricing tips - Hometown Realty Selling your home is not a game, so buyers need to feel that “the price is right” when they walk through your home the first time. I’ve mentioned before that the first impression that a potential buyer has of the home is very important. It’s [...]
We at Hometown Realty in Hutchinson, MN have seen a dramatic drop in the sale of distressed property in McLeod County. Distressed property means foreclosures and short sales. As you can see by the graphs below, traditional home sales have risen 17.1%. Foreclosed homes have dropped 27.8% and short sales have dropped 16.7%.
Multiple home offers are back in Hutchinson, MN and McLeod County It’s been quite a few years since multiple offers have been a factor in the housing market, but I am pleased to report that they are back! Many of the homes that have been sold in the last few months have had [...]
