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 [...]
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 [...]
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%.
Protect your assets from disaster Recently my niece and her family lost their home and all the contents to a house fire. The fire was discovered in the garage and all of them got out of the house safely. Within a few minutes there were a couple of explosions and by the time [...]
Passing life estate title to children Many people as they age decide to put the title to their homes into their children’s names. Usually there is a life estate retained by the parents. I’ve written before about some of the pitfalls that may not be considered at the time decisions like this are [...]
