Judging from the number of cars in all the parking lots and along Main Street in downtown Hutchinson, MN it appears that the economy here is perking up. Since Black Friday, I have observed that the stores have many shoppers in them no matter what time of day it is. And, if you haven't been [...]
Late last week we got a call from one of our sellers who said they needed to cancel their listing. Now, we are usually concerned when sellers want to cancel, but this time we were all celebrating! Why? The reason they wanted to cancel their listing for their home here in Hutchinson, MN was that [...]
By now most of you have heard that the first time buyer tax credit has been extended to April 30, 2010. In addition, there is now a tax credit for current homeowners who have used their home as a principal residence consecutively for 5 of the previous 8 years. This credit also runs to April [...]
This morning I got a frantic call from a new home buyer ( we closed yesterday.) They said that the plumbing wasn't working right in the house they had just bought. I asked what they meant by not working right, and they explained the problems they were having. The home that they purchased in Hutchinson, [...]
Renters aren't immune to too-good-to-be-true pitches. One popular scheme these days involves the perpetrators lifting a real estate agent's online photos and information for an attractive residence that's currently for sale -- and then placing an ad on a free online classified-ads site that purports to offer the house for rent at below-market rates. The [...]
In the past couple of weeks we have helped quite a few buyers find homes to buy in Hutchinson, MN. Many sellers have had their homes on the market for quite a while and aren't interested in carrying them into and through the winter months. So, fortunately for the buyers, they are able to [...]
We are so fortunate to have companies such as Hutchinson Manufacturing here in Hutchinson, MN. Yesterday they held a ground breaking ceremony for a new plant they are building here in partnership with Westinghouse! This new company will employ about 50 people! Thank you to Tom Daggett and his family for all that they have [...]
Now that fall has arrived, I guess its time for all of us to get our homes ready for the winter months that will be here before we know it. There are a number of very simple maintenance things that you can do to your home to make it more energy efficient and prevent future [...]
Our Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors just announced the recent market activity numbers. There were 1,026 signed purchase agreements for the week ending August 15. That's the most since 2005. There were 25,765 active listings for sale, which was the lowest since 2005. There were the fewest number of new listings for that week since [...]
Yesterday I talked with some people who had purchased their home from Hometown Realty a number of years ago here in Hutchinson, MN. They have both retired and had received a call about refinancing their home and reducing the number of years left to pay on their mortgage to 15 years (currently they have 25 [...]
