It’s not exactly like the home team batting second in baseball, but there is something analogous to “home field advantage” in residential real estate. Namely, by convention, the Buyer gets to choose the location of closing (typically, at the office of the title company they’re using). That fact was . . . uhhh, driven home...Read More
There Oughta Be a Word For That What do you call all the things outside a home — like concrete steps, pavers, custom handrails, retaining walls, etc. — that don’t quite qualify as “landscaping?” “Flatwork.” Thanks to Lisa Meyer, Edina Realty’s Roseville Office Manager, for solving that one.Read More
You Read it Here — and Here, and Here — First “Stunned Home Buyers Find the Bidding Wars Are Back” —Wall Street Journal (April 27, 2012) So, more than 2/3 of the way into the Spring housing market, The Wall Street Journal is running a story, today, about the reappearance of multiple offers. Contrast that...Read More
