Free by Christmas? Back in the beginning of the Summer, I discussed a Highland Park (St. Paul) home with a particularly tortured price history: May 4: listed at $699,900 May 10: reduced to $674,900 May 15: reduced to $649,900 May 18: reduced to $624,900 May 21: reduced to $599,900 May 29: reduced to $574,900 June 1:...Read More
Love ’em or hate ’em, Tudors always appear rather imposing from the street — and big! Exhibit A would be this stately Sunset Gables Tudor (above) near Minneapolis’ Cedar Lake, whose foundation size weighs in — surprisingly — at a rather modest 1,100 square feet.Read More
Where: 2250 Delaware Avenue in Sunfish Lake. What: 4 Bedroom/3 Bath home with 4,500 finished square feet, built in 1870, and set on almost 19(!) beautiful acres. How much: $2.5 million. When: listed July 31. Who: Seller represented by Karen Antone and Sheri Fine, both in the Edina Realty City Lakes office. Lest anyone (mistakenly) think that...Read More
Days on Market: 1 Percentage of Asking Price: 100% Where: 5231 Washburn Ave. South in southwest Minneapolis’ Fulton neighborhood. What: 5 Bedroom/4 Bath new construction with 3,680 finished square feet. When: on the market June 6; sold June 7 (closed August 7). How much: listed and sold for $825,000. Who: listing agent — Charlie Marggraf; selling agent...Read More
Big Room in a Small Tiny House So, exactly how big is the room pictured above? Given that the foundation size of this one-story St. Paul home is less than 800 square feet — and the first floor also includes a Kitchen, Dining Room, and Bedroom — you’d surmise something well below, well . . . 800...Read More
“The Fire Drill,” or, Working With Buyers in a Hurry As opposed to the standard Buyer Rep contract, which imposes generic rights and duties on the Buyer and their agent, I think there should be a variant specifically for “Buyers in a Hurry.” Such a contract is an especially good idea when said Buyer is...Read More
