The Difference Between Night & Day? Try, Winter vs. Summer Want a rather dramatic example of how views can change seasonally? Contrast this summer-time photo, taken from the east-facing balcony of my listing at 3150 West Calhoun Parkway in Minneapolis: With this photo, taken just after the Twin Cities 16″ snowfall 10 days ago: See...Read More
New and (Very) Improved: 2712 Joppa in St. Louis Park’s Fern Hill Neighborhood In the, umm . . . spirit of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, I offer up 2712 Joppa, a teardown-in-progress in St. Louis Park’s Fern Hill neighborhood just west of Cedar Lake (runner-up title: ‘A Tale of Two Properties’). This is what the front...Read More
My first thought was, it must be a typo — as in, they must have meant $690,000. Even then, that would be a (stunningly) cheap price for a smashing, contemporary condo with 4 Bedrooms/5 Baths and over 5,600 finished square feet — all just up the street from the Walker and Loring Park on Minneapolis’ Kenwood Parkway...Read More
Late Fall Buying Opportunities, or, “Perils of Overpricing” This Cape Cod-style 1 1/2 story in St. Louis Park’s Fern Hill neighborhood originally came on the market almost six months ago, at $539,900. Now? The price just dropped again (yesterday) to $329,900 — down over $200k(!) from June, and a substantial discount from the tax assessed value...Read More
Home Spotlight: 2025 Thomas Ave. South I did a double-take when I saw the gleaming new home pictured on MLS (above) in Minneapolis’ Kenwood neighborhood, just northeast of Cedar Lake. For one thing, the house sits high atop a hill, not a flat, smallish lot. For another . . . there’s no house there! I...Read More
It Has HOW MANY Bedrooms?? There aren’t that many homes with over 8,000 finished square feet, period. So, when you run across a home that size, you expect it to have 6, 7, or even more Bedrooms. How can the St. Anthony Park single-family home pictured above have that much space, and only have 2(!)...Read More
