The “Can You Top THIS!?!” Spring 2021 Housing Market At least for now, the winner of the “Can You Believe How Crazy-Hot the Market Is!?!” contest is the Twin Cities home seller who reportedly sold their home a whopping 35 minutes(!) after it debuted on MLS. Under “Coming Soon.” Without a single showing.** And with...Read More
Fall Equinox: From +16 Hours Daylight on June 21 . . . to Exactly 12 Hours If Sellers were OK with it ” and Realtors’ “smart” keys worked then ” it would be possible to show homes in late June in Minnesota between 9 and 10 p.m. After all, in the Twin Cities, the sun...Read More
“It Only Takes One” Q: What do you call the person who finishes last in their medical school class? A. “Doctor.” It may surprise non-Realtors to hear that even well-prepped, well-priced homes ” destined to sell quickly for full price or very close ” typically collect more “Nay’s” than “Yea’s” from prospective Buyers. But it’s...Read More
Make That, “Good for Whom?” Thanks to MLS protocol, home sellers typically have to “OK” overlapping showing requests — that is, when one or more Buyers want to see the home simultaneously (by convention, at least in Minnesota, showings are for one hour). Should the Seller give their permission? Absolutely! As I tell my selling...Read More
One Showing ” or Two? If Sellers were OK with it ” and Realtors’ “smart” keys worked then ” it would be possible to show homes in late June in Minnesota between 9 and 10 p.m. After all, the sun sets after 9 p.m. on June 21, and twilight lingers almost till ten. Unfortunately (or maybe not...Read More
“By popular request, the new NorthstarMLS default setting for ShowingTime overlapping appointments is to continue to allow them, but no longer reveal the appointment blocks/overlaps to the showing agent that other agents have scheduled.” –Notice to Twin Cities Realtors, NorthStar MLS (August 7, 2018). [Editor’s Note: The views expressed here are solely those of Ross Kaplan, and...Read More