“Full Plate” Syndrome (Unrelated to Thanksgiving) When a old, undersized house in a hot neighborhood for tear-downs and new construction fails to sell right away, what might be the explanation? In fact, just such a home debuted on the market near Minneapolis’ Cedar Lake this week. One possibility is that the home is overpriced. Theory...Read More
Road Repairs: Are They Really Done? “There are two seasons in Minnesota: winter, and road construction.” –old joke How do a couple hundred beleaguered Minneapolis homeowners near Cedar Lake — OK, me and my neighbors — know that the invading army of street repair, sewer, and gas contractors who’ve laid siege to the area since last...Read More
Fern Hill Colonial Featured in NY Times Real Estate Section It’s always a shock to read a national publication and see a home you recognize — in this case, one that I’ve shown multiple clients and is literally less than a block from where I live (by Minneapolis’ Cedar Lake). As you’d expect, the home photographs...Read More
Theory #2: Uniformly Spaced, Softball-Sized Hail(?) I’ve heard of “scoring” (perforating) wallpaper, prior to steaming it off. But, I’ve never heard of scoring a city street, as part of maintenance/road repair. Yet that’s exactly what appears to be happening lately on Sunset Boulevard near Cedar Lake, once you venture around all those “Road Closed” signs...Read More
Hot New Listings on (& backing up to) Highwood Rd. in Lake Forest Neighborhood If the Twin Cities housing market gets any hotter — at least in some neighborhoods — the local Multiple Listing Service (“MLS”) is going to have to supplement its “Days on the Market” statistic with another one: “Hours on the Market.” That’s...Read More
. . . 2013 Kitchen on the Inside! Where: 1045 Thomas Ave. South in Minneapolis’ Bryn Mawr neighborhood. What: 5 BR/4 Bath Tudor with 3,500 FSF. How (much): $749,500 When: listed April 2 (two days ago). Who: listed by Daren Jensen, Edina Realty. Unlike, say, Linden Hills, Minneapolis’ Bryn Mawr neighborhood can throw people. For starters, there are...Read More
