What it Means For Competing Homes As Realtors if not the general public know, the MLS status “TNAS” — short for “Temporarily Not Available For Showing” — has a catch-all status, covering everything from an unexpected home repair, to the Seller having out-of-town company, to someone in the household being sick. Which is why it...Read More
One of the ways you can tell that a product is dated or out-of-fashion — or people think it is — is that it acquires an adjective. So, for awhile, “Coke” became “New Coke.” In the wake of Watergate in the 1970’s, Minnesota’s Republican party became the “Independent – Republican” party (at least until Ronald Reagan...Read More
Question #2: Is That Different Than “Large?” “Original hardwood floors have just been re-done, four oversize bedrooms, tremendous woodwork & period fixtures.” –“Public Remarks,” MLS [Editor’s Note: No, this isn’t another Donald Trump-inspired post. If you’re looking for one of those, check out “Trying to Find Mar-a-Lago? Look for Donald Trump’s Very Big (in fact,...Read More
“Build It and They Will Come” Real Estate Development “Silicon Valley Spec House Seeks $42.8 Million.” –Headline, The Wall Street Journal (3/2/16) For the uninitiated, a “spec” or “speculative” house is a home that a developer first builds, then tries to sell. That’s opposed to a home that’s commissioned by/for an existing client, and built...Read More
“Wait Till Next Year Weekend” Unlike, say, the new baseball season, there’s no official “Opening Day” for the Twin Cities Spring housing market. Rather, local Realtor convention holds that the annual Spring market kicks off (sorry) the first mild weekend after the Super Bowl. By that measure . . . it’s still Winter (local temps today...Read More
“Cold Enough For ‘Ya?,” or “Go West North, Young Man” I’m sure that other people have their own preferred definitions of what constitutes a “true Minnesotan” (growing up knowing how to sheetrock? Ice skating before you could walk?), but here’s mine: “A true Minnesotan is someone who heads north, not south whenever they have vacation...Read More
