“The More Things Change . . . “ Growing up in St. Louis Park’s Fern Hill neighborhood in the early ’70’s, one of the first things you did as a kid was go to the Lincoln Del to grab a treat (my favorite was their apple strudel). When you got a little older — like 16 or...Read More
On Broker Tour Tues. 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. (4/5) Where: 5229 Chowen Ave. South in Minneapolis’ Fulton Neighborhood (just south of Linden Hills). What: 4 BR/2 Bath stucco bungalow with over 2,100 finished square feet. When: on market today(!); first showings after conclusion of Tour tomorrow (> 1 p.m.). How much: $395k Who: listed by Ross Kaplan,...Read More
City Lakes + Parkwest = City West? Yesterday was a red letter day unlike any other in my nine-plus years at Edina Realty. Any one of the following announcements at yesterday’s City Lakes office meeting — delivered personally by Edina Realty President and CEO Bob Peltier — would have qualified as blockbuster news; cumulatively, the...Read More
What’s Behind It? The Edina Realty – City Lakes front desk is reporting a bump in walk-in traffic the last few weeks. A “walk-in” is exactly that: someone who walks in off the street and needs a Realtor to help them buy or sell a house — preferably both. If it were a bit later into the Spring...Read More
Very Still Ponds On the assumption that Edina Realty’s City Lakes Office is a good bellwether, it’s pretty quiet out there at the moment. How quiet? For the seven day period December 20-26 — in other words, spanning Christmas — there were a sum total of 26 showings for my office. By contrast, in early...Read More
One Block to Cedar Lake!Where: 2705 France Ave. South, in Minneapolis’ Sunset Gables neighborhoodWhat: 3 BR/2 Bath Cape Cod with almost 2,200 FSF, including a huge first-floor Family Room.How much: $439,900Who: listed by Ross Kaplan, Edina Realty City LakesWhen: on market yesterday (Nov. 15). If you’re anywhere Cedar Lake over lunch hour today, please feel...Read More
