Where: 29XX Quentin (St. Louis Park’s Fern Hill neighborhood)What: 3 BR/3BA; *3,937 FSF. Year built: 1936How much: $379,900On Market: 7/23/08 I originally profiled this home way back in July, when it first came on the market (“Too Good To Be True“). The question I posed — “4,000 FSF by Cedar Lake for $380k? Not So...Read More
The Market Bottoms . . in Fern Hill The first hint of a bottom came around Thanksgiving, when this non-descript rambler in St. Louis Park’s Fern Hill neighborhood came on the market for $189,900. What happened next could only be described as a feeding frenzy: 17 offers in less than 72 hours, with the winning...Read More
[Editor’s Note: want to see what happend to this house? See, Fern Hill Flip] Where: 2641 Kipling, in St. Louis Park’s Fern Hill neighborhood What: 3 BR/2 BA; 1,678 FSF Asking Price: $165k Sold Price: $205k Days on Market: 3 Closed: 3/9/09 Forty thousand over asking price?? That isn’t supposed to happen in a market...Read More
Where: 4241 Basswood Rd. (Fern Hill neighborhood in St. Louis Park)Asking Price: $699,900Sold Price: $670,000Tax Value: $731,000Key Stat’s: 3 BR/3BA; 4,300 FSFMarket Time: one day (12/31/2008) “The reason dolphins have a reputation for saving drowning swimmers is that you never hear from the ones they push out to sea.”–Anonymous There’s no question that the housing...Read More
