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Early 2015 Housing Market Captured in Six Arrows (Huh?)

Hungry Twin Cities Buyers Face Limited Inventory Want to know what’s going on in the Twin Cities housing market now in a nutshell? It’s all in the arrows: Employment/Job Growth:  ↑ Housing Inventory (Listings):  ↓ Showings:  ↑ Mortgage Rates: ↓ Mortgage Applications:  ↑ Rents:  ↑ Net it all out, and what emerges is a picture of...
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North Dakota Boom, Twin Cities Ripples?

Hanging Sheet Rock for $90k a Year Is North Dakota’s energy-driven economic boom creating ripple effects in the Twin Cities? Specifically, in the Twin Cities labor market? It would appear that way. Anecdotally, I’m now hearing of Twin Cities contractors whose labor force is depleted because of the siren call coming from western North Dakota....
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