< + Δ [Editor’s Note: Nothing in this post or on this blog should be construed as offering legal counsel. If you require legal advice, please consult an attorney.] If you want to skip my post, “Counteroffer vs. Amendment vs. Addendum” and cut to the chase, here it is, in three easy symbols:...Read More
Brand Confusion Since Manager Josh Kaplan’s switch to another office (actually, two) last Spring — see, “Edina Realty Shake-Up!” — I’ve been the sole “Kaplan” in Edina Realty’s City Lakes Office. Which has meant a dramatic drop in errant email’s, voice mails, etc. But not to zero. I received a forwarding message the other day...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
The Factor in Selling a Home Today If you have a choice between price and terms . . pick terms. –famous real estate line Once upon a time, when mortgage rates were in the stratosphere, “terms” — specifically, financing terms, if the Seller was providing it — were everything in real estate deals. Fast forward...Read More
The Best vs. The Rest Great graphic, courtesy of City Lakes Office manager Josh Kaplan (via Marge Kane), cutting through the myriad, often conflicting statistics describing today’s housing market. Bottom line: the good stuff shines, and finds Buyers (or vice versa). Meanwhile, homes that aren’t “best in class” get overlooked and sit . . ....Read More
Housing Market “Chicken & Egg” Problem Aren’t people supposed to “put their houses in order first?” That’s not what I’ve been seeing lately, at least in the housing market. Instead, the agents showing my listings all seem to be reporting that their clients can’t do anything until they sell first. So, why don’t they? Maybe...Read More
