Is it Halloween Yet? I’m a big fan of dramatically lit homes. And with the seasonal change, we’re heading into ever-shorter Fall days. And yet, the technique doesn’t work all the time ” and can even backfire: especially for smaller homes, interior lighting at night can produce an (unhelpful) “Jack-o-Lantern effect.” The (kind of) scientific...Read More
Surprisingly Spacious 6 Bedroom(!) Home with > 4,000 Square Feet Where: 4709 40th Lane, St. Louis Park. What: Modified two-story with 6 Bedrooms and 4 Full Baths; total finished square feet = 4,068. When: open house this Sunday (October 21) from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. How much: $700k. Who: listed by Ross Kaplan, Edina Realty — City...Read More
Best Places to Live: Minneapolis Beats Out Austin, Portland, Nashville and Other Hot Spots “Slow and steady wins the race.” –Proverb, Aesop’s Fables; “The Tortoise and the Hare.” I’d rather be picked by Ashlea Halpern than by Jeff Bezos. Jeff Bezos, of course, is the gazillionaire founder and CEO of Amazon, which received proposals from 238...Read More
“DOM” vs. “CDOM” vs. “PDOM” Unbeknownst to non-Realtors, there are not one but THREE different ways to count the number of days a given “For Sale” home has been the market. According to the Multiple Listing Service (“MLS”), they are: One. Days on Market (“DOM”): the number of days the current listing has been on the...Read More
Surprisingly Spacious 6 Bedroom(!) Home with > 4,000 Square Feet Where: 4709 40th Lane, St. Louis Park. What: Modified two-story with 6 Bedrooms and 4 Full Baths; total finished square feet = 4,068. When: open house this Sunday (October 7) from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. How much: $700k. Who: listed by Ross Kaplan, Edina Realty — City...Read More
Attention Remodelers, Investors: Cedar Lake Home $500k(!) Below Seller’s Cost Where: 3515 Cedar Lake Ave. in Southwest Minneapolis, overlooking Cedar Lake and the downtown skyline. What: 5 Bedroom, 4 Bath Italianate Style, 3-story home with 4,200 finished square feet on a gorgeous double lot. When: Open this Sunday (October 7) from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m....Read More
