Latest Chapter in Fern Hill Foreclosure Where: 26xx Kipling Ave. South (St. Louis Park’s Fern Hill Neighborhood) What: 3 BR/3 Bath; almost 2,800 FSF home How much: $429,900 (Pending) Market time: 2 weeks This home caught my eye because: 1) it just went pending; and 2) I didn’t recognize it — and I know the...Read More
“If you hit a wrong note once, then shame on you, but if you hit it twice then you’re playing Jazz.” –old joke amongst musicians As the parent of a 9 year-old boy, I’ve observed how one (slightly) nerdy kid can be a lonely island, but two is suddenly . . . a club! (It’s...Read More
What: .24 acre lotWhere: 7508 West Lake St. (10 minutes to downtown Minneapolis, less to City Lakes and Uptown)How much: $99,900Contact: Ross Kaplan (612-925-7701) No, it doesn’t have goal posts at either end — but it’s big enough that it could! This surprisingly affordable lot is located in a pocket neighborhood close to Knollwood, Sam’s...Read More
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
Local Exec Cashes In While Company Crashes If you’re disgusted by financial executives hauling in tens of millions while their companies crash and burn, it might be consoling to think the phenomenon is limited to Wall Street. Unfortunately, it’s not. As the Star Trib reported yesterday, the former CEO of MoneyGram, Philip Milne, received a...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
