Shedding (Crocodile) Tears for Luxury Real Estate Agents When Bill Gates, home seller, tells his Realtor after receiving an offer, “I think $20 million is too low — let’s wait for $30 million” (or $40 million, or ???) . . . you know he can. Can you say, “no (financial) motivation??” In a nutshell, that’s...Read More
Acing the “Ooh!” and “Aaah!” Factor Where: 2700 Chowen Ave. South in Minneapolis’ Sunset Gables subdivision (just south of Cedar Lake) What: Moderne-style Art Deco with 5 Bedrooms and 5 Baths, and 3,800 finished square feet How much: listed for $875,000; sold for $823,050 (94% of asking price, and more than $35,000 over the tax...Read More
$1 Million Buys a Lot of Home — Again As recently as 3 years ago, a million dollar home wasn’t such a big deal in the Twin Cities. Suburbs such as Edina and Minnetonka had literally hundreds of them; closer in, in Minneapolis, a home didn’t even have to be particularly impressive if it was...Read More
