Define, “Extreme Cold” There’s a simple reason you seldom see Realtor open houses in Minnesota in January cancelled due to cold: there’s no guaranty it will be warmer a week later. Case in point: exactly one week ago, when my client and I were wavering due to local temps in the single digits. We went...Read More
Fewer Showings — But a Silver Lining, Too So far this Fall, the word amongst active listing agents (representing Sellers) is that showings are way down (that’s been my experience, too). If you want a benign explanation, blame it on the gorgeous Fall the Twin Cities has been enjoying thus far, keeping Buyers’ focus elsewhere...Read More
What’s a “San Francisco Summer?” Sort of Like a New York Minute “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.” –Mark Twain Clearly, Twain didn’t know the best time to visit San Francisco. That would be September – October, when the adjacent Pacific warms up usually chilly San Francisco — often into the...Read More
The Car Wash Model No, it’s not good for showings, or broker and Sunday open house traffic, when the weather is especially frigid, or a snowstorm temporarily shuts things down. In other words . . . today (at least in the Twin Cities). But experienced Realtors know that it doesn’t really matter, for two reasons:...Read More
November NirvanaThe happiest guy I’ve seen all day (if not all month?) That’s easy: my mailman. Just ran into him, on my lunch break. Short of wearing a swimming suit, he looked like he was on vacation: shorts, headphones, sunglasses, etc. — plus he was sporting a big, broad grin. Nice to have an outdoor...Read More
