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Home Buyers: Answers to Your Top 3 Questions
In this market, it is hard to know who to trust or listen to. You hear one channel full of talking heads telling you the sky is falling. The next channel says that the economy is starting to pick up. Everywhere you turn you find people buying new houses as prices that we haven’t seen [...]
City of Saint Paul Truth in Housing Seminar
The City of Saint Paul is putting on a free 1 hour seminar to discuss the Truth in Sale housing program. The manager of the program, Connie Sandberg, will give a brief history of the program, talk about the different people and their roles in managing the program and how a home buyer in Saint [...]
Home Selling Made Easy
If you are thinking about home selling in Minnesota, you may be a bit overwhelmed with the whole process. There is a lot to take into consideration, but it does not have to be hard with the right steps in place. Here is a short guide that will help you sell your St. Paul home [...]
Home Buying Tips
In this recession, there are two groups of people: those who are home buying and those who are home selling. Although the general idea is that houses are being foreclosed left and right, and that the real estate market has collapsed, this does not hold true all the time. There are individuals who placed their [...]
City of Saint Paul to Get Electric Cars
The City of Saint Paul is one of the first cities in the country to purchase the new Ford all-electric Transit Connect vehicle. It is a small mini-van looking vehicle that is completely electric. The city says that it will save about $1300 per vehicle each year by eliminating gas costs. Each vehicle is rated [...]
Restoration Hardware on Grand Ave To Close
The Saint Paul Pioneer press reported Friday that the Restoration Hardware on Grand Avenue in Saint Paul’s Summit Hill neighborhood. According to the store manager, the store’s last day will be March 26. Until they close, they will be giving discounts of up to 50%. It is sad to see this classy retailer go. They [...]
Housing Optimism
If you look at the fact, the real estate market is still in rough shape. November statistics out from Zillow.com show that November was the 53rd consecutive month of home value declines. That is almost 4 1/2 years worth of decline. In fact, it is the greatest decline in the housing market since the great [...]
Union Depot Renovations Realtor Event
The Saint Paul Association of Realtors is having an event for the Union Depot Renovations. Unfortunately, this event is only for Realtors, but here are the details: Join us Monday, October 25th at Union Depot in downtown St. Paul for a presentation for REALTORS ! The Union Depot will once again be the grand hub [...]
New Updates Regarding Loan Modification
President of United States, Barack Obama has brought about some considerable alterations in the home loan modification or personal loan modification phenomenon. These changes may turn to be useful and beneficial for those who are strictly needing home loans or personal loans. From the entire annual budget of United States, about 75 billion US dollars [...]
Summit Avenue Homes
I suspect that just like Rodeo drive in LA, if you asked someone in another part of the country to name a nice area in Saint Paul, they would probably say Summit Ave. This area is referred to by several names including Summit Ave, Summit Hill and Crocus Hill. This area was started in the [...]
