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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Tips for Finding the Saint Paul Home of Your Dreams

There has probably never been a better time in Minnesota to buy a home.  Interest rates are below 4% for owner occupants, which we have not seen in the last 40 years.  Housing prices have been steadily declining and are now 25-50% below their 2004 peak prices.   If you have ability to buy a home, [...]

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Saint Paul Real Estate Pulls Out its JackHammers and Big Ambitions

There are many parts of Saint Paul that are all but a ghost town.  Many older businesses closed, buildings were purchased with grand ambitions, but in this economy and real estate bust, nothing was moving.  Recently, though, more activity is being seen around the city.  Much of this work is not private enterprise, but non-profit [...]

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Saint Paul School Board Restructuring Schools

The St. Paul School board has been working on a plan to combat both declining enrollment and a $27.2 million district budget short fall.  After weeks of debates the school board made the final decision to close the Arlington Senior High School and move the Washington Technical Middle School and the Wellstone Elementary school into [...]

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Beautiful Saint Paul Duplex For Sale

My investor customer purchased this property about 4 months ago and has been lovingly restoring it to it’s 1928 beauty.  This home has:

New Kitchen with tile floors, new cabinets, new appliances
New Bath with tile floors and new fixtures
Refinished hardwood floors and woodwork
Fully upgraded plumbing
Updated electrical

Each unit has 3 bedrooms and 1 bath and should rent [...]

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Saint Paul Needs Better Parking

After a recent survey by the Saint Paul Area Chamber identified 68% of downtown business owners think parking is difficult and 55% of their customers agree, Saint Paul business owners are asking the city to implement a number changes to the parking in downtown Saint Paul.  See the full article over at bizjournals.com

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FEMA Declares Lowertown Saint Paul in Flood Zone

As the flood water’s recede in Saint Paul neighborhoods, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has declared parts of Saint Paul’s Lowertown and Downtown in the flood area.  This is even after an almost record flood season failed to get much more than the grass wet in certain parts of the area.  No structures will [...]

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Saint Paul Ranked 11th by EPA for Energy Star Labeled Buildings

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced its 2009 list of cities with the most Energy Star labeled buildings.  Saint Paul was number 11 on the list.  Buildings can either be built from start or retrofitted to be Energy Star compliant.  These buildings use 35% less energy than a comparable non-Energy Star building of [...]

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Fantastic Saint Paul Home Fully Rehabbed

My friend Kevin Curtis just listed an amazing property on 228 Page Street East.  It is a three bedroom, one bath story and half Saint Paul Home built in 1906.  His customer did an amazing job of rehabbing this property back to its original beauty.  This is NOT a short sale or foreclosure.  It has [...]

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