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Hopeasaurus 2008-04-12 23:17:00 This Diggin' Dino spent the summer of 2007 at the Saint Paul YWCA at 375 Selby Avenue. Hopeasaurus, created for the YWCA by friends of the "Y", carries "the hopes of women, children and families" in the spots on her...
St. Paul Real Estate Sales March 2008 2008-04-11 16:02:00 This chart is based on information from the REGIONAL MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE OF MINNESOTA, INC for the period March
1, 2008, through March 31, 2008. Clicking on the chart will enlarge the image so that it is readable. The change... Read more:Estate
, Sales
Fickle Spring 2008-04-10 23:51:00 It's only 5 days from tax day and it's thundering and lightening and SNOW is falling from the sky! Read more:Spring
How Much Is My Saint Paul House Worth 2008-04-09 00:12:48 Time after time in our recent market, real estate agents have heard the words, ". . . but our house appraised for $$$ last year." Those words are not just a reflection of the decline in property values, but can... Read more:Saint
, House
, Worth
Does a Martian Own My St. Paul House 2008-04-06 11:11:00 Most of us sit on our front porches in St. Paul minding our own business. Passersby get a nod. Friends stop and chat. The greeting a "little green man" from Mars might receive is unthinkable. If that "little green man"... Read more:House
, Martian
Stribasaurus 2008-04-05 22:57:00 I write a blog. They say blogs are the nemesis of newspapers. Will I, and my fellow bloggers, be responsible for the extinction of Stribasaurus? Oh, my, I hope not. Such a stately creature to be put by the wayside....
A New (or Is It Old) View on Finances 2008-04-03 00:42:00 There's an entertaining little book being read recently. It's not your ordinary book, but a collection of parable like stories from the richest man in the city of Babylon, at one time the richest city on earth. "The Richest Man...
A Staging Nightmare 2008-04-02 20:35:00 This St. Paul house seemed very normal from the outside. The exterior was a traditional two story with straight lines in good repair and the expectation for the interior was more of the same. The hope was that some of... Read more:Nightmare
April Fool's Day 2008 2008-04-01 00:01:00 Did you know there's an April
Fool's Day Parade every year in New York City? I didn't either, but here's proof positive: a press release for the 23rd Annual April Fool's Day Parade which begins at noon on Fifth Avenue...
REALTOR® Safety 2008-03-31 15:45:02 When an ex-con kills a 71 year old REALTOR® in Wisconsin just because her innocent question made him mad, it's no wonder St. Paul real estate agents are taking more safety precautions. Read the story here. Safety
tips used by...
Tax Day 2008 2008-04-16 11:06:00 It was my first experience with delivering taxes in downtown St. Paul. The only other time I've been unfortunate enough to mail taxes after closing time was in Minneapolis. That evening was truly an event as we lined up by...
Vacant Homes 2008-04-14 17:40:00 Many homes that are currently for sale are vacant. When buying a vacant home, it is important to remember a few things that you might not consider when buying a home that has been continuously occupied. If the home has... Read more:Homes
Differences Between Buyers and Sellers 2008-04-17 23:55:00 A colleague coined the phrase, "Today's seller was not yesterday's picky buyer." The intent behind her statement rang true. Many home sellers in today's real estate market purchased in the feeding frenzy years. They weren't given the option of choosing... Read more:Buyers
, Sellers
Venetian Carousel at the Maplewood Mall in Minnesota 2008-04-18 21:06:00 The VenetianCarousel
located in the Maplewood Mall in Maplewood, Minnesota
, provides entertainment and a brief respite from shopping for a nominal fee. Children are drawn to the music and 2000 lights, as are some of us older children as...
Rozieasaurus 2008-04-19 22:36:00 Rozieasaurus, the Diggin' Dino created for the Rozie Angell Parish family by Jennifer Englin-Gillings, spent the summer of 2007 at the Children's Hospital St. Paul Garden. If Rozieasaurus was anything like the real Rozie, I think I would have liked...
Agency Disclosure 2008-04-21 23:06:00 Corralling some of today's buyers long enough to go through the agency disclosure isn't always the easiest task. Many times I've been told, "Just show me where to sign." Early in my career it became apparent that agency had to... Read more:Disclosure
How Many Houses Does It Take 2008-04-24 11:19:00 We've all heard the jokes, "How many (insert people group name) does it take to change a light bulb?". A similar question is asked by buyers. "How many houses does it take before we choose one?" Like everything else in...
National Real Estate Statistics 2008 2008-04-23 23:31:42 First American Core Logic, a leader in residential analytics of mortgage data, released new national statistics on April 22. Using their LoanPerformance Home Price Index criteria, 36 states experienced a housing price decline over the last 3 months ending with... Read more:National
, Estate
, Statistics
Pregnant Lilacs 2008-04-22 21:45:00 The lilacs in St. Paul are about to give birth!
A Perfect Day 2008-04-24 21:39:30 The sun set on my left, a golden orb announcing the end of a perfect day. The blue gray clouds to my right formed a perfect backdrop for tiny raindrop prisms. I reflected over the day. Paper was pushed for... Read more:Perfect
Minneapolis Saint Paul Home Tour 2008 2008-04-25 23:00:00 Tomorrow is the 21st MinneapolisSaint
Paul Home Tour. The home I live in was part of this tour shortly after it was moved to its current location. The former owner had begun the project that we will finish, but...
The Weekend Is Gone! 2008-04-28 12:58:54 It's already Monday. Something happened to my weekend. As I've aged, it seems the weekends fly by. It's all part of being "over the hill". Two things are connected with descending the backside of the age hill: 1. Time takes... Read more:Weekend
Vacant Home Tour 2008-04-29 17:46:00 Dayton's Bluff isn't going to let its housing get torn down. So many others are crying in their beer about the blight and problems that vacant homes create in a neighborhood. Dayton's Bluff doesn't believe in whining. They look for...
Different Showing Procedures 2008-05-01 23:44:00 Most St Paul area houses listed for sale by a real estate agent have lock boxes on the door with a key for the home safely tucked inside. The lock boxes may vary in style including numeric or alpha coded... Read more:Procedures
Stradivariasaurus 2008-05-03 23:55:00 Stradivariasaurus, the Diggin' Dino created by Megan Popowski for Fein Violins, spent the summer of 2008 at 1850 Grand Ave., St. Paul, Minnesota. Stradivariasaurus proudly displayed violin parts on its body. The shop itself was new to me since I...
Short Sale Woes 2008-05-02 23:22:00 The St. Paul listing agent moaned and groaned about the misery of listing short sales. The unresponsiveness of lenders was the primary complaint. For an agent to submit an offer and wait months, not weeks, for a response was beyond... Read more:Short
Day of Celebration 2008-05-05 11:59:00 Friday was a day of celebration. Only 4 long months had passed since my sellers received the initial offer to purchase their home. That's only one third of a year, but it seemed like forever. The market was weak for...
Dayton's Bluff Vacant Home Tour 2008-05-06 11:00:00 Without a doubt, the St. Paul Dayton's Bluff neighborhood registered vacant building home tour was a success. More than 100 people toured the homes on Saturday and the count was not final for Sunday's tour at the time that I...
Short Sale Stalls 2008-05-08 15:06:00 The most frustrating part about short sales is that the time isn't short! For some reason, the lenders stall and stall and stall until the buyer gets tired of waiting OR the value of the home decreases that much more.... Read more:Short
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