Thanks to their handy-dandy blog, I just learned that North Minneapolis's Hawthorne Neighborhood is charting a bold new course in the battle against foreclosure-blight.
I don't know where this case is going to go, but I DO know that many of the good boys and girls of North Minneapolis are getting rather PISSED about the current state of affairs... and I don't blame them one bit.
I can't wait to see what happens next!
Friday, January 25, 2008
Friday, January 4, 2008
So much for nobody wanting homes over north
Yes yes, I knowwwwwww, if you read the Strib or surf the web or talk to just about ANYBODY on the street on a given day about real estate, I KNOW they will mention the foreclosure rates in North Minneapolis.
Yes yes, mm-hmm. Indeed.
We've all heard... From Old Highland to Victory; from Willard-Homewood to Webber Park, there's a bootload of inventory, and price has crashed like some overweight ice-dam in a torrential spring rain. We've seen the google-maps, with their bazillion merging red dots.
But wait - let me tell you something you may not know:
In the past couple of months, I've gone shopping with several buyers in North Minneapolis. While we found the very inventory we expected, we also found something else: fierce competition.
Ye gads!
You mean somebody ELSE actually wants these homes? Not just us crazies?
You bet.
In fact, in the past week and a half, one particular buyer of mine (bless her poor, disheartened soul) has encountered multiple offer situations on no less than FOUR CONSECUTIVE HOMES on which we've written offers.
Coincidence?
Bad luck?
I think not. In fact, I think that as aggravating as this may be for my clients, it actually points to something very GOOD.
I think we're on the rebound...
Yes yes, mm-hmm. Indeed.
We've all heard... From Old Highland to Victory; from Willard-Homewood to Webber Park, there's a bootload of inventory, and price has crashed like some overweight ice-dam in a torrential spring rain. We've seen the google-maps, with their bazillion merging red dots.
But wait - let me tell you something you may not know:
In the past couple of months, I've gone shopping with several buyers in North Minneapolis. While we found the very inventory we expected, we also found something else: fierce competition.
Ye gads!
You mean somebody ELSE actually wants these homes? Not just us crazies?
You bet.
In fact, in the past week and a half, one particular buyer of mine (bless her poor, disheartened soul) has encountered multiple offer situations on no less than FOUR CONSECUTIVE HOMES on which we've written offers.
Coincidence?
Bad luck?
I think not. In fact, I think that as aggravating as this may be for my clients, it actually points to something very GOOD.
I think we're on the rebound...
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