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            <author>info@homesofminnesota.com (Homes of Minnesota Team)</author>
            <title>August Twin Cities Home Sales Activity Offers Mixed Results</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ There have been noteworthy shifts for Twin Cities real estate. Buyer activity is increasing, while sellers are making fewer concessions to sell their homes. Falling supply and improving absorption rates in many communities also suggest that the market is regaining its balance.Aaccording to the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors, a few indicators posted improvement over August 2010. New Listings in the Twin Cities region decreased 10.7% to 6,144. Pending sales were up 46.4% to 4,358. Invent... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 01:39:16 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>info@homesofminnesota.com (Homes of Minnesota Team)</author>
            <title>Tips for Selling in a Down Market</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Warmer weather tends to spark movement in the real estate market. Moving is easier and people want to be settled in their new home by fall for school. Even so, selling a house right now isn't exactly an easy proposition. It takes a little more work to sell a home than in previous years. Here are some top home selling strategies to keep in mind.Price it right. There are about seven homes on the market for every buyer right now. Pricing it right from the beginning increases chances of selling a ho... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:08:58 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>info@homesofminnesota.com (Homes of Minnesota Team)</author>
            <title>Downsizing Into a Smaller Home</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Many people want to live at home when they grow older. Often that first means moving into a smaller, more manageable home.The &quot;Smart House, Livable Community, Your Future&quot;
 exhibition explores the housing trend of &quot;aging in place&quot; through a 
display &quot;house of the future&quot; that accommodates the special needs of the
 elderly. But what about the people who are advancing in age and ready 
to make a decision about housing now? Downsizing from a family home when
 peop... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 02:04:41 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>info@homesofminnesota.com (Homes of Minnesota Team)</author>
            <title>Staging Leads to Picture-Perfect Homes and Quicker Sales</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Five years ago, real estate agents had to explain home staging to potential home sellers. Today, the concept has caught on.With an average of eight homes for every buyer in the Twin Cities area, according to the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors, a house that looks it best has a much better chance of selling. A thorough cleansing, decluttering, and packing away personal items to make a home appear more appealing to strangers can only go so far when the goal is to sell it. In today's marke... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:16:14 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>info@homesofminnesota.com (Homes of Minnesota Team)</author>
            <title>Selling a Home During the Holidays</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Thanksgiving is tomorrow, with the winter holiday season following quickly on its heals. You're busy, you're family is busy, your friends are busy - it's hard to imagine trying to sell a home during this time, but sometimes it can't be helped. There can be some advantages, though, as people who look for homes during the holiday season tend to be more serious buyers. Additionally, because many people take their homes of the market in December, serious buyers have fewer homes to choose from, which... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 04:58:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>info@homesofminnesota.com (Homes of Minnesota Team)</author>
            <title>Home Selling / Buying Season May be Unpredictable in the Twin Cities</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ The real estate news in the Twin Cities is a mixed bag. The final month of the home buyer tax credits and fewer foreclosure homes available for purchase raised home prices in April. The median sales price of a home sold in the Twin Cities metro area rose to $169,800. That is an 11% increase from April 2009. It was the fourth consecutive month of year-over-year price increases. It was also the fourth straight month of month-over-month increases, with prices up more than 8% since January.This good... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 23:34:15 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>info@homesofminnesota.com (Homes of Minnesota Team)</author>
            <title>More Accurate Appraisals of a Trend</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ When it comes to setting a price for your home that&rsquo;s correct for the current market, many aspects are taken into account. One that is seeing a great amount of emphasis right now are &ldquo;comps&rdquo;: the comparable sales of other properties in your areas.&nbsp; Used as standards in home real estate appraisals, buyers and sellers haven&rsquo;t needed to be concerned about &ldquo;comps&rdquo; as long as real estate values were on the upswing.
In this slumping market, mortgage lenders ha... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:40:05 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>info@homesofminnesota.com (Homes of Minnesota Team)</author>
            <title>Tips for First Time Home Sellers</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Last week, I wrote some do&rsquo;s and don&rsquo;ts to help first time home buyers prepare to buy their first home.&nbsp; Last week, there were tips specifically for selling a home during the fall.&nbsp; Yesterday, I started providing information for sellers, specifically about tips for selling a vacant home.&nbsp; Today, I&rsquo;d like to address first time home sellers.&nbsp; Newness to the home selling process and a lethargic real estate market could make anyone balk at the prospect of sellin... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:12:21 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>info@homesofminnesota.com (Homes of Minnesota Team)</author>
            <title>Tips to Sell a Vacant House</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Last week, I wrote some tips for first time home buyers.&nbsp; Specifically, things they should do and shouldn't do when preparing to buy a home.&nbsp; But buyers are only part of the equation, sellers are another big part.&nbsp; This week, I&rsquo;ll talk about some tips for people who are trying to sell homes. I&rsquo;ll start with the subject of vacant homes, since there are so many homes which have been foreclosed on or whose owners got too impatient to wait for it to sell.
After years and ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:19:34 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>info@homesofminnesota.com (Homes of Minnesota Team)</author>
            <title>Home Selling Tips for the Fall</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Yesterday was the autumn equinox and the first official day of fall.&nbsp; Summer, which is traditionally the best season for selling homes, has ended by calendar standards.&nbsp; This tends to be the time of year when the housing market starts to slow down, with fewer homes selling.&nbsp; There are some steps which can be taken in order to increase the appeal of your home to potential buyers.&nbsp; If your goal is to sell your home this fall, take these tips into consideration: 
1. &nbsp;First... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:33:35 -0500</pubDate>
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