Thanks for coming back to my blog. Make sure to sign up to get emails when I post!Up, Up and Away!  That’s what’s the numbers showed today when they were released by the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors.  Because it’s the holiday season and everyone is busy (at least I am), I’m going to cut right [...]

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For months we have been moving toward stabilizing home values in the Twin Cities.  What do the numbers show this week?  (As a quick reminder we are comparing the statistics from last week to the same week one year ago).  This statistics for this week is like 2 of the previous 3 weeks, here they [...]

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Need fun projects to do with kids on a snow day in Minnesota.  Here are a few of our favorites: Indoor Smores 1 graham cracker 1 small piece of chocolate 1 marshmallow put 1/2 the cracker, chocolate and marshmallow in the microwave for about 15 seconds (depending on the strength of your microwave) Pull it [...]

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Welcome winter weather.  The District 194 Snow Day policy is not as specific as some of the other policies that I have read.  They do however have a process that they follow as to when they call off school.  4:00 a.m. - the National Weather Service to determine the current and forecasted conditions for our area. Schmitty [...]

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Uh oh!  I am looking at these numbers and trying to figure out that just happened, but my spidey sense is tingling.  You’ll see what I mean in a minute. For those of you new to my blog, each week I take a look at the Twin Cities homes for sale statistics from the previous [...]

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The Federal Reserve droping short-term rates to 0 to .25% is down from the previous target of 1%.  What does this mean to the housing market in Minnesota?  The purpose of droping rates is to stimulate the economy.  If banks charge very little interest on money that is being borrowed, then potentially people will push [...]

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ROSEMOUNT, Minn. — District 196 Superintendent John D. Currie today announced to district staff and the community his plans to retire at the end of the current school year, effective June 30, 2009. “It has been an honor and a privilege to serve this community and this great school district, especially the past six years [...]

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The Lakeville collection for Toys for Tots continues to receive donations from residents and local businesses at all of our Lakeville police stations. Detective Greg Jensen of the Lakeville police department, reported that one business alone donated 300 stuffed animals and that there has also been $500 in cash donations received so far this year. There [...]

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“Give me a D, a bouncy D!”  Do you remember the old Martin Short bit on Saturday Night Live where he was a washed up jingle writer?  He always went around asking for a certain note–and he wanted it bouncy.  That’s kind of what the statistices look like this week–bouncy. As I mentioned in last [...]

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