Real Estate in the Western Minneapolis Suburbs

Various Topics & Just For Fun

Energy Saver Rebates & Loans

Winter is just around the corner. Last year at this time we already had snow on the ground. If you’re worried about the rising heating bills of winter there is some good news for homeowners, The Minnesota fix up rebates and funds are back in action for 2010. The program offers homeowners a low-interest loan …

Twin Cities Market Update October 2010

Courtesy of the Minneapolis Board of Realtors. In the Twin Cities metropolitan area, the frost that some of us found on our lawns also kept the housing market in a sort of frozen state. For the week ending September 25, sellers placed 1,382 new homes on the market, which was 19.9 percent fewer than last …

Midwest Economy Shows Improvement

Economy in the Midwest Shows Improvement The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis reported that the economy in the Upper Midwest is strengthening at a modest pace. Fed economists Toby Madden and Rob Grunewald delivered their mid-year update on the regional economic outlook last week. The data indicates that employment, consumer spending, manufacturing and home construction …

David Rosenberg On The Housing Market

I found this article with comments by David Rosenberg, Chief Economist & strategist with Gluskin Sheff on the housing market. “If the Fed stops buying mortgages and the government allows the tax credits to expire as planned at the end of the quarter, then we would expect housing activity to roll over. As it stands, …

A View Of the Market

You may think that the colder temperatures and holidays would contribute to a slower market. That could not be less true than these past couple of months. Many fine homes are available, great rates are here to stay for a time, tax credit extensions and other benefits to home ownership have combined to make this …

Perhaps It’s Time We Slow Down

Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning.  A man with a violin plays six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes.  During that time approx 2 thousand people passed through the station, most of them on their way to work.  After 3 minutes a middle-aged man noticed there was a musician playing.  He slowed …

Rockford River Days 2009

Each year for the Rockford River Day’s I order some give-a-ways ahead of time, this year was no different. I had ordered sport water bottles (32oz) to give out that would have been really cool. Well the Friday before the parade I decided to call and follow up as to what time that day they …

The Bad & Ugly Of The Palm Pre

OK, I have had this Palm Pre for 6 days now and there are some bugs. With any new product I would not expect anything less so not complaining to simply complain here. For those of you that know me I am a Blackberry user and have been for years but really wanted to upgrade …