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June 2009 Market Update

06-19-09
Myra Jensen
The June Monthly Skinny from the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors. The market continues to look a little better every month with pending sales up 17% over May of 2008 and a decrease in the number of homes on the market. The number of sales in May that were lender mediated was down to 43% of all sales. The median home price was $165,000, down 19.5% from 2008, but slightly higher than the month before.

May Monthly Skinny

05-27-09
Myra Jensen
May Monthly Skinny from the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors. Sales are up, but over 40% of sales are lender mediated. Market is driven by currently low mortgage rates, low prices and the $8,000 first time homebuyer tax credit. Although there are fewer homes on the market compared to this time last year, it is not a rosy picture for the traditional home seller, as they face fierce competition from the lender mediated listings.

Twin Cities Housing Market Update April 2009

05-01-09
Myra Jensen
The Monthly Skinny from the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors

January 2009 - The Monthly Skinny from the Mpls Area Association of Realtors

01-26-09
Myra Jensen
Here is some great information from the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors
Finally some good news - listings down, sales starting to go up. But foreclosures are still the hot item right now. For a free list of homes including foreclosures and short sales, visit http://www.hothomesmn.com

Myra Jensen
The Jensen Team
Keller Williams Classic Realty NW

Rogers Market Update -2008 Summary

01-17-09
Myra Jensen

Happy New Year! The Rogers Real Estate Market had a tough 2008, but you will be happy to know that there were homes selling! The TOTAL number of Sold Single Family Homes in Rogers in 2008 was 108 homes.

Of these 108 homes:

56% of homes sold were priced between $200,000-300,000

24% were priced between $300,000-$400,000

The lowest priced home that sold in Rogers in 2008 was a 3br, 1ba home built in 1946 that sold for $95,000 and the highest priced home sold in 2008 was on over 6 acres on the Crow River in Hassan Township that sold for $680,000.

The average sales price was $267,041, and average Days on Market was 188 days. Sellers received an average of 92% of list price, down from 95% in 2007.

A little bit of good news right now, as of January 17th 2009, there are only 68 Single Family homes on the market, down 30% from the same time in 2007. This means that we currently have between 7-8 months of inventory on the market, which is quite a bit lower than the past few months. The market is considered "balanced" when it has between 5-6 months of inventory.

So if you are thinking about selling, this may be a good time to put your home on the market. But if you are not willing to be aggressive and flexible with pricing and staging, you may as well not list, because buyers are still looking for that 'Deal".

Rogers Homes For Sale

Information taken from the Northstar MLS and North Metro Realtors Association NMRA The 100+ Report.