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HOW DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE CAN TRANSFORM BLACK HOMEOWNERSHIP Greay information supplied by DPA of Mn,In a recent study, we found that overall, the number of homebuyers eligible for down

Click here to view this email in your browser.New Listings and Pending Sales Rise, Interest Rates Begin to FallThe 2023 housing market closed the year on a high note as mortgage rates

How to Get StartedTake control of your home’s energy use through our home energy-saving programs.Whether you are looking to improve your existing home or building a brand new one, we can help

https://homehelpmn.org/HomeHelpMN is offered through Minnesota Housing to help if you have fallen behind on your mortgage or other housing-related expenses due to the pandemic. Whether it’s

The 2023 legislative session was a historic year with a more than $1.3 billion investment in housing! The new state funding will help to create and preserve multifamily rental housing, make

Legislae UpdateThought we wouls share thisLegislative Update: Housing Development Resources for 2023 Multifamily Consolidated Request for ProposalsThe 2023 legislative session was a historic year

Meeting every real estate needToday, the company takes pride in going far beyond the basics, to meet virtually all their customers’ real estate needs. Weichert has turned its sales offices

Flipping houses can be a path to wealth if you play your cards right, but it can also result in money pits and small returns if you don't know what you're doing. Before you get ready to flip your

Available Funding Reminder: Capacity Building InitiativeThere is still time to apply for Minnesota Housing's Capacity Building Initiative! The Capacity Building Initiative is intended to build

Staging a home isn’t an exact science — it’s more of an art, one that covers several rooms and flows throughout a home. If you’re thinking that it doesn’t sound easy,

Buying a new home can be an exciting time. It can also be frustrating and exhausting. To help prepare you for home hunting success, here are five important things to know about the market before you

There are enough television shows and magazine spreads about home decorating that many of us probably assume we have the basics down pat — declutter to the nth degree and clean, clean, clean,

There are two schools of thought when it comes to real estate agents publicly supporting charities. One school holds that this is a solid business strategy — it can help differentiate agents

Can you buy a house before you turn 21?There's a general worldview that the younger generations will never be able to achieve homeownership because housing values have outpaced wage growth for

Is testing the market a good idea?Selling a house isn’t exactly like selling any other piece of property; there’s no reference book on how much a home should cost because home value

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Lots of people are attracted to a career in real estate -- but is it the right future path for you? The thing about selling real estate is that not anybody can do it, but everybody thinks they can.

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                                               Many buyers are understandably

When you were growing up, there were probably certain milestones that you imagined you would reach in your adult life that would be momentous and important. Falling in love and getting married are

You may know that more productive, successful real estate agents have assistants to help them manage the minutiae of the business — but how do you know if you’re there, yet? The question

Many buyers are understandably nervous about buying a foreclosed home, also known as a distressed sale. There are horror stories galore about people purchasing a foreclosure and regretting it, but

It's stressful being a landlord at the best of times, but when the time comes for you to sell your investment property and move on, the stress can feel palpable. You've probably spent time getting

When your job is heavily tilted toward customer service, you know that you have to deal with all kinds of people -- and you aren't going to like all of them. That's just part of life! But there's a

The first time you heard the term, "escrow" you may have been thrown for a loop. While the word may have had you confused the first time, here are some essential things to know about escrow--what it

As anybody who has ever bought a house before knows, real estate is quite expensive! Many buyers, although elated that they're about to be homeowners (either for the first time or in new digs), also

Upgrade or improving your home can be one of the most rewarding activities you could undertake — and that includes monetarily, because depending on the improvement, you can boost your home

Every real estate brokerage is pretty much the same — right? Even though this seems like common knowledge among buyers, the truth is that the real estate brokerage where your agent hangs their

The final walk-through is an exciting time for buyers: The house is almost yours! It can be tempting to spend the time set aside for the walk-through mentally planning where you'll place your