Shrewd Real Estate Blog

Originally posted at www.stcloudedina.com/blog on 04/16/08:I am seeing a lot of people who want to put the "carriage in front of the horse" recently.  What I mean by this phrase is that there are many people who want to start looking at houses before the get pre-approved for a home purchase.Getti...

Originally posted at www.stcloudedina.com/blog on 04/16/08:I am happy to say that on Monday, the mayor of Sauk Rapids (Mark Campbell) appointed me (Jason Tangen) to the Sauk Rapids Building/Housing Appeals Board.  I look forward to serving with Art Buhs, Spencer Buerkle, Randy Klug, and Kurt Schi...

For those of you in the St Cloud area who were planning on purchasing a home with 0% down, your loan options are disappearing fast.  It sounds like as of April 7th, 2008 Freddie Mac will follow Fannie Mae's lead in declaring the majority of the areas covered by the St Cloud MLS declining markets....

With the way that the laws are currently written for real estate, I propose this thought for people to digest.The only person who is truly hurt by a foreclosed property is the neighbor.I don't want to sound mean or insensitive to the home owner who has just been thrown out of their homestead, but...