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real estate st cloud mn: Central Minnesota Commission Going Up in Tough Times - 03/07/09 10:18 AM
Originally posted at www.StCloudEdina.com/blog on January 9th, 2009:
I am wrapping up some of the initial numbers for the real estate sales from the St Cloud MLS and one stat jumped out at me recently. It looks like the average payout that home sellers are willing to give to an agent who finds them a buyer (Compensation to Buyer's Broker) has gone up quite substantially in the past few years.
According to the St Cloud MLS, commissions paid to a Buyer's Broker for a real estate transaction have gone up 15% in the last 4 years.
What does that mean? People … (0 comments)
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real estate st cloud mn: Real Estate Business - Jason Tangen's Year End Review - 01/03/09 11:12 AM
Originally posted at http://stcloudedina.com/blog on 12/27/08:
I am a little anxious to get started on the final tally of numbers for the St Cloud MLS in 2008. In the meantime, I am finishing up some of my own personal numbers and one stuck out as a glaring "heads-up" to any potential seller in the St Cloud MLS.
There were 13 listings last year that I lost out on to other agents or chose to not list. Most of them were because of price. My starting price was too low for what each seller needed to get in order to sell. I hate to be … (0 comments)
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real estate st cloud mn: Proud to Add e-Pro Designation - 09/22/08 11:28 AM
I am proud to say that I have completed my e-Pro course from the National Association of REALTORS. By learning some new tools, I now have even more at my disposal to ensure that my buyers and sellers receive the ultimate service in their real estate transactions.
My e-Pro designation goes along with my other designations for real estate: licensed real estate broker, Certified Negotiations Specialist, e-Marketing Specialist, and Graduate of the REALTOR Institute (GRI).
Jason Tangen - GRI, e-Pro - Real Estate Broker Associate with Edina Realty in St Cloud
http://jasontangen.edinarealty.com - Search open houses in St Cloud MN and … (0 comments)
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real estate st cloud mn: Free Home Value Estimator in Central MN - The e-Market Analysis - 04/25/08 10:00 AM
The e-Market Analysis is a free home value estimator in the St Cloud area. I wish that I could cover a larger area, but I can only manually figure out estimates of home values in areas covered by the St Cloud MLS (Clearwater, Clear Lake, Becker, Foley, Rice, Avon, Albany, Cold Spring, Rockville, Richmond, Kimball, Annandale, St Stephen, St Joseph, Sauk Rapids, Sartell, Waite Park, and St Cloud). Outside of this 15 mile circle around St Cloud, MN my effective range drops drastically. I can sometimes get you in touch with someone locally that can help, but I can't guarantee that … (1 comments)
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real estate st cloud mn: Getting Homes SOLD in St Cloud MN - 04/20/08 09:21 AM
I have looked back over all my old real estate files and in almost 5 years of real estate I have had two homes that I lost to other agents after I had them in contract to sell. Both of homes went to decent agents in the area, and neither home sold. Hmmm... I don't want to toot my own horn, but I am pretty impressed with myself.
Maybe I should try out a new slogan... "Not for Sale... SOLD."
Or maybe... "Jason, Jason, he's our man. If he can't sell it no one can."
With real estate sales, a lot of real estate agents will tell you how … (0 comments)
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real estate st cloud mn: Offer Negotiations 100 for Home Sellers (The Prerequisite for Negotiation 101) - 04/17/08 07:55 AM
Originally posted at www.stcloudedina.com/blog on 03/29/08:
I'm all for the Central Minnesota method of haggling. I think it comes from the fact that most of us are only a couple generations removed from the true hagglers and wheelers and dealers of the past: the farmers.
One of the biggest problems facing some of the sellers of real estate in St Cloud, MN is that they feel like they are being taken by the buyers in today's market. While it is true that your home is not selling for what it did two short years ago, you have to remember your true goal: … (0 comments)
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real estate st cloud mn: Business Testimonial: Brenda Roettger at Tri-County Abstract in St Cloud, MN - 04/17/08 07:48 AM
Originally posted at www.stcloudedina.com/blog on 04/10/08:
had an issue the other day with one of the local builders not wanting to give lien waivers on their property. With how many builders are suffering right now and not making payments on work completed, I think that this is something more people need to take into serious consideration when purchasing a newly built home. More on that in a later post.
Thanks to an ill-cooperative builder, my home buyers had to change horses mid-stream and close on their new property at a different location than they had originally intended. Their original closing was to have taken … (0 comments)
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real estate st cloud mn: St Cloud Times is Finally Changing Website for Real Estate - 04/17/08 07:37 AM
Originally posted on www.stcloudedina.com/blog on 04/07/08:
I would like to publicly say congratulations to the St Cloud Times for finally correcting the mistake that was their old Home Times Website. I received a copy of a form letter this weekend regarding how the St Cloud Times will be abandoning its current real estate website and favoring a up to date, broker reciprocity website.
This new website should allow users to view all of the homes that are listed for sale on the St Cloud MLS. I haven't seen the new format yet, but anything is better than the inaccurate data source that they had … (0 comments)
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real estate st cloud mn: Get Pre-Approved to Purchase Before you Look at Homes - 04/17/08 07:34 AM
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.
Getting pre-approved before you start looking at real estate is not only a good idea, it is something that most decent REALTORS mandate. Why? To be honest, we don't want to drive you all around town if a) you can't currently make a home purchase and/or b) we might be showing homes outside … (0 comments)
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real estate st cloud mn: Staging to Sell Your Home Basics - 03/29/08 08:36 AM
Originally posted at www.stcloudedina.com/blog on Sept. 23rd, 2007:
I thought that it might be helpful for home sellers to know some basic tips on how or what to do in staging your home for sale. Most of us have seen one of those "Sell My House" type of television shows that take a home and stage it for sale. Listed below are some of the most basic ideas that every seller needs to know when preparing to sell their home.
1) Clean up the exterior. Some of the greatest buys on the market aren't shown because the yard looks too horrible. If you've had some landscaping ideas, or if your … (0 comments)
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real estate st cloud mn: Increasing Real Estate Sales in Central Minnesota - 03/25/08 10:35 PM
With the end of the first quarter fast approaching, I am a little curious to find out how the numbers are going to stack up for real estate sales in '08 vs. '07. I've heard that the number crunchers nationally and statewide are seeing a 2% increase in residential sales over the same time frame last year.
My hunch is that we will see an increase in the total number of homes sold but a decrease in the average and median prices in the St Cloud market. My reasoning for this is the broken chain in home purchases that is caused by the increased … (2 comments)
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Jason Tangen
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