home buying: The World Didn’t End on May 21st, but the Twin Cities Real Estate Rapture is Coming Soon!
- 06/08/11 05:12 AM
The World Didn’t End on May 21st, but the Twin Cities Real Estate Rapture is Coming Soon! The dreaded Double Dip is upon us! Are you a little bit curious about what comes next? If you don’t currently own and are looking to buy a home, you may be tenting your fingers together, putting on your best Mr. Burns impression and saying, “Eeeexcelent.” If you own a home, whether you need to sell or not, you may be asking yourself, “What happened to the American Dream of home ownership?!” Maybe you also added a few expletives… You probably heard that the (0 comments)
When I saw the real estate market information for the year 2010 in Stillwater, Minnesota & 55082 I have to say there were positives whether you're a home buyer OR a home seller. Firstly in the 55082 zip code, which includes all of Stillwater, Minnesota, we had 237 single family homes sold that were traditional sales. Traditional means they weren't bank owned or short sales. This is almost an 11% INCREASE over 2009! The median price of the homes sold was (0 comments)
home buying: Have you stopped saving money? If not then read on!
- 12/13/10 03:52 PM
I keep coming back to the stock market and our involvement with it even as small scale investors contributing what we can to our 401k's and IRA's. I'm thinking about this in relation to the investment of buying a home. For many, many years, almost all people would agree that home ownership was part of a diverse plan to retire with something more than just your good name. At the same time, for many years people have contributed to a company sponsored 401K, or 403B and/or their own Traditional or ROTH IRA. Just like the real estate market, the stock market (1 comments)