April Edition – Minneapolis Real Estate Statistics Video Released!

April 15th, 2009

MAAR has released the March housing market statistics and commentary in their video April video… worth your time if you’re interested in what’s going on in the local market!

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December Minneapolis/St. Paul Housing Statistics Released

January 26th, 2009

Here’s MAAR’s monthly video on what’s happening in our market… some very interesting news if you pay attention:

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Builders Association of the Twin Cities (BATC) Releases December Stats

January 21st, 2009

 NEWS RELEASE

Builder's Association of the Twin Cities Stats

Roseville, MN (January 12, 2009) – December permit statistics are a clear indication that regional builders were more than ready to close the books on 2008. Planned units dropped to just six more than the year’s monthly

low in February, and and down 60 percent compared to December 2007. Multi-family units made up just 36 percent of the month’s total, a drop from the 50 to 70 percent each month since July.

According to statistics compiled by the Keystone Report for the Builders Association of the Twin Cities (BATC), there were 223 units permitted during the month of December 2008, down from the 420 units permitted in November 2008. Housing activity ended the year 40 percent below 2007. A total of 5,397 units were permitted in 2008, compared to 8,961 units permitted last year.

The housing sector has borne the brunt of this economic downturn, losing an estimated three million jobs since the peak of housing expansion in 2005.

“Housing traditionally accounts for 15 cents of every dollar spent in the United States,” says BATC President Mike Swanson. “Therefore housing must be a centerpiece of any recovery plan.”

“The housing industry, spearheaded by the National Assocition of Home Builders’ Fix Housing First Coalition, is urging Congress to take action that includes ensuring below-market mortgage rates and expanded home buyer tax credits,” explains Swanson. “These measures will help to stablize home prices, prevent future foreclosures, restore consumer confidence and start creating jobs.”

Hudson, WI led the metro in building activity for the month with 29 units permitted in December. Woodbury followed with 19 units permitted, Maple Grove was next with 18 units permitted, followed by Blaine with 15 and Hugo at 12. 

 

The Builders Association of the Twin Cities has contracted with Keystone Report, a local research firm, to maintain a database with information about new residential construction permits around the metropolitan area. After a builder has picked up the permit from a city, Keystone Report compiles and updates weekly residential housing permits by city for 70 percent of the metropolitan- area municipalities in the greater 13-county region. Planned units are the total number of housing units planned to be built under the permits issued (one permits is issued per building which may include more than one housing unit). Permit value does not include the land/lot costs.

 

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Monthly Statistics Video Released

December 18th, 2008

December’s video update from MAAR is now available with some great news:

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Monthly Housing Update Video from MAAR

December 1st, 2008

This has been out for a couple weeks… sorry for the delay in posting… good information!

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Minneapolis/St. Paul Foreclosures and Short Sales

November 10th, 2008

The time seems to be flying as it seem like the last 3 months have gone by so quickly. For the last few weeks, Jeff Allen & I have been putting the final touches on the 3rd Quarter update to our report on Foreclosure and Short Sale activity in the Greater Minneapolis/St. Paul Region. We’ve revised the methodology to account for a new field our MLS recently added that discloses SOME of the properties that are either a foreclosure and short sale. We also found some additional terms that agents have been using to describe their listings as being Lender Mediated.

A phenomenon that has also been picking up in the last few months is the usage of “not a foreclosure,” “not a short sale” and others. It seems that many agents and/or their sellers have come to feel that it is important to note that their properties that are not in a distressed sales situation. In a market where many foreclosures are in horrible condition and a short sale can take 2 weeks to 4 months to negotiate (and only maybe successfully) I would agree that in many cases it is good to distance your property from that market if there’s any chance of misperception. In this quarter’s report we’ve made sure to exclude properties that are listed with those terms.

Take a look at the report!

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October Minneapolis/St. Paul Market Statistics Update

October 31st, 2008

The Minneapolis Area Association of REALTORS has released their latest market stats update video, take a look:

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Minneapolis Foreclosures Falling?

October 4th, 2008

Star Tribune has an article discussing how Sheriff’s Sales in Minneapolis might be peaking. The article gives several possible reasons for the peak in activity and discusses some of the things that are being done to help address the problem.

We’re far from through this crisis, but it seems like every few weeks there is a new data point that shows we’re finding fundamental levels and once we know where are boundaries are, I believe we’ll all feel more comfortable with the future of the housing markt.

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Minneapolis Real Estate Market Stats – July 2008

July 25th, 2008

MAAR releases their latest data and a 4 minute commentary… not too bad a watch:

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Aaron Dickinson and MAAR Publish Report on Foreclosures and Short Sales on Twin Cities MLS

May 5th, 2008

Check it out now

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