Archive for the 'Maple Grove Stuff' Category
Maple Grove Days Are Here Again!
July 7th, 2008 Categories: Maple Grove Stuff, Real Estate News, The Good Life
Yay! It’s Maple Grove Days again! Check out the link for your event map and schedule. See you there!
http://www.maplegrovedays.com/
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Price It Right and It Will Sell In Maple Grove and Plymouth, MN
June 18th, 2008 Categories: Maple Grove Stuff, Plymouth Current Housing Statistics, Real Estate News
You know it… I know it.
The real estate market has been horrible. Except…for my listings.
“Oh really”, you say. Yes, oh really.
I priced them right.
If you have a home listed that’s not selling or if you let it expire because it didn’t sell, chances are that you had your price too high. You either didn’t care if you sold or didn’t feel that you could walk away with little or no profit. Deep down, you knew you had it priced too high, but you stood firm and figured someone would come along and pay it.
Unfortunately, it just doesn’t work that way for most of us. The numbers speak for themselves. If your Realtor did a market analysis for you, you pretty much knew what price your home should have been listed at. If the price was right and you still didn’t get any offers, you probably needed to have it staged. If you didn’t have it staged, your Realtor should have given you feedback from your showings letting you know what others thought of the home.
It’s very important to price it right in the first place. The first two weeks of the listing is when you will get the most showings. If the price is too high, you just closed a big window of opportunity!
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GE Electronic Lock “I” Box…How to Ruin a Beautiful Sunday Open House In Maple Grove
June 7th, 2008 Categories: Maple Grove Stuff, My Listings, Real Estate News
It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon and I was just about to go show houses in Savage when one of my co-agents called to say he couldn’t get into the lock box at the open house he was doing for me in Maple Grove. I told him I’d be right there and when I arrived with my “key”, which is my Treo phone, it wouldn’t open it either.
Turns out, we had a total of three showings that day and two had already come and gone without getting in to see the property. We had another showing scheduled for that evening, too!
My co-worker was kind enough to wait for the homeowner (who we called) to get another key and stay later than the scheduled open to show the other Realtor who was coming. He’s a sweetie!
The $80 GE Supra “I” Box was as dead as a doornail. I checked on my computer at home and it claimed on the website that it had an 88% battery life. OK. So what, then, was the problem? Read the rest of this entry »
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Uh Oh! Here We Go Again! Good Times in the Keller Williams Parking Lot
May 14th, 2008 Categories: Keller Williams, Maple Grove Police Department, Maple Grove Stuff, Real Estate News
Here we go again. This is the fourth accident this sweet little car of mine has been in since I bought it 3 years ago. All of the accidents were during real estate related activities. Of course, that’s about all I do, so it stands to reason!
Anyway, some lady backed into my car while I was sitting in it this evening in the Keller Williams Realty Northwest parking lot. I got out and tried to flag her down. She just sort of looked at me funny and took off. I got her license plate, though. I called the very polite and pleasant Maple Grove Police Department. The policeman was a sweetie and we’ll do our best to track her down.
Here’s the car… 
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Minneapolis Little Transplant Makes a Big Move ~ Citizen Barber
April 8th, 2008 Categories: Maple Grove Stuff, Real Estate News, The Good Life
We girls in the northwest suburbs have a really great friend. We are so lucky. She moved here from Toronto in 1998.
Our buddy, Renate Barber, Maple Grove, MN, is now a U.S. citizen!
Woo Hoo! She’s the cutest little doll in her 50’s in the Twin Cities. I dare ya to challenge that statement! Congratulations, Renate!
All the best, Renate!
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Ahhh…Finally, a Day Off! Cooking Up a Storm…The Day in the Life of a Busy Realtor
March 22nd, 2008 Categories: Home Style, Keller Williams, Maple Grove Stuff, My Listings, Outside of the Box, Real Estate News, Taste Minnesota, The Good Life, Twin City Sellers
After six weeks of sitting the Parade of Homes and taking care of my sellers, it’s finally Easter weekend.
OK, I spent four hours in the office today (ask Jen Crockett at my Keller Williams Market Center…I was there!) but I still felt like it was a bit of a vacation. I haven’t figured out why I feel that way. Maybe no appointments. Maybe I figured no one would call me. Maybe I figured everyone else was busy with their families for the Easter holiday weekend.
Here’s what I did when I got home at 3ish… Read the rest of this entry »
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Plymouth and Maple Grove: Where Did All the Restaurants Go…Big Changes in the Northwest Suburbs?
March 14th, 2008 Categories: Maple Grove Stuff, Real Estate News, Taste Minnesota, Twin Cities Real Estate Economy
The slow death of the Minneapolis suburban northwest restaurants.
Hopps, Doolittles, Krispie Creme, Friday’s, Rudolph’s in Plymouth, Green Mill in Maple Grove…what else? I can’t recall. Well, I know there are a lot more. Don’t feel like mentioning any more. Anyway, they’re goners.
When my husband, Tony, and I first moved to Minnesota, we used to go to Read the rest of this entry »
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Maple Grove Real Estate - Current Housing Statistics - January, 2008
February 28th, 2008 Categories: Maple Grove Current Housing Statistics, Maple Grove Stuff, Real Estate News, Twin Cities Home Buyers, Twin Cities Real Estate Economy, Twin City Sellers
Here are the latest statistics from the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors for Maple Grove. The chart explains itself, but in a nutshell, there were 4.3% less single family homes on the market in January this year than last year.
In January, many homes had their listing expire only to wait until after the holidays. The housing affordability has not been this good since 2004, according to the association. I believe that we’re near the end of the price cuts, too.
Ready, buyers?
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Swirling and Whirling…Maple Grove Real Estate Gone Scrumptious
February 27th, 2008 Categories: Home Style, Keller Williams, Maple Grove Stuff, Taste Minnesota
The big Keller Williams Maple Grove Real Estate Bake Sale is ON! I made chocolate peanut butter brownies with peanut butter frosting…
Come get it! Mmmm…..
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Top Ten Reasons Why I Love Maple Grove
January 15th, 2008 Categories: Maple Grove Stuff, Real Estate News, Twin Cities Real Estate Economy, Twin City Sellers
After having a conversation with one of my Realtor buddies from south of the river, I have decided to rave a little about Maple Grove. Seems he thinks his end of town is better and I’d like to share with you my thoughts.
Here are my top ten reasons why I love Maple Grove: Read the rest of this entry »
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