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Minneapolis Market Report
Weekly Market Activity Report With the home-buyer tax credit now expanded and extended, sales activity in the Twin Cities region slowed down as expected for the week ending November 7. And by “slowed down,” we mean it “only” posted a 17.2 percent year-over-year increase as opposed to last week’s 42.9 percent year-over-year increase. So we’re being [...]
Minneapolis Market Report
Weekly Market Activity Report With the home-buyer tax credit now expanded and extended, sales activity in the Twin Cities region slowed down as expected for the week ending November 7. And by “slowed down,” we mean it “only” posted a 17.2 percent year-over-year increase as opposed to last week’s 42.9 percent year-over-year increase. So we’re being [...]
Weekly Market Report for home sales in Minneapolis
Weekly Market Activity Report The Twin Cities housing market continues to post strong pending sales figures as fall progresses. For the week ending October 31, there were 826 pending sales. That’s down from the week before but 42.9 percent greater than the same week last year. The extension and expansion of the tax credit means that first-time [...]
Weekly Market Activity Report for home sales in Minneapolis
Weekly Market Activity Report Did you get all your screams out over the Halloween weekend? Well here?s a scary thought to keep you in the Halloween spirit: we?re running out of homes to sell in the lower price ranges. For the week ending October 24 there were 926 signed purchase agreements, up a monstrous (get it?) 53.8 [...]
Weekly Market Activity Report Real Estate Minneapolis
Once again, the six-day gap between where Labor Day fell in 2008 and where it fell this year is causing our year-over-year weekly numbers to look weird. For the week ending September 12, you’ll see a steep drop-off in new listings and pending sales, but there’s no such dip last year. New listings for the week [...]
Weekly Market Activity Report for home sales in Minneapolis
In 2008, Labor Day fell on September 1; this year, it fell on September 7. That six-day gap is enough to make our year-over-year comparisons of weekly market activity look a little goofy this week. For instance, for the week ending September 5, there were a whopping 42.9 percent more pending sales than there were [...]
Weekly Housing Market Activity Report for Minneapolis Real Estate
For the first time in 9 months, the number of weekly new listings coming on the market was actually higher than it was a year ago. The 1,641 new homes on the market during the week ending August 29 represent a 3.3 percent increase from a year ago. The slight year-over-year uptick is due in [...]
Real Estate Weekly Market Activity Report
In 2006, the inventory of homes for sale was plentiful and buyers were in short supply. Regular followers of our weekly report will have noticed that a shift has been in the works for several months. The week-to-week patterns of pending sales and inventory resemble market patterns from last year, but pending sales have consistently [...]
Weekly Market Activity Report
The Twin Cities housing market continues to regain a semblance of balance in supply and demand. For the week ending August 8, there were 1,802 new listings, down 9.5 percent from last year. There were also 1,037 purchase agreements signed (pending sales), up 15.2 percent above last year. The total inventory of homes available for [...]
Weekly Housing Market Activity Report for Minneapolis Real Estate
Real Estate is still Hot, let me know if you want more data. Thanks. Woof, it’s getting hot out there. The Twin Cities housing market is entering the dog days of summer, and with that comes a bit more stagnant air revolving around new inventory. The 1,637 new listings for the week ending August 1 are [...]


