Minneapolis – St. Paul Real Estate Information
The National Association of Realtors publishes the Real Estate Insights monthly. If you want a copy of the latest issue in pdf format, just drop me an e-mail.
There are some market indicator statistics that are published in this newsletter. A quick glance includes the following:
Existing home inventory is up.
Existing home sales is down 1% from [...]
Posted on July 28th, 2008 by Steve Hong
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I recently was having a problem with PowerPoint 2007 running very slowly. A switch from slide to slide in the editing view, would take anywhere from 4-20 seconds. Just typing a word would take 5 seconds per word! This was getting very annoying.
There are several good suggestions from others in the community about loading a [...]
Posted on July 25th, 2008 by Steve Hong
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When I meet people for the first time, they usually ask THE question when I mention that I’m in real estate. The question: “How’s THAT going?” or “Isn’t that a tough business?” or “Isn’t it hard to sell homes right now?” or somthing else to the effect. Frankly, the real estate market is not as bad [...]
Posted on July 18th, 2008 by Steve Hong
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Sorry folks. The best first-time house is now gone. This lovely cottage in Arden Hills sold quickly.
Posted on July 17th, 2008 by Steve Hong
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Is Open Office a viable alternative to Microsoft Office? The short answer is maybe. If you don’t need to share files with anyone else, and you only generate documents for yourself, then Open Office may work for you.
I just recently installed it to get around a Microsoft problem. But unfortunately, it is not compatible with [...]
Posted on July 5th, 2008 by Steve Hong
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What’s the difference between a Short Sale and a Foreclosure?
A Short Sale is when the homeowner owes more than the property is worth, and cannot pay back the difference. They are short of full payoff. Here’s an example: Let’s say the homeowner buys a house for $200,000, with a primary mortgage of $160,000, and [...]
Posted on July 2nd, 2008 by Steve Hong
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