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Monday Linklube: Agents on bikes, home sales highs (and lows), your 14 year old sister understands the financial crisis

by Alex Stenback 10.13.2008

Local· Pending Sales, on the Hop: 42% Spike [The Skinny]· The 5 Most Expensive Homes Sold in Sept [Goheens]· And the 5 Cheapest Homes Sold in Sept [Goheens]· New Twist? Mortgage Fraud Propped Up by Rents [Strib]· CRA and the Twin Cities Market [TCDP]· Realtors on Bikes! Gee Whiz! [Strib]· Downtown Population: 34k, 30% higher [...]

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Weekend Linklube: House Swapping, Celebrity Real Estate, Bed Bugs, and More

by Alex Stenback 09.27.2008

Minnesota Viking Matt Birk’s home is on the market for $3.995M.  Image courtesy Star Tribune. · House Swapping is a Growing Trend [Strib]· Credit Crunch: Remodeling Gets Tougher [WCCO]· Brooklyn Park: Remodeling and Selling Foreclosures [WCCO]· Boutique Hotels Redefine Downtown [KARE]· Eden Prairie: Historic Barn Saved! [Strib]· Jessica Lange Home: Sold, $1.82M [wcco]· Commercial RE: [...]

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Friday Linklube: Drums in the Deep

by Alex Stenback 09.26.2008

       Doom, boom, doom went the drums in the deep.                                      -JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings · Was Wamu Shot as a Hostage? [Interfuidity]· This Cannot Continue. The System is Eating it’s Young [ATC]· Bill O’Reilly Fries them All.  And he [...]

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Thursday Linklube: Zillow Says What?, Housing Weirdness, FDIC has Plenty of Money

by Alex Stenback 09.25.2008

Local· How to Prepare for Economic Collapse? [Bob Collins]· Mahtomehdi: Fear and Confusion + Coffee [Strib]· Affordable Housing Developers Under Tax-Credit Squeeze [F&C]· Local Angle: Zillow Says What? [Technology Evangelist]· Weird: One Act Plays to Solve Housing Disparities. [TCDP]· Urban Fringe Still Booming [Strib] Elsewhere & Otherwise· The Fed May be Forced to Cut Rates [...]

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Wednesday AM Linklube: Edina Bridges, Green Stuff, Buffet and the Bailout

by Alex Stenback 09.24.2008

Local:· Closed: Washington County "Green Acres" Tax Loophole [Strib]· Local Angle: Bailout Won’t Help Homeowners [MPR]· Blowback: Will Wind Power Destroy Property Values? [PiPress]· Historic Edina Bridge: History and Renovation [Strib]· St. Paul School Board Maxes Prop Tax Levy [Strib] Elsewhere & Otherwise· Horse Choker: Goldman Paying Buffet 17% for his Money [Ritholtz]· Great Insight [...]

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Monday Linklube: Bailout Fever, Stumps Gone Mad, MN Companies you cannot short

by Alex Stenback 09.22.2008

Local· Copper Thieves: 4-Plex Explodes [Strib]· Bloomington: Historic Home Razed over Peeling Paint? [Strib]· Home Loans Were Different, Back in the Day [Soucheray] · Woodbury: Property Taxes to Go Up [PiPress]· Foreclosures Causing Tight, More Expensive Rental Market [MPR]· SW Minneapolis Condo Pipeline Has Been Updated [SW Journal]· Tax Discovery on Park-Owned Land is Hit [...]

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Friday PM Links: Curb Appeal, Short Sales, Financial Terrorism

by Alex Stenback 09.19.2008

Local:· Curb Appeal Enthusiasm: Weekend Open House Picks [BTM]· Is Nicollet Island benefitting the public, or not? [TCDP]· 30 Million for Uptown City Apartments [F&C]· Another Architect Home Tour [PiPress]· Where to Find Foreclosures [Strib]· What $400k Buys You in… [Strib]· Should you sign a lease before short sale? [Strib]Elsewhere & Otherwise:· Why the Short [...]

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Thursday Linklube: Cheap Victorians, Widespread Panic, Landlording 101

by Alex Stenback 09.18.2008

Local· Downtown to Get Pedestrianized [MPR]· St. Paul Property Taxes are Heading Down [PiPress]· Buy This Cheap Victorian! [Healy House]· Landlording 101: Mpls Teaches Property Management [F&C]Elsewhere & Otherwise· AIG Rescue Averted Widespread Panic [Jeff Matthews]· $247 BILLION pumped into money markets overnight [Bloomberg]· The Message: Trust No One [WSJ]

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Wednesday Linklube: Who knew there was a Million Dollar Home in Nokomis?

by Alex Stenback 09.17.2008

Local:· Who Knew? There is a Million Dollar Listing in Nokomis [LNRE]· Daily Planet: Adding Up the Cost of Financial Crisis [TCDP]· Tangletown Home Tour:  3 Homes, $5.00 [SW Journal]· How is the MN State Pension Fund Holding Up? [F&C]Elsewhere & Otherwise:· Housing Starts at 17 1/2 Year Low [Reuters]· AIG Bailout: Up to $85 [...]

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