By David Arbit on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015
“The trend is your friend.”
We don’t know who said it, or when. But we believe the spirit of that statement is to ignore the micro fluctuations in the data and focus on the overall, macro-level pattern. L…

By Aubray Erhardt on Tuesday, May 12th, 2015
The number of signed purchase agreements in the 13-county Twin Cities region reached a 10-year high for the month of April. The figure came up just shy of reaching a 10-year record high for any month. Buyers…

By Aubray Erhardt on Friday, April 10th, 2015
The number of signed purchase agreements in the 13-county Twin Cities region surged by 30.0 percent to 5,301 contracts. Sellers were also confident, as new listings increased 21.4 percent to 7,887 during th…

By David Arbit on Friday, March 20th, 2015
As many have noted, one of the biggest changes to the Twin Cities and national housing markets was the sudden influx and subsequent absorption of distressed properties. “Distressed” simply refers to any n…

By Aubray Erhardt on Thursday, March 12th, 2015
The Twin Cities housing market showed refreshed signs of strength last month, partly in anticipation of what looks to be a promising spring market as well as favorable interest rates. Buyer and seller ac…