If you bought a home in Minnesota in 2024 (or haven’t filed yet), this is your friendly reminder to apply for homestead status before March 1st—a simple step that could save you thousands on property taxes. Why It Matters: ✅ Lowers your taxable home value = lower property taxes✅ Protects you from sharp tax increases […]

Just like every other year, football season has ended and the spring housing market has begun. (I can’t explain exactly why the market starts winding up the day after Super Bowl Sunday…it just does.) Regardless of what the market does this year in terms of mortgage rates, home prices, or housing inventory, when it’s time […]

I’m excited about what I anticipate will be a very active fall housing market across the twin cities. The market is gradually self-correcting after a few years of general volatility related to high mortgage rates, historic low inventory of homes for sale, and a variety of affordability challenges that have kept many hopeful buyers and […]

By now I’m sure you’ve read a few articles (or at least headlines) regarding the recent news about a settlement agreement announced by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) over real estate commissions. If you’re not really sure what all of this is about, or simply confused over the matter in general, you’re definitely not alone. Setting […]