August 2014

 

 

Brace Helgeson

Ryan Platkze

 

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In what is obviously a tough current housing market, the Helgeson Platzke Group successfully sold our Eden Prairie home in only 33 days. Brace himself accurately predicted the top single thing we needed to do to sell our porperty in his first three minutes visiting the house.  Ryan Platzke found us our new Eden Prairie home in less than ten showings. Their personal attention to our needs and their staff's service was top notch throughout the buy/sell process. Well done!

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Welcome! 

It's hard to believe it is August already and summer is in full swing!

 

In between your summer vacations and a trip to the state fair, take some time to celebrate a few August holidays that you may NOT know about including:  National S'mores Day, National Watermelon Day, National Relaxation day AND National Night out!

 

Why not celebrate these summertime holidays in the home of your dreams?   

 

According to ABC news, home prices have risen steadily since housing began to recover in 2012.  REALTORS® generally expect home prices to increase in all states and the District of Columbia over the next 12 months, according to the June 2014 REALTORS® Confidence Index. The median expected price increase is 3.6 percent. In other words, it's a good time to be confident in the real estate market.   

 

You can ALSO have confidence in our real estate expertise and trusted guidance. Give us a call after you get back from your "summer vacation" or when you have time in between festivities, and we can discuss how to accomplish YOUR real estate goals together!  

 

P.S. Want to learn more about those August holidays? Click here to find out:

 

Brace & Ryan     

Twin Cities Home Prices Best Predictor of U.S. Trends

By Katherine Peralta

Home price movements in Minneapolis-St. Paul tended to run ahead of national trends from 1980 to 2014, according to a new report from Trulia.

While it's impossible to know exactly what U.S. home prices will look like in a given year ahead of time, the Twin Cities appear to be the best predictor on a local level of what nationwide trends will be.

 

A new report Wednesday from real estate company Trulia shows that home price movements in Minneapolis-St. Paul tended to run ahead of national trends from 1980 to 2014, while the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, market was the worst predictor of the coming year's prices, followed by the Texas metropolitan areas of Houston, San Antonio and Austin.

 

"There are a lot of local markets that are really bad guides as to what will happen with national home prices," says Jed Kolko, Trulia's chief economist and author of the report. "When we think about public policy and housing problems that Washington might be trying to solve, it's a reminder that some local markets are more in sync with the broader national trend than other local markets.

 

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THE 10 BEST STATE FAIRS IN THE COUNTRY; BECAUSE FRIED OREOS DON'T GROW ON TREES

  by DANIEL LEFFERTS

Every summer and fall, states bring out their best in fried food, portable attractions, and crowd-pleasing farm animals for annual state fairs. And while some fairs have gained fame for their size, others have gained followings with more under-the-radar attractions like giant vegetable contests, live cow birthings, and massive sculptures of chocolate and sand. If you're making a summertime tour of the U.S., or you happen to near live the location of a state fair, and, for some reason (are you crazy?!) need more motivation to attend, look no further than this list.

 

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