Nov 11th 2010 12:10PM
If you ever dreamed of living in a house made of hardened polyurethane insulation foam, now's your chance. A mushroom-shaped, '60s-era structure outside of MInneapolis known as the Ensculptic House has had its price knocked down to $212,000 after listing in September at $237,000. Constructed in 1969 for around $30,000,... Continue Reading »
Oct 13th 2010 3:04PM
The Minnesota synagogue where a young Bob Dylan, then known as Bobby Zimmerman, chanted for his 1954 bar mitzvah is for sale as a possible multifamily or single-family residence. After about 90 days on the market with no offers on the $119,000 listing, owner Brenda Shafer-Pellinen decided that she needed to beef up the... Continue Reading »
Sep 15th 2010 4:14PM
Mortgage specialist Jay Dacey couldn't keep coaxing clients to take advantage of the low mortgage interest rates without hopping onto the bandwagon himself. But the 30-year-old from the Twin Cities-area took a route that might make one do a double-take. He refinanced out of a 30-year-fixed rate of 4.75 percent and into a... Continue Reading »
Jul 28th 2010 2:11PM
Spring certainly sprang this year when it came to residential real estate values. For the second month in a row, home prices increased from April to May. The S&P/Case-Shiller 20-City index showed on Tuesday that 19 out of the 20 cities it tracks registered price gains for May, including Minneapolis (2.8 percent) and... Continue Reading »
