Weekly Housing Market Activity Report for Maple Grove For Week Ending March 28, 2015 Publish Date: April 6, 2015 • All comparisons are to 2014 While there may be bubbly prices where bridges both Golden and Brooklyn adorn the last remaining postcards of a bygone era when people purchased postcard stamps, the bulk of the U.S. is in great... Read More

Weekly Housing Market Activity Report for Maple Grove For Week Ending March 21, 2015 Publish Date: March 30, 2015 • All comparisons are to 2014 An increase in new home sales are in the spotlight, thanks to some recent figures by the Commerce Department, but one should be careful not to speculate too much about sales outpacing predicted... Read More

Weekly Housing Market Activity Report for Maple Grove For Week Ending March 14, 2015 Publish Date: March 23, 2015 • All comparisons are to 2014 Have rents gone up enough to get renters to lean toward homeownership again? Inventory That’s the question of the moment. With mortgage rates remaining low, the time may be ripe for renters to ... Read More

Weekly Housing Market Activity Report for Maple Grove For Week Ending March 7, 2015 Publish Date: March 16, 2015 • All comparisons are to 2014 Many residential real estate markets across the country and locally are in a fairly Inventory stable state of balance, causing most stories about housing to be conservative in nature with not mu... Read More

Weekly Housing Market Activity Report for Maple Grove For Week Ending February 28, 2015 Publish Date: March 9, 2015 • All comparisons are to 2014 Across the country, some Fortune 500 companies have been raising their minimum wage. How does this correlate to the housing industry? Mo’ money = mo’ house-buying powerz. Coupled with the dis... Read More

Weekly Housing Market Activity Report for Maple Grove For Week Ending February 21, 2015 Publish Date: March 2, 2015 • All comparisons are to 2014 Rumors that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could one day be a thing of the past have people wondering about the future of the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. But let’s not sound the alarm just yet. ... Read More

Weekly Housing Market Activity Report for Maple Grove For Week Ending February 14, 2015 Publish Date: February 23, 2015 • All comparisons are to 2014 As we hit February, mortgage rates continue to remain low, bringing about a high dosage of optimism to the market. While some reports attempt to dissect drops in builder confidence with a... Read More

Weekly Housing Market Activity Report for Maple Grove For Week Ending February 7, 2015 Publish Date: February 16, 2015 • All comparisons are to 2014 Nationally, housing starts are off to a good start in 2015, with new projects ahead of last year at this time. Before the confetti cannons come out, this doesn’t necessarily mean that sell... Read More

Weekly Housing Market Activity Report for Maple Grove For Week Ending January 31, 2015 Publish Date: February 9, 2015 • All comparisons are to 2014 The U.S. economy continues on its journey upward. Not only have gas prices hit multi-year lows, but wages have experienced gains not seen since 2008. As the year picks up steam, and whether... Read More

Weekly Housing Market Activity Report for Maple Grove For Week Ending January 24, 2015 Publish Date: February 2, 2015 • All comparisons are to 2014 Up, down and all around, mortgage rates and regulations will likely be hot topics this year. Rates should stay low through 2015, but consumers and finance experts believe we’re at or near r... Read More

Weekly Housing Market Activity Report for Maple Grove For Week Ending January 17, 2015 Publish Date: January 26, 2015 • All comparisons are to 2014 New Year’s resolutions may have already faded out but the housing market is just getting started. Even though it may take a while for new trends to emerge, the housing crisis that was a bea... Read More

Weekly Housing Market Activity Report for Maple Grove For Week Ending January 10, 2015 Publish Date: January 20, 2015 • All comparisons are to 2014 Some goodbyes are easier than others. As we bid farewell to the economic uncertainties of 2014, all eyes are fixated on what 2015 might bring. The economy – specifically job ... Read More

Weekly Housing Market Activity Report for Maple Grove For Week Ending January 3, 2015 Publish Date: January 12, 2015 • All comparisons are to 2014 Ye olde 2014 data will likely be retrospective analysis for the next few months, but 2015 is already stirring up rumors of potential trends as we charge into the new year. The buzz... Read More

Weekly Housing Market Activity Report for Maple Grove For Week Ending December 27, 2014 Publish Date: January 5, 2015 • All comparisons are to 2014 It is typically during the final weeks of a calendar year when residential real estate activity hits its seasonal lows, even when some year-over-year comparisons show progres... Read More

Weekly Housing Market Activity Report For Week Ending December 13, 2014 Publish Date: December 22, 2014 • All comparisons are to 2013 We have reached the time of year when year-to-date and rolling 12-month time calculations become especially reliable. Buyer and seller activity continues at a decent clip, though generally lowe... Read More