New Rental Apartments Coming to Minnetonka
The developer of the Sunset Hill Apartments has come one step closer as he has received several preliminary approvals from the Minnetonka City Council. The project is a 64 unit, 4 story building on the northeastern corner of Wayzata Boulevard and Sunset Drive S. It was previously the building that was Gehrman Animal Hospital, that [...]
Pohlad Son Buys Lake Minnetonka Home for $4.35M
Bill Pohlad, part owner of the Minnesota Twins, recently purchase a 1951 single-story home in Minnetonka Beach. While this home is not overly oppulant or large (it is only 2355 square feet), it is on a pennisula that juts out like a finger into Lafayette Bay. The large price tag is mostly for the land [...]
Former Twins Pitcher Sells Lake Minnetonka Home for $2.4 Million
Brad Radke, a 12 year veteran of major league baseball, where he spent his entire career with the Twins, retired in 2006 at the age of 33. He and his wife owned a 6400 square foot home in Greenwood since 2000. This cottage style home was artfully built in 1997 by Jon Monson and it [...]
Tips For Quick Home Selling
Home selling is never easy, but it can be really frustrating if you need to sell your home quickly. This is not always possible in this kind of economy, but there are a few things you can do to decrease the amount of time it takes to sell your Lake Minnetonka home. Listed below are [...]
Home Sales Down Again
We had a nice (but small) improvement in real estate sales in January of almost 3.7%, which was the first increase since April 2010, when the federal tax incentives were in play. Unfortunately, the new stats out this week show that pending sales are down again for almost the 12th month in a row. Numbers [...]
Lake Minnetonka Foreclosures
Many people think you need to be rich to live on Lake Minnetonka. This is just not true. There are homes priced from $100k condos to the $53 Million Pillsbury estate. So why then would those same people believe that you couldn’t find a foreclosure on Lake Minnetonka? True, most Lake Minnetonka homeowner are in [...]
Lake Minnetonka Real Estate 2011 Outlook
The 2011 real estate market is creating an outstanding buying opportunity for those looking for a remarkable Lake Minnetonka dream home. With interest rates still at historic lows, inventory levels of homes for sale still at higher levels, buyers here in our Twin Cities real estate market are being given a great chance to find [...]
What to Consider When Looking At Lake Minnetonka Homes For Sale
There are some amazing homes on Lake Minnetonka. In this real estate market, there are real opportunities and deals to be found just about everywhere. Here are some things that you should consider when looking at homes around Lake Minnetonka. The MLS listing may say something about the lake, but only once you drive out and see [...]
Mosquitoes on Lake Minnetonka Already?
We get a couple warm days and the Minnesota state bird comes out of hiding. Mosquitoes are already starting to hatch. I killed one slow moving one last night! Since they are cold blooded, they slow down when it cools off (it was about 50 degrees when his short life was ended!). The Metropolitan Mosquito [...]
Massive Lake Minnetonka Housing Project in Works
A new housing development on the shores of Lake Minnetonka has everyone watching very closely. The project called, Woodland Cove, at Highway 7 and Kings Point Road is made up of 488 acres of rolling hills, marsh lands, large trees, and farm fields. The land was previously owned by Curt Carlson and was originally planned [...]
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