Was on the TV station on Tuesday, they were looking for a report on the housing sales drop and I told them to spin the report to the positive…as the problem with TV is that they have the power (when it is edited and not live) to manipulate and my suggestion was to go easy…
KXRA Open Line Stream with Randy FischerThanks to KXRA for having me on the air yesterday. I enjoyed my time with them. If you would like to hear the stream, they have it on-line. It is the open line that aired on August 23, 2010.
People assume that the housing market is bad, till they talk to me. I have a great market to work in, great town, great people. Sales are brisk, pricing ain’t what it used to be, but it will come back and go higher. Let’s talk about these interest rates? They are at an INCREDIBLE opportunity…
Minnesota Association of REALTORS Housing Data.August2010From the Minnesota Association of Realtors, I have received this incredible data. Quite frankly, there are some really good things about this market. For instance, the inventory appears to be trending downward from the previous highs. Housing is more affordable now than it was in the past. Housing has less…
Douglas County Ag Land Sales2005-2009As a continuing effort to be the best source for real estate information in the Alexandria and Douglas County area, I am providing you with the data that shows what agricultural land sales are going back to 2005. Overall, the average is around the $2,500/acre mark presently. See for yourself by…
HousingDataWrapUp.August2010One of the reasons that I love this blog site, is that it becomes a clearinghouse for my brain. Any of the data, thoughts or ideas that come through my head, I can store that here. That way, in the future, I/we can go back and look at what has transpired. All of this helps…
As of this morning, there were 188 listings in the mls system for Residential with Acreage listings. 85 of those are in Douglas County. This is the highest we have seen since tracking this statistic. The inventory has shown very little let up. There were 680 Residential listings this morning, with the maximum number ever…
HousingStarts.8.13.10HousingStarts.8.17.10 Several articles that I thought may help get a picture of the housing market in the United States. We were building approximately 1 million housing units a year in this country since 1959. See the attached report from the US Census Bureau/Department of CommerceHousingStarts.Since1959 HOUSING STARTS: is the number of privately owned new houses…
At Randy Fischer Real Estate, we believe that the only true wealth is real estate. You can invest your money into Gold, Silver, Stocks, Bonds, Commodities…whatever. But the only true wealth, we believe, is real estate. Think about that when you are considering investing your money into an asset.
I have looked at a lot of homes in my career, but I can honestly say that the best home that I have ever seen is the home that was paid for. Bankers, Accountants, etc. will say that the mortgage interest deduction is great. But, if you have an opportunity to pay it off, do…
