The two biggest questions in local real estate are: 1) How is the Aug. 17 new rule about real estate commissions going to affect us? 2) What is going on in real estate? Regarding the second question: …
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By Larry LaVercombe
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8/21/24
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I met Robert Everest on a beautiful Thursday evening in Linden Hills last month. He’d just finished singing an exquisite bolero for the diners and dog walkers, and then he piqued my …
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By Larry LaVercombe
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6/20/24
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You’ve heard, I’m sure, about the court ruling and the decision by the National Association of Realtors:
Buyer’s agents will no longer receive a “standardized” 2.7% …
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By Larry LaVercombe
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4/17/24
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So the guy says, “Government’s job is to build the roads. Our city built this ‘bold and transformational’ bike-friendly project, and they managed to forget you might need to a …
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By Larry LaVercombe
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2/14/24
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When I heard that Dial Tone was having an album release party at The Cedar Cultural, I was like, “What? Didn’t these kids just meet? How can they have an album already? And how can they …
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By Larry LaVercombe
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11/30/23
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This question rose again in my latest meeting with two prospective buyers: “When is the housing market going to calm down?”
“It seems like it’s been crazy for three years …
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By Larry LaVercombe
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11/16/23
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“Throughout the country and across the globe, a new type of street band movement is emerging — outrageous and inclusive, brass and brash, percussive and persuasive — reclaiming …
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By Larry LaVercombe
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11/2/23
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Interest rates were 3% in August of 2021; today, it’s hard to find a rate below 7%.
To a lot of people, that is the whole story. The thinking goes like this:
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By Larry LaVercombe
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10/19/23
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“Four years ago, I realized we needed a model for an urban CSA,” says Craig Neal, founder and chief gardener of the Neighborhood Sponsored Garden (NSG) located in a backyard on Beard Ave. …
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By Larry LaVercombe
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10/5/23
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I think about energy a lot. I wonder: How much energy does it take to bark!? I mean, it kind of looks like it would take a lot of energy, if I were to suddenly yell that loud and urgently. . . I …
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By Larry LaVercombe
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9/21/23
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I cannot recall in my lifetime having more instances of friends telling me: “You have to go see the Walker Exhibit.” Word on the street was, “Oh my god, it’s fantastic.” …
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By Larry LaVercombe
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9/9/23
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So, I’m not an album reviewer. (As some of you know, I’m not really a reporter either, I just kind of... talk). When I heard that Kingfield resident Scott Zosel had another album coming …
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By Larry LaVercombe
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7/21/23
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What is more lovely and fun than live vocals and guitars and horns and EVERYTHING on a mildly muggy Minnesota evening at Lake Harriet? Oh, my. If you were there – wasn’t that fun? And if …
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By Larry LaVercombe
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6/14/23
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In the spring of 2020, when the social distancing mandate was putting restaurants and shops out of business and driving the rest of us nuts, a team of friends pulled together to create a wonderful …
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By Larry LaVercombe
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5/5/23
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Two summers ago, I was playing in a little acoustic trio out front of Everett and Charlie’s Art Gallery, and a guy with a violin rode past on a bike. He circled back and walked toward us. When …
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By Larry LaVercombe
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4/19/23
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Twenty years ago, in Minnesota’s 2002 Gubernatorial Election, Republican Tim Pawlenty was elected governor of our state with only 44% of the vote. Minnesota’s progressive/liberal vote was …
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By Larry LaVercombe
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4/6/23
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Two neighborhood musical entrepreneurs are hosting a showcase for teens on Friday, March 24, 5-7p.m. at Jones Coffee (5008 Xerxes Ave. S. location).What is a “neighborhood entrepreneur?” …
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By Larry LaVercombe
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3/16/23
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Last year, I posed a few questions about how the current events of that time might affect the real estate market.How would sanctions and the war in Ukraine affect our economy? Would supply chain …
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By Larry LaVercombe
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3/1/23
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Connector LIVE! – as part of Teaming Up For Good – will soon feature live venue and music information along with specially curated streaming playlists for your listening pleasure. Read …
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By Larry LaVercombe
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2/17/23
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In flight and bookending our Sonoma County vacation, where we enjoyed winding wine-country roads, redwood forests, and sunbathing seals at the mouth of the Russian River, I watched three …
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By Larry LaVercombe
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12/13/22
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