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SPAAR In The News

SPAAR and its members are featured in multiple articles throughout the year. All articles were originally published by local media outlets, who are attributed.

SPAAR in the News

Local news featured Amy Peterson, 2024 President of the Saint Paul Area Association of REALTORS®, sharing about the 2023 housing market.
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Homes for sale down in Twin Cities, up slightly statewide

Minneapolis Area Realtors and the St. Paul Area Association of Realtors also put out a report on the Twin Cities regional market. While new listings throughout the state were up, new listings in the Twin Cities declined 1.1% in October, although the report notes that this is the lowest decline since May 2022.
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Finance & Commerce article: Twin Cities home sales fall, home prices rise

Minneapolis and St. Paul Realtor groups said Monday that Twin Cities home prices rose in June, but sales activity — weighed down in part by rising interest rates and tight inventory — was slower compared to last year.
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First home-price dip in 12 years

Home prices dipped for the first time in 12 years last month, but leaders of two local Realtor associations say the decrease can be attributed to a long winter and a lack of inventory more than anything else.
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Sanneh Foundation is buying houses to offer affordable housing for its employees

The St. Paul foundation next wants to build a 100-unit affordable housing building.
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Twin Cities, U.S. home prices expected to rise at a slowed pace in 2023, Realtor.com says

While home prices may be slowing, they are not anticipated to go down in the new year, a recently released annual forecast reports.
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Realtors group grants $100,000 to three local nonprofits for housing, plantings

The number of sales fell amid rising interest rates and ultra-tight supply. Prices jumped 7% from a year earlier. 
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Home market loosened very little last month in the Twin Cities

The number of sales fell amid rising interest rates and ultra-tight supply. Prices jumped 7% from a year earlier. 
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Realtors: July’s year-over-year home sales dropped 25 percent in St. Paul, but values still ride high

It wasn’t that long ago that Justin DuChemin could all but guarantee a rush of offers well above asking prices to home sellers looking to list properties, even old homes that could use a little TLC.
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