How does this year stack up versus the previous year in lake home sales in Alexandria? Pretty nicely. In 2015, 101 lake homes were sold from January 1st thru August 26th versus 117 in 2016. By 'sold' I am referring to the date a Purchase Agreement (PA) was agree upon. A PA accepted on 12/31/2015 would be included in the 2015 numbers ...
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The Greater Alexandria Area is blessed with an abundance of bucolic, clean lakes. People considering buying lake homes or lake lots pay close attention, as they should, to water clarity reports as do the many lake associations in the area. Water quality is important to fish and aquatic plants as well as your own enjoyment. Anyone that has faced diving into a ...
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The end of each year brings lists to newspapers, magazines and news programs on television such as the top movies of the year or the most used names for newborn babies. Each year I am guilty of looking back at the year in real estate as well as it is an easy blog topic. It is also interesting and helpful information to ...
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In 2015 lake lots have been a more frequent topic in my discussions with people considering lakefront real estate. A number of them decided to proceed in purchasing lake lots as have others that were working with other Realtors in Alexandria. In total, 45 lake lots have sold (closed or pending sales) this year in Douglas County. Lake lot sales are significant ...
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As a member of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) I have access to something called Realtors Property Resource. Created by NAR, the RPR site and app provided comprehensive data and analytics about local real estate. Information from Alexandria's Multiple Listing Service is used to come up with an AVM, automated valuation model, and/or a Realtors Valuation Model, RVM. Both use proprietary ...
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32 lake lots (lake frontage, not common or deeded) have sold in the Alexandria, MN real estate market per the Greater Alexandria Area Association of REALTORS Multiple Listing Service since the beginning of 2014. Compared to the same period in 2013, 17 fewer lake lots have sold. These numbers may not seem outstanding but compare them to the same period in 2007 ...
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12 lake homes with frontage at Lake Carlos have sold in 2014 (11 closed, 1 in escrow) in Alexandria's Multiple Listing Service, Greater Alexandria Area Association of REALTORS. The majority of the new home owners will be enjoying sunsets each evening. The west side enjoyed a higher average sale price of $585,000 compared to the average of the east side at $489,410 ...
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Last month residential homes in Alexandria, both on and off the lake, sold on average at 96.1 percent of the price listed in the Greater Alexandria Area Association of REALTORS Multiple Listing Service. If the sales history is filtered further to lake homes only at Lake Carlos, Lake Darling and Lake Le Homme Dieu, the percentage rises to 97.23 percent. The rates ...
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Below are the average sale prices of lakefront real estate in the Alexandria Area since the first of the year. Keep in mind that it includes both homes with private lake frontage and homes that are have commonly owned lake frontage. For example, Lake Ida's average sale price is $245,814 but 5 of the 7 sales have been association properties with a ...
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