In and Around the St. Croix Valley

Karin Housley's Weekly Update

I Can Hardly Contain Myself

 

All I’m sayin’ is…Monday Night.

 

Football.

 

<insert squeal>

 

I want to thank everyone who donated to my jail sentence to benefit MDA. I had the most online donations ($1,700) so I won a Wii! Thank you, thank you, to everyone who donated. I really appreciate it. I’m donating the Wii to the benefit for Stillwater Police Officer Brienne Heroux on Nov. 15^th. Save the date, more info to come (it’s at O’Garas and there are some great bands playing.)  

If you missed the Vine Valley Harvest Throwdown last Sunday night, don’t miss it next year! It was a great event, and surpassed our first year goals! The food was fabulous, auction items to die for, and my favorite, the wine was spectacular. Mark Hanson, from Marx in downtown Stillwater, was voted the Valley Favorite, by a slim margin, and went home with a Crystal Glass Stanley Cup, or something like that. Thank you to all the chefs from the area restaurants who participated. I’m still full.

We’re Busy at Karin Housley Headquarters…

Always something happening back at Karin Housley HQ. We’re having an Open House Blitz again this weekend, with homes in Liberty on the Lake, Woodbury & the St. Croix River open Sunday from 1- 3. Go to KarinHousley.com for details. (Please don’t forget to bring me a Diet Coke and a Reeses. Shout out to Gloria for her donation!) We also have a quite a few new listings, land options and new homes, waterfront and Victorians. You can see all of our listings at KarinHousley.com or find us on Realtor.com as a featured agent. (Can I throw in the 2009 Mpls/St. Paul Super Agent designation here again?) We have a new home on Guslander Trail with 38 acres, one on Pioneer Trail, Newman Trail, land on Neal Ave, and 73 acres on the St. Croix River in Hudson. The one featured below will hit the MLS shortly. Like I said, we’re busy, but we’re selling some too!

Here are the sold homes for our east metro area in the past week (since 9/18/09)

Stillwater School District – 27 Homes Sold

 

$0 – $100,000 - 2

$100,000 – $200,000 - 11

$200,000 – $300,000 - 5

$300,000 – $400,000 – 6

$400,000 – $500,000 – 2

$500,000 – $700,000 – 0

$700,000 - $800,000 – 1

 

Woodbury School District – 45 Homes Sold

 

$0 – $100,000 - 2

$100,000 – $200,000 - 17

$200,000 – $300,000 - 12

$300,000 – $400,000 - 4

$400,000 – $500,000 – 6

$500,000 – $600,000 – 0

$600,000 - $700,000 – 1

$700,000 – $800,000 – 1

$800,000 – $900,000 – 1

$1,195,000 - 1

 

Western Wisconsin – 31 Homes Sold

 

$0 – $100,000 - 1

$100,000 – $200,000 - 23

$200,000 – $300,000 – 5

$300,000 – $400,000 – 2

 

Dellwood North Oaks - 4 homes sold

$285,000 –  $475,000

 

The Karin Housley Show – Tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM on the radio show we’re going to be talking with Jim Leonard of Fury Motors about what’s happening in the automobile industry. Also, attention Norwegians, I’ll be chatting with our remote correspondent at North America’s Largest Scandinavian Festival in Minot, ND, Norske Hostfest. We’ll also be spicing things up a bit with someone from the Chili Cook Off in Stillwater happening next weekend and how you can enter. Also, The SAHA Music Department is having their annual rummage sale October 10^th…if you’d like details, listen to the show, or email me back. They need donations, and customers. As always, we'll be talking real estate! Listen on the dial at AM 1220 or on the web at klbbradio.com. We might just talk a little David Letterman too, just because I want to. I hope I don’t parlay that into a spiel on Roman Polanski. If you want to hear any of our past three shows (Fran Tarkenton dissin’ a bit on Brett Favre) here is the link to our previous podcasts.

 

One more thing, if you want to get the Ponies Score of the football game live each week, you can follow it on Twitter... www.twitter.com/PoniesScore

 

Have a great & stay dry weekend!

 

Karin

Karin Housley On Twitter & Facebook, I’ll be your friend.

 

 

P.S. Julie, my assistant, is so excited that hockey has started that she can’t stop watching this Miracle on Ice pre-game speech. You were born to be a hockey player, Julie!!

 

Karin Housley's Weekly Update

We’ll Never Forget

Today is my friend Linda’s wedding anniversary, so I want to wish her a happy day, even though most of our thoughts are elsewhere. I’m still out selling and listing homes today, though the events of September 11^th, eight years ago, keep making their way into my thoughts. The details are still so crisp, and within minutes I am back sitting on my dad’s couch, staring at the television in disbelief as the Twin Towers were going down.

In the meantime, this week’s Snapshot photo is not of a house, ’cuz you can find all of my listings here, but of my husband, Phil, about 15 minutes ago. He’s just about ready to tee off at Mendakota Country Club for a “Tee It Up For the Troops” golf tournament. He’s beside himself with excitement because he got his picture taken by this big, 28-year-old eagle. He’s still yakking away on the phone while I’ve started emailing you with my Weekly Update. I hope it brings him luck, and all of those silly little golf score words too.

We’re Busy at Karin Housley Headquarters…

Here are the sold homes for our east metro area in the past three weeks....

Stillwater School District – 51 Homes Sold

$0 – $100,000 - 5

$100,000 – $200,000 - 13

$200,000 – $300,000 - 12

$300,000 – $400,000 – 12

$400,000 – $500,000 – 6

$500,000 - $600,000 – 1

$600,000 - $700,000 – 1

Woodbury School District – 72 Homes Sold

$0 – $100,000 - 2

$100,000 – $200,000 - 18

$200,000 – $300,000 - 25

$300,000 – $400,000 - 15

$400,000 – $500,000 – 5

$500,000 – $600,000 – 2

$600,000 - $700,000 – 3

$700,000 - $800,000 – 2

Western Wisconsin – 52 Homes Sold

$0 – $100,000 - 7

$100,000 – $200,000 - 25

$200,000 – $300,000 - 13

$300,000 – $400,000 – 5

$400,000 - $500,000 – 1

Dellwood North Oaks - 3 homes sold

$615,000

$305,000

$160,000

The Karin Housley Show – Tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM CST on the radio show we’re going to be talking with more local chefs about the big HSI Valley Vine Harvest Throwdown. If you haven’t bought your tickets for it yet, hurry hurry!! (FYI, I’m the honorary chair, along with my eagle-lovin’ husband.) We’ll also be talking with Carol of “Our Shop” in Stillwater to learn about their upcoming Fashion Show on Sept. 25^th, and as always we’ll be talking real estate with a splash of Hollywood from our Celebrity Gossip Reporter, Kate Larson. Also, we’ll absorb some important things, like what Justin Morneau had for breakfast. If you missed last week’s show, with Chef Shiltz of the Lake Elmo Inn, Tina Struglia of Luna Rossa duking it out, you’ll have to tune in. Also, Jim Leonard of Fury Motors and the Lake Elmo Rotary talked about their upcoming Cadillac Dinner. See you there Jim! You can listen here in its entirety. Tomorrow if you can’t catch the show on AM 1220, you can listen live on the web, www.klbbradio.com and click Listen Live.

Off to Hammond to sell Peter’s 23 acres on Pine Lake….any takers?

Karin

Karin Housley On Twitter & Facebook, I’ll be your friend.

P.S. Julie, my assistant, made of fun of me because yesterday when I said, “I got it in the can at Hudson Golf Course.” She thought I was being perverted and disgusting. She really needs to get out more…and perhaps she too can get it in the can. (Don’t mean to offend, but it’s sort of funny, especially if you love BLL, in a can.)

Karin Housley's Weekly Update

 

 

HAPPY STATE FAIR!

 

I’ll make this short, as I know there are better things happening out there ;)

 

 

In Real Estate this week, the Minneapolis Realtors Association’s Monthly Skinny came out – Click Here if you really want see how our Twin Cities Market is doing compared to the rest of the country.

 

Also, we have another new listing up on Little Carnelian lake, it’s a back pocket listing for now, but if you’re looking for a castle on one of the cleanest and most private lakes in the St. Croix Valley, give me a call. It reminds me of a chalet in Switzerland, not that I’ve ever been to one.

 

Congratulations to the Bailey Family of South St. Paul - we just closed on their home today! So love it when I get to trounce around my old stomping grounds. Go Packers, and not the Green Bay kind.

 

We are having an Open House this weekend at 3638 Williamsburg Parkway…the best deal in Woodbury right now. If you’re out at Woodbury Days for the Parade…stop by!!

On The Karin Housley Show tomorrow morning at 10:00 CST we’ll be talking with Andy Kass (former owner of Sutlers’ Wines) about our upcoming event September 27^th, Valley Vine & Harvest Throwdown! Get your ticket here and now, they’re going fast. (FYI, Phil and I are the Honorary Chairs.) If you’d like to listen to last week’s show in its entirety (Tamara the Jewelry Lady from Hudson, and the author of Tree Spirited Woman, Colleen Baldrica were my guests) you can hear it here. You can listen live to tomorrow’s show at www.klbbradio.com . Oh, we’ll also be talking a little about yesterday’s Town Hall Meeting in Lake Elmo with Michele Bachman. We were there. Trying to get her on the show…Mr. Pawlenty, would you mind giving her a call? Thanks.

Have a great week…next week I’ll give you the “in detail” home sales in our area.

Karin

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P.S. Julie got sucked in (to use Miley Cyrus’ word on the Today Show today) this morning to their Summer Concert Series when it was none other than Miley herself playing to a Party in the USA. Here’s the link to all of her songs she sang… Julie is still 12 and excited to start the 6^th grade.

RAIN RAIN GO AWAY & TAKE THE TORNADOS WITH YA!

 

I was almost swept away the other day as I was driving to Cottage Groveto show homes. The sirens were going off and my Sean Hannity was interrupted on the radio with the emergency broadcast buzzing with a computer generated voice alerting me of the urgent situation. A tornado had touched down in Minneapolis and was heading my way. I did make it to Cottage Grove, but my client and I felt a little awkward hiding in the basement of a complete stranger's empty house, but at least we were safe when the tornado did hit the neighborhood just blocks away. We realtors are kind of like the Postal Service, neither rain, nor hail, nor sleet, nor snow...not even a feisty tornado, will keep us from our doing our job.

In Real Estate This Week – We're plugging away back at Karin Housley Headquarters, despite what you read in the media, we're selling homes! We closed on two beautiful properties this past week, and our congratulations to Suzanne in Hudson& Kim & Nathan Sirvent in Stillwater. Can I get a whoop whoop?

New Listings – 32 Evergreen in Dellwoodwith all the bells and whistles for technology lovers, complete with a theater room. And another at 8237 80^th Street in Mahtomedi.15 acres of peace, within walking distance to everything Willernie.

 

Open House this Sunday in Dancing Waters on Bluewater Lanefrom 1:00 – 3:00. Be sure to stop by, and ahem, bring the Reeses?

Here are the sold homes for our east metro area in the past two weeks....

Stillwater School District – 28 Homes Sold

 

$0 – $100,000 - 3

$100,000 – $200,000 - 6

$200,000 – $300,000 - 6

$300,000 – $400,000 – 5

$400,000 – $500,000 – 3

$500,000 - $600,000 – 1

$600,000 - $700,000 – 2

$769,000 – 1 (Congrats Kim & Nathan!)

$900,000 - $1,000,000 – 1

 

 

Woodbury School District – 30 Homes Sold

 

$0 – $100,000 - 3

$100,000 – $200,000 - 12

$200,000 – $300,000 - 7

$300,000 – $400,000 - 3

$400,000 – $500,000 – 2

$500,000 – $600,000 – 2

$600,000 - $700,000 - 1

 

 

Western Wisconsin – 26 Homes Sold

 

$0 – $100,000 - 3

$100,000 – $200,000 - 11

$200,000 – $300,000 - 8

$300,000 – $400,000 - 4

 

 

Dellwood North Oaks - 2 homes sold

$515,000

$842,000

 

 

For all of our listings, go to KarinHousley.comor visit our Super Agent Pageon Realtor.com

 

 

The Karin Housley Show– Whole bunch of good stuff on the radio show tomorrow, in addition to Hollywood Gossip reporter Kate Larson (@KateLarson on Twitter), we'll be talking with a local author Colleen Baldrica, about her book, Tree Spirited Woman. Also, we're going to have on the owner of the new restaurant in Stillwater (in the old Stones sport), The Kitchen. I'm going to check it out tonight so I have good questions for Eric Harcey. Also, (it's a big show) we're going to have Tamara from Tamaralines.com And as always , we'll discuss what the current state of the real estate market is. Tune in tomorrow morning at 10 AM either online at klbbradio.com or AM 1220!

Happening in the Area This Week – Starting today in Lake Elmo, it's the Lake Elmo Regatta! Get out there and cheer 'em on. Don't park on the west side of the lake though, because people will be mad. Heads up for the rest of August, Dinner and Dance Cruise August 29^th, Vintage Car Show, Street Dance at the Stillwater VFW (580 Omaha Ave in Oak Park Heights) on Aug 29^th and Woodbury Daysare a comin'!

By the way, you can find me on Facebook and Twitter – KarinHousley. I just read this though, if you have any of those darn kids downloading the different apps on Facebook. Are Facebook Applications Safe?

Have a great week....I'm off to sell our Morgan Avenue home if it's the last thing I do today!

Karin

 

P.S. Julie is on a "little trip" this week. She says she is in California visiting her parents, but before she left, this pamphletfell out of her purse. Seriously. Then I saw something about the facial treatment on The Today Show. Visting her parents, yah right Jules. So onto you.

 

 

Karin Housley's Weekly Update

 

HAPPY FRIDAY!

HAPPY STURGIS!

HAPPY WE-FEST!

HAPPY HUFF 'N PUFF DAYS!

 

 

 

Festivals are happening everywhere this weekend, from Sturgis to Detroit Lakes to our own Huff 'n Puff Days right here in Lake Elmo. Let's hope the weather holds so all the bands can take the stage (poor Steven Tyler of Aerosmith fell off his at Sturgis this week), the motorcyclists can make it home safe and every softball game can be played. If that's not enough excitement for you over the next couple of days...we're having three open houses this weekend.

 

 

All homes are open on Sunday from 1 -3

(Click link below for map and more details)

 

 

1770 Bluewater Lane in Woodbury's Dancing Waters $525,000

 

3638 Williamsburg Parkway in Wedgewood Heights of Woodbury for $414,900

 

1244 S Cedar Drive on Cedar Lake in Somerset, WI offered at $449,000

 

Six months into our Twin Cities Real Estate Sales, here are the statistics from Minneapolis Association of Realtors and how we're doing. Things look like they're picking up!

On a local note, here are the weekly statistics of what's has sold in our backyard. Below are the number of homes that have sold. I broke them down by price bracket. To see the individual homes, you can click the links.

Stillwater School District – 21 Homes Sold

$0 – $100,000 - 2

$100,000 – $200,000 - 6

$200,000 – $300,000 - 6

$300,000 – $400,000 – 4

$400,000 – $500,000 – 2

$710,000 – 1

 

 

Woodbury School District – 25 Homes Sold

$0 – $100,000 - 2

$100,000 – $200,000 - 9

$200,000 – $300,000 - 9

$300,000 – $400,000 - 2

$400,000 – $500,000 – 2

$500,000 – $600,000 – 1

 

 

Western Wisconsin – 19 Homes Sold

$0 – $100,000 - 1

$100,000 – $200,000 - 6

$200,000 – $300,000 - 10

$300,000 – $400,000 - 2

 

 

Dellwood North Oaks - 0 home sold

 

For all of our listings, including the beautiful new listing below, go to KarinHousley.com

The Karin Housley Show – Tomorrow we're going to talk a little politics (Cash for Clunkers, Health Care Reform, Town Hall Meetings), a little real estate (New Listings, Open Houses & Market Update) and we'll have our weekly Hollywood Gossip reporter Kate Larson (@KateLarson on Twitter) on the show. Tune in tomorrow morning at 10 AM either online at klbbradio.com or AM 1220!

Fun Video of the Week – I wouldn't go calling me Julie a bird brain anymore. Turns out, those darn crows are smarter than we think.

Heads up for the rest of August, Dinner and Dance Cruise August 29^th, Vintage Car Show, Street Dance at the Stillwater VFW (580 Omaha Ave in Oak Park Heights) on Aug 29^th,  and Summer Tuesdays downtown Stillwater.

Have a great week!

Karin

(On Facebook and Twitter)

P.S. Happy Birthday to my father-in-law, Leroy and my friend Ann-Marie Elizabeth (her name is really a lot longer, Ann-Marie Elizabeth Angeline Yung Ablan, but I didn't want to lose you.)