Tag Archives: Hennepin County Minnesota

Map: Where Minnesotans Are Moving to

Forbes has an online interactive map showing migration around the Country.  Below is an image I got when I clicked on Hennepin County, MN.  The red lines are showing people moving out of Hennepin County and black lines are showing … Continue reading

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City of Bloomington lowers Tax Levy

Well this was certainly great news, especially for me since I own property in Bloomington.  The City has lowered their property tax levy for 2012, not by much but at least they are trying.  Given the changes in the Homestead … Continue reading

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2nd Quarter Mortgage Delinquency rates for Minnesota, our Shadow Inventory

Believe it or not I have been struggling to find good data to show what kind of potential Shadow Inventory we may be seeing down the road for Minnesota, and more specifically the Twin Cities metro region.  The Shadow Inventory … Continue reading

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MinnPost – Hennepin County Board sets 1 percent levy increase

Hennepin County board decided that the tax levy will go up no more than 1 percent next year.  The board set the maximum property tax levy of $676.1 million, and will now hold public hearings before setting the final levy … Continue reading

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Hennepin County & Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Unemployment Rates August 31 2011

 I have been preaching for many postings about what our real estate market needs to recover is JOBS.  It is difficult to buy a home if you don’t have a job…  The pricing won’t recover until we get the unemployment rate back to 3% – 5%, … Continue reading

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Minnesota property taxes heading higher

Stumbled upon this article on Kare11 and thought it would be worth sharing.  This certainly will not help with the homeowners struggling to make their payments..  I wonder if this will increase the foreclosure rate??  It certainly will put an added … Continue reading

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Twin Cities Population decline, by County

My last post on the Twin Cities Population decline raised some interest and questions. I took the Metropolitan Council’s data and charted the population loss by County.  We know the 7 County area is losing population, but where is the … Continue reading

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