Right time to buy a Minneapolis Condominiums

January 31st, 2009 | by admin |

The largest metropolitan area in the state of Minnesota is the greater Minneapolis St. Paul area and it has become popular place for new home owners. The hottest areas for Minneapolis condominiums are North Warehouse District, North Quadrant Region, and St. Paul’s Lowertown, you can find many condo developments along the Mississippi river.

Many of these condos were conversion or factory and warehouse buildings that had stable foundation and solid structures for the conversion. Some of these Minneapolis condominiums can range from $400,000 in the lower end to over $1,800,000 for a luxury penthouse condos. There also number of high rise new developments and luxury condos with spectacular view of the skyline are available.

Even with current recession, the market probably has seen the bottoming of prices. The inventories of condos under $400,000 have been dwindling and no now development is happening anytime soon. Many local experts are seeing price bottoming in Mills District and North Loop areas where prices are affordable at about $300,000.

But if you are thinking about selling your Minneapolis condominiums remember the average days on the market has increase 28 percent over last year to 108 days. But the inventories have declined for downtown as available condos for sale have declined by about 30 percent.

One positive news is that the aver median selling price has increased 6 percent. Even with many short sales and foreclosure auctions at a rate of 35 percent, the Twin Cities real estate market have remained better than rest of the country. The price have been below the national level by less than 8 percent.

Good deals will be bringing back home buyers in the spring, make sure you wait for the right time and right condo to purchase. One thing for sure, the real estate market will rebounds from dismal 2008.

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