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 the new high rise developments and luxury condos have beautiful views of the city along the river. Warehouse and factory building have been turned into condos because they have stable structures that provide solid building structures for the condominiums. Some of these range from $400,000 in the lower end to over $1,800,000 for luxury penthouse condos.
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.
If you are thinking of selling your Minneapolis condominiums keep in mind that the average days on the market is about 108 days, about 28 percent above last year. The inventories have decrease for downtown and available inventories for sale have decreased about 30 percent.
The positive news is hat the average median price have increased by 6 percent. Foreclosure rates in Twin Cities real estate market has been around 35 percent, but the foreclosure rate of condos have remained at about 8 percent which is well below the national level.
Although the market is low at this point the spring will bring new wave of home buyers who are looking for good deals in this buyers market, make sure you have patience to wait out for the right buyer at the right price. The real estate market will rebound from the lows.
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