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Mar 8, 2018

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Nov 12, 2012

Home prices continue to bounce back in Twin Cities metro

Figures from the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors show the median home price in the 13-county metro climbed to $175,000 in October -- up nearly 15 percent compared with the same period a year ago. MPR reports October was the eighth straight month of price gains. Pending and completed sales were also up last month.

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Figures from the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors show the median home price in the 13-county metro climbed to $175,000 in October -- up nearly 15 percent compared with the same period a year ago. MPR reports October was the eighth straight month of price gains. Pending and completed sales were also up last month.

A reduced supply of homes for sale is helping boost prices. The Pioneer Press notes inventory has dropped 41.4 percent compared with a year ago.

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Rochester single-family home sales also rose 36 percent in October compared to last year, according to newly released statistics from the Southeast Minnesota Association of Realtors. The Post Bulletin reports October's median sales price in the Med City was $162,000, up 5 percent from 2011.

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September was another good month for home sellers in the 13-county Minneapolis-St. Paul metro. The Business Journal says pending sales grew 11 percent last month, compared to the same month a year ago, according to the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors. The median home sales price also increased 12.3 percent to $174,000 in the Twin Cities area, Finance & Commerce reports. However, the number of homes for sale dropped 29.4 percent -- the lowest level in nearly a decade.

The number of homes on the market in the Twin Cities was down more than 30 percent last month -- the lowest inventory levels in nearly a decade, according to the Star Tribune. The median home sales price in the 13-county metro area jumped 15.5 percent to $179,000 compared with a year ago.

The number of closed sales last month rose 7.1 percent compared with last year, while the median price of those deals jumped 12.4 percent to $163,000.

A new report from the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors show median sales price rose 10.7 percent to $179,500 in the 13-county Twin Cities metro. Closed sales also grew 13.8 percent last month.

New figures from the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller Home Price Index show Minneapolis-St. Paul area home prices jumped 7.4 percent in August, compared to the same month a year earlier. Nationally prices rose 2 percent from August 2011 levels. MPR notes the Twin Cities housing market has seen year-over-year gains in home prices every month since February.

Last month, the median sales price of homes jumped about 11 percent to $169,000 from the same month last year, according to a new report by the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors. The number of pending purchase agreements also spiked 27 percent, while closed sales increased 21 percent. However, the inventory of homes for sale continued to fall in May.

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