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Everything here is written from inside this market, not repackaged from a national report. Blaine neighborhoods, the three-district school reality, move-up strategy, and honest seller advice.
The Highway 65 rebuild runs to summer 2030 and Scheels opens in 2028. If you own near 105th and Radisson you are not choosing whether to sell into construction, but which year of it.
Minnesota gained more homes for sale than any other state this year, and inventory is at a seven-year high heading into the slow season. What that means if you have been waiting, and the one thing that gets buyers in trouble.
The conventional advice is to renovate. The data says the opposite. What actually returns its cost before you list, what does not, and why most sellers should do far less than they think.
Most pricing advice stops at picking a number. The conversation that matters is what you do when the market disagrees, and agreeing that rule before you list.
Blaine property taxes are your share of a levy, not a percentage of your home. What the 2026 levies and the development pipeline actually mean for your bill.
Blaine's June median fell twenty percent while price per square foot rose. Here is what that actually means for buyers, and what the headline hides.
Arden Hills closes about eight homes a month, so the monthly numbers mislead. Here is what the twelve month trend says, and why inventory is the real story.
Ten things worth doing before you tour a single house, from the equity math most families get wrong to the association paperwork that quietly delays closings in the North Metro.
Minnesota starts two 60 day clocks the day you arrive, and the homestead deadline is December 31. The relocation deadlines that cost money if you miss them.
Schools, space, the commute, and the community, including the local details you can't get from Zillow. An honest look at why families keep choosing Blaine and the northern suburbs.
Which pre-listing improvements actually return their cost, which ones quietly burn money, and what a realistic prep budget looks like for a home in the Blaine price range.
The TPC, The Sanctuary, Club West, Deacon's Walk, and The Lakes are five distinct Blaine neighborhoods with different personalities and tradeoffs. Here is how to tell which one fits your family.
The three ways to sequence a simultaneous sale and purchase in Minnesota, how to use your equity, when contingent offers actually work, and the timeline move-up families really need.
Blaine is split across three school districts, and the boundaries do not follow the logic newcomers expect. Here is how to check any address before you fall for a house.
Blaine is really two different cities. Here is how old Blaine and new Blaine differ on maintenance, price per square foot, school districts, and which type of buyer each one actually suits.
An honest read on the Blaine, MN real estate market heading into the back half of 2026: pricing, days on market, the Highway 65 factor, and what sellers and buyers should actually do.