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160 Greenwood Drive, Mankato - $349,500

3 BR, 3 BA, 3 car garage!

A Hidden Gem! This gorgeous ravine lot is home to a unique 2 story home that has wonderful privacy and access by Golf Cart to the Mankato Country Club! Located on a Private Street nestled away with 11 other beautiful homes on top of a bluff and still close to everything. The home offers 2 bedrooms on the upper level with the 3/4 bath, master bedroom has a large walk in closet, a french door entry and a master bath (with a whirlpool tub/shower, double vanity,and bidet) The main level has a ton of space with formal living room, formal dining room, family room with a gas fireplace, 2 patio doors with decks off of the back of the home, a wonderful kitchen with a sub-zero refrigerator, an abundance of cabinetry, and a casual dining area. There is also a bedroom/office located on the main floor with a 3/4 bath and main floor laundry. The basement has a large open storage/workshop/mechanical area and 2 large entertainment rooms. both with egress windows. There is also a wetbar and an area to add a 4th bathroom. This home has it all! MLS # 122996


 
 
83032 350th St, Madelia - $199,000

3 BR, 1 BA, 2 car garage!

Check out this 10 acre hobby farm only 5 miles south of Madelia and 30 minutes from Mankato on a blacktop road. Home offers 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, large main floor family room with gas free standing fireplace, formal dining room, nice size back entry way, huge paver brick patio, vinyl siding, vinyl replacement windows, 22x26 detached garage and much more. If you need room for the horses, the toys, or a place to work on the toys, there is a 40x80 qounset/shop and a 50x80 pole shed. qounset/shop is insulated 
The qounset/shop is insulated, heated and air conditioned and has 2 hoists, water softener & R.O. unit for washing cars and a 12x16 office. The 50x80 poleshed has 2 overhead doors and approx. ¾ of the floor is concrete slats. All appliances, window treatments, water softener and R.O. unit in home stay. The corn furnace in the basement of home is negotiable. All the equipment, including the hoists in the qounset/shop is negotiable. MLS # 122936


 
 
400 W Bert Street, Lake Crystal - $139,900

PENDING!! 4 BR, 2 BA, 2 car garage!


 

 
 
762 SW 4th Avenue, Wells - $64,900

3 BR, 1 BA, 2 car garage!

Many updates have already been done to this property, so all you have to do is move in. Neutral paint colors throughout, solid oak 6-panel interior doors, main floor laundry, oak kitchen and bath, new laminate and ceramic tile floors, new patio with fire pit area, newer vinyl siding and shingles. Main floor bedroom and bath. Kitchen provides an eat-in area. Double detached garage with steel door & work area. MLS # 122826


 
 
215 Red Ridge Road, Good Thunder - $337,500

6 BR, 2.5 BA, 3 car garage!

Spacious Rural Property with 6 bedrooms (4 on the upper level and 2 in the basement), an upper level laundry room 9x12, huge mud room 13x17, plus a 32x40 outbuilding (with infloor heat, 100 amp electrical with a 220 outlet, bathroom, lofted for extra storage and more). The basement is finished except for carpeting. All of the walls are painted and trimmed out. This property has 2 parcels, the house and outbuilding sit on 1.7 Acres and there is an additional 1 Acre building lot also included. This makes the total parcel 2.7 Acres. The property is located only minutes from Mankato off of Hwy 66 (turn left on 193rd Avenue and left again into SunsetVillage or Red Ridge Road) MLS # 122782


 
 
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    AP - Private mortgage insurer Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. said Friday it added $1.2 billion in new primary insurance coverage in August and the number of delinquent loans it insures declined.

  • Mo. drops appeal of real estate ballot measure (AP)
    AP - An initiative barring taxes on home and land sales is clear to appear on Missouri's ballot after the state dropped an appeal Friday of a judge's decision ordering the election.

  • Con man could get life under Calif. 3-strikes law (AP)
    AP - A man accused of bilking elderly South Los Angeles residents out of their homes in a foreclosure scam is facing a potential life sentence in a rare use of California's three-strikes law for a white-collar crime.

  • Oil prices rise after mixed economic news (AP)

    An engineer works at the Barjisiya oil fields in Zubair One south west of the city of Basra, Iraq. Global dependency on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries for crude oil will rise in the next five to 10 years as output by non-OPEC nations falls, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)AP - Oil prices ended higher Thursday after an initial retreat as investors put a positive spin on reports about jobs, manufacturing and home sales.




  • Summary Box: Mortgage rates hit low of 4.32 pct. (AP)
    AP - RECORD LOWS: Mortgage rates fell to the lowest levels in decades for the tenth time in 11 weeks, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. The average rate for a 30-year fixed loan was 4.32 percent. The 15-year fixed loan hit 3.83 percent.

  • How to Get a Government-Backed, Zero-Down-Payment Mortgage (U.S. News & World Report)
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  • Pending home sales rise 5.2 percent in July (AP)

    In this Aug. 31, 2010, photograph, a house with a sale pending sign is shown in San Francisco. The number of buyers who signed contracts to purchase previously occupied homes increased in July but remained well below last year's levels, a sign that demand for housing remains weak.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - The number of buyers who signed contracts to purchase previously occupied homes increased in July but remained well below last year's levels, a sign that demand for housing remains weak.




  • Summary Box: Pending home sales up 5.2 pct in July (AP)
    AP - PENDING HOME SALES RISE: The number of buyers who signed contracts to purchase previously occupied homes increased by 5.2 percent in July from June.

  • Mortgage rates hit record low: Freddie Mac (Reuters)
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  • Communities key in foreclosure fight: Fed officials (Reuters)

    The U.S. Federal Reserve Building is pictured in Washington, December 15, 2009. REUTERS/Hyungwon KangReuters - Two top U.S. Federal Reserve officials on Thursday called for a more community-focused approach to the country's ongoing foreclosure crisis, which is weighing on its economic recovery.

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