St. Cloud area boasts strong seller s market as housing stock plummets 60% A sizzling seller s market has sent the median sales price in the area soaring 11% over last February. March 16, 2021 7:17pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Houses in the St. Cloud area are selling faster and for more money than a year ago creating a strong market for sellers, if they are willing to put their home on the market.
The median sales price in the St. Cloud area covering the cities of St. Cloud, Waite Park, St. Joseph, Sartell and Sauk Rapids was $205,000 last month, an 11% increase over February 2020.
And closed sales for the month jumped nearly 20% even as the number of homes for sale plummeted by 60%, according to data from the St. Cloud Area Association of Realtors.
St. Cloud ESL Class Goes Virtual Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Learning a new language as an adult during a public health crisis is exceptionally challenging.
Thanks to a dedicated group of students, teachers and volunteers, the La Cruz Community Center’s virtual English as a Second Language (ESL) classes have continued weekly throughout the COVID-19 pandemic – featuring lessons crafted with current events in mind.
English language classes have been taught at the south side apartment complex for around 20 years. They were originally led by a group of volunteers from a nearby church, according to ESL teacher
Mary Mulbah. In 2009, Mulbah was hired as the program’s first licensed ESL teacher.