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Pandemic has more Twin Cities home buyers looking outward
Remote work lessens downtown s appeal. 
January 30, 2021 1:44pm
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It took just two days for a split-level house near Stacy to sell this month. Put on the market on a Friday for $284,900, it was shown 18 times and drew five offers by that Sunday, all above asking price.
Realtor Hyounsoo Lathrop wasn t surprised.
With COVID, people want to be away from the cities and have some space, she said. Out here you get top dollar.
The modest 1970s-era house some 40 miles northeast of downtown Minneapolis had taken much longer to sell and for a much lower price just a few years ago. But the COVID-19 pandemic is turning the housing market in the Twin Cities inside out. ....

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