Minnesota Lake Homes and Luxury Estates – Loretta Holscher – (952) 220-6488

For this Lake Minnetonka Realtor from Tonka Bay the relationship with my buyers has been enhanced recently since I have offered to preview homes and send them video clips of my walk through. Before I take advantage of video, I first establish and gain a thorough knowledge of exactly what my client’s want in a property. I have been very successful at saving time and narrowing down sales possibilities. [Read more →]

The pride and joy of this community is the Minnetonka School District (ISD 276.) In fact, all of this parental button-bursting pride is well deserved. An award-winning school system is a big reason why Minnetonka MN real estate tends to hold its value. The quality of a local school district is an excellent index of the leadership priorities, parental involvement, and general quality of life in a community. The local school district accomplishments exemplify the leadership priorities, parental involvement, and high quality of life here! [Read more →]

This is truly a unique town. Even City Hall is unique. It just looks like another house. In fact, the whole City of the Village of Minnetonka Beach is entirely residential. It’s just 218 houses, 625 people, water, woods, parks, and open space. The only exceptions are Lafayette Club and St. Martin’s Church. If you want to live in a town that is persnickety about what the neighborhood looks like, this is it. Aggressive zoning policies protect the special character of this community, and regulations protect the environment. Ordinances carefully regulate what goes into the lake via storm sewers. You can bet that this city is concerned about protecting Minnetonka Beach real estate values as well. [Read more →]

Tonka Bay City Docks

Hope springs eternal on Lake Minnetonka when it comes to Tonka Bay off shore boat owners loving the 12 new slips proposed for the Tonka Bay City Docks. The task force is moving forward on plans and new rules for the new docks which may be approved to have 26′ boats. [Read more →]

Much has happened here since the ice age. A woolly mammoth might not even recognize the place.

Shorewood MN Real Estate Was Just Dirt and Ice!

At the peak of the Wisconsin glaciation, a glacier advanced over an ancient river [Read more →]

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Recently, the City of Excelsior paid its last respects to Mr. Jimmy Hutmaker, a sort of local celebrity. Mr. Jimmy [Read more →]

Deephaven MN Real Estate

If you took an autumn stroll through Deephaven, and you did not know where you were, you might think you were lost in either a Northern Maine hardwood forest or a mile or so inland from Martha’s Vineyard. You can hardly see the houses for the trees here. You might catch a glimpse of water through a bright profusion of red and yellow oak or maple leaves. Those white-caps skimming over dark blue water belong to none other than Lake Minnetonka. [Read more →]