Coldwell Banker Burnet was founded in Minneapolis in 1973 and rapidly expanded throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area. In just seven and a half years, the company became number one in residential real estate in Minnesota.
Coldwell Banker Burnet’s success is the result of a strong commitment and dedication to our customers, as well as our full range of home-related services that allow our sales associates to streamline your buying, owning, and selling experience. Our customers benefit from convenient, one-stop shopping, including nationwide homes sales and home finding, mortgage financing, title insurance, relocation, rental resources, and concierge services. Plus we offer an array of specialized marketing programs through our Urban Housing & Lifestyles Division and industry-leading luxury home marketing services through our Previews® - Distinctive Homes® Division.
Minneapolis Lakes Office
The Minneapolis Lakes office of CBB has over 300 sales associates in a 32,000 square-foot sales office. Since its inception, our office has consistently achieved excellent annual growth and has been the number one office nationwide in closed sales for 6 out of the last 7 years. In addition, the Minneapolis Lakes office has been the number one office for Minnesota for more than 20 years. This includes helping people in this area buy and sell more than 3,000 homes in 2004. In the year 2005, 3 out of the top 10 selling agents came from the Minneapolis Lakes office.
By affiliating with the Minneapolis Lakes office, your needs are networked to the best, and largest team of agents in the Twin Cities. 
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First Time Buyers >The Seller May Pay
The costs of buying a home may be daunting. For example, you may have finally saved enough for a down payment on your first home, with a little left over to buy the furniture you will need. Then you hear about having to pay closing costs you weren't anticipating, and this may seem like a real setback.
One way to cover such a shortage is to make the sellers an offer that calls for them to credit you for some of the closing costs. As a rule, the sellers may pay a maximum of 3 percent of the sales price if the buyer is putting five percent down. If the buyer is making a down payment of 10 percent or more, the seller can contribute up to 6 percent of the sales price to cover the buyer's closing costs. Some items, such as prepaid taxes and the first month's mortgage payment, must be paid by the buyers. Sellers may also contribute to paying the appraisal, points, title insurance, settlement attorney fees, state or local transfer taxes and similar items.
Keep in mind that if the credit is included in the price of the house, the appraiser will have to justify the amount, based on sales prices of similar homes in the neighborhood.
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At the doors of what famous temple do you find yourself when you climb the 'Stairway to Heaven'?
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The Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China, attracts the local faithful and tourists. |
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