Guides
Selling a home in the Twin Cities
Guides for selling a home here, and what each city asks of a seller. Minnesota sets rules for every home sale in the state. Individual cities add their own on top, and they are not the same from one suburb to the next.
How these are put together. Every line cites the city, county or state page it came from, so you can check it yourself rather than take my word for it.
City rules and state law are kept apart. A requirement attributed to Minnesota applies everywhere in the state; one attributed to a city does not.
Each page carries the date its sources were last checked, and that date is the real one. Pages are updated when a city changes something, not on a schedule to look fresh.
Where something is not established, the page says so instead of guessing. An unconfirmed requirement is listed as an open question with the city to contact.
Selling guides
Guides for sellers anywhere in the metro. The first one also explains point-of-sale inspections and links to each city below.
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Selling a home in the Twin Cities: what to sort out before you list
Timing, your net, condition, your city's point-of-sale inspection, and the disclosures a Minnesota seller makes, with sources.
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The buyer's inspection, from the seller's side
Preparing for the buyer's home inspection: disclosure, deadlines, repair requests and winter escrow holdbacks.
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Buying your next home before you sell
HELOC, home equity loan, cash-out refinance, bridge loan or a sale contingency: what each involves and the risks.
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How selling a home with me works
Pricing, preparation, marketing, showings, offers, inspection and closing, step by step.
What your city requires
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Selling a home in Golden Valley
Golden Valley requires: Point-of-sale inspection. In some cases: Rental licensing disclosure.
1 category still unconfirmed, shown on the page rather than guessed.
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Selling a home in Maplewood
Maplewood requires: Point-of-sale inspection (Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing). In some cases: Rental licensing disclosure.
2 categories still unconfirmed, shown on the page rather than guessed.
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Selling a home in Richfield
Richfield requires: Point-of-sale inspection (Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing). In some cases: Certificate of occupancy, Rental licensing disclosure.
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Selling a home in St. Anthony
St. Anthony requires: Point-of-sale inspection. In some cases: Rental licensing disclosure.
1 category still unconfirmed, shown on the page rather than guessed.
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Selling a home in St. Paul
St. Paul requires: Point-of-sale inspection (Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing). In some cases: Certificate of occupancy, Rental licensing disclosure, Special assessments disclosure.
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Selling a home in West St. Paul
West St. Paul requires: Point-of-sale inspection. In some cases: Rental licensing disclosure, Special assessments disclosure.
1 category still unconfirmed, shown on the page rather than guessed.
Why the list is short
There are about 143 cities in the seven-county metro. A city only gets a page once its rules have actually been researched for that city and each one traced to a primary source, not inherited from a county-level default and presented as though it were local. The cities listed above are the ones at that standard so far, and pages go up one at a time as each is checked.
If your city is not here, that means it has not been researched yet, not that it has no requirements. Ask me about it and I will look it up for your address.