One of the areas that have become popular with first time home buyers are the greater Minneapolis St. Paul housing market. This area is the largest metropolitan area in the state of the Minnesota and upper Midwest region. Along the Mississippi riverfront you will find a hot bed for Minneapolis condominiums. Areas like St. Paul’s Lowertown, North Quadrant Region, and North Warehouse Districts are very popular with condo buyers.

Many of these condo conversions occurred in warehouse and factory builders where stable structures provided solid foundation for the condominiums. There are also high rise new constructions and luxury condos with spectacular view of the city that are available. These can range anywhere from $400,000 all the way up to $1,800,000 for luxurious penthouses condominiums.

Even with the current down market, the Minneapolis condominiums market has likely seen bottoming of prices, the reason inventories of downtown Minneapolis condos that are under $400,000 is dwindling and very few new construction is happening in the market. Many experts are seeing price stability in North Loop and Mill District area where prices can be affordable at $300,000.

If you are thinking of selling your Minneapolis condominiums keep in mind that the average days on the market is about 108 days, about 28 percent above last year. The inventories have decrease for downtown and available inventories for sale have decreased about 30 percent.

One positive news is that the aver median selling price has increased 6 percent. Even with many short sales and foreclosure auctions at a rate of 35 percent, the Twin Cities real estate market have remained better than rest of the country. The price have been below the national level by less than 8 percent.

One thin for sure, the real estate market will rebound with rebound of the economy. Right now the market maybe at the lower end at this point, new buyers will be into the market beginning with spring where many buyers move or buy new homes. Make sure you have patience to wait for the right property at right price and right location.