Progressive Real Estate Services

Wishing you a Happy and Blessed New Year!

SOLD!!!!! Check out this great home in Kasson! OPEN HOUSE Friday Aug 11th from 4:30-6:00 PM

4 beds, 2 baths for $324,900 in Kasson, MINNESOTA | HomeSpotter PRICED TO SELL! Spacious, open floor plan, ample space for all. LL bath heated floor. Enjoy easy-to-maintain hard surface flooring main floor, SmartStrand technology carpet. Custom maple cabinets, ample storage and high-definition countertops. Vaulted ceilings. LL surround sound speakers built into....

Gingerbread cookies are a holiday classic!! This recipe is made to be soft and it has all your favorite Christmas spices 🎄🎄🎄

Recipe here: https://saltandbaker.com/soft-gingerbread-cookies/

Maintain your home while “paying it forward” at the same time!

Habitat HandyPro | Tworiversmn Aging in Place, preventative repairs and critical home repairs make up our home preservation program.

Every once in a while I like to tute our horn, we just received this review from a buyer closing we had last week:

"Jim and Cathy worked day and night, answered my phone calls on days off and were able to get me into looking at houses at anytime that was around my work schedule. I connected with them not only in the housing market but as a person. They found and put me in a beautiful house at my price range that I wanted to stay at. They were amazing with all the questions I had; as a first time home buyer and even with my parents that are a bit more old school. They were absolutely amazing and so easy to work with."



Rare opportunity to purchase two well-maintained and updated 4-plexes right next to each other in convenient location NW Rochester MLS #6097202 $838,000 for both buildings.
Contact Jim or Cathy 507-288-3333 507-272-7591

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4709 13th – $123,500 MLS # 5620227 – Affordable living! 2 bedrooms 1 1/2 bath, nice sized kitchen, new roof, and back sliding glass door to deck and fenced yard. Perfect starter home. Convenient location on bus line, c...

The real estate market in the Rochester Minnesota area is hot!

"Jim was awesome to work with. We viewed many homes and his recommendations, based off what we were looking for, were always great. He was willing to drive near and far to show us homes and usually within the next day or two after adding them to our list. Jim is a great agent to work with and I would highly recommend him to anyone looking to purchase a home, especially first time home buyers."

John Andersen
Geneva, MN

We are still operating our real estate business. For now we are considered to be in the Critical Sector:

• Real Estate Transactions.

This category is limited to workers who facilitate and finance real estate transactions and real estate services, including appraisers and title services.

Realtors® and their clients may still conduct the activities necessary to facilitate real estate transactions in Minnesota

"Our communities will suffer if we don’t do everything we can to protect homeownership through this crisis."

The Minnesota Homeownership Center today joined with Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota and Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity (TCHFH) in urging Governor Tim Walz, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan and Housing Commissioner Jennifer Ho to prioritize homeownership preservation in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Our communities will suffer if we don’t do everything we can to protect homeownership through this crisis,” said TCHFH President/CEO Chris Coleman. As tens of thousands of Minnesotans face prolonged income loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic, foreclosures and the resulting need for family supports will increase.

We are jointly calling on state leaders to implement immediate solutions to protect homebuyers and homeowners, including:

Simplifying Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA) funded down payment programs
Doubling funding for the Homeownership Education and Training (HECAT) program
Creating a grant pool and lines of credit to help stabilize non-profit developers

In addition, we’re requesting support for long term solutions, including:

Providing MHFA with a significant infusion of down payment assistance capital
Establishing a risk pool to incentivize lenders to adopt underwriting standards responsive to families impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic
Continuing to fund HECAT
Stabilizing non-profit developers to ensure a healthy, affordable homeownership market

“We know the economic and social fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to evolve and will impact the mortgage landscape for the foreseeable future,” said Center President Julie Gugin. “What will help is if state leaders take planful, phased approaches to preserve affordable homeownership and ensure equitable access to homeownership. We urge them to protect homebuyers and homeowners now.”

Read the full press release here, and the joint letter to Walz, Flanagan and Ho here.