Minneapolis home news

Wynne Yelland's modernist house turned heads when it was built in 2004 near Cedar Lake in Minneapolis. Now you can have it for $723,000.

For many home buyers, a walking-friendly neighborhood is becoming as important as square footage and an updated kitchen. But the convenience of being close to parks, schools, shops and restaurants may come at a cost.

While national results sent stock markets tumbling, the Twin Cities area's drop in sales was the worst among 20 cities surveyed.

A St. Louis Park bibliophile and his wife bought the house next door to tear it down and expand their own. Instead, they kept both houses, joined the two structures and turned an entire house into a library.

A timber-frame weekend retreat breaks the mold by combining classic Douglas fir with contemporary walls of glass and cool steel accents.

Homeowners who owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth have stark choices. The results can cascade through the community and the economy, affecting us all.

An enterprising Eden Prairie couple took a condemned multilevel and made it into their fairy tale home by doing most of the work themselves.

Loans are the cheapest they've been in decades, and even rates on jumbo loans are dropping.

With pending home sales down sharply in July, sellers in Minneapolis are offering price reductions more often than in any other U.S. city. With sales down, the inventory of houses on the market is growing.

Barbara Lordi loves tending her Prairie-style garden and cooking vegetarian meals with herbs plucked from her own yard. Her husband, Scott Dyer, perhaps even more the urban agrarian, turns compost the way other people do crossword puzzles -- intensely

In the rare challenge, DNR sues a township for giving permission to build house 14 feet from a lake.

For people in many everyday jobs, owning - or even renting - housing is out of reach.

A tighter supply of new homes in metro area and a rise in permits point to growing confidence.

Metro area home prices rose 2.8 percent in May, but a housing recovery is still elusive.

A stylish, ultra-efficient kitchen melds universal design features with warm wood and stone.