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Dee Schurman, a Realtor with Century 21 Kandi Realty Ltd., checks online listings Monday at her office in north Willmar. From buying to selling both commercial and residential properties, the Internet has transformed how properties change hand. The depth of online information has expanded to the point that a potential buyer may know everything about a proporty before seeing it. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Internet brings transformation to real estate industry

By the time a client contacts Paul Ryan about a house for sale, he or she has probably already researched the property online, knows what the house looks like, maybe...

news / local / business Tue, Sep 11, 2012 - 12:00am

Schwanke, farmer from Willmar, Minn., leaves $1M estate to Nature Conservancy

WILLMAR -- A Willmar man who farmed in Swift and Kandiyohi counties has left his $1 million estate to The Nature Conservancy. The Nature Conservancy announced today that Herbert Schwanke,...

news Mon, Jul 02, 2012 - 9:44am

Soaring farmland values make proper estate planning even more important

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. -- Now more than ever, area farmers need a plan to pass on their farm to the next generation, according to a farm estate planner. Even farmers...

Sat, Jan 14, 2012 - 12:00am

This new home is under construction on 12th Street Southeast in Willmar. Local home builders have weathered some weak years recently, they expect 2012 to at least be a stable year and maybe even slightly better. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

West central Minn. home builders look forward to a stronger year

WILLMAR -- The recession led to some bleak years for local home builders but there are signs they may have weathered the worst of it. Tim Carlson, owner of Carlson...

business / local Tue, Jan 10, 2012 - 12:00am

Rep. Greg Davids, R-Preston, chairman of the House Taxes Committee, makes informal remarks to members of the Little Crow chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors during a stop Tuesday at the Oaks in Willmar. He said repealing the statewide business property tax is a priority of a House Republican caucus convinced counties should not collect state tax dollars. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Key Minn. Republican: Counties should not have to collect state business property tax

WILLMAR -- The chairman of the House Taxes Committee says proposed repeal of the statewide business property tax is a top-tier tax relief priority of the House Republican caucus because...

news Wed, Nov 16, 2011 - 12:00am

A home in southeast Willmar waits for a buyer. Home sales, battered by the recession, remain sluggish. (Tribune photo by Anne Polta)

Foreclosures rise, housing market remains lackluster

WILLMAR -- Among the recent new listings of Willmar homes for sale is one with a swimming pool and a location in what Realtor Mary Peterson describes as "a beautiful...

business / local Tue, Nov 09, 2010 - 12:00am

Home sales plunge 27 percent to lowest in 15 years

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sales of previously occupied homes plunged last month to the lowest level in 15 years, despite the lowest mortgage rates in decades and bargain prices in many...

news / nation Tue, Aug 24, 2010 - 12:49pm

Friends and passionate about horses, Fred Zwart, left, and Dr. David Harder often drove horses together and enjoyed driving rigs in parades and for weddings. Submitted

A horse lover's passion, memories for sale

WILLMAR -- Obsessions come naturally in this family, and Dr. David Harder was only carrying on a family tradition when one day he announced his: Driving horses. "I could not...

news / local / region Thu, Aug 19, 2010 - 12:00am

Another big opportunity for first-time homebuyers is on its way

WILLMAR -- Area real estate agents say a bill that would extend and expand the first-time homebuyer federal tax credit would definitely help the housing market. As part of the...

news / local / business / nation Fri, Nov 06, 2009 - 12:00am

Deadline looms for tax credit

The credit of up to $8,000 is generally available to homebuyers with qualifying income levels who have never owned a home or have not owned one in the past three...

news Fri, Sep 25, 2009 - 11:22pm

A "for sale" sign is pictured Thurday in a Willmar residential neighborhood. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Realtors say local home buyers cashing in on first-time credit

This time last year, when the economy tanked, the housing market also took a major hit. "It was a little scary," said Shelly Cash, from Counselor Realty in Willmar. Nothing...

news / local Fri, Sep 25, 2009 - 12:00am

Gov. Tim Pawlenty calls for increasing state agricultural exports and cutting regulatory and tax costs to make the state more competitive during a keynote address Thursday at Farmfest. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Expansion of exports and less costs are key for state, gov. declares

GILFILLAN -- The state needs to continue to expand its agricultural exports, cut regulatory costs and taxes to be more competitive, and fund research to promote the renewable energy industry,...

news / local / region Fri, Aug 07, 2009 - 12:00am

Jackson's mom gets temporary guardianship of kids; also seeks to be estate guardian

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A judge has approved Michael Jackson's mother's request for temporary guardianship of his children. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff made his ruling Monday. A...

news / nation Mon, Jun 29, 2009 - 12:32pm

Committee OKs donation to Senior Center

WILLMAR -- A $1,516 donation from the Minerd T.

local Wed, Sep 24, 2008 - 12:00am

Realtors elect Herst president

WILLMAR -- Stan Herst of Fenstra Real Estate of Willmar has been elected this year's president of the West Central Association of Realtors. He has been a Realtor since 2002...

Tue, Sep 23, 2008 - 12:00am

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