SELLING · ANDOVER

Listing Agent in Andover, MN

Established Anoka County housing on larger lots, in the Anoka-Hennepin district. How listing agent work runs in Andover, from a two broker team based in Saint Michael.

Listing Agent in Andover, Minnesota
45.2333° N 93.2913° WWRIGHT COUNTY
Andover · established, larger lots

Listing Agent in Andover, and what makes it particular.

Lot size is an advantage over newer subdivisions and worth stating in square feet or acres. If you have already replaced the roof, furnace or windows, put it in the listing with the years, because buyers shopping this vintage are actively pricing those and documented updates remove the discount they would otherwise apply.

Andover built out mostly through the eighties, nineties and two-thousands, and it did so with larger lots than a typical inner-ring suburb, so the city has a settled feel with more space between houses. It is in Anoka-Hennepin, and its commute runs down Round Lake Boulevard and the Highway 10 corridor instead of I-94.

Exterior of a Minnesota home prepared for listing photography
Real Estate Listing in Andover, Anoka County.
Andover facts
County
Anoka County
Schools
Anoka-Hennepin (ISD 11)
Commute
Round Lake Boulevard and Highway 10
To downtown
about 35 to 50 minutes to downtown Minneapolis
Water/sewer
a mix of city services and wells and septic depending on the area
Service
Real Estate Listing
How it runs

The process, Andover or anywhere else.

  1. Walkthrough

    We see the house before we talk price. Every room, the mechanicals, the roof, the water.

  2. The number

    Comparable sales, what is active against you right now, and a price we can defend to an appraiser.

  3. Prep list, ranked

    What returns at closing and what does not. Ranked, with what it costs, so you can stop wherever you want.

  4. Photography and launch

    Photographed properly, on the MLS with the description written to be read, syndicated where buyers are looking.

  5. Showings and feedback

    What buyers said, what came up twice, and whether the price is telling us something.

  6. Offers and close

    Offers compared on terms and not only price, then inspection, appraisal and the closing table.

Some Andover addresses are on well and septic, so we confirm per parcel.

The wider picture

More about Andover.

Andover is the established option on the northeast side of our map, and the lots are bigger than you expect. A meaningful part of Andover is on wells and septic despite being an established suburb, which surprises buyers who assume city services come with the address. It depends on the area, and it needs checking parcel by parcel. The other thing to know is that a lot of the housing stock is now old enough that roofs, furnaces, water heaters and siding are all reaching replacement age at once, which is a real number to budget, not a reason to walk away.

Next step

Selling in Andover?

Call 763-786-3700 and talk to Cliff or Jeremy about this town specifically.

Questions

Andover and selling, answered.

How long is the commute from Andover to Minneapolis?

You are on Round Lake Boulevard and Highway 10, and it is about 35 to 50 minutes to downtown Minneapolis. Those are approximate and the only number that matters is the one you get driving it yourself at the hour you would really be leaving, in both directions.

Which county is Andover in?

Anoka County. That determines your property taxes, your recording and where a septic compliance inspection gets filed, so on the county borders we get the actual tax statement, not an estimate.

How long will it take to sell?

Depends on the price and the town, and anyone giving you a firm number before seeing the house is guessing. What we can tell you is what has been happening to houses like yours nearby, how long they sat and what they closed at against list.

What should I fix before listing?

Less than you think. We walk the house and rank it: what returns at closing, what removes an objection cheaply, and what you would only be doing for yourself. Then you stop wherever your budget stops.

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