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Listing Agent in Delano, MN

Highway 12 access, the Crow River and the Delano school district. How listing agent work runs in Delano, from a two broker team based in Saint Michael.

Listing Agent in Delano, Minnesota
45.0411° N 93.7891° WWRIGHT COUNTY
Delano · Highway 12 and the Crow River

Listing Agent in Delano, and what makes it particular.

Your buyer pool is weighted toward the west metro and the 394 corridor, not the I-94 corridor, so the listing should sell the Highway 12 access specifically instead of a generic mention of commuting. Its own school district means school-driven buyers are choosing Delano deliberately.

The Crow River runs through town and Highway 12 runs east into I-394, which puts Delano on a completely different commute spine than the I-94 corridor towns. If you work on the west side of Minneapolis or in the 394 corridor, this is often a shorter practical drive than towns that look closer on a map. The city has its own school district and a downtown with an actual main street.

Exterior of a Minnesota home prepared for listing photography
Real Estate Listing in Delano, Wright County.
Delano facts
County
Wright County
Schools
Delano (ISD 879)
Commute
Highway 12 east toward I-394
To downtown
about 40 to 55 minutes to downtown Minneapolis
Water/sewer
city services in town, wells and septic on the river and rural lots
Service
Real Estate Listing
How it runs

The process, Delano 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.

Highway 12 makes this a west-metro commute, not an I-94 one.

The wider picture

More about Delano.

Delano runs its commute on Highway 12, which makes it a different drive than the I-94 towns. Highway 12 is the whole point and it is worth understanding before you buy. It is not a freeway for its full length, so the drive is steadier and less prone to the stop-and-go that makes I-94 unpredictable, but it also has stretches where a slow vehicle sets the pace. Delano is also known regionally for its Fourth of July celebration, which is a big deal locally and worth knowing if you are buying near the parade route.

Next step

Selling in Delano?

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

Questions

Delano and selling, answered.

Which county is Delano in?

Wright 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.

Is Delano on city water and sewer or a well and septic?

City services in town, wells and septic on the river and rural lots. It is a per-parcel question, and it changes both the inspections we order and what you maintain afterward.

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.

Do I have to be out of the house for showings?

For the showing itself, yes, including pets where you can manage it. Buyers do not look properly with someone watching them. Photography and the first weekend are the parts worth planning around.

Equal Housing Opportunity. MTS Real Estate Group supports the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.

Edina Realty, a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate. Licensed in the State of Minnesota. MTS Real Estate Group is a team of licensed real estate professionals with Edina Realty.