SELLING · ELK RIVER

Listing Agent in Elk River, MN

A Northstar commuter rail station and river frontage on the Mississippi and the Elk. How listing agent work runs in Elk River, from a two broker team based in Saint Michael.

Listing Agent in Elk River, Minnesota
45.3041° N 93.5670° WWRIGHT COUNTY
Elk River · the train

Listing Agent in Elk River, and what makes it particular.

If you are near the station, that belongs in the first sentence of the listing, because it is the one thing your house has that a house in Zimmerman does not. Buyers searching this town split into two groups, commuters who want the train and people who want land, and your listing should be clearly aimed at whichever one your house serves.

The Elk River joins the Mississippi here, Highway 169 and Highway 10 both run through, and there is a Northstar station in town. For anyone whose job is downtown, that station changes the calculation on living this far out, because the commute stops being a drive you have to make and becomes forty-some minutes you can spend doing something else.

Exterior of a Minnesota home prepared for listing photography
Real Estate Listing in Elk River, Sherburne County.
Elk River facts
County
Sherburne County
Schools
Elk River Area (ISD 728)
Commute
Highway 169 and Highway 10, plus the Northstar commuter rail station
To downtown
about 45 to 60 minutes driving, or the Northstar train to Target Field
Water/sewer
city services in town, wells and septic on the outlying land
Service
Real Estate Listing
How it runs

The process, Elk River 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.

We will tell you straight whether a house is a practical Northstar commute.

The wider picture

More about Elk River.

Elk River has something almost nothing else out here has: a commuter train into downtown. Whether an address is a realistic walk or short drive to the Northstar station is a genuine value factor here, and it is one no automated estimate accounts for. Ask about the schedule before you count on it, because the train runs on a commuter timetable built around weekday rush hours and it is not an all-day service. The river frontage is the other premium, and river lots come with bank, setback and floodplain questions that need answering early.

Next step

Selling in Elk River?

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

Questions

Elk River and selling, answered.

Is Elk River on city water and sewer or a well and septic?

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

What is the housing stock like in Elk River?

A wide range: an old downtown core near the river, mid-century and seventies stock, newer subdivision on the edges, and rural acreage out toward the county. We will tell you straight whether a house is a practical Northstar commute.

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.

Will you be the one at my listing, or do you hand it off?

Cliff and Jeremy handle every listing personally, from the first walkthrough through closing. That is the whole reason the team is two people.

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.