...particular area if the sales study indicates the county was not high enough in its estimated market value. The lakes area real estate market took off in the mid- to late-1980s and never looked back.

...in the Brainerd lakes area, overall transactions were down slightly from 2006. If you compare the Brainerd lakes area real estate market to the Twin Cities, we are much healthier. As a community, we need to remember that real estate is local...