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Jim Buchta

Reporter | Residential real estate

Phone: 612-673-7376

Jim Buchta is the Star Tribune's residential real estate reporter, covering the Twin Cities housing market and its trends. He also contributes to the Star Tribune's Travel section.

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Luxury housing boom transforms student life at U of M

A generation of 20-somethings are fueling a housing boom around the U, where mostly private developers are building more than 2,500 upscale apartments and have approvals for another 1,800 units.

Updated: June 15, 2013, - 05:01 PM

Twin Cities housing market now in sellers' favor

Pending home sales rose in May to the highest level in eight years

Updated: June 12, 2013, - 09:42 PM

$10 million house in Wayzata ready for wrecker

Months after paying nearly $10 million for one of the most architecturally distinctive homes in the metro, the buyer of an 8,500-square-foot Wayzata house wants to replace it with an even larger one.

Updated: June 09, 2013, - 10:51 AM

Twin Cities builders get busy to meet big demand

The strong demand for city rentals and low inventory show in the highest number of building permits issued since 2007.

Updated: May 31, 2013, - 10:38 PM

Home sellers get ready to dip back into market

Gains in price and buyer demand drive increase in new home listings. The Twin Cities had sixth-largest U.S. gain.

Updated: May 31, 2013, - 12:05 AM

Despite recovery, pre-foreclosure notices on rise in Twin Cities

Beneath the hoopla over the burgeoning housing recovery, thousands of Minnesotans are still struggling to make their mortgage payments.

Updated: May 27, 2013, - 07:35 AM

Minnesota's lakeshore market beginning to thaw

As home sales and prices rise by double-digits in the state, the momentum is starting to reach the large and long-stagnant vacation home market across northern Minnesota.

Updated: May 26, 2013, - 10:04 AM