"Thanks for the offer! White Bear/St. Paul is an area we are looking in to to buy our next house at. That'd be nice and convenient. ;-"
Move quickly, OK? We just bought a house in the North-Eastern part of St. Paul....White Bear Ave. is the major cross street. Prices are going up quickly, since that part of St. Paul is one of the last quiet city neighborhoods with affordable houses. Be sure to look as far East of White Bear Ave. as you can get....the neighborhoods are better on the east side.
We paid $172K for our house, and could sell it right now for almost $200K. By next Summer, I expect there to be no homes in this part of St. Paul under that price. Just a few blocks away, either in Maplewood or any other close suburb, the lowest prices are already in the $220s.
Just a warning to act as quickly as you can. If you can buy in the wintertime, I'd advise it. Sales are slow then.
House is on the market, its up to a perspective homebuyer now....