Mackenzie Rasmus - Engel & Völkers

Mackenzie Rasmus - Engel & Völkers Midwest Charm meets West Coast Passion. This is Mackenzie Rasmus - Engel & Völkers.

05/29/2026

Excelsior and Wayzata are both right on Lake Minnetonka and they attract completely different buyers, which makes the comparison worth having before you start scheduling tours.

Excelsior has a historic shoreline, a walkable downtown filled with great restaurants, and a vibe that is genuinely artsy, laid back, and a little bit sleepy in the best possible way. Wayzata is the higher-energy lake town with a more polished, upscale feel. The way I describe it to buyers is that Wayzata is the East Coast harbor town and Excelsior is the casual lakeside village.

Neither is better. They are just different, and knowing which one fits your personality and your lifestyle before you go in person saves a lot of time.

If you are trying to figure out which Lake Minnetonka community fits your buyer profile, drop your questions below or reach out directly.

Mackenzie Rasmus, REALTOR® at Engel & Völkers Minneapolis
2023 Newcomer of the Year, 2025 Ambassador Award

📲 Call or Text: (612) 801-4565
📧 [email protected]
📅 Book a call: https://calendly.com/mackenzierasmus/client-consults
🛒 Buyer and seller resources: https://stan.store/mackenzierasmus

05/28/2026

Wayzata is the community that surprises buyers the most, and I say that as someone who works out of the Engel & Völkers Lake Minnetonka office and gets to look at this lake every single day.

People expect a quiet little lake town. What they actually find is a walkable downtown with lakefront dining, boutique shopping, a year-round farmers market, and a public beach on one of the most iconic lakes in the Midwest. Lake Minnetonka covers over 14,000 acres and 37 bays, with yacht clubs, charter boat operations, and miles of shoreline that most buyers genuinely do not anticipate until they see it in person.

If Wayzata is on your list and you want an honest conversation about what it costs to buy here and what the market looks like right now, drop a comment below or reach out directly.

Mackenzie Rasmus, REALTOR® at Engel & Völkers Minneapolis
2023 Newcomer of the Year, 2025 Ambassador Award

📲 Call or Text: (612) 801-4565
📧 [email protected]
📅 Book a call: https://calendly.com/mackenzierasmus/client-consults
🛒 Buyer and seller resources: https://stan.store/mackenzierasmus

05/27/2026

Eden Prairie keeps coming up as one of the first suburbs buyers from California and Illinois seriously consider, and honestly, the data makes it easy to see why.

It sits about 15 minutes southwest of downtown Minneapolis, and the median home price in early 2026 is running between $450,000 and $472,000 depending on which dataset you pull. New construction and luxury homes start around $700,000 and climb from there. Homes are moving in roughly 27 to 55 days depending on price point, which tells you the market here has real activity at multiple levels.

If you are weighing Eden Prairie against other Twin Cities suburbs and want an honest read on whether it fits your budget and your timeline, drop your questions below. I work with buyers across the metro and I am happy to help you think it through.

Mackenzie Rasmus, REALTOR® at Engel & Völkers Minneapolis
2023 Newcomer of the Year, 2025 Ambassador Award

📲 Call or Text: (612) 801-4565
📧 [email protected]
📅 Book a call: https://calendly.com/mackenzierasmus/client-consults
🛒 Buyer and seller resources: https://stan.store/mackenzierasmus

05/27/2026

The Twin Cities quietly holds one of the strongest job markets in the entire country, and most people outside of Minnesota have no idea.

We're talking United Health Group, Target, US Bancorp, Best Buy, General Mills, 3M, and Medtronic all headquartered here in the metro. That's more Fortune 500 companies per capita than any other city in the United States. And beyond the big names, the healthcare corridor stretching from the Twin Cities to Rochester, known as Medical Alley, is home to over 1,000 health and science companies alone.

If you work in healthcare, finance, retail, or tech, the depth of this market is real and it's one of the reasons buyers who relocate here tend to put down roots quickly.

Thinking about making a move to the Twin Cities? Drop your questions below. I'm Mackenzie Rasmus, REALTOR® at Engel & Völkers Minneapolis (2023 Newcomer of the Year, 2025 Ambassador Award), and I work with buyers all across the metro.

📲 Call or Text: (612) 801-4565
📧 Email: [email protected]
📅 Book a call: https://calendly.com/mackenzierasmus/client-consults
🛒 Resources and guides: https://stan.store/mackenzierasmus

05/15/2026

The one thing that surprises almost every relocator I work with: how much each individual Twin Cities suburb actually matters to the people who live there. It sounds vague until you make it concrete, so let me show you what I mean with two specific suburbs.

Wayzata is a small lakeside town on Lake Minnetonka. It has a real walkable downtown, coffee shops and restaurants you can walk to, strong community events throughout the year, and a deliberate lake-life style that is built along the shoreline. People who live in Wayzata live there for those specific reasons, and they choose it because of them.

Maple Grove is a completely different experience. It is one of the fastest-growing suburbs in the state. Excellent schools. Genuinely convenient. And I swear, the retail and restaurant base in Maple Grove is the shopping Mecca of the western suburbs.

Neither is objectively better than the other. They are just attracting different people who want different lives.

This is the kind of nuance national cost-of-living comparisons completely miss. Two suburbs at very different price points, with very different lifestyles, both correct for the right buyer.

If you are weighing suburbs and want help thinking through which one actually fits your life, drop a question below or text me at (612) 801-4565.

Mackenzie Rasmus, REALTOR® at Engel & Völkers Minneapolis
mackenzierasmus.evrealestate.com

05/14/2026

Quick reality check for anyone researching a move to the Twin Cities right now.

If you have done any cost-of-living research at all, you have probably seen the comparison videos and articles showing what your budget will buy you in different cities. And the Twin Cities looks pretty good on paper compared to a lot of the bigger coastal and mountain-west metros.

Here is the part those comparisons leave out.

Your money does go further here, but that does not mean you will not face competition. Listings that are priced well, in desirable suburbs, are routinely getting multiple offers in 2026. Maple Grove, Plymouth, Edina, the close-in Minneapolis neighborhoods, the historic Saint Paul neighborhoods. Buyers who arrive thinking the lower median price means a softer market sometimes get caught flat-footed when their first offer gets beaten on a property they assumed was going to sit.

The Twin Cities is more affordable than a lot of comparable national markets. The Twin Cities is not uncompetitive. Those are two different things, and the buyers who plan for both have a much better experience.

If you are weighing a move and want to know what your specific budget actually buys in this market, drop a question below or text me at (612) 801-4565.

Mackenzie Rasmus, REALTOR® at Engel & Völkers Minneapolis
mackenzierasmus.evrealestate.com

05/13/2026

I know, I know. You have heard about the Minnesota winters. Everyone tells you about the winters before you move here. And then you move here, and you figure out pretty quickly that the winters are actually fine, as long as you are prepared.

But here is something buyers coming from warmer climates almost never know about going into a home search, and it can save you a lot of time, energy, and money.

Heated garages. In Minnesota, this is not a luxury feature. It is a real quality-of-life consideration. If you are touring a home with a two-car garage that does not have heat, that is a conversation worth having up front. You can retrofit heat into it, or you can accept that your car is going to be cold every morning, your pipes carry a bit more winter risk, and your January morning routine will involve a few extra steps.

None of that is a deal breaker. But it is worth knowing what you are walking into before you write an offer on a Twin Cities home in May, and then experience your first real Minnesota January six months later.

If you are thinking about moving to the Twin Cities and want a buyer's-eye walkthrough of what to look for, drop a question below or text me at (612) 801-4565.

Mackenzie Rasmus, REALTOR® at Engel & Völkers Minneapolis
mackenzierasmus.evrealestate.com

05/12/2026

The first question I ask anyone moving to Minnesota is not which suburb has the best schools or the lowest taxes. It is: what does your day-to-day actually look like? And what do you want it to look like once you get here?

Here is why that matters. The western suburbs of the Twin Cities are genuinely beautiful. Highly rated schools, excellent parks, lakes everywhere, strong communities, and reasonable prices compared to a lot of comparable markets nationally. But they are not identical, and the differences matter a lot more than just where each one sits on a map.

If you are commuting into downtown Minneapolis, the 394 corridor is your main artery. Minnetonka, St. Louis Park, Hopkins, and Plymouth are the cities you want to be considering. In normal conditions, the commute is totally manageable. On a bad morning in a Minnesota winter, it is a different experience. That is the kind of detail that does not show up in a Zillow search.

If you are weighing the western suburbs and want to know which one actually fits your life, drop a question below or text me at (612) 801-4565.

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05/08/2026

Edina is one of the most established markets in the Twin Cities, and the 2026 data tells you exactly who is buying here.

🏡 Median sales price: $675,000
📅 Average days on market: 28
💰 Sale-to-list ratio: 98.2% of asking
🏘️ Active inventory: 199 homes

Edina has the things that hold value over time. Strong schools. The 50th and France shopping district. Well-established neighborhoods with long-term appreciation patterns.

The buyer profile here is disciplined. They know what they are paying for and they will pay it when the price is right. They will also walk away from an overpriced listing without a second thought, because something else will always come along.

That dynamic is why pricing strategy matters more in Edina than in almost any other Twin Cities suburb. The demand is real, but the price still has to make sense.

📲 Text me: (612) 801-4565
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05/07/2026

Plymouth is one of the most quietly competitive markets in the west Twin Cities suburbs right now, and the data is telling a different story than most buyers expect.

🏡 Median sales price: $500,000
📅 Average days on market: 23
💰 Sale-to-list ratio: 99.5% of asking
📉 Inventory: 174 homes, down 5.4% from a year ago

That last number is the one that surprises people. Plymouth has less supply than it did 12 months ago, not more. Combine that with strong demand and the result is a market where buyers are competing hard for what is available.

The bigger reframing: Plymouth has quietly stopped being the budget alternative to Wayzata or Edina. It is a $500K median market with shrinking inventory and serious buyer competition.

For buyers, the upside is still real. Strong metro access, diverse housing inventory, and good neighborhoods at multiple price points. Just go in with current data, not a memory of what Plymouth was three years ago.

📲 Text me: (612) 801-4565
🌐 mackenzierasmus.evrealestate.com

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