Julia Israel, a sales agent and productivity coach with Keller Williams Integrity Lakes, said many of her entry level listings are selling even before they hit the market. Recently, she was about to list a 1,850-square-foot house in the Folwell neighborhood in Minneapolis for $225,000. Some acquaintances saw the house in a “coming soon” e-mail and immediately wrote an offer. Those buyers have been shopping for about four months and had already been outbid on a half-dozen houses, so they wasted no time.

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