The sale of your residence is the responsibility of the owner. Homes in the Grove are sold to eligible University faculty and staff members, subject to eligibility confirmation by the University Employee Benefits Department. Contact Melinda Soderberg, (612) 625-4050 and select Option #2.

Whether you choose to sell your home on your own - For Sale By Owner (FSBO) - or list with a real estate broker, there are specific steps the homeowner needs to do in order to fulfill University and Grove Association requirements.

• Contact the current University Grove president and inform him or her of your intent to sell your home.
  
• Contact the University Real Estate Office, Sue Weinberg, weinberg@umn.edu to advise that your home is for sale.
  
• Contact Karen Kloser, University Grove Information Officer, to get your house listed on the University Grove Homeowners Association website.
  
  • Prepare listing information.
    If you are selling FSBO, prepare real estate listing information about your property and take an exterior color photo. Submit this information electronically or by mail to post your home on this web site. There is a listing form you can download, print and mail.
    
    If a real estate broker is representing you, they can provide the listing information and photo. They can submit this information electronically to the University Grove Information Officer or by mail to:
    
    University Grove Information Officer
    1596 Northrop St.
    St. Paul, MN 55108
  • Write a check for $350 to the University Grove Homeowners Association and mail to the address listed above.
    
  • Prepare a flyer to be sent to the University's DDD (deans, department heads and directors) mailing list about the sale of your home (approximately 450 copies Twin Cities campus only). Mail or deliver your flyer to Lynette Cheesebrough, Housing and Residential Life Services, who will handle this for you one time at no cost to you. She can be contacted at (612) 624-0453.
    
  • Sellers should familiarize themselves with the defined criteria for requesting an exemption to sell the home to a non-eligible buyer. A copy of the Hardship Criteria document can be viewed on the University Real Estate Office website.

When you sell your home:

1. Contact the University Grove Information Officer to remove your listing from the University Grove Homeowners Association website; and
   
2. Send a copy of the completed purchase agreement to the Real Estate Office for preparation of lease documents for the closing:
   
   University Real Estate Office
   424 Donhowe Building
   319-15th Avenue S.E.
   Minneapolis, MN 55455