Selling in Meeker County
Sell your home in Dassel, MN
The best time to talk to Janet Matchinsky about selling in Dassel is before you spend money on updates. She will tell you which projects buyers here pay for and which ones they do not.
The process
How Janet sells in Dassel
Start with a call
Reach Janet at (320) 219-2488 with the basics: where the home is in Dassel, when you want to move, and any questions.
Walk-through and pricing
Janet walks through the home, then pulls comparable sales from NorthstarMLS and recommends a list price with the sales that support it.
Prepare the home
Janet gives staging and repair advice, sorted by what pays and what does not, so you spend only where it counts.
Photos and the listing
Janet handles photography, writes the listing, and puts it on NorthstarMLS, where every broker and buyer in the region can see it.
Showings and offers
She manages showing requests, gathers feedback, and brings you offers with her read on price, terms, and the buyer's financing.
Inspection to closing
After the offer is accepted, she manages the inspection, appraisal, title work, and closing paperwork until the keys change hands.
Your listing plan
What Janet's marketing can include
Janet builds the marketing plan around the property, so it differs from house to house. Depending on the home, it can include the items below; agree on the schedule together so you know what will happen before the listing goes live.
- 8K drone photos and video
- Staging before the shoot
- The listing itself
- Social media posts
- Paired open houses
- Food at open houses
- Agent-to-agent calls
- Showing feedback passed on to you
Each one is explained on the main selling page, with what sellers wrote about her listings.
Track record
Recently sold near Dassel
Since November 2023, Janet's NorthstarMLS record has no closing inside Dassel itself or within a normal showing radius of it. Her nearest closing is in Richmond, about 27 miles away as the crow flies, where she represented the buyer (counted, not shown, under NorthstarMLS rules). The closest homes Home Match Realty listed and sold are in Spicer (31 miles), St. Cloud (34 miles), and Prinsburg (44 miles).
The Broker Reciprocity logo marks sold data supplied by NorthstarMLS through its Broker Reciprocity program. Data believed to be accurate but should be independently verified. Properties displayed may be listed or sold by various participants in the MLS. This home sale information is not an appraisal, competitive or comparative market analysis, CMA or home valuation.
The town
Dassel at a glance
As the crow flies, Dassel is 11 miles east of Litchfield (the county seat and the closest larger town Janet covers) and 75 miles southeast of Janet's office in Alexandria. By the Census Bureau's 2023 estimates, Dassel is the second-largest of the 8 Meeker County towns on this site. It shares its ZIP code with Kingston.
Selling lakeshore? The lakes on this site closest to Dassel are Lake Washington (3 miles away), Lake Stella (5 miles away), and Lake Manuella (6 miles away); each lake page lists its size, depth and public access from the Minnesota DNR.
Homes for sale, nearby lakes and neighboring towns are on the Dassel homes for sale page.
Dassel facts
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Population (2023 estimate) | 1,526 (U.S. Census Bureau) |
| County | Meeker County |
| County seat | Litchfield |
| School district | Dassel-Cokato Schools |
| ZIP code | 55325 |
| Drive from Alexandria | about 94 mi, an hour and 50 minutes |
Free market analysis
What your Dassel home is worth
A home value report from Janet covers what similar Dassel homes have sold for, what is listed now, and where yours fits.
To find out what your Dassel home would list for, call Janet at (320) 219-2488 or use the form below. The market analysis is free and comes with no pressure to list.
FAQ
Sellers ask
What is the first step to selling in Dassel?
Ask Janet for a market analysis, which is free and carries no obligation. She will walk through the home, pull comparable sales from NorthstarMLS, and tell you what it would list for. She will also tell you what is worth doing before photos.
Do homes in Dassel have a well and septic?
Inside city limits, most homes are on municipal water and sewer, and outside town, private wells and septic systems are the norm. Minnesota requires a well disclosure at sale, and most counties here require a septic compliance inspection when a property changes hands.
What is winter access like for rural homes near Dassel?
City streets and county roads are plowed by the city and the county. Township roads are plowed by the township, and private drives and some lake roads fall to the owner or an association. Janet asks who plows the road before you buy.
More on the pricing guide, the preparing to sell guide and the Dassel homes for sale page.
Neighboring towns
Selling nearby
Ready when you are
Ready to talk about selling in Dassel?
A pricing conversation costs nothing and commits you to nothing.