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Nearly 74% of RE/MAX Associates listed or sold distressed properties in the fourth quarter of 2009. In fact, 40% said more than half of their transaction sides involved distressed property during that period. (Source: Mainstreet Vote Now, Jan. 2010) Blog post written by: Dowell Taggart Team of RE/MAX Best Associates.View Distressed Sales, Short ...

 Move-Up Buyer Tax Credit for Olathe HomeownersYou're not a new Olathe homebuyer...well, not exactly.  After all, you want to buy a new home....But you're a "move-up" buyer, a "down-sizer", maybe a "right-sizer"...? What does the new tax credit package mean to YOU?These Olathe home-buying potholes ...

  Have you been preparing for the Olathe, Kansas Marathon? The Olathe, KS. Marathon is on Saturday, Arpil 10 of this year. It will start at Garmin, a corporate sponsor and travel along the roads in Olathe. There will also be a 1/2 marathon and 5K race. To register for the races, go to: Olathe Marathon This blog post was written by ...

  Have you noticed something different with the Olathe, Kansas Recycling Program?  The Olathe, Kansas recycling program has undergone some changes that started January 1st. The small blue bins have been replaced with 65-gallon blue recycling carts on wheels, they look very similar to the regular Olathe trash ...

The Dowell Taggart Team's website, www.DowellTaggart.com, has received a  #1 Ranking out of 1144 Kansas real estate agents websites and a Top 100 Ranking out of 200,000 national real estate agent websites.The ranking comes from Point 2 Agent Performance Index. 200,000 agents participate in Point 2 Agent. When web marketing is important ...

National Home Sales News Runs Against Kansas City Trends!The number of buyers who agreed to purchase previously occupied homes fell sharply in November, an indication that sales will fall this winter, undermining last summer's recovery. The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday its seasonally adjusted index of sales agreements fell 16% ...

Move-Up Buyer Tax CreditYou're not a new homebuyer...well, not exactly.  After all, you want to buy a new home....But you're a "move-up" buyer, a "down-sizer", maybe a "right-sizer"...? What does the new tax credit package mean to YOU?These home-buying potholes won't prevent you from taking advantage ...

The link below will direct you to a YouTube video showing a Kansas City McDonal's customer throwing a temper tantrum. According to Kansas City police Chief Jim Corwin, they are looking fof the customer who caused over $3,000 in damage. McDonald's Customer throwing tantrum If you know who the McDonald's customer is, please call the ...

Arvest Bank assumed the deposits and loans of SolutionsBank recently. Arvest Bank had purchased and assumed with loss share agreements with the Dederal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) all nonbrokered deposits and loans of SolutionBank. All SolutionsBank branches will be integrated into Arvest Bank. A special note has been placed on the Arvest ...

Another Ask a  Real Estate Question: Chris, As you remember, I'm new to the area. Where do you recycle Christmas Trees in Kansas City. Good Question, here is the Answer: If used a real Christmas Tree this past month you have options of what you can do with it now that Christmas is over with. First you can put the tree in the ...

 Top 25 Kansas City Real Estate Foreclosure List Including Properties in Olathe and Overland Park I have scoured the local Heartland MLS system in search of Kansas City's Top 25 Real Estate Foreclosures. After scouring through hundreds of foreclosures I have formed my Top 25 Real Estate Foreclosure List. Click here to view my Top 25 ...

Currently the Olathe, KS. public library system has two libraries. The main branch in downtown Olathe and the Indian Creek branch on Blackbob. The Olathe Public Library System publishes an online calendar for its patrons. The Janurary calendar is out and has 30 events for Janurary including kids book readings, movie time, educational events and ...

The City of Olathe purchased the Burning Tree Golf Course recently to add more water wells. The golf course is located in a newly annnexed Desoto property. Currently, the City of Olathe, owns more property around the golf course for water wells. The Golf Course sits on the Kansas River and will be used for the Olathe, Kansas water system. Blog ...

The Unified Government Real Estate Tax Statements recently mailed to Wyandotte County property owners contained a formatting error that combined the tax levies for the public school districts with the tax levy for the Kansas City Kansas Community College. The school district and community college tax levies should have been listed individually. ...

Brrrr it is cold outside today.  It looks like the job market is starting to turn around, which is great news for the economy.  It also tends to beat up rates a bit, so look for interest rates to start creeping up.  If you have any questions, do not hesitate to call or email me any time.  Have a great week, and thanks for your ...

The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday released a plan to speed up and encourage Short Sales as a means to help families avoid foreclosure. We've been offering Short Sale proposals to public officials for over a year, and although the new guidelines aren't everything we were hoping for, they do represent a significant improvement over the ...

Not ALL Kansas City real estate stats are bad. There are good stats out there. I just had some great stats come through my email from RE/MAX quoting the National Association of REALTORS ( NAR ). According to NAR's stats, the October Midwest Regional real estate sales were up 14.4% from September and 28.8% from October of 2008. Also ...

REMAX.COM FIRST TO ADD KANSAS CITY REAL ESTATE FORECLOSURESKansas City Homebuyers Can Search ForeclosedProperties, Find Foreclosure Experts in One Site(Denver, CO - November 30, 2009) – Kansas City Homebuyers looking for the right home at a great price will now be able to search through more than a million foreclosed ...

The Dowell Family Wishes Our Family & Friends A Happy Thanksgiving! (Click Picture to see Thanksgiving Video for You!)  

"A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION...BUT DON'T PUSH YOUR LUCK." Barbra Streisand obviously wasn't singing about Bond prices or interest rates in her 1980's song. But those lyrics were fitting last week when the Federal Reserve stepped in with more buying of Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS), helping Bond prices recover from news ...