Kansas City Real Estate Network

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 ...

Wow.  Where we live and how we live....What drives us?  Are we, each of us, the sum total of our credit scores?  These scores affect our ability to rent a car, acquire and keep property and casualty insurance...open a bank account...and for 32% of all employers, the ability to choose the "best" candidate for the job. ...

In his work, Conspiracy of the Rich, Rich Dad entrepenour, Robert Kiosaki, discusses the fact that during our current crisis on Wall Street, wealth didn't evaporate, it just changed hands....WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH REAL ESTATE? Your equity, your value, may come back....If it does, and that's a big if, respected economists are ...

What do Kansas City Homes, Kansas City Real Estate, and Kansas City Homebuyers have in common with ....Beaverton, Oregon...Shickley, Nebraska....Hays, Kansas....Minneapolis, Minnesota, Overland Park, Kansas, Olathe, Kansas, and Lees Summit, Missouri? People from these cities visited our site this morning.  Some looking to relocate, others to ...

it was amazing how quickly I've been losing the weight.  11 pounds inside 3 weeks.  Yep, I'm OK with that. But the real amazing part was how much less I was spending on food....That and my kids are losing weight as well. More green vegetables, more chicken and fish....Less starchy carbs, less fried foods...S'all good.  ...

...and the gal in front of me orders a double half-caff something or other, with whipped topping, smothered in super glue.... That's what I believed I had heard; truth is, I have selective perception...Didn't hear half of what she said, because I was ready to order plain-old coffee, and I wasn't paying all that much attention.  I ...

The good ole "lowball offer"....Welcome back friend. Foreclosures across the country are up, but trending downward in Kansas City, and especially Johnson County, Kansas. Why? Simple....Our market didn't suffer from an overdose of skyroeckting, overinflated housing prices.  We sufferred from an increase in overvalued ...

As Chris wrote to many of our clients, the answer sounds a lot like a contradiction.....With foreclosure rates falling in Kansas City, interest rates also falling, prices still falling....a little.... Sounds like "blue sky" to me....The truth is...Messy, complicated....Our market is still strong for sales as well as purchases, and ...

Recently I wrote regarding the bottoming of our real estate market, and the corresponding dip in interest rates....Let's see, low housing costs, as well as low interest rates; HUM? And many of you questioned whether or not this is a good time to buy.... When WE answer, it sounds self-serving, so I thought I'd publish a consumer's ...

....Wow, that is a loaded question....Cuz sometimes the best thing you can do is leave things as they are....Making changes, upgrades, remodelling your home....Only works as a strategy to increase the value if the benefit of the changes is greater than the costs....For most homeowners, under most circumstances in TODAY'S market, the ...

That depends....Depends on what you want.  I recently went on a quick vacation to Las Vegas...Yep, I like to play "21"....Sat next to another player that is a Vegas homeowner; a local....Tells me that housing prices hit bottom, but that sales are on the rise....Humm... The variables present in that market are very ...

Kansas City Real Estate Inventory Decreases Kansas City new Home inventory decreased this month with 3,369 homes in inventory compared to 3,516 new homes on the market last month. The new home inventory for the Kansas City region is 29% lower than it was a year ago in November 2007 when there were 4,773 new homes on the market. Resale real estate ...

...Is a question kids ask every year....and this year, that question asked in my home sounds like, "Can I get on the Internet and find Santa?" Maybe it's a job transfer, might be that you reduced your expenses and down-sized your home this year?  How can you follow Santa's path to your home? You see, this year, ...

Wow....Well, will home prices will go a touch lower, as will interest rates....Both are poised to come together at almost historic lows....Providing buyers with tremendous advantages....  But if you have your eye on a specific property, you had better be prepared to move ...

Big Creek Acres, Pleasant Hill  -  Announcing a price reduction on 22300 E 175th St, a 6,500 sq. ft., 6 bath, 5 bdrm 2 story. Now MLS® $882,000 - Priced Below Market!. Property information

Village At Sunnybrook, Olathe  -  Announcing a price reduction on 200-11731 S Roundtree, a 1,050 sq. ft., 2 bath, 2 bdrm townhouse "Second Floor Views". Now MLS® $124,000 - TIME TO BUY!. Property information

On a daily basis I get asked the question of who is the top online real estate agent in Kansas City. There are 10,000 real estate agents in Kansas City and most say they are the top online real estate agent in Kansas City. Last night I had a client who worked at Google who was amazed at my online marketing. During our discussion about my online ...