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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 ...

  Kansas City Real Estate Foreclosure Homes for Sale:  When you search foreclosure homes for sale, have you ever thought.... “Why can't I find that home?”        “I know that home is for ...

Does a foreclosure in my Kansas City neighborhood affect my homes' appraisal...Two distinct markets? Part 2  In part 1, we discussed why appraisers are having so much difficulty determining the affect of a distressed property sale on the values of surrounding homes... Still, the buyer is paying a premium not to have to deal with the ...

Does a foreclosure in my Kansas City neighborhood affect my homes' appraisal? Part 1   According to USA Today, across the country, agents and home builders are complaining too many appraisals and appraisers are coming in low, canceling deals. The National Association of Realtors says nearly one in four of its members has reported ...

Does a foreclosure in my Kansas City neighborhood affect my homes' appraisal...Two distinct markets? Part 2  In part 1, we discussed why appraisers are having so much difficulty determining the affect of a distressed property sale on the values of surrounding homes... Still, the buyer is paying a premium not to have to deal with the ...

Does a foreclosure in my Kansas City neighborhood affect my homes' appraisal? Part 1   According to USA Today, across the country, agents and homebuilders are complaining too many appraisals and appraisers are coming in low, cancelling deals. The National Association of Realtors says nearly one in four of its members has reported clients ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: With foreclosure properties still dominating the housing landscape in the U.S., we've asked our friends at RealtyTrac® to guest author some articles to shed light on the foreclosure crisis. RealtyTrac is the most trusted source of foreclosure information in the country. We hope that the information provided here and in ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: With foreclosure properties still dominating the housing landscape in the U.S., we've asked our friends at RealtyTrac® to guest author some articles to shed light on the foreclosure crisis. RealtyTrac is the most trusted source of foreclosure information in the country. We hope that the information provided here and in ...

RE/MAX Chairman and Co-Founder Dave Liniger met with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan on Friday. They had a conversation on a variety of topics related to the current state of the real estate market, but focused primarily on recommendations for streamlining the Short Sale process.  “We feel strongly that if Short ...

Choosing the WRONG Olathe Real Estate Agent could COST you thousands! This past weekend I received a phone call from a Olathe homeowner who chose another real estate agent to sell their home. I met this homeowner back in March and they were in a difficult short sale situation. They were not able to keep up on the mortgage payments and so they had ...

Last week I was in a discussion with a group of people regarding the real estate market. The group of people were stating that the subprime mortgage market ruined the real estate market in Kansas City. That is what I have heard, but what do the facts suggest.  According to the latest available real estate foreclosure market ...

Making Home Affordable program was introduced by President Obama to help as many as 7 million to 9 million homeowners facing foreclosure. Homeowners could opt for loan modification so that the existing terms of their mortgage are altered enabling them to make their mortgage payments in a more affordable manner.  The mortgage bailout plan was ...

...Giving hope to the hopeful...We receive calls every week from clients and prospective Sellers regarding Loan Modifications....While there are many good resources available to help consumers understand Loan Modifications, these typically involve explain the basics as they relate to FEDERAL guidelines, not the guidelines relevant to your ...

To view 30 Kansas City real estate foreclosures throughout Kansas City, go to: Kansas City Real Estate Foreclosures  With over 200 Kansas City real estate foreclosures we can find the right real estate foreclosure for you. Let the Dowell Taggart Team know what you are looking for, today! Visit our Kansas City Real Estate Website or call us ...

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 ...

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