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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 ...

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 ...

 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 ...

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 ...

Will the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Extend Past the End of November? It appears that the first time home buyer tax credit may extend past November. According to a couple articles that I have read Florida Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson told reporters that the extension would be approved. Since the extension has not been approved ...

  Just a post to let you know that I have changed real estate companies and I have a new address now. I have joined the RE/MAX Best Associates real estate office located in Corporate Woods Business Park in Overland Park, Kansas. I really like this office, as we have a group of highly energetic professionals who work together as a team to ...

What did 2300 Johnson County, Kansas Homeowners have in common in 2009? They did not read this blog post. If they did, they would have saved thousands of dollars and lots of hours wondering. If you are thinking about selling your home in Kansas City, you should read this bog post. 2300 Johnson County homeowners listed their home the first part of ...

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. ...

I’m excited that NBC Action News is going to report positive Kansas City real estate news on Monday morning. Last week I was contacted by Christa Dubill from NBC Action News reporting how the current $8,000 tax credit, low interest rates and market conditions have positively changed the real estate market. Christa, passed this ...

How the Current Tax Credit Affects Kansas City First Time Home Buyers $8,000: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 authorizes a tax credit of up to $8,000 for qualified first-time home buyers purchasing a principal residence on or after January 1, 2009 and before December 1, 2009. The current tax credit of $8,000 is different ...

...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 ...

Kansas City Home Sales Stats Decrease 62% Kansas City new home sales this month of 162 represents a 62% decrease from one year ago when there were 431 Kansas City new home sales in November. New home sales decreased 35% in November compared to October of 2008 when there were 249 new home sales. Existing homes sales were down 24% from last ...

...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

Lake Winnebago, Cass County  -  Announcing a price reduction on 290 Chickesaw Lane, a 2,250 sq. ft., 4 bath, 4 bdrm 1 1/2 story "Dual Master Suites". Now MLS® $199,000 - Reduced and Priced To BUY. Property information