Kansas City Real Estate Network

Decreased Access to Credit and Fewer ''Move-In Condition''  Homes is Being Blamed for Lower Owner-Occupied Investor REO Buyers. The percentage of owner-occupied REO buyers has dropped 20% during the past 2 years. In 2009, around 80% of REO buyers were owner-occupants. That number now hovers around 60 percent and is still on the ...

According to NuWire Investor, Lawrence, KS. made Housing Predicator's list of the Top 10 Buyers Markets for Real Estate Investors. As with many college towns like Lawrence, they have been insulated from the nation's financial crisis. Lawrence is the home of the Kansas Jayhawks and is 30 minutes West of Kansas City. To view the Top 10 List, go to: ...

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 ...

....From time to time, we come across others who impact our lives in a positive way, and unles you live on the Moon, you are aware our mainstream media rarely reports "good news"....I am not referring to Pollyanna News....Cake eating contests, modern art built with matchsticks, or "....man-eating dog subdued without harm by smiling ...

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 ...

So most of us are feeling better about the economy...?  Huh?  Why?  Good question to ask ourselves...Are YOU feeling better about the economy?  The latest government report regarding homebuilders suggests we "feel" better...What does that mean? For most of us, there is an increased sense that credit is ...

[photo:listing:2330800] Huge 5 Bedroom Home • 2,434 sq. ft., 3 bath, 5 bdrm single story - $205,000 - Incredible Price Round Hill, Overland Park  -  Where else can you find an Overland Park 5 bedroom home in a subdivision with a full country club. The country club includes an inground pool, 5 tennis courts and a kids play ...

Location, condition, price, traffic...These are the cornerstones of successfully selling your client's home.  Ever get a longing for the "good old days"....Or talk with your friends about..."back in the day"?  Nostalgia aside, our memories of the events of our lives almost always exceed the events ...

...Martin, what are the primary advantages for buying a home?" Chris and I get the question all the time...."Should I buy or rent?"  The answer is simple, maybe. There are three primary reasons to buy.... 1-Mortgage Interest Tax Deduction 2-First-Time Homebuyers Assistance, $8000 Tax Credit 3-You are sick and tired of ...

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.  ...

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 ...

Sales on Olathe, Kansas homes have slowed, and now is a great time to purchase your own little slice of Heaven...Kansas City Real Estate.... Check out this article..... http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081223/bs_nm/us_usa_economy_housing1 Is it time to seriously look for that dream home?  Should we talk?   

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, ...

Cothrell & White, Olathe  -  Announcing a price reduction on 400 E Johnston, a 953 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm single story "Traditional Ranch". Now MLS® $135,000 - Great Time to Purchase!. Property information

Today I worked with an out of town real estate investor. The couple hours we searched on our local MLS for distressed properties for sale. We searched foreclosures, pre-foreclosures, REO's, RELO's and HUD properties. My client was amazed at the good deals we found. Here are some of the real estate deals we found. We even found a bank owned ...

Clients are asking if the falling interest rates will improve the chances of sellng their Kansas City homes closer to fair market value, and conversely, will the falling rates make investing less attractive? The experts agree that falling rates enable more buyers to take advantage of home ownership....But lenders have slowly but surely ...