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Kansas City Real Estate Stats: Average Home Sold Price According to the Heartland Multiple Listing Service (HMLS), the average home on the Kansas side in Kansas City sold for $211,100. Four bedroom homes sold for an average of $299,800. Three bedroom homes sold for an average of $155,700. Two bedroom homes sold for an average of $103,600. For ...

Kansas City Real Estate Stats:  28% of Single Family Homes take longer then 120 Days to Sell. According to the Heartland Multiple Listing Service (HMLS), 28% of the single family homes on the Kansas side of Kansas City took over 120 days to sell as of May, 2008.The stats for the number of days on the market for Kansas City homes on the ...

The hottest price range in Kansas City on the Kansas side through May of 2008 is the $200,000 to $249,999 price range with 722 homes sold. The $160,000-$179,999 came in second with 483 homes sold and the $180,000-$199,999 came in third in sales with 437 homes sold. 1940 homes sold between the $100,000-$199,999 price range through May of 2008 and ...

I get asked the question about buying foreclosure properties in Kansas City on a daily basis. The most common question is how do I find the best foreclosure deals. That can be a difficult question because I have many sources where I find Kansas City foreclosure properties. In order to help a client, I first ask what their goal is. Will the ...

The Lack of Proper Training by Kansas Public Safety Officers May Hurt You!Are you Being Protected by the Kansas Public Safety Departments? My answer is NO after what had happened to me this week and after talking to over 13 high ranking Kansas public safety officers in Kansas. Matter a fact, a short and free training session held for public ...

The Streak Ends! Kansas State Played KU Like they are the Champions . . .  The numbers:About K-State9 new kids on the K-State team7 Freshmen1 starter suspendedLost to archrival KU 24 straight games About KU:A seasoned team of McDonald All-AmericansUndefeated at 20-0Viewed as the best team in the nation and perhaps the best ever from ...

The freshmen of K-State take on the veterans of KU this next week. KU has demolished their opponents. K-State is just getting the kinks worked out on their young machine and starting to show their strength. As a Kansas native I grew up watching the K-State - KU battles. I would circle the basketball games on the calendar. My friends and I ...

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 ...

Kansas University played DePaul today in basketball. The game was on at 1:00. The Jayhawks are looking pretty awesome right and the basketball game today featured many highlight plays. Many that could of been on a ESPN's highlight reel. Still undefeated, the Jayhawks should breeze through the season until Big 12 play starts after the ...

If you believe the news media there is no good news about the real estate market. After piling through the numerous pages of Johnson County, Kansas real estate data, I found some good news. The average sales price of homes sold in the 3rd quarter went up from $270,900 in the 2nd quarter to $273,300 in the 3rd quarter. Also homes sold on ...

According to the Kansas City Star, the Kansas City Metro area will hit 2 million residents in the near future. Projections were that either by birth or relocation, Kansas City will be next city to hit 2 million. The Star compared Kansas City to Atlanta. When Atlanta hit 2 million, they celebrated and had a huge party. Many similar cities that hit ...

Learn How to Buy Real Estate Foreclosures with Other Peoples MoneyThis “SEMINAR” is presented by:Glenn Stockton, a Local Foreclosure Attorney Topics Included at the Seminar: ·    Lifecycle of a foreclosure·       Negotiating a successful contract to buy a ...

Billed as the biggest game of the week and probably the biggest football game for both KU and MU, who do you think is gonna win? Both teams have outstanding offenses and defenses. 10-1 MU's only loss came to Oklahoma. 11-0 KU as lost to no one, even my alma matter K-State. As a Kansas native, I'm aware of the border ...

New Gardner Kansas Junction Park is set to open soon. The park marks the junction of the Santa Fe, Oregon and California Trails. Creation of the park took several years and the partnership of nine local, state and national organizations, including the National Park Service, the Santa Fe Trail Association, the Oregon & California Trails ...

November 16th, 2007 For Further Information contact: Chris Dowell Phone: 913-980-5809 email: cd@DowellTaggart.com Free Seminar: Learn How To Buy A Kansas City Real Estate ForeclosureWhy buy real estate at a ...

This week I had the opportunity to work with a buyer who wanted to buy a real estate foreclosure. He's heard all of the stories of buying $400,000 homes for $50,000. Although we didn't find these deals we did find 12 homes at substanially reduced prices. Before we headed out to view these 12 homes, my client got on the phone to ...

I have received an overwhelming amount of e-mails about how KU is going to destroy. I have even seen a few crafty videos about how KU is going to destroy Kansas State. It sounds like the Jayhawks are resorting to the same tactics that Texas fans were doing last week. Did you see the Texas fans on YouTube talking about revenge last week? The ...

It's the big weekend and I'll miss the last half of the game. my brother is getting married and he scheduled his wedding during the game. My brother and brother-in-law and I have been teasing my brother about bringing a my projector TV to put behing the alter. We told him we would be considerate and have the volume down a little. My wife ...

A new identity scam has been discovered and according to the Attorney General of Kansas, it may have made its way to Kansas. People are contacted by a scammer by phone. They are told that there is a warrant out for their arrest because they missed going to jury duty. When the scammer is told that they never received notice the scammer asks for ...

Ken D. asked what is the hottest selling area in Johnson County. Ken, you asked a hard question because the definition of hottest could mean different things. Hottest could mean fastest selling, where more homes are selling or which area the homes are selling closer to list price. I'll give you the hottest in all ...