Kansas City Real Estate and Community News

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 ...

For the past 3 weeks I have been showing 8 groups of people homes for sale in Kansas City. At first I would show start by showing them homes for sale in a 4-5 hour period. After I got a grasp of what they were looking for, I would hunt the Kansas City MLS for homes that would fit their search criteria and e-mail them the new listings. When the ...

I was searching homes on the MLS today and found a great deal. It was so good in fact that I had to check it out. Priced way under appraisal, the home I previewed is in Olathe, Kansas. With a soaring 2-story entry, huge backyard and a finished basement with bathroom this Olathe foreclosure will sell fast in the160's.With a little ...

Havencroft, Olathe  -  Announcing a new listing on 15740 W. 146th Street, a 1,754 sq. ft., 3 bath, 4 bdrm 2 story "Many New Features". Priced at $185,000, this Havencroft, Olathe 2-story features maintenence free siding, newer carpet, open gourmet kicthen, a privacy fence, a storage shed and many more features. ...

[photo:listing:1553789] Open Floorplan • 3,585 sq. ft., 4 bath, 4 bdrm 2 story "Formal Design " - $550,000 - Luxury 2-Story Wilshire Farms, Overland Park  -  The soaring two story high foyer welcomes you in with quiet elegance in this Overland Park home. Located in highly desirable Wilshire Farms, this Overland ...

Lenexa Real Estate Foreclosures Lenexa, Kansas foreclosures are at an all-time high, yet property values continue to increase.....Can both be true? Absolutely!  Though property values have not increased as quickly as we would like, the door is wide open for Buyers to secure great deals on purchases, while savvy Sellers, utilizing the ...

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 ...

4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bath Gardner pre- Foreclosure For Sale . . . New Gardner Listing! Justed listed this newer 4 bedroom, 3 full bath side-to-side split in Gardner, Kansas. This Gardner, KS. pre- foreclosure features: stainless steel appliances, wood floors, atrium windows, vaulted ceiling, finished walkout basement, finished sub basement, fenced ...

Persimmon Hill Subdivision Real Estate Stats . . . Olathe Real Estate In the past 12 months in the Persimmon Hill Subdivision, 29 homes have been listed and 13 homes have sold. The maximum sold price in the Persimmon Hill Subdivision the past 12 months was $252,500 and the minimum sold price was $165,000. The average Persimmon Hill Home that ...

Checkout this 5 bedroom, 2 full bath + 2 half bath Shawnee ranch home I found in the Heartland MLS I found today. Features include, according to the listing agent and MLS, a finished basement, deck, fenced backyard and more . . . The listing agent's remarks are: "CHARMING RANCH WITH ADD-ON TO KITCHEN CREATING A OPEN, AIRY FEEL; GREAT ...

This Shawnee real estate foreclosure has been reduced over $110,000 according to my search today on the Heartland MLS. Priced now in the 140's, this 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom, 3 car garage Shawnee foreclosure home has according to the listing agent and the MLS a walkout finished basement, 2 fireplaces, vaulted ceilings, a family room and a ...

Today I found a new foreclosure listing on the Heartland MLS. It is a 3 bedroom f/b split in Olathe. Priced over $40,000 below appraisal this Olathe foreclosure home was built in 2001. The features on this home according to the MLS and listing agent include: Daylight windows in the basement, 19' x 18' master bedroom, 2 bathrooms, 2 car ...

Leawood Kansas Home For Sale . . . Leawood Ranch Home Reduced $125,000 Another property search on the Heartland MLS . . . I found a Leawood property for sale with a motivated seller who has reduced the asking price $125,000. The Leawood ranch home for sale features 3 bedrooms, a 1.3 acre lot and a brick front. The property code on this ...

Leawood, KS. House For Sale . . .  2-Story Leawood house has been Reduced $100,000I found another great buy in the Heartland MLS this morning. This potential rehab special or sweat equity Leawood home has been reduced $100,000.This Leawood 2-Story home features:1) 4bedrooms, 4 ½ bathrooms2) 3 car side entry garage3) Finished basement4) ...

I found another investment home or home perfect for sweat equity in the Heartland MLS this morning.In today’s search I found a Western Johnson County 2-Story home for sale. This Johnson County 2-story home has been reduced $75,000. Features on this newer 2-story home are:1) 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms2) Finished walkout basement3) Open ...

The National Association of Realtors reported last week that the national median home values of pre-owned homes in fell 1.8% in 2007. The national median home value was $217,000, the first decline in the national median home value since the National Association of Realtors started tracking the figure back in 1968. Locally, I calculated median ...

Even as the market opened on Tuesday, the Federal Reserve attempted to come to the rescue by making a surprising announcement - an emergency cut to the Fed Funds Rate and Discount Rate by .75%, in an effort to prevent a global market meltdown. The surprise announcement and magnitude of the rate cuts led to a week of exceptionally volatile trading ...

With 18 years of real estate experience, I have never seen the real estate market like this. Everywhere I read I hear about how slow the real estate market is today. That maybe true in some areas, but not in all of them. It is true that builders are lowering list prices. The last few new home contracts I have negotiated the builder has come down ...

Thinking about buying a home in the City of Olathe, Kansas? This is a great time to buy a home in Olathe, Kansas. The real estate inventory is low, home prices are sluggish and interest rates are at 2 year lows. The number of homes sold the past month have dropped and current home sellers have been dropping list prices to make current ...

In today's search in the Heartland MLS, I found a gorgeous Johnson County Cape Cod 2-Story home with a finished basement, circle driveway and hardwood floors. This Cape Cod has been recently reduced nearly $60,000. The listing agent's remarks are: MOTIVATED SELLER IN ROE MANOR HEIGHTS. THIS HOME HAS IT ALL...CIRCLE DRIVE, KITCHEN WITH ...