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A client asked,"Will the weather affect the Kansas City Real Estate Market?" Last week the real estate marketing in Kansas City reminded me of old times. Many properties that haven’t been shown lately by coop agents had showings. Properties that were getting showings, had more showings. Some properties had multiple showings ...

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 ...

Question to Ask a Real Estate Wizard: Mr. Dowell, I met you last September when you came out to present your listing presentation. Although, my wife and I felt that your presentation was fantastic and your real estate marketing was superb, my wife and I decided to list with another realtor who gave us a better price. You handled yourself ...

Johnson County Homes For Sale . . . 2-Story Johnson County Home Reduced over $50,000New search in the Heartland MLS revealed this great Johnson County buy!This 3 bedroom Johnson County 2-Story is priced below appraisal. The motivated seller has reduced the price from $249,000 to $190,000. This Johnson County 2-story home features a finished ...

There are 10,000 Kansas City Metro real estate agents. Not all can be found on the first 2 pages of the search engines like Google. Matter a fact, currently, less then 4 Kansas City real estate agents have websites on the first 2 pages on the Top 5 Kansas City real estate keywords. The Dowell Taggart Team’s website shows up on the first 2 ...

The Dowell Taggart Team has embraced technology. We have created an online automated real estate marketing system that will market your home on over 1,000 websites, including Google, Yahoo, MSN, Trulia, Zillow and many more websites. Because of our automation, we can provide more marketing for less. The Dowell Taggart Team Markets on over 1,000 ...

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 ...

Discount real estate commissions means discount service, right? Most of the time a commission reduction does mean a reduction in servicing and marketing of your home. We call these type of real estate agents, Discount Brokers. Discount Brokers provide less service for less money. The Dowell Taggart Team is not a Discount Brokerage. Most real ...

Yeah right, another discount brokerage with discount services. Kansas City's #1 Online Real Estate Marketing Team, The Dowell Taggart Team, reduces the commission not the marketing on your home. In fact we will market your home on over hundreds of websites on the top keywords. Not only will you get full service, but you'll be in ...

On a daily basis I get asked the question of who is the top online real estate agent in Overland Park . There are 1,500 real estate agents in Overland Park and most say they are the top online real estate agent in Overland Park . Last night I had a client who worked at Google who was amazed at my online marketing. During our discussion about my ...

This weekend I showed a couple buyers homes. In the less then ideal conditions of 4 degree temperatures, the last thing I wanted to encounter is being in the cold longer. By the end of the day, my feet felt like they were frozen. When I walked the pain went up my leg. My clients, I’m sure felt no better. We chose to end the day earlier then ...

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 ...

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 ...

As a Loss Mitigation Consultant, I accept assigments from mortgage companies to help in the communication process with their clients who are late on the mortgages. Typically, the mortgage company request new financials and depending on the circumstances, I am allowed to make recommendations to the client. Possible options include requesting a ...

How is the Johnson County, Kansas real estate market? The average sales price decreased from $254,790 to $250,571 the past year on average in Johnson County, Kansas. With more homes on the market and the average days on the market increasing, this is a great time to buy a Kansas City home. Information obtained from the Heartland MLS.To view more ...

[expires:2007-04-13:Note that this information is outdated.] That*s right! We are working for food. From December 1, 2006 through March 31, 2007. We will be donating part of our commissions and running food drives to help our local food pantry. We will be annoucing food pick ups on our website. If you are thinking of buying or selling property, ...