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Mobile Apps Allow you to Search for Homes Easier

If you have been a home buyer in the last year or so, chances are you have utilized a mobile real estate app. These apps allow you to see homes in your general vicinity by pinpointing your exact geographic location … Continue reading

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Surveying the Downtown Kansas City Condo Market

I just realized that after many months barely even hearing the word condo, I am starting to hear about increasing activity in the condo market. Agents in my network are selling and listing them, and we all seem to have … Continue reading

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Research Your House – 1940 US Census Records Now Available

The US Census records from 1940 were made public this month. Evidently, each time we fill out a census report, it is kept confidential for 72 years (the average person’s life span) which is comforting due to the personal nature … Continue reading

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Implosion of Troost Office Building – at Rockhill Greens & Research Brookside Campus

A former medical office building located at 6700 Troost was imploded this morning to make way for Rockhill Greens, an affordable senior housing development. I have embedded a video of the implosion below, courtesy of Rockhill Greens. As a neighbor … Continue reading

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Pick of the Week – Victorian Home circa 1890 in Historic Downtown Parkville

I saw this elegant Victorian house posted for sale in MLS a couple days ago and I think I might be obsessed. Everyone admires historic downtown Parkville, Missouri with its quaint shops and restaurants, riverfront park, farmers market, historic buildings, … Continue reading

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Pick of the Week – Historic Landmark Home in Brookside

This home for sale, listed by Karen Holcomb with Prudential, is designate as a Historic Kansas City Landmark. According to the listing, it was the second home well-known Kansas City developer, J.C. Nichols, built for his family. It sits high … Continue reading

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Cool Retro Home Decorating Trend Returns – The Hanging Staghorn Fern

I have always admired Staghorn Ferns, and since they share a likeness to antlers and can grow in the air, people have begun mounting them to boards and hanging them on the wall. It is a sort of faux-tedermy trend … Continue reading

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Home Sales are Rising in Kansas City

Year to date, local residential real estate sales are up 15% as compared with last year, and prices are also up by 2.5%. This is a big sign of improvement, and perhaps the beginning of a balanced, healthier market. For … Continue reading

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March is the Month for New Real Estate Listings – The Spring Market in Kansas City

Sales data over the last five years indicates that March is the month with the most new listings coming on the market. April is a close second. This is good news as there is considerable pent up demand for quality … Continue reading

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Marvelous Prairie Style Home in Kansas City

While researching the history of my new listing located on Washington Street in Kansas City, Missouri, I found this photograph of a home on a different Washington Street in Kansas City, Kansas and just about jumped out of my seat. … Continue reading

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