How do you stay warm on a fall October Saturday morning?  Stop by the Des Moines Farmers Market and buy some Spicy Hot Mustard or Barn Burner Mustard!  Works every time! Week Ending October 16, 2009 Total Number of Homes For Sale in the Des Moines Area – 4795 New Listings Taken During the […]

Last Week I posted sales data for different areas of the Des Moines Metro.  This week shows what price ranges are selling. Week Ending October 9, 2009 Total Number of Homes For Sale in the Des Moines Area – 4886 New Listings Taken During the Last 7 Days – 253 Accepted Offers (Pendings) During the […]

Des Moines Real Estate Statistics Week Ending 10-2-09 Week Ending October 2, 2009 Total Number of Homes For Sale in the Des Moines Area – 4906 New Listings Taken During the Last 7 Days – 268 Accepted Offers (Pendings) During the Last 7 Days – 171 Homes Closed (Solds) During the Last 7 Days – […]

Are you a first time home buyer?  There’s still time to take advantage of the First Time Home Buyer Tax Incentive! Week Ending September 25, 2009 Total Number of Homes For Sale in the Des Moines Area – 5016 New Listings Taken During the Last 7 Days – 278 Accepted Offers (Pendings) During the Last […]

With the deadline approaching for the First Time Home Buyer stimulus money, sales have been brisk in September for the Des Moines market.  Prior to this past week, the highest number of Pending transactions occurred in June when we hit 1746 Pending Sales.  September 15th sales surpassed that number and have steadily increased each business […]

Week Ending September 11, 2009 Total Number of Homes For Sale in the Des Moines Area – 5004 New Listings Taken During the Last 7 Days – 214 Accepted Offers (Pendings) During the Last 7 Days – 109 Homes Closed (Solds) During the Last 7 Days – 37 Average Sale Price of Solds – $150,492 […]

August 2009 Price Range Statistics Once again, the most activity in our market is under the $200,000 price range.  I expect that September will be more of the same as the first time home buyers are out in full force in order to beat the deadline of closing by November 30th. Week Ending September 4, […]

Monday, August 31st marks the 90 day mark for First Time Homebuyers to take advantage of the $8,000 stimulus!  To be safe, buyers should have their home purchase under contract within the next 45 days in order to make sure there is time to close before the November 30th end date.  Contact me for more […]