A funny thing happened the week after the flood water receded. Real estate business began to pick back up. Homes actually closed to be more exact. You see the Polk County recorder was at ground zero of the crest of the Des Moines river. The photo you see in this blog is a bunker of sandbags protecting the entrance to the basement […]
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Des Moines Weekly Real Estate Statistics 6/13/08
In 1993, the city of Des Moines experienced a 100 year flood that took out the cities water supply for 12 days and crippled the city. This week we have experienced a 500 year flood. Heavy rain in western, northwestern & north central Iowa during the last week have caused the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers to overflow. […]
Des Moines Weekly Real Estate Statistics 6/6/08
Several nights of spring storms have kept Iowans up late this week. It seems as though everything is running about a month behind this year. I wondered if spring would ever get here.. now we are experiencing our April showers all the way into June! Now we have flooding to deal with in Des Moines. Stay alert and DRY this […]
Des Moines Weekly Real Estate Statistics 5/30/08
Ahhh the end of the month! Many buyers choose to close near the end of the month when purchasing a home. There are reasons to close at other times of the month (less competition for closing times with your lender for one) but it seems that even REALTORS® look for that magic “month end” date when […]
Des Moines Weekly Real Estate Statistics 5/23/08
Sales continue to strengthen here in the Des Moines area. According to the Des Moines Area Association of REALTORS® sales are up 29% in April over March of this year. At the beginning of May, I reported that there were 1,044 Single Family Home Pending Sales on the books. This week we see 1,148 Pendings – […]
Des Moines Weekly Real Estate Statistics 5/16/08
This past week, I was in Washington DC attending the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Mid-Year Legislative Conference. I was able to attend many sessions thanks to my participation as Treasurer of my local Association of REALTORS®. One session in particular was a presentation by NAR Chief Economist, Lawrence Yun. He predicts that while the […]