Are Des Moines Mortgage Rates On The Rise?
Tag Archives: Economy
Economic Impact of Homes Sold In Iowa
What Market Are We In Right Now?
The experts will tell you that success in selling any product has everything to do with Supply and Demand. In real estate terms that can be measured in terms of Months of Inventory. The rule of thumb is that a balanced market contains between 5 to 6 months of inventory. Anything less than that is […]
The First Time I Sprained My Ankle
I was about 15 years old… I can remember it like it was yesterday. I was at Larry Beaman’s house after school. Larry lived on a farm and we were playing on the fence climbing over into one of the stock pens. I had managed to climb up on to the top of the fence […]
June 3rd and December 13th
What do these two dates have in common? It’s the dates that 30 Year Mortgage Rates were at 4.625% The cost of owning a home is rising and it has nothing to do with the asking price. Over the last 30 days, mortgage interest rates have begun to rise. The experts have said that they […]
Des Moines Real Estate Statistics Week Ending 5-15-09
This past week, I was in Washington DC at the National Association of REALTORS (NAR) Mid-Year meetings. NAR held a first ever Economic Summit on Tuesday starting off with an all too short (in my opinion) debate between Pat Buchanan and Harold Ford. Former Fed Chairman Dr. Alan Greenspan took the stage Tuesday and predicted […]
Des Moines Real Estate Statistics Week Ending 5-1-09
The real estate market continues to pick up in the Des Moines metro. Ankeny led the area with 133 Pendings(new offers accepted). West Des Moines and Northwest Des Moines were not far behind is 108 and 105 Pendings respectively. Pendings are offers that have been accepted and while they don’t close for approximately 30 […]
Des Moines Real Estate Roundup 11-21-08
Week Ending November 21st, 2008 Are We There Yet? If you would like to search for homes in the Des Moines area, feel free to visit my website. I don’t require a login or password and collect no information about you. You can always contact me if you have questions. Click Here to begin […]