Week Ending May 8, 2009 Gray’s Lake Walking Trail… I mean… Unicycling Trail. This past week the number homes for sale continued to increase. Although we are still below last years listing inventory, new listings continue to come on the market. Total Number of Homes For Sale in the Des Moines Area – 5,052 New […]
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Des Moines Weekly Real Estate Statistics 6/20/08
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 […]
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 […]