The average sale price of a home listed in the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) rose by almost 4% in 2012 as the number of homes sold also increased. 2012 proved to be a strong year for real estate sales with 9,073 homes reported as sold as of 12/31/12. In 2011 7,908 homes were reported sold […]
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Des Moines Home Sales Surpass The 9,000 Mark YTD
For the first time since 2007, Des Moines Home Sales exceed 8,000 closed transactions. In 2007 at the height of the market bubble, Des Moines real estate sales were just over 10,000. In light of the fact that there are no tax credits artificially stimulating the market, this is a very good sign that our […]
Des Moines Real Estate Week In Review Ending December 14th, 2012
16 days to the end of 2012! How will you end your year? Total Residential Active Listings – 4,018 New Listings Taken During the Last 7 Days – 189 Current Accepted Offer Count (Pendings) 1,272 Accepted Offers (Pendings) During the Last 7 Days – 156 Closed Transactions During the Last 7 Days – 121 Average […]
Des Moines Real Estate Week In Review Ending November 30th, 2012
Total Residential Active Listings – 4,200 New Listings Taken During the Last 7 Days – 191 Current Accepted Offer Count (Pendings) 1,304 Accepted Offers (Pendings) During the Last 7 Days – 136 Closed Transactions During the Last 7 Days – 92 Average Sale Price of Solds – $173,628 Average Days On Market of Solds – […]
Des Moines Real Estate Week In Review Ending November 23rd, 2012
Happy Thanksgiving Weekend! This week is a short one with the holiday but we continue a nice trend of increasing sales heading into December. Total Residential Active Listings – 4,229 New Listings Taken During the Last 7 Days – 179 Current Accepted Offer Count (Pendings) 1,344 Accepted Offers (Pendings) During the Last 7 Days […]
Des Moines Real Estate Week In Review Ending November 9th, 2012
Des Moines Real Estate Stats 11-9-2012 Total Residential Active Listings – 4,300 New Listings Taken During the Last 7 Days – 197 Current Accepted Offer Count (Pendings) 1,392 Accepted Offers (Pendings) During the Last 7 Days – 145 Closed Transactions During the Last 7 Days – 108 Average Sale Price of Solds – $165,562 Average […]
What Happens When REALTORS From All Over Iowa Get Together?
The Iowa Association of REALTORS® Fall convention kicked off Tuesday night, September 25th in Ames Iowa. Over 400 real estate professionals from all over the state of Iowa will be in attendance to network and hear national speakers such as Steve Harney from Keeping Current Matters, Jackie Leavenworth and National Association of REALTORS® 2012 President, […]
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NAR General Counsel Laurie Janik Top 10 Legal Issues for 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 by Les Sulgrove I want to start this blog with a disclaimer. The photograph of Laurie is one that I took. It belongs to me. I have the original image data from my digital camera recorded and any re-use of this image without my expressed written permission is prohibited. Yes it’s […]
Des Moines Real Estate Statistics 3-27-09
Week Ending March 27, 2009 This past week, the Iowa Association of REALTORS held their annual Legislative Bus-In day event. Around 300 REALTORS attended the event from around the state including 85 from The Des Moines Area Association of REALTORS. The event started out with a luncheon with keynote speaker John Tuccillo. Tuccillo is one […]