Week Ending September 12th, 2008 vs It’s the states biggest college football weekend! Iowa State Cyclones vs. University of Iowa Hawkeyes football game is Saturday. You can watch the game on TV on Mediacom channels 59 & 610 and on Dish Network channel 439! (GO HAWKS!) Total Number of Homes For Sale in […]
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Des Moines Real Estate Roundup 9/5/08
Week Ending September 5th, 2008 Silly Season is officially in full swing! The Democratic and Republican Conventions are over and both parties have nominated their candidates. Whichever side of the isle you are on or if you still standing in the middle, now is the time to make sure that you are registered to […]
Des Moines Real Estate Roundup 8/29/08
Week Ending August 29th, 2008 Labor Day weekend is here! If summers end was in question before, we’re now on the downhill slide into Fall. Actually This is one of my favorite times of year. I like cool nights, although the days growing shorter are a definate trade off. We can still have summer […]
Des Moines Real Estate Roundup 8/22/08
Week Ending August 22nd, 2008 School is officially back in session in most communities around the Des Moines metro. Where did the summer go? Alice Held is a friend of mine with RE/MAX Fine Properties in Phoenix, Ariziona. She shares some sites to help get back in the “school mood”: MSN Back to School Guide and MSN […]
Des Moines Real Estate Roundup
Week Ending August 15th, 2008 The Iowa State Fair is winding down and if predictions are correct, it will be a record attendance setting year! Mild weather and families staying closer to home this summer are getting the credit for the predicted attendance of over 1 million visitors! My wife, son and I attended […]
Des Moines Real Estate Roundup
Week Ending August 8th, 2008 Let The Games Begin! As the 2008 Olympics begin in Beijing China, two local athletes from Des Moines will represent the United States in the games! Shawn Johnson is the familiar name of the two. She’s a 16 year old gymnast from West Des Moines who’s name is frequently […]
Des Moines Real Estate Roundup 8/1/08
Des Moines Real Estate Roundup Week Ending August 1st, 2008 The Figure 8 Races were held last weekend at the Warren County Fairgrounds in Indianola. A true sign that summer is at its peak are the county fairs in full swing! To see more photos of this “successful” rollover crash during the front wheel […]
Des Moines Real Estate Roundup
Week Ending July 25th, 2008 Total Number of Homes For Sale in the Des Moines Metropolitan Area – 5,793 New Listings Taken During the Last 7 Days – 266 Accepted Offers (Pendings) During the Last 7 Days – 129 Homes Closed (Solds) During the Last Days – 130 Average Sale Price of Solds – […]
Des Moines Weekly Real Estate Statistics 7/18/08
Summertime heat. Summertime Thunderstorms. We seem to be in that cycle of HOT daytime temperatures followed by evening thunderstorms. The real estate market is also showing signs of heating up. We are in our third week in a row with Active listing counts below the 4,000 level. In the next couple weeks, I’m going to […]
Des Moines Weekly Real Estate Statistics 7/11/08
When I was a young boy, I remembered summer as being very hot. I would step outside of my air conditioned home and just stand out in the sunshine. After a couple of minutes I could feel the rays of the sun begin to burn my skin. I didn’t care… after all, this […]