Greater Des Moines Real Estate and Living Journal
Matt Grohe, RE/MAX Real Estate Concepts, 8020 Douglas Ave Urbandale, IA 50322. Matt is licensed in Iowa.
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2009
June 30th is the last day in Polk County to file for the Homestead Exemption and have the benefit be applied to this year's taxes. Home owners may always file after July 1st, but the Homestead will only be applied then to the next years taxes. If you're unfamiliar with the Homestead Exemption, or...
06/30/2009
If you're not familar with LPS, you should be. LPS stands for Lender Processing Services. This company according to its website "is the nation's leading provider of mortgage processing services, settlement services, mortgage performance analytics and default solutions." In other words, these folk...
06/29/2009
The Home Valuation Code of Conduct,like most rules or codes, started with the best intentions. It identified that sometimes 3rd parties had too much influence on appraisals that affected the value and the lendor-investor's security, and by extention the wealth and stability of the nation and the ...
06/29/2009
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As spring turns slowly to summer here the real estate market has begun to show some signs of an uptick. According to Des Moines Area Association of Realtors data as reported in the June 11th Des Moines Register article "Des Moines Home Sales Rise 21% in May" sales are springing back to life. The ...
06/15/2009
Triton Homes a builder whose specialty was building entry level 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car, appx. 1000-1200 sq ft. town homes, and 1.5 sty, 3bd, 3ba, 2 car 1300-1400 sq ft units, announced Wednesday they would halt building in the Des Moines area due to slowing sales, according to a Des Moines Reg...
06/06/2009
Once a year and for three days, bidders come from around the country to bid on delinquent tax debt of Polk County's citizens. I have never really been able to understand why our adjoining counties of Dallas, Warren, Jasper and Madison all by state law have to have their sales on the same days, as...
06/03/2009
It's spring and real estate activity is picking up. From all the action one would think a lot more was going on, but the daily news reflects a different reality. On Thursday May 28th the Des Moines Register reported in the article "Loan Troubles Smack Iowa Banks" that one third of Iowa's banks re...
06/01/2009
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Matt Grohe is with RE/MAX Concepts, 8020 Douglas Ave Urbandale, IA. Matt is licensed in Iowa.