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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2010
The times they are a changin' to be sure. After about a decade of having its Iowa property listings searchable at www.best-assets.com, HUD or the Department of Housing and Urban Development will now have all its property listings nationwide searchable at a single website, http://www.HUDhomestore....
09/30/2010
August saw a pickup in home sales both locally and antionally for most areas. Recent stats from NAR or the National Association of REALTORS show that sales hit a 15 year low in July but August sales show we rose of that bottom. HUD home sales in the area were even with 13 units sold last month. H...
09/30/2010
A couple months back I got a call on a Tuesday afternoon. This person, Shannon, it seems had just found out that she had landed an interview for a lucrative job opening in the area. She had found me on the internet and decided I was someone she'd like to work with and she wanted to come down on t...
09/21/2010
August brought improvement in property sales for many markets around the nation and the Des Moines area was no exception. The numbers look rougher than they actually are due to the expiration of the home buyer tax credits which essentially ended June 30th 2010 after a nearly two and a half year r...
09/17/2010
It's that time of year again. The leaves are falling, the swimming pools are empty, the air is getting crisp and volunteers are signing up to read with elementary school children in Des Moines through the Everybody Wins! program. Everybody Wins! is a mentoring and literacy program that teams up w...
09/09/2010
Technically accurate data is about to become guaranteed on the Des Moines MLS. Few, if any, agents would argue that having accurate listing data is a negative, but questions may still surround the method by which data is considered "accurate." Agents on the Des Moines MLS received this notice tod...
09/02/2010
A few years back I helped a couple buy a home in Bridgewood near the new Jordan Creek mall in West Des Moines. That was in 2004 and the home then backed, and still backs, to a large 8 acre parcel of undeveloped land. At the time the land was zoned PUD but permitted uses were for daycare and or no...
09/02/2010
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Matt Grohe is with RE/MAX Concepts, 8020 Douglas Ave Urbandale, IA. Matt is licensed in Iowa.