Your favorite Real Estate website has just gone mobile - 01/28/10 10:05 AM
That's right, Searchjocohomes.com is now mobile. Now you can access the MLS to view all homes for sale from any mobile device. Our mobile website is GPS enabled. Sitting in front of a home and want to know how much it is? Driving around a neighborhood and wondering if there are any homes for sale? That's easy, just touch the map closest homes, list closest homes or search by address tabs. You can even search by city, neighborhood or school district. No more let's write that one down and look it up when we get home. With SearchjocoHomes mobile you get the … (5 comments)

Johnson County Kansas Mobile MLS search, search for homes from your mobile device - 01/27/10 04:18 PM
Your Home Search goes everywhere you do! Have you ever been out in front of a house and wanted to know how much it is? Maybe you are driving through a beautiful neighborhood and wondering if there are any homes for sale? Now you can take the MLS with you. Our new GPS enabled mobile SearchjocoHomes.com let's you search for homes by map, closest to you, address, neighborhood, schools and more. Getting SearchjocoHomes is easy:
Just
Text "joco" To: 87778 
SearchjocoHomes mobile is a compliment to our website www.SearchjocoHomes.com, please use the links below to search for all Johnson County … (0 comments)

Gardner Kansas HUD Homes January 2010, only $100 down payment - 01/27/10 11:20 AM
Gardner Kansas available HUD homes January 2010 Are you looking to buy a home in Gardner Kansas? Are you having a hard time saving the 3.5% down payment to buy a home in Gardner Kansas? Stop saving and start moving because there are 3 HUD homes available in Gardner Kansas that only require a $100 down payment. Even better HUD will contribute 3% of the purchase price towards your closing costs. How about an even better incentive. If you are a first time home buyer in Gardner Kansas you may be eligible for the $8,000 first time home buyer tax credit. … (0 comments)

Olathe KS HUD homes for sale, January 2010 - 01/23/10 11:55 AM
Available Olathe Kansas HUD Homes for January 2010  
Are you looking to buy a home in Olathe KS or Johnson County KS but lack the 3.5% needed to purchase a home. Then you should consider a HUD home. HUD homes only require a $100 down payment, not only that but HUD allows for up to 3% of the purchase price be applied towards your closing costs.
HUD homes sell quickly and are sold upon a bid offer basis. You will need a HUD registered broker to bid on HUD homes.
Currently there are 4 Olathe HUD homes available for bid
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If you think the $8,000 tax credit will be extended again, you are kidding yourself! - 01/21/10 08:53 PM
Tax credits for first time home buyers started in the fall of 2008 with a $7500 tax credit. This tax credit met little fan fare as it needed to be repaid. In early 2009 that tax credit was increased to $8,000 with no repayment. This tax credit helped restart a slumbering real estate market. As foreclosures and job losses mounted congress and President Obama were under a lot of pressure to keep the economy moving. So the November 30th 2009 deadline has been extended to April 30th 2010.
As the November 30th deadline approached it was no secret that an extension … (4 comments)

The list of reasons to buy now just got longer for Johnson County ks Home buyers - 01/20/10 04:49 PM
If you are a first time home buyer and have been holding off on purchasing that first home then you might want to consider the changes coming to FHA loans as another reason to purchase now.
FHA which is the Federal Housing Administration, the government agency who guarantees low down payment mortgages is making changes and they are not in your favor. Most of these changes will be enacted this spring and early this summer. Now remember that April 30th is the deadline to be under contract on a house to receive the $8,000 first time home buyer tax credit but … (0 comments)

Awesome iphone apps to make your Johnson County KS home search easier - 01/18/10 09:06 PM
Are you looking for a home in Johnson County KS? Do you own an iphone? Well then I have some awesome iphone apps for you to try. With some of these new apps you will be able to locate homes for sale, get instant property values and so much more
 
 

Zillow- Allows you to search homes by area using google maps. You can save your favorites, view mutiple photos. Plus you can get immediate property value estimates called Zestimates.
 
 
 
 
 
Trulia- Very similar to the Zillow app 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Realtor.com- This app … (2 comments)

Brittany Park, Brittany Highlands, Brittany Pointe Overland Park 2009 home sales report - 01/15/10 12:39 PM
Brittany Park, Brittany Highlands, Brittany Pointe Overland Park 2009 home sales report
 
Homes Sold                                          25 Average List price                              $196,000 Average Sold Price                            $192,000 Average days to sell                           41 Highest sales price                   … (1 comments)

Is the interest rate party almost over? - 01/13/10 10:46 AM
There has been something about this down real estate market that has been completely different than other down markets. It is that interests are not only low but they are the lowest they have ever been.
Interest rates have been so low for so long that we have become spoiled. I get asked all the time what the current rates are, and when I answer 5% I get a look like whatever. I quickly realize that this person has never paid 9% or 15% like some people did in the early 80's. Well one of the reasons that rates have stayed … (2 comments)

Regency by the Lake Overland Park KS 2009 Home Sales Report - 01/12/10 04:26 PM
Regency by the Lake Overland Park KS 2009 Home Sales Report  
Homes Sold                                        18 Average List Price                            $251,000 Average Sold Price                           $245,000 Average days to sell                         55 Lowest Sales Price                          $198,000 … (0 comments)

Sylvan Lake Overland Park KS 2009 home sales report - 01/12/10 03:59 PM
Sylvan Lake Overland Park KS 66223, 2009 Home Sales Report   
Homes Sold                                            6 Average list price                                 $223,000 Average Sold price                               $215,000 Average days to sell                             74 Lowest Sales price           … (0 comments)

$8,000 here today, gone April 30th for Johnson County KS first time home buyers - 01/06/10 01:42 PM
Reprieve would be a good word to describe the extension of the $8,000 first time home buyer tax credit. There were a lot people who wanted to take advantage of the tax credit but the timing was just not right. So you have a reprieve until April 30th 2010, you have until that date to find a home and have a written binding contract to purchase. Under the extended tax break you will have until June 30th to complete the transaction.
So that officially gives you 113 days to take advantage of the greatest first time home buyer incentive ever offered. … (0 comments)

Johnson County KS Move up home buyer tax credit has April 30th Deadline - 01/05/10 12:18 PM
Have you heard about the $6500 move up home buyer tax credit? So much focus has been placed on the $8000 first time home buyer tax credit that most eligible home owners don't even know it exists.
During the last minute extension to the $8000 first time home buyer tax credit congress added a $6500 tax credit for existing home owners. This credit is available to home owners who have owned and lived in their home for 5 of the last 8 years. 
The concept is pretty simple sell your house and purchase a new one and you will get $6500. … (0 comments)

Highlands Ranch Leawood Kansas 2009 Home Sales Report - 01/04/10 02:17 PM
Highlands Ranch Leawood KS 2009 Home Sales Report  
Homes Sold                                            4 Average list price                                 $678,000 Average Sold Price                              $637,000 Average days to sell                             115 Highest sales price                 … (0 comments)

Pavilions Leawood Kansas 2009 Home Sales report - 01/04/10 11:28 AM
The Pavilions of Leawood 2009 Home Sales report  
Homes Sold                                                  22 Average List price                                       $669,000 Average Sold price                                      $621,000 Average days to sell                                 … (0 comments)

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A "BAD HOME INSPECTION". - 01/03/10 11:12 AM
In Kansas our contract allows for a 10 day inspection period. The Russell Home Team suggests having a structural, mechanical, termite and Radon inspection during the inspection period. A home inspection can be the best money you will ever spend. 
Via Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate:
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A "BAD HOME INSPECTION".
HOME INSPECTIONS ARE IMPORTANT FOR HOME BUYERS, HOME SELLERS, LISTING AGENTS AND BUYERS' AGENTS. 
THE HOUSE WILL BE UNDER A MAGNIFYING GLASS.  A good home inspection means that the home inspector examines every "nook and cranny" in a house and tests … (0 comments)

Camden Woods Leawood KS 2009 home sale report - 01/03/10 11:04 AM
Camden Woods Leawood KS 2009 Home Sales report  
Homes Sold                                             8 Average list price                                  $374,000 Average Sold Price                               $362,000 Average days to sell                              198 Low sales price             … (0 comments)

Green Meadows Overland Park KS 2009 home sales report - 01/02/10 07:42 PM
                                             
Green Meadow in south Overland Park is a perfect family friendly subdivision. Located at the corner of 151st & Nall, Green Meadows is made up of 2 story single family homes. Green Meadows also feeds into the coveted Blue Valley school system. With a close proximity to shopping, restaurant and more Green Meadows will be your next home.
2009 Green Meadows Home sales Report Homes Sold                                          21 Average List price                             $234,000 Average Sales price                          $228,000 Average days to sell                           113 Lowest sales price                           $194,000 Highest Sales price                          $275,000  
If you are considering a home in South Overland Park with Blue … (0 comments)

 
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