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Archives: September 2012
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, […]
Historic Low Mortgage Interest Rates – AGAIN
It’s all over the news this week that the Conventional 30 year fixed mortgage rate dropped to yet another “Historic Low”. With all the talk about historic low mortgage interest rates it’s difficult to visualize what that really means. So I thought I would put this into some sort of perspective. Today is Friday, September […]
The September Bump
Every year after the kids go back to school and vacations have ended, the real estate market experiences what we call “The September Bump”. The number of accepted offers increase as shown below. Click on the graphic for the full report. Total Residential Active Listings – 4,521 New Listings Taken During the Last 7 […]
It’s My Anniversary!
75 Percent Of Pendings This Week Priced Under $200,000
Des Moines Real Estate Week In Review Ending September 7th, 2012 Total Residential Active Listings – 4,549 New Listings Taken During the Last 7 Days – 255 Current Accepted Offer Count (Pendings) 1,596 Accepted Offers (Pendings) During the Last 7 Days – 151 Closed Transactions During the Last 7 Days – 132 Average Sale Price […]