What is Shelter Inflation? Shelter Inflation refers to the rising cost of housing. While some outlets only focus on the cost of home rentals, it also applies to today’s home buyers, especially since January of this year. Individuals that are paying monthly rent for their primary residence are all too familiar with the long-term uncertainty […]

(And Why It’s All Going To Be Ok) A recent search on Google using the phrase “2022 housing bubble” yielded nearly 72 million results. Normally if you click deep into the search by pages, the topic begins to water down to unrelated search results. I stopped at 20 pages into my Google search and the […]

There is no doubt that Central Iowa real estate sales are following a similar path to the last two years. This month, I am going to focus on five reasons home buying and selling in the Des Moines area will be different from previous years. #1 – The Number of Central Iowa Homes For Sale […]

Introducing DesMoinesMarketValues.com All The Graphics & Videos In One Easy To Navigate Website! Let’s Start Off by Talking About Big Numbers. 2021 was quite a year for Central Iowa residential real estate. 19,673 homes were listed for sale. 17,923 home sellers accepted offers on those homes. As of December 31st, 17,494 home sales closed totaling […]

2021 was a year unlike any other. Some businesses did well after being closed during the early days of the pandemic. Others, like the restaurant and service industries continue to struggle to find workers. Families resumed normal activities such as recreational sports, vacations and family get togethers. Air travel resumed and, in my case, conventions […]

We are well into the last two months of 2021 and by all accounts, it’s been a year to remember. The Central Iowa real estate market is predicted to sell 18,000 homes this year. At the height of the home buying season this past May, only 1,600 homes were for sale. To give perspective, one […]

For much of 2021, the general theme of my writings has been how high or low different segments of the Central Iowa real estate market have performed. This month I am dusting off my crystal ball to help determine where 2021 will end up and what the future looks like for 2022. #1 Prediction: The […]

Central Iowa Home Sales Are Beginning To Make A Turn There’s no doubt that 2020 will be seen as the odd year out due to Covid-19. So many things happened last year. The massive buyer demand appeared in March and cautious homeowners that would normally be preparing to put their homes on the market pulled […]