What is a seller to do in the current buyer's market we have in Kansas City? I often get asked that question and my first answer is anything and everything. Seriously, anything a seller can do to position themselves ahead of the competition is worth doing. Attention to the smallest of details could make the difference between a home selling or not selling. Should a seller vacuum before every showing. Yes they should. Should a seller wipe down the center island before a showing. Yes they should. If it snowed overnight, should a seller shovel the snow off the driveway and sidewalks before they leave for work. Yes they should. I could go on and on. Each time a seller walks out the door they should ask themselves, "Is there anything more I can do?", because you... (Read the rest at our Official Kansas City Real Estate Blog)

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Overland Park KS Real Estate Market Stats Overland Park Kansas real estate market stats for all Overland Park KS Zip Codes, including 66085, 66203, 66204, 66206, 66207, 66208, 66209, 66210, 66211, 66212, 66213, 66214, 66215, 66221, 66223 & 66224. * The following Overland Park KS Real estate market stats include information on days on market, sold to list price, number of homes sold, etc. * Some Zip Codes may overlap other Johnson County Kansas cities, in addition to covering the city of Overland Park KS. * The following statistics apply to zip codes covering some portion of the city of Overland Park Kansas and are broken out individually by zip code. * The following statistics apply to the 3rd quarter of 2007. * The average sales price for residential homes was... (Read the rest of the article here). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - What Do You Want To Do Next? Jason Brown Premier Realty Group Web Site Home Page * Blog Home Page * Subscribe to Blog RSS Feed Save This Blog To Your Favorite Bookmark Del.icio.us * Google * Ma.gnolia * Stumble Upon * Yahoo MyWeb Every Kansas City Real Estate Transaction Begins With A Vision. What's Yours? Powerful Listing Exposure For Home Sellers * Powerful Representation For Homebuyers Go straight to the Kansas City real estate information that you seek... Kansas City Real Estate <> Overland Park KS Real Estate <> Olathe Kansas Real Estate <> Leawood KS Real Estate Johnson County Kansas Real Estate <> Lenexa Real Estate <> Shawnee Kansas Real Estate <> Gardner KS Real Estate View All Kansas City Homes For Sale Jason Brown Premier Realty Group Home Page | Kansas City Homes For Sale | JBP Featured Homes | NEW Listings Only | Selling Your Kansas City Home | Buying Your Kansas City Home | Relocation To Kansas City | Kansas City Luxury Homes | First Time HomeBuyers | Kansas City New Home Construction | Kansas City School Info | Online Presence | Interest Rates/News | Inspections/Warranty | Calculators | Kansas City Real Estate | Overland Park KS Real Estate | Southern Overland Park Real EState | Lenexa KS Real Estate | Western Lenexa KS Real Estate | Olathe KS Real Estate | Shawnee KS Real Estate | Leawood KS Real Estate | Gardner KS Real Estate | N/E Johnson Co. Real Estate | Keller Williams Realty | Choosing A Kansas City Realtor | Popular Kansas City Resources | Kansas City Classified Ads | About Jason Brown | Contact Jason Brown

Metropolitan Kansas City - March Real Estate Market Comparison

Comparison of March 2007 sales to March 2006 sales:

March 2007 - 2,631 sales

March 2006 - 2,895 sales

Comparison of March 2007 sales to February 2007 sales:

March 2007 - 2,631 sales

February 2007 (short month) - 2,054

Notes: (1) sales include residential, multidwelling, lots, land, etc., (2) In March there were 6,722 new residential listings, at that point bringing the total number of residential homes for sale on the market to 25,609. During the month of March 2,937 homes were sold (closed). Another 5,002 residential homes had contracts pending on them at months end.

Jason Brown Premier Realty Group - Kansas City Realtors

Realtors should prepare themselves before writing up an offer on new home construction. Before you sit down with your Kansas City homebuyers, plan ahead. Don't be afraid to ask questions of other agents in your office or the project agents you are about to deal with. Remember though that a project agents assistance will be slanted towards the builders they represent. It's also best to let your buyers know up front that each new home construction deal is a little different than than the last. Specifically prepare your clients for the following possibilities that may arise when it's time to write up the offer: The project agents may (1) encourage you and your homebuyer to come in and sit down with them to write up the offer, (2) prefer that you write up the offer on your time and at your own place, (3) have you come in to write up the offer but actually have YOU fill out the documents (rather than them doing it). Unless you have dealt with the new home community before, you never know what you're going to get.

Remember this tip when assisting buyers in Kansas City or Johnson County KS: BEFORE your buyer is ready to write up an offer, contact the project agents. Tell them you may be writing up an offer and need to know what (if any) special community addendums are necessary. It is rare anymore that a community doesn't have it's own special community addendum(s) to include in the contract. Things like "water your sod because it's your responsibility after installation", "the following special assessments apply", etc. I have dealt in hundreds of new home construction sales and feel it is very important to drive to the community and ask them to provide me any special addendums that apply. Although I have in depth knowledge of new home construction, I still ask the question "is there anything special I need to know or should be aware of when writing up this offer?" It's not a sign of a weak agent who does this. Quite the contrary, it is the sign of an agent who wants to be knowledgeable about THAT specific new home community's process and do things write the first time. Doing this will make writing up the offer 100 times easier for you and is guaranteed to make you more confident when doing so.

Getting the documents ahead of time also allows your buyer (and you) to review them and be prepared before sitting down to write up the offer. They can ask you questions and you can pass those questions on to the project agents/builder BEFORE you sit down to write up the offer. This will lessen the length of time it takes to sit down with a buyer and write up the offer. If a homebuilder is using his own contract documents (rather than the KCRAR board forms), that is all the more reason to get them ahead of time so you and your buyer can review them (in that scenario your buyer may even want to have their attorney review it prior).

New Home Construction can be a very enjoyable process with a littler preparation. The preparation should always start with the builder chosen, but I'll comment on that another time...

Jason Brown, Kansas City Realtor

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