South of Grand Beauty! Charming south of Grand home – Beautiful woodwork – wonderful closets & storage space! Living room is bright & cheery & has crown molding, fireplace, & wall of built-ins. The dining room is large enough for all your entertaining. Kitchen features Corian counters, newer refrigerator & stove, quarry tile flooring, plant [...]

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As we near the end of the tax credit deadline buyers are scrambling to get their contracts written by the April 30, 2010. Buyers are pre-approved and are ready to roll. Don’t waste time by looking for a home that you can’t purchase because you are limited by your loan.  Be sure to take the [...]

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Short and simple…but proof that you learn something new every day! Recently I had buyers close on a new home in Copper Creek, which is in Pleasant Hill.  Their home had been the model home, so it was previously furnished.  The couch hadn’t been moved for months, the chairs, tables, etc seemed to have their [...]

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1517 56th Street, Des Moines, Iowa   $110,000 Cute two bedroom bungalow in great area. Updates include fresh interior paint, new carpeting (hardwood floors under carpet), furnace and central air replaced in 2005 (yearly inspections), approximately one-third of driveway replaced and some sidewalk replaced in 2008, new garage roof in 2008, and new living room windows [...]

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We’re in the middle of our first snowstorm and it is a GOOD ONE! As I write this it is 9˚ in Des Moines, Iowa, with windchill at -15˚. There are 626 closings or delays, 47 counties that are under advisories, watches, or severe weather warnings. We’ve received more than a foot of snow, and [...]

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Congratulations Des Moines, Iowa! Great News! Yet another reason to celebrate….Des Moines has been honored many times this year as a great place to live, and here’s the latest: According to MSN Real Estate, Des Moines, Iowa was just named the #1  “2009 MSN Real Estate Most-Livable Bargain Markets” Highlights from the article: The economy [...]

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It’s not until you move away from Iowa that you realize what we have here is special…. Beggar’s Night is coming…and for those of you not in Des Moines, Beggar’s Night is the night that the kids take to the streets and go trick or treating. Though the 31st is Halloween, each town in the Des Moines [...]

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If you live in Des Moines and you haven’t seen Jake Boyd’s photography yet, you’re missing out. We came across Jake and his photos on Twitter, and we can’t believe what we see! Mad talent! We especially appreciate his talent shooting Des Moines architecture. We’ve never seen anything like it.  After seeing his work, we [...]

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