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Waldo home prices have been rising fast--will the pandemic slow down the market? Prices in the Brookside/Waldo area have taken a dip, but I still see strong demand for homes in these areas. Let's take a look at the numbers for Waldo, using the boundaries of State Line to Holmes and Gregory to 8...
06/01/2020
It's the last week of May 2020; have you noticed how much more daylight we have in the evening? Many more people out walking and I often hear the bagpipe player here in Armour Hills. We have a long summer ahead dealing with the coronavirus..but we persevere! Here are the home sales stats for Ar...
05/28/2020
Oh I am late posting these stats for Armour Hills! When I'm not going to the office every day and working from home...easy to get distracted!! In a couple of weeks I'll have home sales reports for April. In the meantime....here's the information for Armour Hills in Brookside, for March 2020: M...
05/01/2020
As I drive around my neighborhood of Brookside in Kansas City MO, I'm thinking....just how long will these small, locally owned businesses be shut down? There are plenty of places to park in front of the boutiques, the toy store, the barber, the gift shop. I see folks walking in and out of our...
04/25/2020
As I reviewed these stats, I noticed home sales were lagging behind 2019 during the same period. Normally, April through June is very strong for home purchases--with the pandemic going on, I think we will see a slowdown in the coming weeks. For now, here's the single family home sales report fo...
04/15/2020
My apologies for posting this blog a little late...the entire country is not in the usual routine! I'm going to keep posting home sales stats as usual, as I am curious how the pandemic will affect home buying and selling. We'll see the effect within the next 60 - 90 days. In the meantime, her...
04/06/2020
This is my first blog post in several days, and since then the Corona virus has taken over our everyday lives. I plan to continue to post home sales stats; as far as reporting on new businesses and events in the Brookside/Waldo area--that news is on hold, since most of it right now consists of s...
03/19/2020
Like most people, I love my neighborhood--Brookside, Kansas City MO. It's in my DNA to live here, as I grew up in St Louis, in a neighborhood very much like Brookside (called University City). As a Realtor, I know how much buyers are also attracted to this area..and I'm excited to tell you why!...
03/11/2020
There are already so many local small business owners in Waldo that I feature on this blog…and here’s another one: Soap Refill Station, at 7441 Broadway, a few steps south of Waldo Pizza. Soap Refill Station just opened late last month. The concept for this business is simple and timely: bring...
03/06/2020
It's a new year and the buyers are out, searching for homes to purchase! Inventory across the city was at a record low last month--less than two months' supply! I expect Waldo will be another hot spot for buyers in 2020. Below are the stats for January 2020, and a comparison to last year. I'...
02/27/2020
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I love to write about my neighborhood, the Brookside area of Kansas City, where I live in the Armour Hills subdivision.
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