KCRAR Member’s Veteran Housing Project Getting Global Attention
You may have seen the headlines announcing Kansas City’s tiny homes village for homeless veterans. But you may not have realized that the visionary behind the headlines was a REALTOR® and KCRAR member. Mark Solomon, an active REALTOR® with Keller Williams in Liberty, started the Veterans Community Project with Chris Stout and Kevin Jamison in […]
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HMLS Debuts Searchable Spreadsheet for Waived Listings
The Kansas City Metro is still in the throes of a historic inventory crunch, resulting in long and hectic days for our busy REALTORS®. As we’ve stated previously, market conditions such as these tend to produce an uptick in “Coming Soon to MLS” signs in yards and waived listings in Heartland MLS, a tool used […]
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KCRAR Proud to Recognize New Inductees into NAR RPAC Hall of Fame
Three members of the Kansas City Regional Association of REALTORS® were honored last week in Washington DC for their achievement in lifetime contributions to the REALTORS® Political Action Committee. Jim Gamble of The Gamble Group, T. David Rogers of RE/MAX Elite REALTORS® and Pat Tholen of RE/MAX Premier Realty were honored on May 18th in […]
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KC Airport Improvement Talks Come to KCRAR
KCRAR was pleased to welcome Tim Cowden, President and CEO of the Kansas City Area Development Council and Joe Reardon, President and CEO of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce to our Leawood office on Friday, May 12 for a lunchtime chat regarding the future of Kansas City’s beloved—if somewhat dated—Kansas City International airport. […]
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Waived Listings and Coming Soon Status: What You Should Know
With the market in an inventory crunch, it’s not become uncommon for eagle-eyed KC residents to notice a sudden bloom of yard signs reading either “Coming Soon,” or “Coming Soon to MLS.” This unique status is generally adopted by REALTORS® as a valuable form of pre-marketing, drumming up hype on a valuable property in the […]
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KCRAR’s Q1 2017 Skinny Video
The latest Skinny video is out, and it paints a great picture for what’s happening in 2017.
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Zillow Group to Cancel Manual Listings in Q2 2017
Last week, the Zillow Group, owner and operating parent company of real estate portals Zillow and Trulia, announced that they would no longer be accepting manual listings from real estate agents effective May 1st, 2017. Notices went out to REALTORS® who’ve signed up to use the popular real estate portals, citing an emphasis on ease […]
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Rock the Block House Celebrates a New Beginning
A sizeable crowd had already gathered by the time I arrived at 3023 Highland Avenue, undaunted by the gray, cold weather and the calls for sleet. The structure, now home to Shawana West and her children Oliver, Olivia and Oriyah, proudly bore the evident remodeling visited on it over recent months through combined efforts from […]
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Down Payment Resource Widget Removed From Matrix
The Down Payment Resource widget has been removed from Matrix, but you still have access to this tool at www.kchomeprograms.com. The widget is right on the home page, and only requires input in a handful of fields. Simply start with the Property Information tab at the top of the widget, and fill in the necessary […]
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Introducing Broker-Branded Dashboards
Great news for all brokers in the KCRAR and heartland MLS family. We are proud to introduce a new, never-before-seen enhancement to our Agent Dashboard product: Broker Branding. As an HMLS participant, you will now have the ability to customize the appearance of the Agent Dashboard that your agents will see, allowing you to skin […]
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