In case you missed it, and I will say that with how many people forwarded this story to me not many of you did, there was a fantastic piece about downtown Des Moines in the New York Times over the weekend. The writer did an excellent job of portraying what many of us have been [...]
Many people wonder what kind of market we are in. It’s a question I hear a lot. How’s the market, how are things doing, what’s going on? These types of questions are very typical of people that know the market has changed and are interested in buying.
So how is the downtown Des [...]
If you live on planet earth I’m sure you’ve seen and heard all about the “mortgage meltdown” and the “real estate bubble.” You hardly have to watch tv for more than a couple minutes and this topic is covered in great detail. The only problem is that the story isn’t covered in great [...]
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With the Hy-Vee Triathlon and the IOWA outdoor event at the Capitol this weekend was H-U-G-E for downtown Des Moines. Did you miss it? (what were you thinking?!?)
If so–here’s what you missed!
I spent Sunday afternoon viewing several properties for sale downtown. I got a chance to see:
Ingersoll Square (yep, it’s open although not yet done–maybe 2-4 weeks out)
Equitable ($900,000+ unit!)
SOHO
Mulberry Lofts
Brown Camp AND Tone Lofts (Tone Lofts are amazing!)
Park Place
I’d seen many of these buildings before, but it’s great to go back through and find out [...]
I don’t know if you’ve caught wind of the news, but Des Moines is feeling the love from Forbes Magazine. They recently ranked Des Moines #4 in their list of the best places for business and career.
Take that (enter big city around us here!)
Here’s a few links for reading.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/1/07bestplaces_Des-Moines-IA_2856.html
http://www.forbes.com/business/2007/04/05/best-cities-business-biz-07bestplaces-cz_kb_0405bestplacesintro.html
 I’ll be the first to say that [...]
