Once upon a time a young princess wanted to buy a home in the mystical land of enchantment called Kansas City…

There are a lot of myths out there about buying your first home and many millennials believe that their home-buying journey is more like a fairy tale than real life. The market has changed drastically over the last few years and as much as you learned from bingeing HGTV for three straight nights, trust the actual experts to give you relevant advice to your individual situation. 

While myths are rampant across the real estate industry, we are here to tell you that many of the age-old stigmas of one of the oldest industries on Earth are totally false. Over the course of this blog series, we will cover the ten major myths and

In this final edition of our Trending #RealEstate blog, we discuss a few new topics. One has been making an effect on the industry for a few months now and the other is emerging as a nationwide trend and looks to continuing changing in the coming months. We've touched on it a few times in the previous two editions, our first topic is the dwindling inventory of homes for sale to meet one of the hottest buying markets in history. Our second topic covers remote work and how it is appearing to change our workforce for the present and future. Let's dive in. 

Trend #5 Supply and Demand

A subsequent trend to the mortgage rate drop, is the drop in home inventory, or how many homes are available on the market for buyers. Due to the mortgage rate

The well-being of our communities has always been of the utmost importance to us. As we navigate through our new day-to-day routine, we are keeping the safety and health of our clients and agents in mind, always. While today might be different than yesterday, we continue to move forward with our commitment to serve the Kansas City community and help them find a safe place to call home. 

We have been working tirelessly over this time and are proud to say we have equipped our agents with the means to conduct their business digitally. Staying in accordance with the guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and updated state and local business practices, we are keeping the safety of everyone in mind with limiting person to person

If you’re like me, a big smile would have hit your face this morning feeling the cool 50 degree air. It’s September, and that means fall has arrived here in Kansas City. While visions of Louisburg Cider Mill and pumpkin spice everything dance in our heads, the fall means another thing altogether...winter is coming. 

Game of Thrones fans can relax but if you are a homeowner, listen up because this blog is for you. Winter is the archnemesis of proper home functionality and if you do not begin prepping your home for the brutal winters of Kansas, you could be shelling out thousands of dollars in repairs this year. We are here to help, alongside Better Homes & Gardens, with a Winter preparedness checklist to get you ready, and warm, for the upcoming

In part one of this blog series, we looked at three trends that are emerging from the post-shutdown real estate market. Those three were the rise in the millennial home buyer demographic, the use of video apps for real estate agents, and the exponential growth of online home-searching. Part two of our Trending #RealEstate blog discusses the mortgage rate cut in the early throes of the pandemic, and how it inevitably affected refinances, inventory, and what it will mean to the future of real estate. With remote work becoming the new normal for the foreseeable future, millennials entering the homebuyer market in force, and the widespread shift to suburban lifestyles, the real estate industry here in KC and beyond is set for an interesting end to 2020. 

Moving is a stressful activity. Not only the physical aspect of lifting boxes and packing all your belongings to move to a new place, but also the planning aspect. Finding new schools, new gym, getting settled in a new workplace potentially, setting up utilities, acquiring a cable provider, and being able to fit everything into your budget. But what if you had something that could take 50% of that stress off your shoulders and automate your moving process to make things easier than you ever thought possible? Welcome to BHGRE® Moves.

The BHGRE® Moves services offer you exceptional convenience, at no additional cost. On average, new homeowners spend five hours and make seven phone calls to change their utilities and home services. With BHGRE®

Kansas City Homes President, David Cooper, was overwhelmed with support from office staff and agents who mailed in cards, notes, and letters expressing support and well-wishes for him. He gives his thanks to the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate family in this thank you video below.

As members of the real estate market, it is our passion to serve the Kansas City community. Over the last three months, we have seen our market get more and more unique as we adapt to all-time low interest rates, market variances, and public health concerns. As real estate agents and industry leaders in Kansas City, we tasked ourselves with continuing to provide the same degree of service to our customers, while keeping current with developing guidelines from government leaders. To do this, we have introduced and implemented new technology to complement our plans for the future and continue to perform our essential services to our community. 

Evolving our existing digital services while using these new technologies became our mission and as a

Online Shopping During Your Stay-at-Home

We all have some spare time on our hands and with everyone under a stay-at-home order, it can be easy to start feeling like you are stuck at home. But that does not have to be the case, thankfully plenty of ideas can make your stay at home more enjoyable while also keeping you safe at the same time. 

The World has begun turning to the digital universe, scrolling through social media, sharing memes, and making those darn TikTok videos all the time. While being active on social media might not be the consensus first choice, we can all agree that we have scrolled through online shopping outlets, like Amazon or Wal-Mart from time to time. Traversing the expanse of online shopping, a mainstay in most households,

The Kansas City community is remarkable, unified and has received their fair share of tests over the last month. Amidst stay-at-home-orders and only being able to access essential services, Kansas City has remained resilient, and stayed together to weather the storm. Small businesses all throughout Kansas City have been forced to close their doors, but that will not prevent them from continuing to serve their communities. 

Businesses Respond

Several restaurants are staying open for carryout and delivery services but are also aiding our healthcare workers who are on the front lines of defeating the virus. Jack Stack Barbecue made over 700 boxed lunches and delivered it to hospital staff around Kansas City, completely free of charge. Yard Bar