Nikki Tygard, vice president with Pulaski Bank Home Lending, hosted a barbecue this week at Pat Hersma’s Re/Max First listing in the Meyer Circle neighborhood. Agents flocked to the tour, including (above) Jeff Sokoloff with Coldwell Banker and Wallace Kilbourne with Reece & Nichols, who filled up on brisket and beans.
Renee McMahon with Prudential, Janet Stone with Re/Max First , and Franny Knight with Keller Williams liked the European, contemporary feel of the kitchen in this sprawling, 3,000-square-foot ranch at 1232 W. 65th.
Tour goers Jan Peterson with Reece & Nichols and Judy Zimmerman with Re/Max First stopped by for a peek.
Pat Hersma (left) with Nikki Tygard in front of the home just west of Ward Parkway.
New stats show big surprise in Kansas City, Missouri
What a surprise. The best-performing area of KCMO was not the Plaza or Brookside or somewhere in the Northland. It was that little sliver east of Raytown. The best-performing housing appreciation in the city of Kansas City, Missouri, last year: ZIP code 64139, that part of KC proper that’s east of Raytown. The average resale prices of existing homes in that ZIP code was $243,000 in 2009, up 32.5% from 2008, according to the Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors.
Leabrooke offers several styles of homes for all ages
You might say Leawood’s Leabrooke residential development is a “coming of age” subdivision. That’s because it’s a little unusual in south Johnson County, a subdivision that caters to all ages of homebuyers, from the single person who’s a first-time buyer, through mover-upper families all the way to empty nester couples. “We are attractive to people making lifestyle changes,” says David McIntyre, the developer of the four-year-old subdivision at 145th Street and Kenneth Road just west of the state line in south Leawood. Leabrooke is several types of residential living rolled into one community. The Town Manor section is attached villas, 3 units per building, all with first-floor master bedrooms and 2-car garages. They range from $229,000 to $319,000. The Preserve has free-standing single-family villas with 3-car garages, finished rec rooms and developer-provided lawn service and snow removals. They range from $350,000 to $578,000. Then at the higher end, expansive single-family homes in the Highlands and Park Estates sections can exceed 5,000 square feet and range in price up to over $800,000. Since opening in 2006, 58 homes, 21 villas and 15 manors have sold, and several more are on the Spring Parade of Homes. There’s a lighted entryway fountain, a stocked fishing lake and a clubhouse with pool and fitness center, below.
