If you like art, check out the Brookside Art Fair!

 The Brookside Art Annual, is celebrating its 27th year on May 4,5 and 6, 2012. Located in an eclectic neighborhood in the center of Kansas City, Brookside is just mi...]]> Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.kbsells.com/blog/article/2012-05/whats-happening-in-kc-this-weekend-1/ http://www.kbsells.com/blog/article/2012-04/getting-your-home-ready-for-spring/ What an exciting time of year! The weather is nice, the kids can play outside, and The Koehler Bortnick Team is selling houses at a record speed. We sold 22 house just last week!

        With so many homes out there to look at, it's important that yours stand out if your looking to sell quickly. After asking our buyers what helped them decide which home they would like to buy, we noticed some pr...]]> Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.kbsells.com/blog/article/2012-04/getting-your-home-ready-for-spring/ http://www.kbsells.com/blog/article/2011-12/more-lenders-seeking-deficiency-judgements-after-foreclosures-1/ According to an October 1, 2011 Wall Street article that a licensee sent to the Real Estate Commission, more lenders are seeking deficiency judgments against homeowners that have been foreclosed on because of the current state of the economy. Forty-one states and the District of Columbia permit lenders to sue borrowers for mortgage debt still left after a foreclosure sale according to the article. Lenders are suing for deficiency judgment in a...]]> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.kbsells.com/blog/article/2011-12/more-lenders-seeking-deficiency-judgements-after-foreclosures-1/ http://www.kbsells.com/blog/article/2011-12/why-arent-home-sales-closing-on-time/ "Why aren't home sales closing on time?"

One of our seller's sent this question in after seeing it on Interest.com. This is a great question. Below is Kathy's Koehler's answer.

1.Variety of reasons: 
A. Buyers are not choosing qualified lenders for their loans. They are getting surprises, hidden fees, and underwriting problems. When they start ...]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.kbsells.com/blog/article/2011-12/why-arent-home-sales-closing-on-time/ http://www.kbsells.com/blog/article/2011-11/white-house-announces-new-refinance-effort-1/ This October, The White House announced a new mortgage refinancing plan in hope it will be in effect by the end of this month. The Obama Administration has proposed a housing initiativewith new regulations to make it easier for homeowners to refinance their mortgages.

President Obama’s initiative would be made to the current Home Affordable Refinance Program, the national refinance program that has been active for the past two ye...]]> Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.kbsells.com/blog/article/2011-11/white-house-announces-new-refinance-effort-1/ http://www.kbsells.com/blog/article/2011-11/the-koehler-bortnick-team-magazine-november-2011-issue-1/