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Keeping Your Kansas City Home Safe When Selling

Keeping Your House Safe
Home safety precautions are always important, but it is especially important to make your home "accident-proof" while it is on the market. Many strangers will be coming through your home who won't be aware of the minor hazards that you and your family instinctively avoid.

Go through your home with an eye for potential hazards. Remove the obstacles that you can and post "watch your head" or "watch your step" signs where they are needed. Look for loose banisters, uneven steps, precariously placed plants, art objects or anything else that could fall on someone, wet spots on bath or kitchen floors, toys that someone might fall over and anything that you have to step over or duck under. Make sure that rugs will not slip, especially those at the bottom of stairs. There aren't many things that will more quickly dampen a buyer's enthusiasm for a house than a bump on the head or an unexpected trip down a flight of stairs.
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New TAG Team Listings In Kansas City

 

Very Nice Ranch UPDATES Everywhere! Seller converted 2 bedrooms into one HUGE master bedroom! Garage on main level and accessibility ramp makes this home a must have for those with special mobility needs. Well maintained, newer windows, roof, cabinets and flooring. Type: Single Family Home Location: Kansas City, MO 64119 Price: $94,000 Get more information >

 

Amherst Atrium Split Just amazaing! This beautiful home is located in a cul-de-sac with a natural area behind the yard providing a treed privacy-screen between neighbors! include hard surface counters, & flooring, THREE full baths & a 1/2 for guests. Type: Single Family Home Location: Kansas City, MO 64151 Price: $184,900 Get more information >

 

Green Briar Estates on 4 Acres The home sits on 4 acres of heavily treed land and is very peaceful and secluded with various wildlife. Home is immaculate from its tiled entryways, bathrooms and kitchen to its carpeted rooms. Dining/Living room has see through fireplace. Type: Single Family Home Location: Smithville, MO 64089 Price: $285,000 Get more information >

 

Build Your Dream Home on 4.02 Acres Build the home you want to build! Type: Land Location: Excelsior Springs, 64024 Price: $30,000 Get more information >

 

Cozy Ranch in Northfield Village Fnid everything you need in a home right here! Type: Single Family Home Location: Kansas City, MO 64154 Price: $305,000 Get more information >

 

Brookhill 2 Story Welcome home to this beautiful 2 story home in the Brookhill subdivision. You will love the open floor plan with a formal dining room, huge family room w/fireplace, breakfast room w/wood flooring and formal living room. Type: Single Family Home Location: Kansas City, MO 64119 Price: $199,900 Get more information >

 

Fantastic in Randolph Corner North Fantastic Home Type: Single Family Home Location: Kansas City, MO 64119 Price: $109,500 Get more information >

 

Large Living Room in Belvidere Heights Walk in-you will be impressed Type: Single Family Home Location: Grandview, 64030 Price: $62,900 Get more information >

 

Brookside Court Split Entry Amazing lot! No neighbors behind, a view of treed acreage and a Cul-De-Sac location nestled in Pleasant Valley in Brookside Court! The light & sunny kitchen will please the chef in the family and the vaulted ceilings in the living room. Type: Single Family Home Location: Pleasant Valley 64068 Price: $138,900 Get more information >

 

Hilane Ranch Fantastic find! Cul-de-sac location on a large lot, plenty of trees and peace and quiet. Ranch style home with living and family room on main level! Large deck, extended yard and peaceful street. Seller has held property for over 43 years. Type: Single Family Home Location: Kansas City, MO 64118 Price: $139,000 Get more information >

 

Searcy Cove Townhouse New townhome subdivision open daily. Type: Townhouse Location: Kansas City, MO 64117 Price: $118,000 Get more information >

 

Platte County Rural Home on 8.6 Acres Type: Single Family Home Location: Dearborn 64439 Price: $389,500 Get more information >

 

Pine Grove Pointe Atrium Split Builder's own home is now yours! Type: Single Family Home Location: Kansas City, MO 64156 Price: $244,500 Get more information >

 

North Park Gardens Ranch Type: Single Family Home Location: Kansas City, MO 64118 Price: $142,500 Get more information >

 

Searcy Cove Townhouse New townhome subdivision open daily. Type: Townhouse Location: Kansas City, MO 64117 Price: $129,000 Get more information >

 

Searcy Cove Townhouse New townhome subdivision open daily. Type: Single Family Home Location: Kansas City, MO 64117 Price: $122,000 Get more information >

The TAG Team
Keller Williams Northland Partners
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Email: TheTAGTeam@NUMBER1EXPERT.com
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Real Estate Financing and ARM's

ARMs
Here is a tip for those who are shopping for Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs): the "margin" is almost as important as the initial rate. The margin is the percentage point above the average yields for Treasury notes on which future rate adjustments will be calculated.

Let's compare two hypothetical one-year ARMs. The first may have an initial interest rate of 7% with a 2.5 margin, while the second begins at 6 7/8% with a 2.75 margin. Both loans have rate caps of 2%. Suppose that at the end of the first year of the loan, the average of the one-year Treasury note yield has been 5 1/2%. For each loan, the lenders will add the margin to that 5 1/2% average yield. Thus the interest rate for first loan would increase from 7% to 8%, and the second would go from 6 7/8% to 8 1/4%. While the first ARM had a slightly higher initial rate, it will have lower rates in subsequent years, unless the Treasury note rates increase enough to activate the annual caps on the amount of the increase. There is a wide variance among margins in ARMs offered by competing lenders, and this should be a factor when you decide on your loan.
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The TAG Team
Keller Williams Northland Partners
Phone: (816)268-4444
Email: TheTAGTeam@NUMBER1EXPERT.com
Website: myTAGTeam.com