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R&R Group, Weitz among best in the Midwest

Midwest Real Estate News, a publication that monitors the region’s commercial real estate industry, has ranked West Des Moines-based R&R Realty Group as the 18th-best property owner in the Midwest.

R&R’s Management Professionals Inc. was …

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Works in progress: 2105 Ingersoll Avenue

The shell is a couple of weeks from being finished at an Ingersoll Avenue retail building, but tenants and potential tenants are lining up to call the place home.

Jake Christensen is the lead developer …

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Existing home sales fall in June

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced this morning that sales of existing home sales dropped in the Midwest by 1.9 percent in June, but that home prices rose by more than 8 percent during…
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New housing starts climb in June

New housing starts exceeded economists’ expectations in June, rising at a rate of 6.9 percent from May and 23.6 percent from the same time last year. 

Economists surveyed by Bloomberg and Reuters predicted new housing …

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Timber Ridge best at HomeShowExpo

Timber Ridge Homes Inc. took the top prize last weekend at the 36th annual HomeShowExpo in Ankeny.

Timber Ridge also took eight first-place prizes in various categories from craftsmanship to curb appeal.

Tickets are still …

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Peoples Co. a top land auction house

The Land Report magazine has included West Des Moines-based Peoples Co. in its list of the country’s 30 top real estate auction houses. Peoples was ranked No. 21, based on sales volume of $14.1 million. …

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The July housing market, in summary

Real estate analytics firm CoreLogic Inc. had this to say today about the July housing market: Home prices are up in many markets, as high negative equity shares keep many sellers off the market and …

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Where they rank nationally

#26 JE Dunn Construction Group Inc., Kansas City, Mo., with Iowa region office in West Des Moines, $1.9 billion in revenues; ranked 25 in 2011 (based on 2010 revenues).

#57 The Weitz Co., Des Moines, …

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LAUNCH: Regus

The demand was there; the location made sense. And so far, the response has been positive.

Regus PLC, a global provider of flexible workspaces, recently opened its second location in Greater Des Moines, this one …

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Home expo begins Saturday

The three-weekend HomeShowExpo, hosted by the Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines, starts this Saturday at Otter Creek in Ankeny.

The event features displays of the leading trends in home building from the top …