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        <description>Current real estate market information for Ulysses, Kansas and the surrounding southwest, Kansas area. Information about homes, land, minerals and commercial property in Ulysses, Hugoton, Johnson, Elkhart, and Rolla, Kansas including the Kansas count</description>
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            <author>cbfaulkner@hotmail.com (Chris Faulkner)</author>
            <title>Celebrating 25 Years and 25,000 acres of Land sold in 2010!</title>
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What a ride!

I cannot believe it's been 25 years since my father, Mark struck off on his own and started Faulkner Agency in a tiny (600 square foot) office on main street in Ulysses, Kansas. I remember helping he and my mom, Suzanne, scrape the old tile (probably asbestos laden) off of the concrete slab floors of their new office space. The office was a modest cinder block building with barely enough space for a few desks. Over time the business grew and my family made the big decision to knock a hole in the north wall of our quaint office and double our space to a modest 1,200 square feet. Our office space wasn't the only thing that changed over time; our name did too. As I mentioned above, we started as Faulkner Agency. Dad was a born salesman and couldn't satisfy his appetite initially with real estate alone, he sold insurance for A.L. Williams among other things; like watermelons out of Radio Flyer wagon when he was barely old enough to walk. After real estate in southwest Kansas took off for dad they decided it was time to re-brand the office and re-named it Faulkner Real Estate. Dad was just reflecting today about how many agents and clients have walked through our doors over the last 25 years. Probably almost 50 real estate agents or REALTORS in southwest have been licensed through Faulkner Real Estate at one time or another.&nbsp; 

Now, 25 years later we've moved into a new office in Ulysses, Kansas! We've only added about 400 square feet, but I had the privilege






 


of designing the space myself to suit the specific needs of a professional real estate office. Now our 13 licensed agents working out of Johnson, Hugoton, Ulysses and Rolla have a professional space to meet with clients, in confidential, as well as a comfortable and productive work space. I invite you to stop by some time yourself to see the great improvements we've made to better serve our customers. We're now located just down the street at 120 South Main Street in Ulysses Kansas, katy-corner to the Grant County Bank. 

The other tremendous thing I'd like to talk a little bit about is the record land sales we've experience over the last year. In 2010 we experience rapid growth of our &quot;Private Auction&quot; sales method. After fourteen years of successfully selling land using the Private Auction we utilized it to market and sell over 25,000 acres of land in Western Kansas, the Oklahoma panhandle and Eastern Colorado. That was 25,000 acres for over 50 Sellers in 9 counties and 3 states! The credit for developing the sales system goes to dad. The credit for selling that amount of land goes to our well-trained staff and Realtors. We're very blessed to have such a hard working bunch of agents who pride themselves on staying on top of the market and continually advancing their knowledge and skills in regards to farm ground, mineral and water rights. The past year I have felt a strong sense of passion, pride and professionalism radiating from our office. I have never been more proud of the service we are offering to real estate buyers and sellers in the high plains. We're a small office of 12 agents (6 specializing in land) compared to the 120 agents I once shared space with at Coldwell Banker in Fort Worth, Texas, but we're mighty. So many agents are out there looking for the big score, the big acreages. We've quietly kept our noses to the grind stone, working for the big seller and the small seller and we've put up big numbers. Land sales in general are up in the last year and I can't say it's all because of us that we sold more land. That said, I can say we continue to expand our service throughout our region and we have most definitely increase our market share in our core service area. I am 100% convinced that if you are considering selling land in our area you will experience as good of, and most likely better, results using the Private Auction. I hope you'll give me, or one of our agents, a call. 

Faulkner Real Estate's agents specialize in land primarily in the Western half of Kansas. Our core market is comprised of southwest Kansas as well as the Oklahoma Panhandle and Eastern Colorado. We have also started selling more mineral rights over the last 5 years. While 2010 was not a record year for mineral sales, primarily because natural gas prices were still off, Faulkner Real Estate has sold a large quantity of mineral rights in the Hugoton Natural Gas field and continue to have a large list of mineral and land buyers always looking for a good investment. Please give me, or one of our agents in Ulysses, Hugoton, Rolla or Johnson, a call to day. We are results driven. &nbsp; 
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:19:20 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>cbfaulkner@hotmail.com (Chris Faulkner)</author>
            <title>Three bedroom Ulysses home reduced by $7,000!</title>
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Ulysses, Kansas 11-16-2010

The owner's of this great three bedroom home out by the Bentwood Golf Course in Ulysses, Kansas have recently reduced their price by $7,000 to $107,500! This is a great price for this three bedroom, two bath home with a double-attached garage, an oversized shop and a partial basement.This home has several maintenance-saving features including steel siding, vinyl soffits, vinyl guttering, and Pella casement windows.The Pella windows have a great feature that you don't see everyday. They have retractable screens! This is great on cold days when you don't want the windows open, but want all the light you can get. 

The detached shop has enough room for at least two vehicles, a workspace for projects and is also plumbed for a bathroom. There is an older furnace and a window air conditioner in the shop that is included as well. The shop is insultated to help keep you cool or warm, depending on the weather. Either way it's great to have all of this great work space out of the elements.The home features nice laminate flooring throughout the great room, kitchen and additional family room. The bathrooms are carpeted with a nice, newer, neutral short shag. (That's a mouthful) The bedrooms are nice sized with good closets. The master bathroom has a larger closet and an attached half bath that shares a shower with the hall bath. The basement is currently unfinished, but does have lighting and a window for natural light.&nbsp;

The backyard features a large deck and patio area sheltered between the shop and screened by the six foot privacy fence. There are several mature trees and bushes on the property that help soften the landscape and shade the yard and home in the heat of the summer.

This is a great price for a home that, as I've said from the start, has everything you're looking for. Give me a call today to take a look at all the possibilities of this great home.

View full details on the property at 1248 East Ohio Avenue in Ulysses, Kansas. 
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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:25:32 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>cbfaulkner@hotmail.com (Chris Faulkner)</author>
            <title>New HouseLogic Website Provides Helpful Information for Homeowners!</title>
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&nbsp;Ready to take your homeownership to a new level. Have questions about tax credits, energy star ratings, weighing the cost of improvements vs the benefits? Take a look at HouseLogic today. HouseLogic is a helpful website developed by the Nationa Association of REALTORS to assist homeowners with home ownership. Read more about HouseLogic below and then visit the HouseLogic website to get on your way to carefree home ownership. 

The HouseLogic Story


What is HouseLogic.com?HouseLogic is a free 
source of information and tools&mdash;from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 
REALTORS&mdash;that can help you make smart and timely decisions about your 
home. &nbsp;


What can HouseLogic do for me?With content 
covering home improvement, maintenance, taxes, finance, insurance, and 
even ways you can get involved in and enrich your community, HouseLogic 
can help you increase and protect the value of your home by helping you 
make confident decisions.


Why did NAR create HouseLogic?NAR has been a
 champion of homeownership rights and opportunities for more than a 
century. Helping consumers become more informed, responsible homeowners 
is important to the stability and value of the housing market  and your
 overall enjoyment of your home.


From time to time, NAR may ask you to partner on issues or 
legislation that may impact you as a homeowner.&nbsp; Its up to you whether 
to participate in these causes.


Will my information be shared? I can't stand junk mail, 
spam, and dinnertime phone calls.We're with you. Well 
NEVER share or sell your email address or other personal information you
 may provide us with anyone without your explicit consent. 

&nbsp;

Chris Faulkner is a licensed REALTOR with Faulkner Real Estate in Ulysses, Kansas.&nbsp; 
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            <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 19:41:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>cbfaulkner@hotmail.com (Chris Faulkner)</author>
            <title>Faulkner Real Estate has sold 3,000 acres of land in southwest Kansas in January of 2010</title>
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Land is moving in Southwest Kansas! 

Faulkner Real Estate contracted
2,880 acres for 5 Sellers in 5 counties in Kansas in January. All
properties were sold using our &quot;Private Auction&quot; (bid by phone) sales
method developed here in Ulysses, Kansas by Mark Faulkner 11 years ago.
The &quot;Private Auction&quot; still proves to be the popular choice for our
Buyers and Sellers of farm ground in Southwest Kansas. Of the 2,880
acres sold much of it was in CRP or expired CRP with about 960 acres of
Irrigated ground being sold as well. Land prices remain strong as
Buyers take advantage of thousands of acres of CRP coming out of
production. Everyone always asks, &quot;Why are people selling?&quot; Well,
there's not one answer. Some farmers are selling their land because
they're ready to retire and don't have family to pass it on to. Some
are facing difficulties financially or need cash to improve other land
or investments, and the largest percentage in January were absentee
owners of CRP that was either out of contract or expiring soon. This
mix is what keeps the numbers of acres of land for sale steady, and
keep !

Currently Faulkner Real Estate is offering over 7,600
acres of land in 6 counties in Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma for sale.
Each parcel of land is for sale by Private Auction. 

We
are offering two very large pastures, 3,905 acres and 1,420 acres each.
The largest parcel is in Texas County, Oklahoma just 7 miles south of
Elkhart, Kansas and 5 miles north of Four Corners, Oklahoma. It offers
a large parcel of native grass and a few tracts of CRP, 2 water wells,
2 wind mills and fair to good 4-wire fence around the property. The
1,420 acre parcel is in Stanton County, Kansas just 3 miles south of
Manter, Kansas on the Manter Grade. This property offers good fence,
corrals, and water lines running to 7 tanks on the property.&nbsp; 

We
have to pieces of Kansas irrigated farm ground coming up later this
month both with good water. The first piece of Kansas irrigated land is
located in Stevens County, Kansas along HWY 25 just 5 miles south of
the Grant/Stevens County lines and 10 miles north of Hugoton, Kansas.
This property is approximately 480 acres of good silt loam farm ground
mostly 0-1% slope. It has two wells pumping, one pumping around
1,300-1,400 gallons per minute and another pumping 600-800 gallons per
minute. This is great looking irrigated farm ground!&nbsp;

The second
parcel of irrigated land&nbsp; for sale is located in southeast Morton
County, Kansas south and east of Rolla, Kansas. Totaling 620 acres with
400 irrigated acres this is a great opportunity to own some affordable
Kansas irrigated land with two irrigation wells pumping about 1,200
gallons per minute and 700 gallons per minute.

We also have some
good looking dryland farm ground in Morton County, Kansas for sale
northwest of Elkhart, Kanas, as well as a piece of CRP just east of
Richfield, Kansas.

Theses are just a few of the 7,600 plus acres
of land currently being offered for sale by Faulkner Real Estate in
southwest Kansas, Eastern Colorado and the Oklahoma panhandle. Please
feel free to contact me should you need more details or have questions.


&nbsp;

Chris Faulkner, REALTOR

Associate Broker

Faulkner Real Estate

620-575-6555 
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:01:34 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>cbfaulkner@hotmail.com (Chris Faulkner)</author>
            <title>Land Sold Well in 2009 and Continues to Sell in 2010!</title>
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Western Kansas and Easter Colorado Land Sales Strong in 2010.&nbsp;

Faulkner Real Estate, is celebrating another record breaking year of residential and agricultural sales in Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado. We ended 2009 with just over 160 land, home and commercial real estate transactions on the book in over 9 counties in Kansas and Colorado. After the record setting pace of land sales, mostly production farm ground, over the last 2 years the US economy hit the wall. Many spoke of depression and the economic outlook was bleak. However, in the mighty midwest conservative values and good business principles kept us, while not untouched, less affected by the economic downturn.&nbsp;


Land appreciation did level slightly in 2009 compared to 2008, but still turned in stronger numbers than the previous year. Faulkner Real Estate's 13 REALTORS sold nearly 13,000 acres of land and minerals in 9 counties in Kansas and Colorado and for 33 Sellers! We specialize in small to medium tract of 160 to 2,000+ acres and benefit greatly from our founder's sales method the &quot;private auction&quot; developed by my father Mark. The Private Auction is a sales method combining the control of a traditional private treaty sale with the benefits of speed and unlimited sales potential of an auction. We sell 90% of our land by private auction and get it sold in under 75 days.&nbsp;

Many farmers have mentioned their concern about the effect of thousands of acres of land coming out of the Conservation Reserve Program, more commonly referred to as CRP. While there has been an increased supply of CRP land, we have not seen a decrease in sales price. Many farmers see this as an unprecedented opportunity to increase their land holdings as large families seek to simplify their holdings and transfer them to other investments. CRP continues to sell well in Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado.

What are farmers buying in Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado? Are farmers still buying irrigated farm ground or are they seeking to simplify with dryland ground? The mix has remained fairly similar to years past. One thing that we are experiencing is stronger appreciation of the best land either dryland or irrigated land with very good water. While the aquifer may be slowly depleting the best irrigated land is still brining very good prices in Kansas and Colorado; and is a great bargain compared to many states in the midwest.

Southwest Kansas land and real estate sales remain strong as we begin 2010. Faulkner Real Estate is currently marketing over 6,000 acres of land and farm ground for 5 Sellers in western Kansas and the Oklahoma panhandle, with much more in the works. We continue to be successful thanks to our average marketing time of approximately 75 days, while obtaining above market value sales figures on most properties. Mark Faulkner, has definitely carved his niche in Western Kansas Land sales with his Private Auction. The hardest thing for me as our marketing manager is to stay on top of each new sale and get word out to the public about this proven sales method we have developed over the last 11 years. We're not 11 year young though; we've been serving Buyers and Sellers in Western Kansas, Eastern Colorado and the Oklahoma panhandle for over 24 years!

Faulkner Real Estate in Ulysses, Kansas is also staying on top of the Real Estate market in Western Kansas through our partnerships. We have partnered with both www.LandWatch.com and LandsofAmerica.com for the best online exposure. In addition, we will be introducing our new website this month including complete MLS IDX integration. Now Buyers and Sellers will be able to view all of southwest Kansas' real estate listings via one source&nbsp;www.faulknerrealestate.com. In addition all of our auctions benefit from weekly exposure in the High Plains Journal and area publications like the Tri-State Exchange, The Ulysses News and Vendor, The Hugoton Hermes, etc.

Farmers in Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado are benefiting from their sound business practices and conservative values. I can honestly say it is a pleasure to go to work for them each day.
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            <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:29:12 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>cbfaulkner@hotmail.com (Chris Faulkner)</author>
            <title>How will the expiration of CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) acres affect farm land sales?</title>
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Conservation Reserve Program Land (CRP) Selling Well&nbsp;(edit/delete)


Many farmers in the Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado region have expressed concern to me about the millions of acres to come out of CRP in the coming years. In 2009 alone we saw thousands of acres come out of the program and much of it come up for sale. Many feel that the increase in supply will decrease demand. While this theory is well proven and mostly true. Currently there has not been enough over supply to decrease demand.&nbsp;

In fact in some cases it is causing the opposite reaction. Many farmers are seeing this an an unprecedented opportunity to obtain the land they've sought for years that was tied up by CRP and absentee owners. Now that CRP is not as a viable investment option for the absentee they are selling their land, for great prices and moving on to other investments. This leaves a great opportunity for the local farmers to add acres to their farm.

If you know anyone considering selling land that is currently enrolled in CRP or recently out of CRP please let me know. If you fear your land is coming out, but don't want to sell let me know as well. I have tenants looking for more land that will pay rents similar to the income you were receiving while in the CRP.

&nbsp;

&nbsp;


CHRISFAULKNER

REALTOR CNS

Faulkner Real Estate

Ulysses, Kansas

620-356-5808

FaulknerRealEstate.com

View our&nbsp;Land for Sale!

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