The topic on everyone's mind in agriculture around the rich crop producing lands of Western Kansas is how high will land prices go and will the market continue it's climb upward. Land prices in Kansas continue to increase and have enjoyed appreciation of nearly seven percent according to a recent article in The Progressive Farmer by Victoria G. Myers.

Perhaps the perfect introduction to this topic is also taken from this same article. Victoria states,

"The federal deficit is ballooning, the housing market is teetering on another trip to the basement, unemployment lines keep getting longer, taxes are poised to climb, and the stock market seems a little schizophrenic. In the midst of all this frenetic noise, the agriculturalland market keeps quietly…

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Once again Faulkner Real Estate in Ulysses, Kansas will be hosting open houses for four homeowners. This Thursday September 30, 2010 from 6:00 to 8:00pm these four homeowners will open their home for the public to view. Please stop by, view each home and meet our team of Ulysses REALTORS.

 

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1248 E Ohio, Ulysses, Kansas - 3 Bedroom, 1-1/2 Bath, 1,402 SF up with partial basement.

Just what so many are looking for! 3 bedrooms, double-attached garage, extra family room, large open living, dining, kitchen; partial basement, porch, patio and an oversized shop with half bath all near the golf course. Additional features include Pella casement windows with retractable screens, steel siding, laminate floors in living area, and extra family room. Take a look…

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Fourteen Years ago Mark Faulkner of Faulkner Real Estate in Ulysses, Kansas was approached with a rather unique opportunity. Rob Oglevie of Grant County Bank Trust department called Faulkner with approximately 3,000 acres of land in four counties and two states to sell for the Goldie Sullivan Estate. Normally Mark, a licensed Broker and auctioneer, would sell large tracts of land by auction in order to attract attention and obtain the highest sales price in a timely manner. This sale however presented logistical challenges and Mark debated over where to conduct the auction and whether or not he needed to hold more than one auction. In the end he developed a sales system that would offer the benefits of an auction with the control of a…

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Sometimes everything falls into place and you get more than you bargained for. This is just the case at Faulkner Real Estate. We are pleased to announce the OPEN HOUSE of all open houses of fine homes for sale in Ulysses, Kansas.

Thursday July 29th, 2010 from 6:00 to 8:00PM the owners of these fine homes will welcome the public in to view their wonderful homes:

  1. 817 N Wilson Street- NEW LISTING- Great 5 bedroom, 3 bath home with basement and great location!
  2. 1418 E Michigan- Nearly 2,400 square feet on one level makes for easy living in this sprawling ranch by the golf course.
  3. 800 S Cedar- Newer 5 bedroom, 3 bath brick home with finished basement near the golfcourse.
  4. 407 S Ridgewood UNDER CONTRACT!- Open house on this home is cancelled.
  5. 204 S…

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For years now I have been dreaming of developing a more powerful, and useful, website for our customers. Although our market area is small by population we reach a very large geographic demographic. So, after several months of planning and talking and planning some more we have released www.faulknerrealestate.com 3.0. 

This new website offers more tools for real estate buyers and sellers in Western Kansas than ever before. Now our customers can have the most up-to-date information on residential, agricultural and commercial real estate at their fingertips. Our new site offers so many amazing features you'll have to spend some time poking around to appreciate them all. However the following will stand out to you right away:

 

  • Full-featured listings…

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