I'm thinking of selling my home in Kansas City, Missouri. All 5 of the real estate agents I have interviewed have said that the schools are affecting the value of our home. Approximately how important is the quality of the schools to potential home buyers buyers?

Question: I'm thinking of selling my home in Kansas City, Missouri. All 5 of the real estate agents I have interviewed have said that the schools are affecting the value of our home. Approximately how important is the quality of the schools to potential home buyers buyers?
Larry J. from Kansas City, Missouri


Answer: Thanks for the question, Larry. I agree with the 5 real estate agents you have interviewed. Schools are important. Home buyers like homes in good school areas whether have school age children or for the future when they decide to sell. 


I market in areas that home buyers request because they have heard about the schools and the request those ares by their school districts. There is no city called Blue Valley. Ask any relocation agent and the most requested community in Kansas City for relocation home buyers is the Blue Valley area, a school district area. 


Are homes any better in the Blue Valley area. No. Matter a fact, I showed a home yesterday for $690,000. I had showed a similar sized home with more bells and whistles in the Brookside area for $329,000. 


Schools will affect the real estate values in a neighborhood. Good schools will have a positive affect and poor performing schools will have a negative affect.  


Home buyers, especially relocation home buyers, will take the schools into consideration, when buying a home. Schools are important.


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