KC-area homebuilders continue to pick up single-family pace

Builders in the eight-county Kansas City area pulled 2,059 single-family building permits during the first four months of 2017 — a pace not matched since before the recession. According to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City, it was the highest...

Coffelt’s Corner: Why Do You Ask?

A couple of weeks or so ago, as we were getting ready for church, I was brushing my teeth and Linda was dressing. She came out of the closet, stood beside me facing the mirror and asked, “How does this look on me?” Now, which of the following thoughts do you think ran...

Coffelt’s Corner: No News is Good News

Early in our married life, Linda and I would go to the mailbox together each evening. Often there would be nothing there. You see, in those early years we didn’t receive much mail, and most of what we did receive consisted of bills. We’d open the mailbox door, peer...

Coffelt’s Corner: A Wish For Joy

I trust that each of you had the opportunity for a time of celebration with friends and family during the Christmas and New Year holidays. The changing of the year from one to the next comes rather quietly at the Coffelt house. We usually manage to stay up until...

CPL Procedures Change Beginning August 28

Senate Bill 833 was signed by Governor Nixon and takes effect August 28, 2016. The bill requires that a CPL must be issued on all residential transactions where a policy of title insurance is issued and a title agent, agency, or underwriter is handling any funds or...