South Dakota Real Estate

The state of South Dakota got officially incorporated on the same day as the state of North Dakota. Nobody knows which one got incorporated earlier. But alphabetically speaking South Dakota comes second. Located in the Midwestern region of the country the state of South Dakota occupies more than seventy seven thousand square miles of the land area. This makes South Dakota the seventeenth largest state in the country. With the popular as well as densely populated city of Pierre, which is located centrally, forming its capital city, the state of South Dakota is bisected by the River Missouri. Mount Rushmore, which is located in the Black Hills, along with the Sioux Falls, constitutes the other places of scenic interest and beauty in this state.

The state is divided into four big land regions; the Dissected Till, the Black Hills, the Great Plains and the Drift Prairie. Like its northern counterpart, the state of South Dakota too has a continental climate. The weather is a nice one with the requisite amount of rainfall. The combination of these factors makes the weather really nice to live in. the grit and resilience of the state and its citizens came to be understood in the fourth decade of the last century. On one hand the Great Depression was wrecking havoc, on the other hand dust storms carried away the top soil of the land in South Dakota giving rise to the ‘Dust Bowl’ phenomenon. But the state recovered successfully within the years of the Second World War.

After this hitch, which lasted for about a period of ten to twelve years, the economy of the South Dakota again started to grow. The impact of this can be observed in the decision made by Citibank to move their offices to this state. This move of the Citibank Company was emulated by several other big companies, which provided the economy of South Dakota with a shot in the arm. Tourism is another aspect which has contributed a lot to the improvement of the economy of this region. People from all over the country as well as the world; come to visit the National Parks, Deadwood, Mt. Rushmore, and Sioux Falls and so on. As a result of these factors, combined with agriculture, which is the mainstay of the economy, the gross productivity of South Dakota was almost thirty billion dollars. The per capita income too has increased too almost twenty thousand dollars per head. The main agricultural products of South Dakota are oats, wheat, alfalfa etc. Beef and mutton are also produced here. Meat packing and the production of ethanol are agriculture related industries.

As a result almost 0.8 million people reside in this state. This makes the real estate market of this region a lucrative one. More than ten percent the homes are empty. This is out of the approximate total of over a hundred and ten thousand homes that have been built. The average prices of the homes are still below the hundred thousand dollar mark. Take advantage of this fact and try and book a property in South Dakota as soon s possible.

Purchasing a home is a complex process with a lot of details. Your SD Real Estate agent will explain things to you, but certainly should not expect you to understand everything the first time you are told. Don’t be afraid to ask questions for clarification on parts of the process you do not understand. You might even ask your agent to give you information suited to your learning style. For example, if you are a visual learner, you might ask that your SD Real Estate agent give you a document explaining the process.