General Articles Relating to Real Estate
By most accounts, the chief issue in our most recent elections was the economy, with unemployment as the lead contributing factor. As of September, Louisville, Kentucky has an unemployment rate of 9.8 percent which is slightly higher than the national average of 9.6 percent. Many are worried about where things are headed, as well they should be.
Many cities with or near a military base should be proud to celebrate Veterans’ Day this year as their ties to military bases have allowed them to become some of the U.S.’s most affluent cities. High-tech centers, college towns, and industrial cities used to be some of the most affluent in the nation, however, out of the 20 fastest-growing metro areas today, based on per-capita income, 16 of them have a military base or have one close by providing an excellent opportunity for anyone in the real estate or mortgage industry.
A friend sent me a great article today about the state of affairs in our nation's lending markets. Sure, some the recent changes were sorely needed and came just in…
I read an interesting story on the WSJ today called, Housing Blogs Throw Stones. It seems that many are taking out their real estate frustrations by going online and blasting away at other people’s houses… verbally, of course.
It seems this is the hot topic in real estate these days so I thought I'd take some time to weigh in on the issue for foreclosures here in Louisville.…
Before I delved into real estate, I hadn’t yet heard of Louisville called a City of Parks. While the concept is worthwhile and innovative, their marketing efforts (thus far) have been a bit underwhelming.
Generally speaking, I try to focus on the positive. But every once in a while a problem is so great that we can't help but pay attention and then, hopefully,…