Bucking the national trend, the crime rate in Louisville, Kentucky isn’t weakening. According to CityRating.com’s analysis of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) statistics, the violent crime rate for the Louisville metro area was higher than the average national violent crime rate by more than 45% for projected 2012 numbers. The website also reports that the property crime rate in the Louisville Metro was higher than the national average by nearly 58%. Clearly, learning the top home security tips can be crucially important.
Protecting your investment is important. Get started with this basic security checklist.(more…)
The Holidays are upon us and life can be hectic. But winter is also a great time to work on those 5 home improvement projects that add value to your Louisville home, lower your heating costs or enhance your frame of mind during the dreary months ahead.
It’s fun to follow the trends. Some are breakthrough concepts that are completely new and take the world by storm. Others are cyclical, in the sense that, they used to be “in” but fell out of favor and then returned to the current “it” style.
If you are going to reside in your home, or if you are looking for a contractor to do the work, you might consider looking into a type of siding that is good for the environment, or at least better for it than most siding.
More and more of today’s young people are considering green products for their Louisville homes.(more…)
I’m sure there are many of you who thought we’d all have homes like The Jetsons by 2012. Am I right? Automatically open/close doors, conveyor belt indoor sidewalks, food dispensers that could whip up almost anything in mere seconds… well, the dream is still alive.
Smart house technology can be as simple as a changing light setting at timed intervals, or as complex as controlling every electronic device in the entire home.(more…)
Controlling the functionality of your home keeps getting more high-tech.
Advancements in technology continue to be the driving force behind new changes in home security. To completely protect your home today, there are many new options, like mobile products designed to provide more comprehensive home coverage than ever before. One well-known security company is ADT. They offer a complete suite of packages revolving around new devices and technologies that provide peace of mind about your home.
Even while signs of a real estate recovery are rising up across the nation, we're still a ways off from the high watermark of 2005 when Louisville saw 33% more…
As of this writing, there are 6,326 active listings for Single-Family Homes in Louisville, according to our MLS. Of those, 3,717 (58%) have basements. If your home currently has an unfinished basement, I’m sure you’ve thought about the prospect of finishing it and adding to your home’s usable space, right?
The idea of finishing a basement is great, right Louisville? It’s a less expensive way to add additional living space. Just make sure you make the right choices.(more…)
Leaving a vacant home in Louisville up for sale can be very costly but it doesn’t have to be. You will still have to pay your taxes, mortgage payments, and other expenses. Generally speaking, it is always best to avoid selling a vacant property whenever possible.
Selling a home that is vacant is always more challenging as many buyers have a difficult time imagining a room’s purpose.(more…)
Updating highly visible aspects of your home to improve first impressions are some of the highest bang for your buck Louisville home improvements. | Photo: Tre Pryor Recently the National…
Be sure to take extreme caution and use the proper equipment when dealing with asbestos. As mentioned in a previous post, asbestos was commonly used in building materials throughout the…
Despite powerful incentives like historically low mortgage interest rates, a surplus of home inventory, and bargain home prices, the Louisville real estate market remains sluggish. Without a great push in these final three months, there will be fewer homes sold in 2011 than there were in 2010.
Dan Hofmann, President of RegenEn Solar, stands in front of a great home in The Highlands showing off the new thin film solar solution.(more…)
A basic concept in marketing anything is having an item appeal to the most amount of people possible. This concept also applies to selling your Louisville home. The more appealing it is to the market as a whole, the faster it will sell.
While a home with a gorgeous pool may strongly appeal to certain house hunters, it won’t to the bulk of Louisville home buyers. | Photo: Tre Pryor(more…)
Nobody likes taxes. Well, almost nobody… there is this loopy bird who wants Obama to raise his taxes. But for the remaining 99.999% of us, lower taxes is a good thing.
There are tax credits available to homeowners for more than just solar panels but the prices have reached a point where certain homeowners should consider them.(more…)
