LHB’s Louisville Homearama 2010 Review
Just a reminder, Homearma 2010 runs from July 10th to the 25th. So that means there are only a few days left for you to visit this great event.
Articles and News about Residential Real Estate
Louisville #4 Most Affordable City to Buy a Home
The Forbes.com website confuses me. I know they’re trying to have more pages, so each page can have more ads, thus more ad revenue, but as far as navigating it, I always find it frustrating.
What Is Your Louisville Home Worth?
This is a topic of great importance in today’s changing real estate market and one that we will continue to cover in this blog consistently.
Louisville Real Estate Areas as Defined by MLS
Ever wonder where Area 8 ends and where Area 7 begins? So many times the maps used by the search forms are so small it's hard to see anything. I…
Determining Home Values, Zillow Zestimates Are Bad and More
When all the ancillary real estate Web sites started cropping up about five years ago I thought, “Great! These give consumers more information, which is always a good thing.”
What Is a True Relocation Specialist?
Lovely lake in White Blossom within the Springhurst neighborhood. There are a lot of "sacred" terms in real estate. We in the business toss these words around without much thought…
How To Find the Value of Your Louisville Home
I was having a conversation yesterday with a very intelligent person about the value of their home. It was during this conversation that I was reminded that while I think about the home valuation process quite often, most people do not. There are many Louisville homes for sale and determining value is critical right now.
Louisville Real Estate Responds to Market Conditions
Louisville follows the same real estate trends as other cities in our nation, only to a much lesser degree. But like I posted earlier this month, Louisville hasn’t seen a drop in home values since before 1978. That changed in 2008 and 2009.
New Construction in Louisville Waiting for Rebound
The CJ did a little piece on Monday about where the new construction numbers are and where they're heading. It should be no surprise to anyone following the situation that…
You Can Never Have Enough Pro Selling Tips
Home staging can take your ordinary, ho-hum home and instantly make it feel larger, more spacious, warmer, brighter, more cheerful, and more welcoming.
The Future of Louisville Real Estate, 2010 Edition
At the turn of every year, we like to look back and reflect on the years past. Here at Louisville Homes Blog, we’re no different. But it’s also important to look forward and see how to best take advantage of the real estate market for your own situation.
Greater Louisville 3Q Improves in 2009
I've got another post on deck, but before we look forward I wanted to highlight some data I just found about Louisville's 3rd Quarter of 2009 in real estate. The…
Home Buying Tax Credit FAQ
Back in November, I posted the helpful chart from NAR that outlines the changes to the home buyer tax credit that was extended by the Obama administration. And while that’s good, it still doesn’t address all the questions that people have regarding buying a new Louisville home. So I’m going to try and do my best to answer those questions, FAQ-style.
Louisville Neighborhood Map with Homes For Sale
Just a quick post to let you know that we're up to 39 of Louisville's best neighborhoods over on my real estate Web site. When I add another one next…
Louisville Real Estate as Investment
As we near year's end, thoughts of planning fill many minds here in Louisville. How did we do this year? Will next year be better or worse? How should we…