“How much can I afford to spend on a house” is a relevant question that comes into the mind of thousands of homebuyers all over the world. To answer this question, the home affordability calculators offered by multiple lenders play an important role.
Online mortgage calculators can help prospective home buyers determine the appropriate amount to spend on a new Louisville home.(more…)
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) supports specific home loans. These are called VA Loans and are available to veterans or active duty service members wishing to purchase a home. Since its inception, the VA loan program has helped nearly 18 million veterans and active duty service men and women achieve homeownership.
Could the key to getting your first home be located in this VA Loan Primer?(more…)
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.
Houses like this great ranch home in Douglass Hills are quite affordable when compared with the nation as a whole. | Photo: Tre Pryor(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.”
Online formulas such as Zillow Zestimates are bad in determining a property’s true value.(more…)
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…
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 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.
If you want to see how Louisville real estate responds to a down market? Updating, updating, updating.(more…)
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…
Home staging can take your ordinary, ho-hum home and instantly make it feel larger, more spacious, warmer, brighter, more cheerful, and more welcoming.
Pro selling tips begin with professional interior design practices. Learn more!(more…)
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.
Looking at the Future of Louisville real estate is much like trying to guess what your chess opponent might do next.(more…)
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…