Louisville Kentucky Housing Data for October Shows Improvement
It's clear that the real estate market has improved in 2012. No question. What's unclear is where we're headed but these Louisville Homes Blog report is promising. Kentucky Home Values…
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The Tide Is Turning: Foreclosure Rates Drop in Louisville
CoreLogic says that the number of homes going into foreclosure in Louisville has dropped in their most recent report. CoreLogic is a company that tracks and publishes a myriad of…
Chart: Louisville Home Sales through July: 6 Year Comparison
Almost three in a row! In May, 859 homes were sold in Jefferson County, Louisville. June? 859! How about July? 851. So close! So once again we're met with a…
Louisville Real Estate Agents Down 22% Since Housing Recession
I learned the other day that a good friend was becoming a Realtor. Knowing what I know about the Louisville real estate market, I wondered to myself, "What in the…
Where Will Interest Rates Go in 2012?
In one of my light-bulb moments, I discovered that (at least here in Louisville) unemployment has proven to be a bigger factor in determining home sales activity than traditional real…
March Home Price Index for Louisville, Jefferson County
Reports from CoreLogic come out each and every month. I don't always publish the results because it's quite dry and without regular context it's often hard to decipher. The other…
Signs Point to End of Housing Recession
National experts are starting to proclaim that the housing crisis will end this year and that 2013 should see healthy improvement. Who, you ask? How about Barron's cover story Ready…
Louisville Real Estate Agent Salaries for 2011, Top Agents Grab Lion’s Share
I was very interested in the results when I began writing "So how much do Louisville real estate agents make?" last year. It had long been my belief that the…
[Infographic] Real Estate Recovery or Not
Great infographic from Active Rain, the largest real estate social network. There's no real local tie in this piece to Louisville but it's interesting to note the interest in rental…
Louisville Home Values Changes for 2011, Winners and Losers
Updated: 2/3/2012. Thanks to Chris Cox who found a calculation error. Many held high hopes for an improving real estate market heading into 2011. Well, maybe that's an exaggeration but…
Experts Say Housing Recession Nearly Over
This isn't great news but every little bit helps. Analysts who monitor real estate data are saying that home values should stop dropping late next year. Home prices have dropped…
10 Years of Louisville Home Sales Tells Us a Great Deal
The health of any real estate market is measured by steady increases in home values along with activity levels that trend upward along with population growth. The same is true…
Survey Says Friday Is Best Day to List My Home
Study's are done all the time. They can be frivolous, somewhat worthwhile, or ground-breaking. On a scale of 1-to-10, I'll give this one a 6.5. If the question is, "What…
Nation Turns Corner, Louisville Foreclosures Still Trailing Behind
Mark Twain popularized this famous quote, "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." By their very nature, numbers can be manipulated to show many results, even…
Louisville Housing Market Reports for August 2011
After seeing some refreshing improvement in July, August lapsed back into the standard pattern for 2011, simply trailing the previous year. The amazing part is that while portions of the…