Posts about Real Estate Trends or Real Estate Statistics

Golden Post of Real Estate Links

When things get busy, I don’t always remember to post on this site like some of the others. My bad. But to make up for it, here are some real estate posts from Louisville Homes Blog recently:

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A virtual bounty of golden links can be found in the following post about Louisville real estate. | Photo: Jeremy Schultz
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Louisville Housing Market 7 Year Report, Period End January 2011

As with our first post on this feature, home sales in the past two years have been roughly the same and a little better than the previous year.

Louisville Home Sales: 7 Year Monthly Chart for period ending January 2011
Each month we will bring to you an easy-to-read chart on how both Jefferson County and Oldham County home sales have performed over the past 7 years.
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Louisville Rent vs Buy Data to Help You Make Your Choice

Just last week we published, To Sell or Rent Your Louisville Home, That Is the Question! Today we’re looking at a similar topic just reversed. If you are currently renting your place here in Louisville, KY do the numbers indicate that you should continue to rent or buy a new home?

Rent vs. Buy map of America's Top 50 Cities
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Louisville Foreclosures Rise, Improvement on the Horizon

Given that interest rates, home inventories, and average home prices are all favorably positioned for home buyers, why does the housing market continue to muddle about? One of the bigger reasons is distressed homes.

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As far as I know, this Louisville KY home is not in foreclosure, I just like to have photos of great Louisville homes in my posts. | Photo: Tre Pryor
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Louisville Home Prices Down, Up Depending on Source

Handling data can be a tricky business. This famous quote was directed at how numbers can be manipulated—“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” With that in mind, I try very hard to present all the information in an unbiased manner and let you make up your mind about how that affects your personal situation in regard to housing here in Louisville.

Charts of Louisville home sales and Louisville home prices for Jefferson County KY MLS area 30 for the 12 month period ending September 2016
As you can see in this market report for Jefferson County KY, home prices are on an upward trend. Data is sourced from the Greater Louisville Association of Realtors (GLAR).
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10 Reasons To Buy a Louisville Home

Inspired by The Wall St. Journal’s timely and relevant 10 Reasons To Buy a Home, I thought our readers would enjoy hitting the same points but with a hometown flavor. Now we have these reasons to buy a Louisville home.

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Do you want to buy a Louisville home? You’re not alone.
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Expert Says Double Dip Housing Recession Not Likely

Predicting the future is always a tricky business. Nothing is a “sure thing.” There are no “locks.” Learning from the past and studying trends is about all the real estate prognosticator can do.

Chart of Top 15 Metro Markets in real estate gains from Aug 2009 - Aug 2010, including Louisville, KY at #11
Louisville, KY came in at #11 of the top-performing real estate markets from Aug 2009 to Aug 2010.
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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.

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Houses like this great ranch home in Douglass Hills are quite affordable when compared with the nation as a whole. | Photo: Tre Pryor
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BlackBerry Still Winning the Mobile Phone War, But for How Long?

I saw recently that the National Association of Realtors published their annual Smartphone Survey Report. A great deal of this report is already well-known (and boring) but a couple of the results caught my eye. Keep in mind this survey is targeting real estate agents, not the public at large.

Smartphone OS for Real Estate Agents
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Louisville Homes Sold by Year

Putting data into chart form almost always communicates better than simply reading the data. For example, looking at the chart above that shows the total number of homes sold by year in Louisville, KY.

Chart of homes sold by year
Charts like this one that shows Louisville homes sold by year really help you get a better understanding of the market.
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