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.
Posts about Real Estate Trends or Real Estate Statistics
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.
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.
National Average Finally Positive, Kentucky Beats Nation
First American CoreLogic produces some great reports. Not great in the sense that everything is positive but they are very thorough and timely. This most recent report has this to say about real estate in Louisville, Kentucky.
Louisville Home Sales Up, Home Prices Down
Here are a couple of pieces of news that relate to Louisville real estate. The first comes from an AP story that WAVE picked up, Pending home sales rose 8.2 percent in February.
Spring Reveals Some Signs of Rebound in Louisville
With basketball season almost complete, thoughts of another kind of rebound are quickly approaching. Spring always holds an upswing in Louisville real estate but the real question is, “How will this Spring compare to the last two Springs?”
Home Improvement Costs vs. Values for 2009
One of my favorite posts of the year is the National Association of Realtors Remodeling Costs vs. Value report. Like last year’s post, this one will feature the top home improvement projects purely by the numbers.
(more…)Is Louisville Real Estate Up or Down?
Housing news still dominates a large portion of our nation’s economic mindset. On Wednesday, Reuters wrote that new home sales hit a record low, and prices tumbled.
The Commerce Department said on Wednesday sales of newly built single-family homes dropped 11.2 percent to an annual rate of 309,000 units, the lowest level since records started in 1963, from 348,000 units in December.
Home Prices in Louisville Trending Upward
After a couple of down years, it looks like home values in Louisville are heading back up. This information comes from First American CoreLogic.
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…
Louisville Mortgage Rates Expected to Rise in 2010
All good things must come to an end. That’s how the saying goes anyway. Today this concept applies to our 40-year, low mortgage interest rates. I’ve published this chart before, but it bears a repeat visit.
Louisville #37 in Nation for Housing Recovery
There is a lot of great real estate information on the Forbes site. Today we'll look at America's Fastest-Recovering Cities. Louisville comes in at 37th, ahead of Indianapolis (44), Columbus…
Louisville #24 in Bang For Your Buck Real Estate Rankings
I love lists! Can you tell? Some of LHB's most popular posts are from my Top 10 Lists articles. Today, I'm talking about a recently released Forbes.com list of Best…
Louisville Homes Sales Up, Thanks to Tax Credit
Saw this article in the CJ citing the reason for the increased number of Louisville home sales in October. First-time buyers taking advantage of a special tax credit gave sales…