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.
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.
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?”
One of my favorite posts of the year is the National Association of RealtorsRemodeling Costs vs. Value report. Like last year’s post, this one will feature the top home improvement projects purely by the numbers.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
The WSJ published this piece today—Home Prices Rise, Yet Confidence Fades—which highlights just how tricky things are in the housing market today. As always, you want to look at home buyers and sellers separately.
For home sellers, the fourth straight month of home value increases is a breath of fresh air after all they’ve been through. Home values are still down from highs that occurred in 2005 and 2006 (depending on the market) but it’s most assuredly a step in the right direction. As prices continue to rise, expect to see more sellers list their homes, especially in the Spring.
Had to hunt to find this juicy tidbit about the nation's top 15 home price gainers. The following appeared in yesterday's Business Courier. Other regional metros in the top 15…
Quick little story in the CJ today titled Home Prices Rose in Most Major Cities in July. Here's their basis: The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index of 20 major…