Kiplinger, Forbes, and other financial publications understand that the general public doesn’t care about the minutiae of high finance. So instead of reaching and connecting with the “every man” they create lists.
Today, we see Kiplinger ranking Cities Where Home Prices Have Held Up Best. It’s a fairly easy calculation.
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Today begins a new, regular posting of Louisville Home Sales compared to previous years. I find that putting data into pictures helps a great deal and I hope you find this new feature worthwhile!
Roofing materials at a glance. (click to enlarge) Here at Louisville Homes Blog, we absolutely LOVE info graphics. And Fixr (a great site to find qualified home contractors) has been…
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.
I wrote a piece in December called Louisville Mortgage Rates Expected to Rise in 2010, complete with a chart showing just how low-interest rates had gone.
The Bridges of Razor Creek is a new development within Jeffersontown that began in 2004 and is filling out nicely. Elite Homes, famous for their Extreme Makeover Home Edition build…
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?”
The news of the month in Louisville real estate is the upcoming date of April 30th. With the tax credit opportunity coming to an end, those looking to cash in…
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.
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With many homeowners looking for the market to rebound before selling, home improvement is now a hot topic! I bet Lowes and Home Depot are enjoying significant growth these past three years.
Kentucky HB 394 has passed the House Appropriations & Revenue committee and is now on to the full House and Senate. If this passes, it'll be great news for home…
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.
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.
