Cooling Your Home Without Touching the A/C
From a wonderful, home improvements site, Home Tips, comes this helpful list of ways to help your home stay cool as Summer is almost upon us. Keeping your home in…
From a wonderful, home improvements site, Home Tips, comes this helpful list of ways to help your home stay cool as Summer is almost upon us. Keeping your home in…
Listening to Money's opening thrust of this article: The S&P Case/Shiller Home Price Index, which tracks 20 of the largest housing markets, showed prices plummeting by 12.7% in the 12…
Just a quick post to note what we've been saying around here for months has been getting some local attention. "We're very fortunate in that we're kind of steady. We…
The government isn't big on branding, otherwise they wouldn't name organizations things like the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO). Nonetheless, they are big on data... and tons of…
Rock Springs is a brand new RJ Thieneman neighborhood right off Highway 22 still inside Jefferson County. (It’s streets aren’t even mapped yet!) Homes start in the low $300s and feature styling not commonly found in traditionally minded Louisville. Rock Springs, near Prospect and Glen Oaks, is close to shopping in The Summit and expressways. There are currently a good number of available lots if you want to build the custom home of your dreams in this great location.

Companies and consumers alike are starting to catch on to the dangers of debt. While mortgage foreclosures continue to soar in many parts of the nation, filings in the Louisville…
Locust Creek is a newer neighborhood that boasts hosting Homearama in 2002, 2003, and 2004. The latest news is that it will once again host Homearama this year! For more information on Homearama 2008, please visit their site.

Like Springhurst, Lake Forest is considered one of Louisville’s premier neighborhoods. The subdivision began in the early 1980s and hasn’t stopped growing, with new developments like Lake Forest Highlands and other sections adding on to the original neighborhood. It’s located off Shelbyville Road, just outside the Gene Snyder Freeway in Middletown, and with a new shopping center opening directly across the street, Lake Forest continues to impress.

In a title obviously affected by the media's relentless attack on the topic of housing, Business First brings us, Louisville housing market isn't so bad, PVA says. Who says journalists…
Proposed Map of a portion of Louisville Loop City Planners are working towards creating a 100-mile trail for bikers/walkers around the city of Louisville. They're calling it the Louisville Loop.…
It’s funny to hear the members of the national press parrot one another for months on end. That is until a new topic is launched then everyone gets on that train. On point, do you think Louisville is in good shape?

Touching on the same topic as last week’s Louisville: Should You Buy a New Home Now? comes this story from Business First: Louisville one of top cities for affordable housing.

Selecting which brand of comfort system is usually at the top of the list when people make this very important decision. Unfortunately, that is probably the least important part of the equation to ensure that your system will provide you and your family with years of trouble-free and efficient comfort. So how do you find the best AC and heating systems?

Here is the most popular question I receive these days. “Is now a good time to buy or not?”
That’s a great question! The answer? It depends. “Well, thanks a lot, that really clears things up for me.”
I know, I know, it can be confusing, but let me shed a little light on the topic with a few examples.
(more…)On Thursday we hear that Louisville's "economy has declined in recent months." They make sure to add that residential real estate has also "declined" (even though real estate was included…