Best Louisville Home Improvement Projects for Return on Investment

Going all the way back to 2007, Louisville Homes Blog has brought you targeted real estate news and advice for Louisville homeowners and home buyers. So let’s keep this train rolling!

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Beautiful front doors, especially with decorative finishes really impress home buyers. Unfortunately, this home improvement project no longer rates higher than 100% return on investment like it had in previous years.
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Considering a New Louisville Home Purchase? Better Hurry! Financial Reasons Say Sooner Rather Than Later

I just finished reading Thinking of Buying Your Dream Home? Do it quickly! There’s a great deal of wisdom in this brief piece.

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Many factors go into deciding when to buy your new home but two of the biggest—home prices and mortgage rates—are great now but are moving in the wrong direction going forward.
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Louisville Real Estate Agent: The Strategies Of Successful Selling

There is a lot of marketing that goes into selling your home to give your home maximum exposure and display your home in its best possible light.

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Computers play a major role in all of our lives, and this holds true with marketing your Louisville home on our MLS and other websites.
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Why Choose Louisville New Construction? These Benefits for Home Buyers Will Show You the Way

I’ve written a data-driven article about the current Louisville new construction landscape for InsiderLouisville in the past. But today, I want to write about this topic from a personal perspective.

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Are you a designer? Hands-on on personality? New construction in Louisville could be exactly what you’re looking for.

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4 Ideas to Help Your Parents Age in Place

It’s essential to pay attention to needed physical changes in a home – which sometimes are as simple as moving kitchen utensils to be within easy reach. But it’s also important to look beyond handrails in the hallways to make sure needs are met that help your parents age in place—to live independently.

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We may not be there yet but it’s always smart to plan for the future. Responsibility for aging parents most often falls to their children.
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First Time Louisville Home Buyers Expectations

As a first time Louisville home buyer you may not know exactly what to expect when it comes to house prices or types of homes. It may come as quite a shock to find out exactly what you can afford and what is out of your price range when you’re just starting out.

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First-time homebuyers have many questions. Make sure you get all your questions answered before buying your first Louisville home.
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Louisville Housing Market Looks Cautiously Optimistic

The watchwords for the Louisville housing market are “cautious optimism” for 2013. As per the home price index issued by CoreLogic Inc., home prices in the region increased by 0.2 percent in December of 2012 compared to what they were a year ago. This is also the biggest annual increase seen since May 2006.

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Signs point to a favorable year for the Louisville housing market, with foreclosure numbers dropping, new housing starts up, and more.
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How to Be the Best Real Estate Agent

On this website, I want to give you great advice on anything and everything that relates to real estate, home improvement, or interior design. Here, I can talk to current real estate agents, other industry professionals, or even someone thinking about entering the business.

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In order to be the best real estate agent, you need to have knowledge, a strong work ethic, and be truly trustworthy.
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Professional Help Makes Difference Selling Vacant Louisville Homes

Sometimes there is no way to avoid selling vacant Louisville homes. If you have had a sudden job transfer or need to leave the area quickly for one reason or another, your house may have to be vacant while you are trying to sell it.

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Selling a home that is vacant is always more challenging as many buyers have a difficult time imagining a room’s purpose.
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Are Granite Countertops Worth The Investment For Your Kitchen?

Many times when you are designing your house in the building stages the one room that anyone who has taken a real estate investing course knows involves the most value is your kitchen. Investments are supposed to make money. But are granite countertops worth the investment?

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There’s no denying the “Wow!” factor of granite countertops, but how can you know if it’s worth the investment?
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2012 Louisville Real Estate Year in Review

To begin, it’s important to say there are a myriad of ways to crunch any group of numbers. For our real estate example, is Louisville only Jefferson County? Or do we include the surrounding counties? Are we supposed to remove cities like Jeffersontown or Prospect that reside in Metro Louisville?

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Here you see a pap of Louisville home value changes by MLS area for 2012.
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How to Use Rugs for Great Interior Design

Area rugs are one of my favorite design elements. A great rug can take a room from “meh” to “wow” quickly and inexpensively. For relatively little cost and even less work, a new area rug can greatly enhance any space!

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A creamy beige carpet was custom-bound using a fun leopard print fabric for this tasteful living room. | Photo: Becky Hackler Interiors
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Filing a Hail Damage Roof Claim with Your Insurer

If you live in an area that receives a lot of large hail during certain storms, your personal property and your home could be damaged during a storm. This is why it might be important for you to do everything you can to understand how the claims process works.

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This home’s roof looks picture perfect but sometimes hail damage is hard to identify. It’s important to have an inspector you can trust.
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