If you are purchasing Louisville real estate, or are putting your property up for sale, you may not understand how square footage is calculated in the home. A real estate agent will be calculating the square footage for you if you’re selling your home, and there are some parts of the house that may not be included in the calculations.
All we hear from news sources these days is the horrible condition of the housing market. They’re not wrong. The number of homes sold so far this year is acres behind 2010 and likely to arrive at 2009 levels.
Pine Valley Estates (once merely Pine Valley) is a still-growing community that began in 2001 and continues to be a great spot for new construction. Just outside of Jeffersontown, Pine Valley Estates is located off Easum Road between Old Heady Road and Chenoweth Run Road (see map). Nearby neighborhoods include Stone Lakes, Saratoga Woods, and the newer Saratoga Springs and Bridges of Razor Creek. Still situated in a rural part of Jefferson County but inside the Gene Snyder Expressway and close to expressways, shopping, and more.
It’s been widely reported that shady lending practices, greedy borrowers, and a general lack of wisdom (if not sneaky partisan policies) coming from our elected officials is what brought the housing crisis upon us.
I wrote a piece a couple of weeks back called, My Home Is Dropping in Value? In the piece, I pointed to data that showed while the National home value average dropped about 25% since the housing decline, Louisville homes actually gained 1.5%. I think it’s important that people know the truth about their home’s value.
(more…)Yesterday, Freddie Mac issued a press release called August 2011 U. S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook. I've excerpted the primary message below. MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --…
The Louisville Home Builders Association is putting on a Tour of Remodeled Homes which starts today. From noon to 6 pm on August 13th and 14th, the tour price is…
I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase, “Perception is reality”. Take the value of brands, for example. People’s perception of Tylenol as a safe, pain-reducing medicine prior to 1982 was sky-high. It was the world’s top seller, for crying out loud. Then reports surfaced that a woman died from cyanide poisoning from taking Tylenol.
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It’s not just the weather that’s raising the temperature at Norton Commons. Design trends are on fire!
Homearama is in full swing and we wanted to bring the latest in Louisville interior design.
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eHow.com put together a list of their five favorite cities for a low cost of living and guess who made the list? Louisville, of course! Here’s what they had to say about our fair city.
Most of the time a home sale goes smoothly. The sellers want to sell, the buyers want to buy and a couple of Realtors have helped the process run like a well-oiled machine.
That’s the norm.
Then there are the real estate horror stories.
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I’m sure we’ve all heard about The Great Depression. It was a horrible time, not only in our nation’s history but throughout the world. Prices went crazy and suffering was the norm. But did you know this, home prices dropped 31% during The Great Depression?
Some real estate agents believe that selling a Louisville house with a pool acts as a deterrent to at least 50% of home buyers. While some agents may not agree with this percentage, almost all will agree that selling a home with a pool is harder to sell than one without.
May has disappointed me greatly. I had far greater plans in mind only to see them dashed on the rocks.
