Just days after I posted Mortgage Rates Lowest in 40 Years we see a national story touching the same topic with Mortgage rates remaining at the lowest level in decades. (Think the AP is shadowing me?)
(more…)The last time home loan rates were lower was the 1950s, when most mortgages lasted just 20 or 25 years.
As in life, there’s good news and there’s bad news. Looking at our Louisville real estate home values and number of sales, we see that 2010 is a big improvement over 2009. That’s good news! But 2009 wasn’t a very good year, to begin with. That’s bad news. But now mortgage rates are at their lowest levels in 40 years.
The fine folks at Fixr have updated their Home Improvement graphic with new numbers. I believe it's interesting to see how the highs of 2007 have been dropping even as…
Real estate is ever entertaining. Why? Because you're always meeting new people. New people mean more exposure to new things. All kinds of things. There's never a dull moment in…
I referenced Steve Harney’s great blog in my article What Is Your Louisville Home Worth? earlier this month and now I’m back at it again. He’s just making too much sense.
Indian Springs is one of my favorite neighborhoods in Louisville's East End. Partly because we used to live there. It's a great place! Another reason is that like GlenOaks, Glenmary,…
This is a topic of great importance in today’s changing real estate market and one that we will continue to cover in this blog consistently.
Ever wonder where Area 8 ends and where Area 7 begins? So many times the maps used by the search forms are so small it's hard to see anything. I…
There are many myths surrounding the interior design profession that we are always happy to debunk. One of those myths is that the average person cannot afford an interior designer. Here are the reasons why this isn’t true and how a designer can actually save you money. Read on to learn more about interior design on a budget.
I saw recently that the National Association of Realtors published their annual Smartphone Survey Report. A great deal of this report is already well-known (and boring) but a couple of the results caught my eye. Keep in mind this survey is targeting real estate agents, not the public at large.
A friend sent me a great article today about the state of affairs in our nation's lending markets. Sure, some the recent changes were sorely needed and came just in…
The good folks over at Fixr are making some amazing infographics. Their last one, Your Guide to Roofing Materials, was very well received and I'm sure you'll appreciate this one…
Glenmary is an outstanding community off Bardstown Road just south of the Gene Snyder. It began in the late 1980's and is continuing strong today with new homes being built…
A friend of mine, Rodny Davidson, (a great loan specialist, if you need one) passed along these public opinion charts. They are a great view into the current mindset of…
When all the ancillary real estate Web sites started cropping up about five years ago I thought, “Great! These give consumers more information, which is always a good thing.”
