Getting an accepted contact is a very important step in the entire process of buying a new home. It is also one of the data points that is tracked by analysts. November saw an increase, albeit a small one, is still a positive note nonetheless. The National Association of Realtors said Thursday it
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01/02/2011
I really like that Cindy has followed the timeline of likely interchange and addressed each point. Very thorough and thoughtful. One of the best posts I've read in some time. Thanks!I oftentimes get calls from sellers when they are counting down the days until they expire. It's like the 12 days b
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12/27/2010
For the past three years we've published the Remodeling Cost vs. Value data for Louisville remodeling projects. For reference, I'll link them up for you here. Home Improvement Costs vs. Values for 2009 Home Improvement Costs vs. Values for 2008 2007 Home Improvement Values, Louisville KY vs. Nati
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12/27/2010
If there's one thing our society creates now more than ever, it's data. They don't call it the Information Age for nothing. As you would expect, real estate data, no different. The problem is that most of the time this data is published for consumers at the city level. It may be easy to do that b
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12/22/2010
We’ve written about energy efficient home building in the past. Most recently with our review of last year’s Homearama and also with a post entitled Is Your Next Louisville Home ‘Green’? I just finished reading this cnet piece about Passive House and how their efforts have raised the bar in energ
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12/19/2010
Handling data can be a tricky business. This famous quote was directed at how numbers can be manipulated—"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." With that in mind, I try very hard to present all the information in an unbiased manner and let you make up your mind about
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12/17/2010
From time to time, people contact me with articles or concepts for stories that they think might appeal to my readers here at Louisville Homes Blog. Generally speaking, most are not truly useful. But recently I was contacted a gentleman who wrote 20 Common Ways to Spot If Your Contractor isn’t C
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12/16/2010
Business First is reporting that the International Festivals & Events Association will award the inaugural World Festival & Event City Award to Louisville on Friday. Louisville is being honored as the top city in North America for supporting festivals and special events, in the over 1 million pop
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12/08/2010
The 1-year trendline (red) is a point of encouragement in an otherwise down housing market. While sales have been extremely disappointing, especially during the second half of 2010, Louisville home owners can take heart knowing that their home values are trending upward. In fact, according to d
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12/08/2010
Here are the sold properties in Springhurst, Louisville KY for the month of November 2010. 11/1/10 – 9816 CALAMAR CT – $260,00011/4/10 – 9621 MOORFIELD CIR – $430,00011/16/10 – 3910 KEAL RUN WAY – $447,000 If you’re interested in the current homes for sale in Springhurst just visit my Web site. I
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12/07/2010
