Alia is a small but unique subdivision in Louisville's East End. These high-end single family homes and condos are truly luxurious. Located just off Highway 22, near Northfield and the Woods of St. Thomas, Alia is in a great location, near shopping, restaurants and the expressways. This neighborhood began in the last 90s and is nearing completion now. Read More » This post is one in an ongoing series of spotlights on the Best Louisville Neighborhoods. If you have a neighborhood that you think deserves coverage, please contact us.

The Wall St. Journal is now talking about positive news regarding the housing market. There's a change! But even this news, while positive, isn't especially noteworthy. In another sign that the housing market may have begun to recover, the number of people who signed contracts to purchase homes increased for the third month in a row. The reason that this isn't a big deal is that this data is seasonal—home sales increase from January to February; from February to March; and from March to April most every year, good market or bad. But here's the good part. Year over year, th

Mixed again this month as East End areas are up and those to the South are down. If you didn't see, here is last month. This is the last time I'll post about this but if you haven't read Louisville Kentucky Real Estate Review of 2008, here's your chance. Like always, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. May 2009 AREA SALES AVERAGE DoM 0 Central Downtown District 2 $109,000 69 1 Downtwn/Old&WestLouisville/Shively 78 $44,204 66 2 Butchertown/Highlands/Germantwn 75 $158,728 70 3 Brownsboro/St

This post is one in an ongoing series of real estate bargains in Louisville, Kentucky. These aren't foreclosure properties at this point. If you have interest in seeing any of these properties, please contact Tre Pryor. Location in Louisville Area 9 in Greater Louisville's MLS consists of such areas as Anchorage, Glenview, Lyndon, Prospect, Springhurst and many others within Jefferson County. Winner of Best Bargain Now I know it might be tough to swallow that a $697,300 property could possibly be a best bargain. But you have to understand that this house is on almost 3 acres in Ancho

Glen Lakes is new neighborhood in the popular Eastwood area of eastern Louisville, Kentucky. Just east of Middletown and Lake Forest, Glen Lakes is building new, single-family homes with Elite Homes and McBride Homes. Close to the Polo Fields, the Flat Rock Road area is really booming with several new developments all getting started recently. New homes start in the low $300s and go up from there. This is a lower price point than Locust Creek just a bit down the road. If you're looking for homes less than three years old in this price range, head to Glen Lakes to see what options are av

This article is part of a series devoted to giving pertinent, professional advice to Louisville's homebuyers and sellers. Others include:  • Top 10 Mistakes To Avoid When Selling Your Home  • Top 10 Things to Consider When Planning a Time to Sell  • Top 10 Tips for Relocating to Louisville  • Top 10 Tips for First-Time Home Buyers  • Top 10 Ways to Prepare Your Property For Sale In today's market, the play of the day is finding a real estate bargain. You can't walk out your front door without hearing about Foreclosures, Short Sales

This post is one in an ongoing series of real estate bargains in Louisville, Kentucky. These aren't foreclosure properties at this point. If you have interest in seeing any of these properties, please contact Tre Pryor. Location in Louisville Area 8 in Greater Louisville's MLS consists of such areas as Douglass Hills, Hurstbourne, Middletown, Anchorage and parts of St. Matthews and many others within Jefferson County. Winner of Best Bargain As I was compiling my data for this post, one of the contenders for best bargain, a little ranch in Douglass Hills, went under contract and sold

If you're "old" like me, you might recall the phrase: "a stitch in time saves nine." Or a more contemporary, "You can pay me now, or pay me later" from a Fram oil filter commercial. My point is doing your homework up front saves both time and money. It's the smart thing to do and in real estate, it's essential if you want to make a smart buy. Just because the housing market has taken a dip here in Louisville, doesn't mean that every property's asking price is a good deal. Sure there are bargains to be found, but doing the research is the key to determining which homes are amazing deals

This post is one in an ongoing series of real estate bargains in Louisville, Kentucky. These aren't foreclosure properties at this point. If you have interest in seeing any of these properties, please contact Tre Pryor. Location in Louisville Area 7 in Greater Louisville's MLS consists of such areas as Fern Creek, Hikes Point, Jeffersontown, Hurstbourne and many others within Jefferson County. Winner of Best Bargain I selected this property because of the great price even without it being a distressed property. While the home could use some updates, it's definitely not an "As Is". Th

My thanks to a reader who thoughtfully sent this in. The Wall St. Journal does certain things very well. One of them is their "handy-dandy" charts. The other is their in-depth analysis. This time with Shrinking Prices, Rising Delinquencies, they only batted .500. This was due in large part to the chart not working properly. That's OK, we'll forgive them because this piece wasn't hidden behind a subscriber log-in. So how did we do? Since the housing market peak in the 4th quarter of 2005, the median home price in Louisville, Kentucky is up 3.2%! Now, this isn't the 4-5% annual apprec

The number of sales is down this month, as expected. Each year as we head into the Holiday season activity dies down then starts back up (slowly) after the New Year. But it's surprising to see prices up in most of the areas. In particular, Areas 7 and 8 saw solid increases and North Oldham went from an average value of $269,452 to $342,139. Now, averages fluctuate more erratically when the sample size is low so we can't put too much stock in these numbers. But it is interesting to see these value increases given the overall downward trend for the year. If you have any questions, please

More down than up this month, but where sale numbers are down, prices are rising. Looks like values are balancing out as we head into the Holidays. If you have any questions, please contact me. October 2008 AREA SALES AVERAGE DoM 0 Central Downtown District 8 $162,848 103 1 Downtwn/Old&WestLouisville/Shively 107 $43,226 67 2 Butchertown/Highlands/Germantwn 58 $164,055 62 3 Brownsboro/StMatthews 41 $229,671 60 4 Pleasure Rdg/Valley Station 56 $103,127 73 5 Auburndale/Fairdale/Iroquois Park

This article is part of a series devoted to giving pertinent, professional advice to Louisville's homebuyers and sellers. Others include:  • Top 10 Mistakes To Avoid When Selling Your Home  • Top 10 Things to Consider When Planning a Time to Sell  • Top 10 Tips for Relocating to Louisville  • Top 10 Tips for First-Time Home Buyers  • Top 10 Ways to Prepare Your Property For Sale Why It's Tough to Sell Your Own Home In a recent National Association of Realtors® survey, only 13% of all transactions were done without the help of a rea

This article is part of a series devoted to giving pertinent, professional advice to Louisville's homebuyers and sellers. Others include:  • Top 10 Things to Consider When Contemplating a FSBO  • Top 10 Things to Consider When Planning a Time to Sell  • Top 10 Tips for Relocating to Louisville  • Top 10 Tips for First-Time Home Buyers  • Top 10 Ways to Prepare Your Property For Sale Updated: 5/15/2009 In some ways, this article is similar to Top 10 Ways to Prepare Your Property For Sale. But it's important to learn that preparing you

This article is part of a series devoted to giving pertinent, professional advice to Louisville's homebuyers and sellers. Others include:  • Top 10 Things to Consider When Contemplating a FSBO  • Top 10 Mistakes To Avoid When Selling Your Home  • Top 10 Tips for Relocating to Louisville  • Top 10 Tips for First-Time Home Buyers  • Top 10 Ways to Prepare Your Property For Sale When Is the Best Time to Sell My House? If you think this is a trick question, you'd be right. There is no single "best" time to sell your home but by understandi

This article is part of a series devoted to giving pertinent, professional advice to Louisville's homebuyers and sellers. Others include:  • Top 10 Things to Consider When Contemplating a FSBO  • Top 10 Mistakes To Avoid When Selling Your Home  • Top 10 Things to Consider When Planning a Time to Sell  • Top 10 Tips for First-Time Home Buyers  • Top 10 Ways to Prepare Your Property For Sale Updated: 5/15/2009 As with our other Top 10 Lists, here at LHB we want to make sure you have the best possible information. Relocating from on

This article is part of a series devoted to giving pertinent, professional advice to Louisville's homebuyers and sellers. Others include:  • Top 10 Things to Consider When Contemplating a FSBO  • Top 10 Mistakes To Avoid When Selling Your Home  • Top 10 Things to Consider When Planning a Time to Sell  • Top 10 Tips for Relocating to Louisville  • Top 10 Ways to Prepare Your Property For Sale Updated: 5/15/2009 Buying a house can be intimidating. But it doesn't have to be! Here at Louisville Homes Blog we've compiled the Top 10 Tips f

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