Thursday, May 30, 2013

June 2013 Steve & Jack's Home News Newsletter

Happy Father's Day to all of the dads out there! We hope your special day affords you a day spent enjoying what you most like to do. My Father's Day will involve traveling home from our annual summer family vacation. This year, we are going back to Disney where we will see Brigid's parents for a couple of days and then off to the park where we will see her brother and her family. We can't wait to see the new Fantasyland. Brigid has already set up all of our dining reservations and we are excited to go on the river cruise for the first time for dinner and see the fireworks.

We will also see an old Xavier roommate who lives in Orlando now along with his family. We have been told that this first week of June shouldn't be as crowded, but time will tell.

A very special trip to which Brigid and I are looking forward is our 10-year wedding anniversary trip for 5-days to Jamaica in July. The kids are staying at home with their grandparents and Brigid and I get to enjoy an all-inclusive resort and just relax. We have never been to an all-inclusive resort before, but have heard they are really nice. I will report back on how it went in our August newsletter.

School is out for us on June 7th and the girls are looking forward to playing with their friends and not having to go to school for several weeks. Is it just me, or does summer seem much shorter now than it did when we grew up?

Great news for the market!!! Check out our blog to read about the increase in building permits and a decrease in foreclosures. For the Indy-area, closed sales are up 21.8%. Median sales price is up 0.8%. Inventory is down 16.4% making our month's supply of houses to be 5.5. In Hamilton County, we are down to 4.2 months of inventory!!

Enjoy the warmer weather and the start to the summer season. THANK YOU again for all of your continued support and business. We are having our best year yet and we couldn't have done it without YOU! Truly, we are grateful!

Check out this month's edition of our June newsletter, which contains some very interesting stories, including:
• History of Father's Day
• History of shaving
• How reflective paint works
• Why dogs live short lives
• How to spend less at restaurants

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Building Permits Rise-Foreclosures Drop


Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Steve & Jack's Home News for May 2013

Welcome spring and all of the weather (good & bad) that comes with it! We hope you survived the storms last night. We spent part of the night in the basement with our girls. Both are so used to it now that waking them up in the middle of the night doesn't even phase them! Our hearts & prayers go out to the victims of the Oklahoma tornado. What terrible devestation!

On a lighter note, if you are a subscriber to the Indianapolis Monthly magazine, please look for us as one of the top real estate agents in the city for providing outstanding client service. We are honored and humbled at the reviews YOU submitted on our behalf. We are a multi-year award winner and are in the top 7% of agents in the city our of over 6,000 agents. THANK YOU! We wouldn't be able to do what we do without such amazing clients like you. Truly, we are grateful. Please feel comfortable introducing us to those you care about needing outstanding service and advice on buying, selling, or building a new home. That is how we stay in business.

As for the housing market, it has posted some more great numbers. Inventory is down again to 5.5 months in Indy (4.2 months in Hamilton County), sales prices are up 2%, closed sales are up 18.7%, pending sales are up 22.8%, and new listings are up 9.2%. This is all excellent news!!!

We are grateful to Butler University for inviting us, once again to present to their faculty and staff earlier this month on the Top Ten Mistakes Buyers and Sellers Make as well as a market update. If you have a group or your company does Brown Bag lunches, please feel comfortable contacting us about doing a presentation for your group as well. We are proficient on myriad topics relating to real estate, marketing, client service, Staging, and financing. Give us a call!

Enjoy the warmer weather and thanks again for inviting us to a part of your family!

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Enjoy!!!