June 2016 Steve & Jack's Home News

We hope you are enjoying a long holiday weekend and are taking some time to reflect upon why we have it in the first place. We are grateful and appreciative of the sacrifices that so many men and women and their families have made in order for us to live free. So, to all of our friends, clients and referral partners who have served or whose family has served-THANK YOU! We are grateful for you!

On a much lighter note, we hope you enjoyed the race festivities yesterday. Whether you attended the parade and/or race in person or watched on TV, it was certainly a sight to behold and really showcased Indianapolis to the world. Well-done, IMS!!

Jack & Mary Anne are enjoying a much-deserved dream vacation in Italy, Germany, & Switzerland. They will have many pictures and stories to tell upon their return, I am sure!

We are in the final week of school for our girls. Next year is 1st grade and 6th grade. We have been so blessed by having some of the absolute BEST teachers anyone in our family has ever had. Thank you to Christina Crask (Tali's teacher) and Mary Robison, Lisa Crist, & Kelly Franz (Ana's triad teachers). We cannot put into words how grateful we are to each of them for consistently going above and beyond for our kids and truly inspiring them to want to learn and go to school each and every day. Our family will absolutely miss them and their zest for unique lesson plans and entrancing our kids with learning. Thank you, ladies!!

Real estate is as HOT as ever in many areas and price points of Indy. Some of our listings are selling BEFORE they even go on the market! If you are thinking of selling NOW is the time. Give us a call so we can consult with you about strategies on maximizing value in this sellers' market. Here are some stats you will find interesting from MIBOR (April 2016 vs. April 2015):

New listings -3.8%
Pending sales +5.4%
Closed sales +12.4%
Median sales price +1.4% to $150,000
Average sales price +1.0% to $184,732
Percent of original list price received at sale +0.9% to 94.8%
Total active listings available at month end -10.4% to 10,809
Months supply of inventory -16.9% to 3.9 months

Come to our next Happy Hour on June 15th from 5-6:30PM at Langton's Irish Pub in Carmel. Food & drinks are on us!!!

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May 2016 Steve & Jack's Home News

Welcome to May!!! If you live in Indy, this is one of the busiest months for our city with the festivities of the 500. Whether you ran the Mini today, are going to the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500, or one of the other myriad events in between, we hope you have some fun celebrating this festive month! College graduations are also taking place this weekend and next, so if you have a recent college graduate, congratulations!!!

We are in the thick of the busy spring season for both our family and business. Brigid has been extremely busy with work, Natalia has been busy with kindergarten & gymnastics where she has moved up to team. Ana was recently featured in the local paper for her activities on top of school such as being a lead in her school play Cinderella (she is one of the evil step-sisters) with performances this week, travel soccer with the Indy Fire Juniors, and singing with the Indianapolis Children's Choir where they just had their 30th Anniversary Tapestry of Song performance at Clowe's Hall last week. It was spectacular!!

We are so happy to report that our brother-in-law Steve Schofield passed his nursing boards and accepted a position as an orthopedic nurse at St. Vincent where he is currently employed as the head athletic trainer for Carmel High School.

Real estate is BLAZING hot right now for many areas and price points of Indy. Here are some stats (courtesy of MIBOR's March 2016 report comparing March 2016 to March 2015:
New listings UP 8.9%
Pending sales UP 16.5%
Closed sales UP 9.2%
Median Sales price UP 6.3% to $148,750
Average Sales price UP 3.4% to $182,023
Percent of original list price received at sale UP 1.1% to 93.9%
Total active listings available at month end DOWN 7.6% to 10,490
Months supply of inventory DOWN 14.3% to 3.8 months
As you can see, we need listings, so if you or someone you know is thinking about selling, please give us a call so we can consult with them about their options to see if selling right now makes sense. We promise to take great care of them!!

A friend of Steve's Scott Rush just opened a new business in Westfield called The File Depot. They securely store files in a climate-controlled environment, provide on-line file organization for your stored files, & shredding. Their prices are extremely reasonable and their service is outstanding. If you or your company have a file storage need, Scott has generously offered ONE certificate for 1-year of FREE storage for up to 128 boxes (a $600 value!). The first person who e-mails Steve (Steve@Welcome2Indy.com) will claim this prize.

Thank you to all of our friends and clients for coming out to our monthly Happy Hour again last month! Please come to our May Happy Hour on May 18th from 5-6:30PM at Langton's Irish Pub in Carmel. We would love to see you!!!

Finally, Happy Mother's Day to all moms out there!!! We hope you get all of the spoiling that you so richly deserve. Thank you for everything you do for all of us!!

Your Personal Real Estate Consultants...for Life!
Steve & Jack

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