Friday, October 27, 2017

November Steve & Jack's Home News

Happy Thanksgiving!!! It is hard to believe the holidays are almost here and summer is a distant memory. We hope you have some plans to spend time with friends and family during this time of the year. It is a perfect time to give thanks for the many blessings we have been given.

Steve, Brigid, Ana, and Tali just returned from a week-long trip during Fall Break to Ireland to see Steve's friends Phil and Jason. We successfully avoided Hurricane Ophelia and stayed any extra day on the east coast in Dublin visiting with Jason and his family. Touring Guinness Brewery, seeing a traditional Irish music and dance dinner show, and taking a bus tour of the city were all great ways to spend time. We then drove to the west coast to stay in a castle in Kilkenny. We toured Bunratty Castle and enjoyed a traditional medieval dinner with actors and all. We then drove to see Steve's friend Phil in Ennis, County Claire and enjoyed time with them as well as the Cliffs of Moher. We also took a tour of The Ring of Kerry and toured downtown Ennis. The land was beautiful and the people as friendly as can be. This wasn't our first trip to Ireland and it certainly won't be our last!!! If you haven't been, we hope you can find time to go. You won't be sorry!

Jack, Mary Anne, and Steve's sister Michelle and her family just returned from Fall Break on a trip to enjoy the sun in Florida. They spent most of their time on the beach and loved every minute of it!!

Kylie did fantastic while Steve was gone and is enjoying a little time off to recover!

Home sales are still robust for Fall. While it isn't the overheated Spring market, houses are still selling and inventory is exceptionally low. Here are some updated market stats from MIBOR comparing September 2017 to September 2016:

New listings-DOWN 0.9% to 3,586 units
Pending sales-UP 4.1% to 2,805 units
Closed sales-UP 0.9% to 3,226 units
Median sales price-UP 3.2% to $164,992
Average sales price-UP 0.7% to $198,986
Percent of original list price received at sale-UP 0.4% to 95.4%
Total active listings available at month-end-DOWN 12.9% to 9,589 units
Months supply of inventory-DOWN 15.8% to 3.2 months (a balanced market is 6-months of inventory)

Have you registered for our Annual Photos with Santa yet? If not, please e-mail Kylie at Kylie@Welcome2Indy.com. It is held at our office at 11550 N. Meridian Street on Sunday, November 19th from 12-2PM with a separate Quiet time with Santa for children with special needs from 11-11:45AM (this is new this year). Anyone and everyone is welcome!!

Have you RSVP'd to Kylie for our annual VIP Client Appreciation Event on Saturday, December 2nd from 8:30AM-11AM at Hamilton Towne Center for our private screening of the Disney movie Coco? If not, please do so. We would love to see you!

Thank you for being such great clients and referral partners! We are truly grateful to you and the trust you place in us. Happy Thanksgiving!!!

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Your friends in real estate,

Steve, Jack, & Kylie

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