Welcome spring and longer daylight hours in the evening! As I write this, I am looking out the window at some white stuff that closely resembles snow, but can’t believe it since we were hitting golf balls in a short sleeve shirt at the driving range last weekend! Gotta love Indiana weather!! For our friends and clients who chose to move to warmer climates, congrats!!! You are welcome to say as many, ‘I told you so’ statements as you wish!
While it might be frozen outside, the real estate market is anything but frozen. Our spring market is in full swing and Hamilton County is only seeing a scant 7-days of inventory right now!!! Considering a balanced market is 6-months, this doesn’t even qualify as anemic. We are on life support, people!
The Indy-area market is one of the hottest in the country right now. So many people from high-priced markets are choosing to move here keeping our inventory low. Consequently, our prices keep going up. Last year, we averaged 17.3% appreciation!!! Nuts! If you or anyone you know is considering buying, selling, or building, please give us a call-317-573-1880. We are expert advisors who will lay out all of your options in the most competitive market in history so you can make an informed decision.
We do have some really cool programs to help you or those you introduce to us who need our help. Below are just a few of the programs we offer. Call us for more information.
Concierge Program-at no additional cost and depending on your price point, we will pay for and project manage (limits and exclusions apply) any repairs needed to get your house in ‘show-ready’ condition, including: painting, carpet cleaning, house cleaner, Stager and moving services. There is no other agent in the city offering this type of Concierge Service that we do! Call us today to learn more-317-573-1880.
Keller Concierge-this is an interest-free loan for up to 12-months up to $75,000 to get your house ready for sale. As a Keller Certified Agent, we will walk you through the process and you can take advantage of this ‘best in class’ program to fix up/improve your house to maximize your sales price and put more money in your pocket at closing…without spending a dime of your own money.
Keller Offers-this is a ‘best in class’ i-buyer program that is not for everyone, however if you have a house that you need to sell quickly without doing any repairs, no one walking through your house, no showings and a quick close with cash, this may be worth considering. Call us to learn more-317-573-1880.
Be careful!!! There are a LOT of new programs/companies and ‘shiny objects’ trying to get to your equity. Read below a TRUE story from a colleague of mine that shared this with me to help future homeowners not fall into this all-too-common trap. We are ALL getting bombarded with these calls/letters/texts daily.
This is what “the new way to sell your home” does....
Mr. Homeowner decided to sell his home “instantly” when he received a call/text/email/advertisement about “saving” on listing commission. Mr. Homeowner fired his traditional Realtor and sold to the "instant" offer buyer. FAST FORWARD A FEW DAYS.... the home is back on the market (for the whole world to see, available to all buyers to buy). It's listed for $110,000 more than what he sold it for. No improvements, it's in the exact same condition. The deal is done and they’ll never get that money back, but the company who purchased their home has announced they’re now asking for highest and best offers because they have received multiple offers at/above the current list price (again $110,000 more)….
If you are considering an "instant" offer PLEASE contact a Realtor to ask what your market value is a.k.a what amount of money you would be leaving behind. This is a real situation that just happened in Fishers.
The moral of the story? Do your research. Ask us to help you with that research and know we will be up front, honest and transparent with you about ALL of your options. There is just too much money at stake to fall for this common trap. These companies are laughing all the way to the bank. It is disgusting and makes my stomach turn.
On a brighter note, thank you to everyone who came out to our special St. Patrick’s Day Happy Hour this month!! We had so much fun!!! Everyone left with a huge smile on their face and one lucky winner left with a $25 Amazon gift card. Please join us for our April Happy Hour. Please note that due to Spring Break and vacations, are moving Happy Hour up one week to the 2nd Thursday of April, on April 14th from 5-6:30pm at Matt The Miller’s in Carmel. We will resume our usual 3rd Thursday of the month in May. The weather is getting better and that means we can enjoy the patio, so come join us for free food and drink. We would love to see you!
Mark your calendars for our first Shred Day of 2022! Friday, April 22nd from 10AM-12PM in our office parking lot, we will again be hosting our extremely popular Shred Day. Bring any documents you want securely shredded or electronics you want responsibly recycled and we will happily take them out of your car for you so you don’t even have you get out of your car. As a client/referral partner of ours, this event is absolutely FREE to you!
Thank you to everyone who called in for our $5,000 giveaway earlier this month!!! We had a record number of calls and gave a $5,000 gift card to the lucky winner. Didn’t win? Don’t worry, we have more contests coming, so watch your e-mail, social media and/or our website for your chance to win the next big prize around Mother’s Day.
Quick team news! Steve and his family are looking forward to fulfilling a promise made 10 years ago to Ana and Tali and are headed to Hawaii for spring break!!! We haven’t been back there since our honeymoon almost 19-years ago! We are very much looking forward to going back!
I have been asked to be an expert on a couple of podcasts recently as well as on an appraisal panel and yet another panel for running a successful team to our region. Extremely honored to share experiences and what I’ve learned over the years. Our team is one of only 3% of agents nationwide who have earned the Luxury designation from Keller Williams. This means, we have been recognized for our experience and high level of service in the luxury real estate market and are certified to use the Luxury logo and designation for our marketing. To be clear, we don’t only focus on luxury clients. We help luxury, first-time buyer/sellers and everyone in between.
Thea has been running like crazy finding the perfect home for her buyers in this ultra-competitive market. We are still looking for several clients, but have found homes for most of our buyers. She was able to take a long weekend to spend time with friends in New Orleans last week and enjoyed getting away for a short time.
Patti has been working her tail off with marketing for all of our clients. She has some vacations scheduled later this year and will be excited to take a well-deserved break.
Kylie is in the same boat as Patti and has been working overtime helping our clients. She also has some vacations planned later this year and is very much looking forward to some time off.
If you or someone you know is thinking of buying/selling/building a new home, please call Steve at 317-573-1880. Steve hosts a seller workshop each month on the second Tuesday at 7pm. Give us a call and we can give you more details. Thea hosts a virtual buyer workshop every other month on the odd months (January, March, May, July, September, November). These both are extremely informative, interactive and very low-pressure to educate you on what to expect and how best to prepare for this ultra-competitive real estate market.
If you have read this far, thank you!!! So much info this month, that we are going to skip the market stats. Suffice it to say, we are in the most competitive market in history with appreciation still in the high teens, inventory at about a week, and interest rates around 5%.
We appreciate you and everything you do for us!!! As a result of your continued trust and support, we were the #1 team in our office for 2021, a Top 5 team in the entire Region for 2021 and Steve was named 2021 REALTOR of The Year! On top of this, we were once again named an Angie’s List Super Service Award winner!! We are honored and grateful for your support, confidence and business!!
Happy Spring!
Your Friends in Real Estate,
Steve, Kylie, Patti, and Thea
P.S. Please don’t keep us a secret!
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