Friday, October 28, 2016

November Steve & Jack's Home News

Happy Halloween! It is hard to believe it is almost November and the Trick-or-Treaters will be here on Monday. We hope you have had a fun Fall season so far and are looking forward to the upcoming holidays.

Jack and Mary Anne are doing well. Mary Anne just had surgery earlier this week to remove her parathyroid glands. She is recovering well and the doctor feels that she will be pretty much back to normal next week.

Steve's nephew Caleb has had a rough go of it lately with breaking the growth plate in his ankle and having to have surgery. He is home recovering, but will be missing over a week of school as well as soccer. His Aunt Mary arranged to have Indy Eleven player Duke Lacroix visit Caleb at home to lift his spirits. Duke was extremely gracious with his time to Caleb and even brought his jersey signed by the entire team! Thank you, Indy Eleven and Duke for your grace and generosity! What a class organization!

Did you go somewhere for Fall Break? If so, we hope you had fun and were able to relax and enjoy time with family. As many of you know, Jack and Mary Anne take Steve & his family as well as Michelle and her family on a trip each year to one of their timeshares. This year they took Steve & his family to Orlando and spent a week at Disney. Disney is one of our favorite places to go, but it is no relaxing vacation, that is for sure! The crowds weren't bad and the weather was fantastic! This is our favorite time of the year to go due to the mild weather, lower crowds, Food & Wine Festival at EPCOT, and Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. What a blast!!!

Steve & Brigid also took the Backstage Magic tour for the first time and went behind the scenes at EPCOT, Magic Kingdom, toured the laundry facility (very impressive!), toured the costuming building, went through one of the prop houses as well as the maintenance facility and also walked through some of the Utilidor tunnels (very cool!). We HIGHLY recommend this tour if you have time the next time you visit. Kids are not allowed as secrets are revealed, but that was the favorite part of the trip for Steve & Brigid.

Kylie has exciting news to share in that she just purchased her first home last month & is pregnant and due at the end of March!!! We are so excited for her, but will dearly miss her while she is on maternity leave. We are looking for someone who can fill in for Kylie until her return in May as that is our busy season. If you know of someone who has a real estate license and would be willing to fill in for 8-weeks, please let Steve know-Steve@Welcome2Indy.com.

THANK YOU to everyone who attended our October Happy Hour on the 12th!! We had a record crowd and a lot of fun!!! Thank you to our October sponsor Robert Winiecki and his foundation. We are grateful for your generosity!

Our November Happy Hour will be on Wednesday, November 16th from 5-6:30PM at Matt The Miller's in Carmel. Everyone is invited! Drinks and appetizers are on us!

December we will be taking off for Happy Hours due to the holidays and other events we have planned, but we will pick back up again in January.

Four days later on Sunday, November 20th from 12-2PM is our annual Photos with Santa here at our office at 116th & Meridian. You should have received an Evite earlier this week as well as an invite on Facebook. We will have a professional photographer, cookies and activities for the kids. This has become very popular and we would love to see you. This makes for a great photo for Christmas cards! So we have enough food and drink, please RSVP, if you haven't already to Kylie at Kylie@Welcome2Indy.com and tell her how many adults and kids are attending. Thank you!

Finally, on Saturday, December 3rd is our annual VIP Client Appreciation Event at Hamilton Town Center. You should have received a Save The Date letter in the mail this week. Food and drinks as well as registration start at 8:30AM and the movie starts promptly at 9:30AM. Disney's Moana is our feature this year and will have just been released. Please join us as we celebrate you and those you have referred to us. Please RSVP to Kylie at Kylie@Welcome2Indy.com with the number of adults and number of kids attending so we have enough food and drink for everyone. We hope you can join us!!

October during a presidential election year is always slow for real estate and this year is no different. However, our market is still heavily in a sellers' market. Typically, we have a slow October and then we have a busier-than-usual winter. If you or someone you care about are thinking about moving, please call us, so we can learn more about your situation and offer customized advice to help you make the best, most informed decision possible. Below are some stats from MIBOR comparing September 2016 to 2015:

New Listings-UP 6% to 3,617 houses
Pending Sales-UP 0.1% to 2,695 houses
Closed Sales-UP 14.7% to 3,196 houses
Median Sales Price-UP 8.4% to $159,900
Average Sales Price-UP 9.0% to $197,696
Percent of Original List Price Received at Sale-UP 1.4% to 95.0%
Total Active Listings Available at Month End-DOWN 13.8% to 11,013 houses
Months Supply of Inventory-DOWN 20.8% to 3.8 months (normal is 6-months)

We hope you continue to enjoy Fall and all it has to offer. We hope to see you at Happy Hour, Photos with Santa, and our VIP Client Appreciation Event! Enjoy your November newsletter!

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Your Friends in Real Estate,
Steve, Jack, & Kylie

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