Friday, May 25, 2018

June 2018 Newsletter

Happy Friday! We hope you are enjoying this unseasonably warm weather lately, just on the heels of unseasonably cold weather a few short weeks ago. For many of us parents, today is the last day of school. While our kids are excited for some much-deserved downtime, it puts a strain on us parents to find activities to keep our kids entertained. We hope you are prepared and ready for another fun summer. It is an absolute shame and frankly, beyond ridiculous that yet another school shooting took place this morning-this time in Noblesville-at the middle school. For most of us, Hamilton County, we thought was immune from these senseless acts of violence. Clearly, we are not. We hope and pray that the injured heal and that everyone affected by this act of violence recover mentally, emotionally, and physically. Our kids (and everyone for that matter) should NOT have to deal with this...EVER. While we don't have the solution, one needs to be found before more of our precious kids and their teachers are injured.

It is equally disturbing that this happened on the last day of school and on the eve of Memorial Day weekend. For all those brave men and women who have given the ultimate sacrifice, we remember you, we thank you, and we are eternally grateful for the sacrifice you gave to all of us for our freedom. That is a debt we can never repay, but we remain grateful nonetheless. We hope that you will take some time out of this holiday weekend to remember those brave men and women and pray for those active service members to remain safe.

On a more upbeat note, what summer plans do you have? In just a few short weeks, we leave for Michigan to drop Ana off at Blue Lake Fine Arts camp for a final intensive week of practice prior to leaving for her 3-week international choral tour. She will be visiting France, Germany, Belgium, and Italy. We are so excited for and proud of her! This will be an experience of a lifetime and we can't wait to hear all about her experiences. We will be going over there to see her perform in Belgium and then also visit Paris again. Tali will be coming with us and will enjoy time with just mom and dad, but make no bones about it, she will miss her big sister.

We are also super-proud of Ana for being just a handful of kids selected from her school to be trained by the Joseph Maley Foundation to produce and perform puppet shows at area schools talking about and celebrating the differences each child has, including physical, emotional, and social. This teaches acceptance and inclusion-something that could have been used today at Noblesville...

Ana and I are also taking our adult/child First Aid/CPR/AED class on Tuesday to become certified/re-certified (in my case). Ana is starting to babysit and along with her completion of her SafeSitter course, we wanted her to be as prepared as possible for most any situation that comes her way. If you need a good babysitter, Ana would be happy to help! :-)

The market continues to be white-hot and we have too little inventory available and that is affecting the housing market with fewer sales reported, as a result. While the inventory ticked up 0.1% from the prior month, it is down over 33% from this time last year. We need more people to put their houses on the market. If you have been thinking about it, NOW is the time. Give us a call-317-573-1880.

Finally, there are still a few more spots left for the Heritage Place Golf outing taking place at Broadmoor Country Club on June 28th. Let me know if you would like to attend and play on this beautiful, private course while supporting a very noble not-for-profit helping seniors.

Here are the April 2018 vs. April 2017 real estate stats, as reported by MIBOR:

New Listings-UP 3.6% to 4,348 units
Pending Sales-UP 15.9% to 3,920 units
Closed Sales-UP 3.0% to 3,212 units
Median Sales Price-UP 9.4% to $175,000
Average Sales Price-UP 9.6% to $213,715
Percent of Original List Price Received at Sale-UP 1.4% to 97%
Total Active Listings Available at Month End-DOWN 32% to 6,046 units
Months Supply of Inventory-DOWN 33.3% to 2.0 months

Enjoy the June newsletter and have a safe and restful holiday weekend!!!

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