Welcome to the end of summer! It seems as if school just let out for the year and here we are back at it again! We hope you did enjoy your summer and created some fun and lasting memories. If you have kiddos in school, hopefully the transition back to school was a smooth one and you are settling back into your routine.
Real estate usually cools a bit from July 4-mid-August and, after another white-hot spring, that is usually a welcome respite for most agents, buyers, and sellers alike so we can catch our breath. The market is already picking back up again, as usual for the fall push before it quiets down a bit mid-November for the holidays.
Interest rates have fallen again and are averaging around 3.75% right now, which is an extremely good rate. If you or someone you know is thinking of buying/selling/building yet this year, please give us a call. The market is good and the interest rates are even better making for the perfect combination!
Back-to-school for Steve's family has been pretty good, but stressful for Ana as she started her freshman year at Westfield High School. It is hard to believe she turns 14 in little over 1 week! With such a big school and large student population, it does take quite a bit of getting used to, but she seems to be adjusting well and finding her way around as well as settling into high school classes and teachers. She started up her last year with the Indianapolis Children's Choir this week and the hectic schedule they lead. She is also having fun with her rock band and performing around Carmel/Westfield. Let us know if you would like to come and see her band perform. They are actually quite good! Tali is loving her 4th grade teacher at Maple Glen and still practices 4 days/week for gymnastics. She still seems to love it, so we will keep running a taxi service until she says otherwise!
Jack & Mary Anne absolutely loved their trip to Switzerland and Germany and enjoyed the castles, cathedrals and mountains. They have one more trip to Fairfield Glade with some friends and then enjoy being at home for the foreseeable future.
Kylie and her family are doing well and back into the swing of things with the new school year. She continues to add systems to our team to provide an even higher level of service to our clients. Our newest teammates Patti Sircy who is our Director of Marketing and Thea Charnas who is our Buyer Specialist are both fitting in extremely well. If you have had the pleasure of working with them, you know just how good they are and they are both learning so much in such a short amount of time. They both have been such great additions to our team!
Here are the most recent MIBOR stats comparing July 2019 to July 2018:
Median Sales Price-UP 5.6% to $190,000
Closed Sales-DOWN 1.9% to 20,026 units
New Listings-DOWN 2.0% to 25,813 units
Pending Sales-DOWN 0.1% to 22,497 units
Days on Market-DOWN 10.2% to 44 days
Price per s.f.-UP 4.7% to $111
% of Ask Received-DOWN 0.2% to 97.8%
Active Inventory-DOWN 2.1% to 6,015 units
Absorption Rate-DOWN 5.6% to 1.7 months
We hope you are looking forward to our 7th Annual VIP Client Appreciation Event on December 7th from 8:30-11AM! We will be showing the newly-released Frozen 2 and will have our popular caricature artist return again this year as well as food, fun photos, and good times. Look for your invitation in the mail in the coming weeks.
Also, look forward to Pictures with Santa again this year. We will be sending out invites in the coming weeks. It is always fun and you get some great photos to include with your holiday cards.
Have you been able to attend one of our monthly Happy Hours this year? We would love to see you! Please stop by our next one on Thursday, September 19th from 5-6:30PM at Matt The Miller's in Carmel. Free food and drinks on us as a thank you for being a loyal client/referral partner.
Check out this month's newsletter full of fun articles, stories and tidbits. We also are mailing these via USPS. If you aren't receiving it and would like a copy, please let us know and we will put you on the list!
Click here to read our September newsletter
Click here for coupons and discounts at stores you shop every day
Click here for a 1-minute video explaining what happened this month in real estate
Click here to see what some of our clients are saying about us
Click here to learn about our Senior Advantage Program
Click here to download the most powerful real estate app available
Thank you for being a client/referral partner and know we appreciate you! Because our business is built strictly on introductions from clients and referral partners we need your help. Who is the next person you know who is thinking about buying/selling/building a new home? Please connect us so we can help them achieve their real estate goals and feel confident they are receiving the highest level of service. Again, thank you!!!
Your friends in real estate,
Steve, Jack, Kylie, Thea, & Patti
P.S. Please don't keep us a secret.
Real estate usually cools a bit from July 4-mid-August and, after another white-hot spring, that is usually a welcome respite for most agents, buyers, and sellers alike so we can catch our breath. The market is already picking back up again, as usual for the fall push before it quiets down a bit mid-November for the holidays.
Interest rates have fallen again and are averaging around 3.75% right now, which is an extremely good rate. If you or someone you know is thinking of buying/selling/building yet this year, please give us a call. The market is good and the interest rates are even better making for the perfect combination!
Back-to-school for Steve's family has been pretty good, but stressful for Ana as she started her freshman year at Westfield High School. It is hard to believe she turns 14 in little over 1 week! With such a big school and large student population, it does take quite a bit of getting used to, but she seems to be adjusting well and finding her way around as well as settling into high school classes and teachers. She started up her last year with the Indianapolis Children's Choir this week and the hectic schedule they lead. She is also having fun with her rock band and performing around Carmel/Westfield. Let us know if you would like to come and see her band perform. They are actually quite good! Tali is loving her 4th grade teacher at Maple Glen and still practices 4 days/week for gymnastics. She still seems to love it, so we will keep running a taxi service until she says otherwise!
Jack & Mary Anne absolutely loved their trip to Switzerland and Germany and enjoyed the castles, cathedrals and mountains. They have one more trip to Fairfield Glade with some friends and then enjoy being at home for the foreseeable future.
Kylie and her family are doing well and back into the swing of things with the new school year. She continues to add systems to our team to provide an even higher level of service to our clients. Our newest teammates Patti Sircy who is our Director of Marketing and Thea Charnas who is our Buyer Specialist are both fitting in extremely well. If you have had the pleasure of working with them, you know just how good they are and they are both learning so much in such a short amount of time. They both have been such great additions to our team!
Here are the most recent MIBOR stats comparing July 2019 to July 2018:
Median Sales Price-UP 5.6% to $190,000
Closed Sales-DOWN 1.9% to 20,026 units
New Listings-DOWN 2.0% to 25,813 units
Pending Sales-DOWN 0.1% to 22,497 units
Days on Market-DOWN 10.2% to 44 days
Price per s.f.-UP 4.7% to $111
% of Ask Received-DOWN 0.2% to 97.8%
Active Inventory-DOWN 2.1% to 6,015 units
Absorption Rate-DOWN 5.6% to 1.7 months
We hope you are looking forward to our 7th Annual VIP Client Appreciation Event on December 7th from 8:30-11AM! We will be showing the newly-released Frozen 2 and will have our popular caricature artist return again this year as well as food, fun photos, and good times. Look for your invitation in the mail in the coming weeks.
Also, look forward to Pictures with Santa again this year. We will be sending out invites in the coming weeks. It is always fun and you get some great photos to include with your holiday cards.
Have you been able to attend one of our monthly Happy Hours this year? We would love to see you! Please stop by our next one on Thursday, September 19th from 5-6:30PM at Matt The Miller's in Carmel. Free food and drinks on us as a thank you for being a loyal client/referral partner.
Check out this month's newsletter full of fun articles, stories and tidbits. We also are mailing these via USPS. If you aren't receiving it and would like a copy, please let us know and we will put you on the list!
Click here to read our September newsletter
Click here for coupons and discounts at stores you shop every day
Click here for a 1-minute video explaining what happened this month in real estate
Click here to see what some of our clients are saying about us
Click here to learn about our Senior Advantage Program
Click here to download the most powerful real estate app available
Thank you for being a client/referral partner and know we appreciate you! Because our business is built strictly on introductions from clients and referral partners we need your help. Who is the next person you know who is thinking about buying/selling/building a new home? Please connect us so we can help them achieve their real estate goals and feel confident they are receiving the highest level of service. Again, thank you!!!
Your friends in real estate,
Steve, Jack, Kylie, Thea, & Patti
P.S. Please don't keep us a secret.
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