Welcome, Spring!!!! Well, not officially, but it sure feels like it! Regardless what the calendar says, we will take it! We hope you are enjoying some absolutely beautiful weather and are getting outside for some ‘vitamin D therapy’. We all can use some outside time after this past winter. Spring Break is just around the corner for most school systems. Unfortunately, Ana and Tali don’t have the same weeks off. Tali starts next Friday and Ana starts the following Friday. Brigid is taking Tali to Miami a week from Tuesday to see a neighbor who moved down there last year. Ana and I head down to Florida Friday of that week. We are headed for a few days to Marco Island and then on to Universal Studios to enjoy some much-needed R and R.
If you celebrate Easter, we are fast-approaching the most important holiday for many religions. We hope that you are able to enjoy Easter services this year with family, if you are able to do so safely. Hopefully, it will be beautiful weather to be out and about and have some fun Easter egg hunts-always my favorite!
Do you follow NCAA basketball? If so, did you fill out a bracket? If you did, my guess is it got busted faster that ever this year…at least mine did!!! There were more upsets this year than I can remember. Heck, my Xavier Musketeers didn’t even make the tournament this year, and that is rare. Only one Indiana team made it and that didn’t even go too well. At least Indianapolis is able to play host to every team and see some life back in downtown Indy. I am sure the hotels, restaurants and event venues are ecstatic!!!
Speaking of downtown Indy, Tali had two cheer competitions downtown over the past few weeks. It was nice to see people down there again, but boy, is Circle Centre Mall a shadow of itself. It is so sad to see 75% of the stores gone and the mall so empty. I remember vividly when it was THE place to go. Very sad. Tali had her last competition a couple of weeks ago in Sevierville, TN. They did very well and had a great time around Gatlinburg and the water park where we stayed. The season is over, but they are already preparing for next season.
Ana is already starting pre-season weight training for soccer at Guerin this fall. Both girls are doing extremely well in school and working hard. Ana is also working toward getting confirmed in the Catholic Church in May and is excited about that. She is also working on her driver’s ed course, too. Where did time go???
Patti has been working hard on some brand new marketing programs we have as well as a Relocation Guide for people moving to Indy. They look amazing and full of great content. If you or someone you know could use one, please let us know. We can e-mail or snail mail you a package.
Kylie continues to work hard improving our systems and processing our transactions. She is consistently THE go-to person in our office of over 275 people for systems/transaction/organization questions. She is what keeps our high level of service consistent!
Thea has been enjoying her puppy Ella and is going CRAZY with buyers in this HOT sellers’ market. There are FAR too many buyers chasing FAR too few houses for sale. Some builders have closed entire communities because they sold an ENTIRE year’s worth of inventory in JANUARY!!! Can you believe that? Never in my over two-decade career have I seen anything close to this.
Like so many of us (me included), we are watching our house value climb each month really making us think hard about whether we should sell in this unprecedented HOT market with super-low interest rates (around 3% as of this writing). Are you or someone you know tossing around the idea of selling? Fact-we have more buyers right now than we care of think about actively looking for homes. Could YOURS be a good fit for one of our many buyers? What is your ‘Make Me Move’ number? C’mon, just think about it. If I were to come to your house this week with a signed purchase agreement to buy your house and a check, what number would have to be on that check for you to say, ‘SOLD!’? Let us worry about where you are going next. We have some options for you that are working VERY well in this market. Seriously consider what YOUR number is and let us know. We are keeping a spreadsheet for all of our clients and when we have a buyer that matches your criteria, we will tell them the conversation starts at your ‘Make Me Move’ number. You save BIG money on commission and selling expenses and make your DREAM number you thought you could never get, and you don’t even have to put your house on the market and deal with a bunch of strangers roaming through your house. It is a win-win for everyone. Call me TODAY at 317-573-1880 and tell me YOUR number and we will see if any of our many buyers match your criteria and if not, we will make a note of it for the many future buyers we have coming to us for the beginning of the busy spring market.
Okay, now for some fun stuff!! You know we love to LOVE on our clients! :-) Here are THREE April events you don’t want to miss:
1) April Happy Hour. Due to spring break, we are pushing it back a week from usual. Come join us Thursday April 22 from 5-6:30pm at Matt The Miller’s in Carmel. RSVP to patti@Welcome2Indy.com. Food and drink provided. Thank you to Lisa Orecchio with 2-10 Home Warranty for sponsoring our March Happy Hour. We had a great turnout and lots of fun!! Our April Happy Hour is sponsored by Rojas Roofing. Chris Rojas is the owner and also a client of ours. They do an awesome job for our clients and you can TRUST them. Call me at 317-573-1880 if you would like their contact info.
2) SHRED Day-Also on Thursday, April 22. Back by popular demand, SHRED Day returns from 10AM-12PM in our office parking lot. Bring any documents you want securely destroyed as you wait and any electronic equipment you no longer need and we will safely and responsibly recycle it. Absolutely FREE to you!!!
Spring Client Appreciation Event-Saturday, April 24 from 10AM-12PM at Sundown Gardens in Westfield. Come and get your spring plants and flowers and get an exclusive Zulu Group discount on all purchases as well a free gifts and prizes and refreshments. Landscape architects and Garden Center experts will be on hand to answer questions and provide FREE workshops on how to get the most out of your yard this season.
3) THANK YOU for being our client and/or trusted referral partner! We truly appreciate you and we know we couldn’t do what we love without your trust and support. Please call us anytime we can help you or someone you care about to get the absolute BEST service and knowledge of anyone in the city. We are proud to be serving the 3rd generation of some of our clients!
Below you will find the February 2021 vs. January 2021 real estate stats for Indy courtesy of MIBOR:
Median Sales Price-UP 5.4% to $223,500
Closed Sales-UP 8.2% to 2,243 units
New Listings-DOWN 8.9% to 2,178 units
Pending Sales-DOWN 6.8% to 2,584 units
Days on Market-DOWN 13.2% to 33 days
Price/s.f. Received-UP 3.2% to $130/s.f.
% of Ask received-UP 0.6% to 98.8%
Active Inventory-DOWN 17.8% to 1,577 units
Absorption Rate-DOWN 22.2% to 0.7 months
Your friends in real estate,
Steve, Kylie, Patti, Thea
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