Happy Spring!!! We hope this newsletter finds you excited that we are now officially in spring and looking forward to all of the activities that brings. The kids are counting down the days until the end of school and for those of us with school-aged kids, spring break is here. Summer break follows shortly thereafter. Lots of memories to be created!
Speaking of memories created, we are celebrating our team since we are all moving forward to exciting times with our lives. Thea is looking forward to spending more time with her son, however she will still be working with a few clients this year. Kylie is looking forward to helping our office in an administrative role while she continues working on launching her healthcare company. Mark who is our virtual assistant will take a bit of a break and then work with other real estate clients to help them like he did with us. Mark was a whiz at editing our intro video and newsletter. You will see some changes starting next month as we transition over to our new team and communications. I will still record my video, but the paper newsletters will go away and you will be receiving an electronic version. We hope you like the new one!!!
We had a great time at our March Happy Hour!!! Loved seeing everyone and so many new faces!!! Don’t worry, we will be continuing the Happy Hours so you can look forward to attending those and if you haven’t been to one yet, come on out as our next one will be on Thursday, April 18th from 5-6:30pm at Matt The Miller’s. Hope to see you there!!! FYI-I will be in Orlando at All-Star Worlds Cheerleading competition with Brigid and Tali as Tali defends their world champion title. Will let you know how she does. Lots more teams are competing so the competition will be fierce!
Lots of talk about the commission settlement! I talk about this in my video, so hope you will take some time to watch it. Bottom line, starting July 1st, it is law that before a buyer’s agent can show you a house, you must have an Exclusive Buyer Agency Agreement approved. This is a huge change. Also, buyers are responsible for paying their agent now, however they can ask the seller to cover this cost in an offer. I suspect many sellers will still see the benefit in offering compensation to a buyer’s agent and will still do so, but it will be done slightly differently. Contrary to what President Biden said, this will have ZERO impact to real estate prices. Those are continuing to go up and will do so for the foreseeable future. Interest rates are not projected to be below 6.4% now vs. 5.8% as predicted earlier this year. Lots of changes and LOTS of misinformation. If you have questions about any of this, please call me-317-339-7698. Happy to get into more details and answer any questions you have.
As for me, again I am not retiring!!! Please call me with any real estate needs. I still have a great team to help you or anyone you care about. I will also be doing some coaching and training and am very excited about that. If you know of an agent struggling with all of these changes, send them my way. Would love to help them navigate these new rules and become more successful!
Here are some stats from MIBOR on the 17 counties is tracks comparing February 2024 to January 2024:
Median Sales Price-$280,000-no change
Closed Sales-1,883 units-UP 17.8%
New Listings-2,450 units-UP 18.8%
Pending Sales-2,436 units-UP 10.7%
Median Days on Market-16 days-DOWN 46.7%
Average Days on Market-48 days-DOWN 15.4%
Price per s.f.-$151-UP 2.0%
% of List Price Received-97.4%-UP 0.2%
Active Inventory-3,247 units-DOWN 13.7%
Months Supply of Inventory-1.7 months-DOWN 26.7%
These numbers are all trending toward an even tighter seller’s market and I expect it will only get worse as spring continues. Call me if you or someone you care about needs help navigating these turbulent real estate waters!!!
Click here to read our April newsletter.
Your Friends in Real Estate,
Steve, Kylie, Thea, and Mark
P.S. Please don’t keep us a secret!!
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Saturday, June 25, 2022
July 2022 Real Estate Update
Welcome (officially) to summer!! We hope you are enjoying this more relaxed time of year with warmer temperatures, kids out of school, summer concerts, vacations, sports, and the longer daylight hours. While it certainly poses its unique challenges, we hope you are able to spend some fun times making memories with those you care about.
We have some sad news to report in that Patti who was our Director of Marketing resigned abruptly a couple of weeks ago. She will be missed and we wish her nothing but success as she turns a new page in her next chapter. In case you didn’t know, we hired a Virtual Assistant name Mark to help Patti with marketing. She did a great job training him and he will be taking over most of her responsibilities. We will be looking for a replacement for Patti in the coming months, so if you know of a ROCKSTAR person who would make a great Director of Marketing for a high-producing team who is extremely adept at social media and video editing, please send them my way: Steve@Welcome2Indy.com.
Steve is getting ready to leave on a family vacation with Brigid’s family from July 3-10. They will be taking a Norwegian cruise from NYC to Bermuda. Should be a fun time to unwind. Ana is continuing to look at colleges and took a 2nd tour of Clemson in June. She still loves it and it is her #1 choice so far. She toured Auburn at the end of June and it is her #2. She also took a Teen Driving Safety Course at the BMW Performance Center in Greer, SC while looking at Clemson an absolutely loved it!!! If you have a teen driver, we highly recommend this (or similar course). It just may save someone’s life!!!
Brigid has hired her first two employees since being promoted to an Assistant Director position. She loves what she does and that she can work from home. Tali is neck deep in cheer after making the next level team as well as her school cheer team and then also their competition cheer team. She will have 3 cheer teams for which she is cheering. That is a LOT of cheer, but she wouldn’t have it any other way!
Thea is keeping extremely busy with buyers at the moment and is enjoying the summer months. She is the Chair of the Young Professionals Group of Westfield and is busy planning events for the rest of the year, including a parade and a Young Professionals Summit this Fall.
Kylie is keeping busy with her family and two kids trying to keep them busy with summer camps and activities. She really is enjoying the pool and taking the kids to play there.
This real estate market has brought an onslaught of phone calls, texts and e-mails. Know that we constantly stay up-to-date with the latest information so we can pass that along to our clients. Besides reading white papers from Lawrence Yun who is the Chief Economist for NAR, Shelley Specchio who is the CEO of MIBOR, we have recently listened to Steve Lains who is the CEO of BAGI (Builder’s Association of Greater Indianapolis) and Dr. Elliot Eisenberg who is an internationally-acclaimed economist who specializes in real estate.
Along with our own research, every one of these industry experts have steadfastly said there is no real estate bubble. Period. We have the soundest real estate financial fundamentals in history right now and the tightest supply with incredible demand in history. We have an inflation problem. Dr. Eisenberg said we are about at the apex of inflation and should start to see is tick downward soon. A recession will happen, likely next year and will not be bad, but a typical 8-10 month inflation period (which we need). Our recovery will be slow, but steady. We are already seeing goods start to rebound from their trough of supply, but labor is a continued problem. Quite a few people are re-entering the labor market after retiring due to the stock market falling. This should help.
Interest rates have dropped from their peak of around 6.3875% to around 6%. We hope and expect them to continue to fall during the course of the rest of the year. Housing prices will NOT depreciate, but rather decelerate the appreciation we have seen the past few years. We expect to see appreciation rates in the 7-8% range this year, which is down from the 18% we saw last year, but that was not sustainable.
Fun news!!! We hope everyone enjoyed our July Happy Hour at Matt The Miller’s this pas month. Thank you to Keith Pemberton with Pemberton Insurance for sponsoring it!!! We hope to see you at our July Happy Hour on Thursday, July 21st from 5-6:30pm at Matt The Miller’s.
Don’t miss two really great workshops coming up!!! Thea’s Homebuyer workshop is from 5:30-6:30pm on July 12th and she will answer all of your questions about buying a home in this shifting market. It is Zoom only. contact her for log-in info at: Thea@Welcome2Indy.com. Our second workshop is for home sellers and it is also on July 12th from 7-8pm hosted by me. We will be discussing the Top 10 Dumbest Mistakes Smart People Make When Preparing Their House for Sale along with market updates and what to expect in this shifting market. This is live only. Contact me for more info: steve@Welcome2Indy.com
Finally, mark your calendars for our first ever Party in The Park!!! It will be on Sunday, August 14th from 1-4pm at Cool Creek Park in Westfield. You do not want to miss this FREE event! We will have snacks, beverages, a LIVE band, magician, face painting, photo booth, caricature drawings, games, Kona Ice truck and professional photographer and MUCH more!! Look for your invitation in the mail and register via the Eventbrite link to make sure you are on the list. There is limited space, so RSVP early to ensure you get a spot!!! We are grateful to our co-sponsors Mark Kuchik with CrossCountry Mortgage!!!!
Enjoy your July and remember to keep us in mind for people you care about considering making a move. We would love to help them!!!
Here are the market stats from MIBOR comparing May 2022 to May 2021:
Median Sales Price-UP 12.8% to $287,625
Closed Sales-DOWN 2.9% to 3,336 units
New Listings-UP 6.1% to 4,217 units
Pending Sales-UP 2.4% to 3,960 units
Days on Market-DOWN 13.3% to 13 days
Price per s.f.-UP 15.9% to $168
% of Ask Received-UP 0.8% to 102.4%
Active Inventory-UP 29.8% to 2,295 units
Absorption Rate-UP 40.0% to 0.7 months
You will notice that the median sales price is the highest on record. We expect this to keep climbing, but inventory will as well as days on market.
Have a great July!!!
Your Friends in Real Estate,
Steve, Kylie, and Thea
P.S. Please don’t keep us a secret! Click here to read our July newsletter
We have some sad news to report in that Patti who was our Director of Marketing resigned abruptly a couple of weeks ago. She will be missed and we wish her nothing but success as she turns a new page in her next chapter. In case you didn’t know, we hired a Virtual Assistant name Mark to help Patti with marketing. She did a great job training him and he will be taking over most of her responsibilities. We will be looking for a replacement for Patti in the coming months, so if you know of a ROCKSTAR person who would make a great Director of Marketing for a high-producing team who is extremely adept at social media and video editing, please send them my way: Steve@Welcome2Indy.com.
Steve is getting ready to leave on a family vacation with Brigid’s family from July 3-10. They will be taking a Norwegian cruise from NYC to Bermuda. Should be a fun time to unwind. Ana is continuing to look at colleges and took a 2nd tour of Clemson in June. She still loves it and it is her #1 choice so far. She toured Auburn at the end of June and it is her #2. She also took a Teen Driving Safety Course at the BMW Performance Center in Greer, SC while looking at Clemson an absolutely loved it!!! If you have a teen driver, we highly recommend this (or similar course). It just may save someone’s life!!!
Brigid has hired her first two employees since being promoted to an Assistant Director position. She loves what she does and that she can work from home. Tali is neck deep in cheer after making the next level team as well as her school cheer team and then also their competition cheer team. She will have 3 cheer teams for which she is cheering. That is a LOT of cheer, but she wouldn’t have it any other way!
Thea is keeping extremely busy with buyers at the moment and is enjoying the summer months. She is the Chair of the Young Professionals Group of Westfield and is busy planning events for the rest of the year, including a parade and a Young Professionals Summit this Fall.
Kylie is keeping busy with her family and two kids trying to keep them busy with summer camps and activities. She really is enjoying the pool and taking the kids to play there.
This real estate market has brought an onslaught of phone calls, texts and e-mails. Know that we constantly stay up-to-date with the latest information so we can pass that along to our clients. Besides reading white papers from Lawrence Yun who is the Chief Economist for NAR, Shelley Specchio who is the CEO of MIBOR, we have recently listened to Steve Lains who is the CEO of BAGI (Builder’s Association of Greater Indianapolis) and Dr. Elliot Eisenberg who is an internationally-acclaimed economist who specializes in real estate.
Along with our own research, every one of these industry experts have steadfastly said there is no real estate bubble. Period. We have the soundest real estate financial fundamentals in history right now and the tightest supply with incredible demand in history. We have an inflation problem. Dr. Eisenberg said we are about at the apex of inflation and should start to see is tick downward soon. A recession will happen, likely next year and will not be bad, but a typical 8-10 month inflation period (which we need). Our recovery will be slow, but steady. We are already seeing goods start to rebound from their trough of supply, but labor is a continued problem. Quite a few people are re-entering the labor market after retiring due to the stock market falling. This should help.
Interest rates have dropped from their peak of around 6.3875% to around 6%. We hope and expect them to continue to fall during the course of the rest of the year. Housing prices will NOT depreciate, but rather decelerate the appreciation we have seen the past few years. We expect to see appreciation rates in the 7-8% range this year, which is down from the 18% we saw last year, but that was not sustainable.
Fun news!!! We hope everyone enjoyed our July Happy Hour at Matt The Miller’s this pas month. Thank you to Keith Pemberton with Pemberton Insurance for sponsoring it!!! We hope to see you at our July Happy Hour on Thursday, July 21st from 5-6:30pm at Matt The Miller’s.
Don’t miss two really great workshops coming up!!! Thea’s Homebuyer workshop is from 5:30-6:30pm on July 12th and she will answer all of your questions about buying a home in this shifting market. It is Zoom only. contact her for log-in info at: Thea@Welcome2Indy.com. Our second workshop is for home sellers and it is also on July 12th from 7-8pm hosted by me. We will be discussing the Top 10 Dumbest Mistakes Smart People Make When Preparing Their House for Sale along with market updates and what to expect in this shifting market. This is live only. Contact me for more info: steve@Welcome2Indy.com
Finally, mark your calendars for our first ever Party in The Park!!! It will be on Sunday, August 14th from 1-4pm at Cool Creek Park in Westfield. You do not want to miss this FREE event! We will have snacks, beverages, a LIVE band, magician, face painting, photo booth, caricature drawings, games, Kona Ice truck and professional photographer and MUCH more!! Look for your invitation in the mail and register via the Eventbrite link to make sure you are on the list. There is limited space, so RSVP early to ensure you get a spot!!! We are grateful to our co-sponsors Mark Kuchik with CrossCountry Mortgage!!!!
Enjoy your July and remember to keep us in mind for people you care about considering making a move. We would love to help them!!!
Here are the market stats from MIBOR comparing May 2022 to May 2021:
Median Sales Price-UP 12.8% to $287,625
Closed Sales-DOWN 2.9% to 3,336 units
New Listings-UP 6.1% to 4,217 units
Pending Sales-UP 2.4% to 3,960 units
Days on Market-DOWN 13.3% to 13 days
Price per s.f.-UP 15.9% to $168
% of Ask Received-UP 0.8% to 102.4%
Active Inventory-UP 29.8% to 2,295 units
Absorption Rate-UP 40.0% to 0.7 months
You will notice that the median sales price is the highest on record. We expect this to keep climbing, but inventory will as well as days on market.
Have a great July!!!
Your Friends in Real Estate,
Steve, Kylie, and Thea
P.S. Please don’t keep us a secret! Click here to read our July newsletter
Saturday, April 30, 2022
May Home News
Happy spring!!! We made it! Grass-cutting season is officially upon us along with seasonal allergies…however that also means warmer weather, long daylight in the evenings, schools are getting close to ending for the school year and summer activities are drawing near. The housing market is also in full swing!!!
Happy Mother’s Day to all moms!! Thank you for everything you do for your family!!! We hope you enjoy your special day.
We hope this month’s newsletter finds you well and looking forward to the spring season. For many of us, we have returned recently from spring break, which usually means going somewhere warm. Brigid and I made a promise to Ana and Tali several years ago that we would take them to Hawaii before Ana goes to college and we are running out of time!! So, we went to Kona on the Big Island for spring break and had a great time. So beautiful out there…but so far! Don’t have any plans to go back anytime soon, but we enjoyed our week there.
Last week, Brigid, Tali and I traveled to Orlando for a few days as Tali’s competitive cheer team made it to Worlds. This was their first time and they did great, accomplishing all three of their goals they set for themselves. Practicing for next season has already begun and Tali couldn’t be happier. Tali is also cheering for her Middle School in Westfield this year and hopes to also make their competitive cheer team.
Ana has prom on April 30th with Guerin. She has been looking forward to this for years and is excited to get all dressed up. She is going with a group of 18 friends-9 couples. We are excited for her and the opportunity to take some beautiful photos before their big evening.
So proud of Brigid for getting a promotion at Merck! She has been working hard for this for 2-years now and is excited at this new opportunity. We are very happy for her.
On a not-so-good note, my dad Jack who has managed to evade COVID for two years finally caught it. While he is not feeling great, he is starting to get better and is taking the new medicine to reduce the symptoms and severity of it. Hopefully, my mom Mary Anne will be able to avoid getting it and stay healthy. We sure do hope those you love are staying healthy and keep those we have lost in our prayers.
Kylie has been kept very busy with all of the spring listings we have put on the market. Her family is doing well and her kids are looking forward to the end of the school year and enjoying some time off for summer break.
Thea has been keeping very busy with buyers in this crazy market and is doing a great job in getting offers accepted in the most competitive sellers’ market in history. She is managing to enjoy some down time and loved having her family in town for Easter.
Patti has been working very hard on all of our activities and events we have had and are looking forward to this spring. They are looking forward to a vacation later this year to relax and not focus on events for a week!!
Speaking of events, we have had quite a few lately. Our April Happy Hour was a huge success and we so enjoyed seeing so many of you as we celebrated spring. We hope you will join us for our May Happy Hour on Thursday, May 19th from 5-6:30pm at Matt The Miller’s again. As always, we provide the drinks and appetizers and you bring the conversation. Always a good time!
Thank you to everyone who stopped by our FREE Shred Day last Friday (Earth Day). We securely shredded thousands of pounds of documents and responsibly recycled hundreds of pounds of electronics. Look for information on our next Shred Day this summer.
We sure hope you have your calendars marked for this Tuesday, May 3rd from 10:30am-3:30pm for our Mother’s Day Giveaway!!! Call us during these hours at 317-426-6108. We are giving away a prize package of pampering worth over $800, including a massage, mani-pedi, dinner for two, prize gift basket, flowers, and much more!!! Thank you to JW Restore for co-sponsoring this with us!! The winner will be announced at 4pm via Facebook Live. For every person who calls in, they get one entry and if you call in with a referral, you get FIVE additional entries with no limit on the number of referrals you can give us. We look forward to hearing from you!
The real estate market continues to be super hot, however we are seeing signs of a shift upon us. Buyer traffic is down, number of offers received is down, amount of offer price above asking price is down and units sold is down from this time last year. Bottom line, we are in a shift. We expect a recession to follow. We do not expect it to be more than 6-9 months, nor will it be nearly as bad as the Great Recession. There is just too much of an imbalance of supply and demand for that to happen. If you are remotely considering selling your house, do it now. Interest rates are around 5-5.25%. Give us a call at 317-573-1880 so we can give you data specific to your situation and help you make an informed decision. It is our job to Guide, Lead, and Protect you through this uncertain time right now. Call us today!
Below are stats from MIBOR comparing March 2022 to February 2022. Note that these stats are trailing indicators and are from all areas MIBOR services, which is 16 counties.
Median Sales Price-UP 5.2% to $265,000
Closed Sales-UP 21.1% to 2,780 units
New Listings-UP 43.9% to 3,577 units
Pending Sales-UP 38.5% to 3,609 units
Day on Market-DOWN 13.0% to 20 days
Price per s.f.-UP 2.0% to $155
% of Ask Received-UP 1.1% to 101.2%
Active Inventory-UP 2.4% to 1,560 units
Absorption Rate-DOWN 14.3% to 0.6 months
Keep in mind this is coming off of the winter market, so we do expect to see these numbers accelerate from February. January was the best January in history for MIBOR in terms of units sold.
Thank you for being great clients and referral partners! We couldn’t do what we love to do without you!!!
Happy Mother’s Day!!
Click here to read our May newsletter
Your Friends in Real Estate,
Steve, Kylie, Patti, Thea
P.S. Please don’t keep us a secret.
Happy Mother’s Day to all moms!! Thank you for everything you do for your family!!! We hope you enjoy your special day.
We hope this month’s newsletter finds you well and looking forward to the spring season. For many of us, we have returned recently from spring break, which usually means going somewhere warm. Brigid and I made a promise to Ana and Tali several years ago that we would take them to Hawaii before Ana goes to college and we are running out of time!! So, we went to Kona on the Big Island for spring break and had a great time. So beautiful out there…but so far! Don’t have any plans to go back anytime soon, but we enjoyed our week there.
Last week, Brigid, Tali and I traveled to Orlando for a few days as Tali’s competitive cheer team made it to Worlds. This was their first time and they did great, accomplishing all three of their goals they set for themselves. Practicing for next season has already begun and Tali couldn’t be happier. Tali is also cheering for her Middle School in Westfield this year and hopes to also make their competitive cheer team.
Ana has prom on April 30th with Guerin. She has been looking forward to this for years and is excited to get all dressed up. She is going with a group of 18 friends-9 couples. We are excited for her and the opportunity to take some beautiful photos before their big evening.
So proud of Brigid for getting a promotion at Merck! She has been working hard for this for 2-years now and is excited at this new opportunity. We are very happy for her.
On a not-so-good note, my dad Jack who has managed to evade COVID for two years finally caught it. While he is not feeling great, he is starting to get better and is taking the new medicine to reduce the symptoms and severity of it. Hopefully, my mom Mary Anne will be able to avoid getting it and stay healthy. We sure do hope those you love are staying healthy and keep those we have lost in our prayers.
Kylie has been kept very busy with all of the spring listings we have put on the market. Her family is doing well and her kids are looking forward to the end of the school year and enjoying some time off for summer break.
Thea has been keeping very busy with buyers in this crazy market and is doing a great job in getting offers accepted in the most competitive sellers’ market in history. She is managing to enjoy some down time and loved having her family in town for Easter.
Patti has been working very hard on all of our activities and events we have had and are looking forward to this spring. They are looking forward to a vacation later this year to relax and not focus on events for a week!!
Speaking of events, we have had quite a few lately. Our April Happy Hour was a huge success and we so enjoyed seeing so many of you as we celebrated spring. We hope you will join us for our May Happy Hour on Thursday, May 19th from 5-6:30pm at Matt The Miller’s again. As always, we provide the drinks and appetizers and you bring the conversation. Always a good time!
Thank you to everyone who stopped by our FREE Shred Day last Friday (Earth Day). We securely shredded thousands of pounds of documents and responsibly recycled hundreds of pounds of electronics. Look for information on our next Shred Day this summer.
We sure hope you have your calendars marked for this Tuesday, May 3rd from 10:30am-3:30pm for our Mother’s Day Giveaway!!! Call us during these hours at 317-426-6108. We are giving away a prize package of pampering worth over $800, including a massage, mani-pedi, dinner for two, prize gift basket, flowers, and much more!!! Thank you to JW Restore for co-sponsoring this with us!! The winner will be announced at 4pm via Facebook Live. For every person who calls in, they get one entry and if you call in with a referral, you get FIVE additional entries with no limit on the number of referrals you can give us. We look forward to hearing from you!
The real estate market continues to be super hot, however we are seeing signs of a shift upon us. Buyer traffic is down, number of offers received is down, amount of offer price above asking price is down and units sold is down from this time last year. Bottom line, we are in a shift. We expect a recession to follow. We do not expect it to be more than 6-9 months, nor will it be nearly as bad as the Great Recession. There is just too much of an imbalance of supply and demand for that to happen. If you are remotely considering selling your house, do it now. Interest rates are around 5-5.25%. Give us a call at 317-573-1880 so we can give you data specific to your situation and help you make an informed decision. It is our job to Guide, Lead, and Protect you through this uncertain time right now. Call us today!
Below are stats from MIBOR comparing March 2022 to February 2022. Note that these stats are trailing indicators and are from all areas MIBOR services, which is 16 counties.
Median Sales Price-UP 5.2% to $265,000
Closed Sales-UP 21.1% to 2,780 units
New Listings-UP 43.9% to 3,577 units
Pending Sales-UP 38.5% to 3,609 units
Day on Market-DOWN 13.0% to 20 days
Price per s.f.-UP 2.0% to $155
% of Ask Received-UP 1.1% to 101.2%
Active Inventory-UP 2.4% to 1,560 units
Absorption Rate-DOWN 14.3% to 0.6 months
Keep in mind this is coming off of the winter market, so we do expect to see these numbers accelerate from February. January was the best January in history for MIBOR in terms of units sold.
Thank you for being great clients and referral partners! We couldn’t do what we love to do without you!!!
Happy Mother’s Day!!
Click here to read our May newsletter
Your Friends in Real Estate,
Steve, Kylie, Patti, Thea
P.S. Please don’t keep us a secret.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
November Steve & Jack's Home News
Welcome, fall! We have certainly seen the temperatures cool and the leaves change. While this is a beautiful time of the year, allergy sufferers and those not enjoying the cold weather that follows aren’t quite as happy. We certainly hope you are able to take some time to enjoy the fall colors as well as football. I write this month’s newsletter sitting in the Tampa airport at the end of Fall Break. We took a very short trip to St. Pete to visit Brigid’s parents whom we haven’t seen in almost a year. It was nice to get away and enjoy some sun, pool time, and just relax and get a change of scenery. It definitely is good medicine after this year!
Ana continues to do well at Guerin, but misses soccer. Her varsity team made it to the State Championship and they play on Halloween. Tali is preparing for her first competitive cheer competition in a couple of weeks. We are anxious to experience our first cheer competition as parents. Brigid has finally been able to get out of the house and start making her calls again. She is happy to be able to get out again!
Jack and Mary Anne are staying home for the next several months and are enjoying relaxing and having the girls over to visit. Kylie is actively working on remodeling her house and dealing with the disruption that entails. She also celebrated a birthday this past week and our team enjoyed spoiling her for the day. Patti celebrated her 1-year wedding anniversary last week and spent the weekend enjoying some fun activities with Ron. Thea and her husband Michael are getting settled into their new home and welcomed their parents to visit this past weekend.
Thank you to everyone for attending our October Happy Hour! We had another great turnout and enjoyed re-connecting with so many friends and clients. Thank you to Genan Kirby at Indiana Members Credit Union for sponsoring the October Happy Hour. If you are looking for a change in your financial services provider, give Genan a call. You will enjoy outstanding service!! Her number is 317-508-4264. We hope you can join us for our November Happy Hour on Thursday, November 19th from 5-6:30pm at Matt The Miller’s again. We would love to see you!!! Our sponsor for November is Lazar Insurance. They have been one of our top VIP Insurance Partners for many years and we highly recommend them. Their coverage is top-notch and so is their service. Their premiums are very competitive. Give Jeff a call at 317-867-1303 and tell him I sent you.
Many of you participate in our Annual Cookies with Santa. Due to COVID, we aren’t able to do that this year, however we will be doing a ‘visit’ to the North Pole at our office on Sunday, November 22nd from 11AM-3PM. Watch your inbox and mailbox for more details on how to register. We hope you can make it!!
You should have received a Save The Date card in the mail by now for Tuesday, November 24th. Unfortunately, due to the current health situation, we are not able to continue our movie event, so we have created a new event that we hope you will enjoy. You will like what we have planned…and it will also benefit those less fortunate as well as a small, family-owned local business. We thought long and hard on what to do this year and believe we found a great event to say ‘Thank You!’ for inviting us to help you as well as giving back to the community. Watch your mailbox and e-mail for more details in the next week.
Real estate has slowed just a bit ahead of this contentious election, which was to be expected. It is still HOT and many houses are still flying off the market, but many are not selling quite as fast as they used to. While this year is anything but normal and we don’t know what tomorrow will bring, let alone this winter, if the real estate market follows the typical post-presidential election pattern, we will see a busier-than-usual winter real estate market. Interest rates for a 30-year fixed conventional mortgage are still under 3%. If you are not moving anytime soon and haven’t looked into refinancing, give us a call. We have some awesome lenders who will be happy to help guide you in the right direction and advise you if it makes sense to re-finance or not. If you are considering moving, give us a call. We would be happy to consult with you about your options.
If you are interested in attending a short class on preparing your house for sale, send me an e-mail at steve@Welcome2Indy.com and we will get you registered. It is on Tuesday, November 10th from 7-8pm. You will learn tips, tricks, and hacks to maximize your resale value.
Our housing inventory is still exceedingly low, although it ticked up 1/10th of a point to 0.9 months. Here are some stats comparing September 2020 to August 2020.
Median Sales Price DOWN 1.3% to $225,000
Closed Sales DOWN 2.4% to 3,650 units
New Listings UP 7.2% to 4,117 units
Pending Sales DOWN 0.1% to 3,896 units
Days on Market DOWN 3.6% to 27 days
Price per s.f.-No change-$129
% of Ask Received-No change-99%
Active Inventory UP 7.4% to 3,165 units
Absorption Rate UP 12.5% to 0.9 months
As you can see, the market is starting to soften just a tad, but we are still in a super-strong sellers’ market. If you are thinking of selling, this is still an amazing time to sell with record-high sales prices and record-low interest rates.
Click here to watch an intro video from Steve about real estate and events happening this month
Click here to read our November newsletter
Click here to download the most powerful real estate app available
Click here to watch a 1-minute market update video
Click here to watch/read what our clients have to say about us
Click here to access coupons and discounts at stores you shop every day (who doesn't like to save money?)
We hope you have a great November and are able to spend Thanksgiving with some friends and family. Thank you for making us part of yours!
Your friends in real estate,
Steve, Kylie, Thea, and Patti
P.S. Please don’t keep us a secret!
Ana continues to do well at Guerin, but misses soccer. Her varsity team made it to the State Championship and they play on Halloween. Tali is preparing for her first competitive cheer competition in a couple of weeks. We are anxious to experience our first cheer competition as parents. Brigid has finally been able to get out of the house and start making her calls again. She is happy to be able to get out again!
Jack and Mary Anne are staying home for the next several months and are enjoying relaxing and having the girls over to visit. Kylie is actively working on remodeling her house and dealing with the disruption that entails. She also celebrated a birthday this past week and our team enjoyed spoiling her for the day. Patti celebrated her 1-year wedding anniversary last week and spent the weekend enjoying some fun activities with Ron. Thea and her husband Michael are getting settled into their new home and welcomed their parents to visit this past weekend.
Thank you to everyone for attending our October Happy Hour! We had another great turnout and enjoyed re-connecting with so many friends and clients. Thank you to Genan Kirby at Indiana Members Credit Union for sponsoring the October Happy Hour. If you are looking for a change in your financial services provider, give Genan a call. You will enjoy outstanding service!! Her number is 317-508-4264. We hope you can join us for our November Happy Hour on Thursday, November 19th from 5-6:30pm at Matt The Miller’s again. We would love to see you!!! Our sponsor for November is Lazar Insurance. They have been one of our top VIP Insurance Partners for many years and we highly recommend them. Their coverage is top-notch and so is their service. Their premiums are very competitive. Give Jeff a call at 317-867-1303 and tell him I sent you.
Many of you participate in our Annual Cookies with Santa. Due to COVID, we aren’t able to do that this year, however we will be doing a ‘visit’ to the North Pole at our office on Sunday, November 22nd from 11AM-3PM. Watch your inbox and mailbox for more details on how to register. We hope you can make it!!
You should have received a Save The Date card in the mail by now for Tuesday, November 24th. Unfortunately, due to the current health situation, we are not able to continue our movie event, so we have created a new event that we hope you will enjoy. You will like what we have planned…and it will also benefit those less fortunate as well as a small, family-owned local business. We thought long and hard on what to do this year and believe we found a great event to say ‘Thank You!’ for inviting us to help you as well as giving back to the community. Watch your mailbox and e-mail for more details in the next week.
Real estate has slowed just a bit ahead of this contentious election, which was to be expected. It is still HOT and many houses are still flying off the market, but many are not selling quite as fast as they used to. While this year is anything but normal and we don’t know what tomorrow will bring, let alone this winter, if the real estate market follows the typical post-presidential election pattern, we will see a busier-than-usual winter real estate market. Interest rates for a 30-year fixed conventional mortgage are still under 3%. If you are not moving anytime soon and haven’t looked into refinancing, give us a call. We have some awesome lenders who will be happy to help guide you in the right direction and advise you if it makes sense to re-finance or not. If you are considering moving, give us a call. We would be happy to consult with you about your options.
If you are interested in attending a short class on preparing your house for sale, send me an e-mail at steve@Welcome2Indy.com and we will get you registered. It is on Tuesday, November 10th from 7-8pm. You will learn tips, tricks, and hacks to maximize your resale value.
Our housing inventory is still exceedingly low, although it ticked up 1/10th of a point to 0.9 months. Here are some stats comparing September 2020 to August 2020.
Median Sales Price DOWN 1.3% to $225,000
Closed Sales DOWN 2.4% to 3,650 units
New Listings UP 7.2% to 4,117 units
Pending Sales DOWN 0.1% to 3,896 units
Days on Market DOWN 3.6% to 27 days
Price per s.f.-No change-$129
% of Ask Received-No change-99%
Active Inventory UP 7.4% to 3,165 units
Absorption Rate UP 12.5% to 0.9 months
As you can see, the market is starting to soften just a tad, but we are still in a super-strong sellers’ market. If you are thinking of selling, this is still an amazing time to sell with record-high sales prices and record-low interest rates.
Click here to watch an intro video from Steve about real estate and events happening this month
Click here to read our November newsletter
Click here to download the most powerful real estate app available
Click here to watch a 1-minute market update video
Click here to watch/read what our clients have to say about us
Click here to access coupons and discounts at stores you shop every day (who doesn't like to save money?)
We hope you have a great November and are able to spend Thanksgiving with some friends and family. Thank you for making us part of yours!
Your friends in real estate,
Steve, Kylie, Thea, and Patti
P.S. Please don’t keep us a secret!
Thursday, August 06, 2020
August 2020 Steve & Jack's Home News
Happy end of summer!! For many of us, it means back-to-school for our kiddos, but that looks a little different this year than past years. Also, for many parents with school-aged children, we have been with our kiddos since mid-March. Yikes! If you are fortunate enough to be able to send your kiddos back to school, congratulations! If not, we commiserate with you.
This year has been tough on all of us, but especially parents with school-aged children who are forced to play full-time, all-day, all-week caregiver, teacher, nurse, entertainer, and food service worker. If you also work, good luck! We hope you navigate the back-to-school storm (whatever that looks like for you) as smoothly as possible and stay happy and healthy.
Steve and his family just returned from their first vacation since last October. They went to the Poconos and stayed in a condo and had an adjoining unit for Brigid’s brother and his family, his wife’s sister and husband and her mom. They also each brought their dogs. It turned out to be a great week, very relaxing with amazing weather, swimming, a white water rafting trip, 26-mile bike ride, kayaking, hiking, tennis, soccer games, and for the adults late-night Euchre games (Steve and his partner waxed everyone else!) :-) It was so nice (and needed) to get away and get a change of scenery. We hope that you have been able to take a trip this summer to just get a break as well. Those are so needed right now.
Jack and Mary Anne continue to do well and stay healthy. They are doing a reasonably good job at social distancing, but they did just return from Branson and saw some shows. Some were good at social distancing and some not so much, but they had a good time and enjoyed getting away.
Steve’s sister Michelle had a delayed graduation party for her oldest Caleb and it was nice to see some people we haven’t seen in many years. We wish Caleb good luck next Fall at IUPUI.
On our team, Patti had a HUGE accomplishment in passing her real estate exam and is applying for her license. This is especially big since she had to drive to Cincinnati to take the exam and finished her class in March. That gap made it really difficult, but she made it and we are so happy for her. Every member of our team will be licensed by next week.
Kylie was able to take some time off and spend with her family going to the zoo, pool, Wolf Park and relaxing at home. She needed a bit of a break since we have been working so much lately.
Speaking of working a lot, Thea has been rocking it lately helping 6 clients just in the past few weeks secure a home. This market has been brutal for buyers and buyer agents and she is has been doing such a great job working so hard for our clients winning multiple offer situations repeatedly.
Thank you to the over 400 of you who came for our FREE Shred Day a few weeks ago. We filled an entire truck as well as electronic recycling truck. We are planning another one for September, so stay tuned for the date.
Happy Hours are attempting to be re-started this month. We have August 20th on the books. Please come if you feel comfortable. Matt The Miller’s from 5-7pm. We would LOVE to see you again!!!!!
The market is the hottest on record. We are down below 1-month of inventory right now, which is insane and down over 30% from last month alone! Mortgage rates have hit all-time lows as well with rates for many of our clients in the low to mid-2%! Home prices are going up faster than ever and inventory keeps shrinking. If you or someone you care about is remotely thinking of buying, selling, or building, please call us. We would be happy to share all of the facts and data that are relevant to your specific situation so you can make an informed decision. If you are not as worried about selling your house as you are with finding a new one, we have a program designed specifically for you to address that very concern. Our 3-day, Free Look Marketing Program has netted sellers more money in a faster time with fewer hassles than any other marketing program out there. Give Steve a call at 317-573-1880 to learn about both of these programs and how we are addressing our clients’ concerns during this challenging market.
Here are some MIBOR stats showing the changes from May 2020 to June 2020. They are remarkable:
Median Sales Price-$219,000-UP 1.9%
Closed Sales-3,518 units-UP 28.2%
New Listings-3,848 units-UP 2.2%
Pending Sales-4,269 units-UP 10.5%
Days on Market-35-DOWN 7.9%
Price per s.f.-$125-UP 3.3%
% of Ask Received-98.4%-UP 0.5%
Active Inventory-3,210 units-DOWN 10.2%
Absorption Rate-0.9 months-DOWN 30.8%
Look at the how the pending sales is more than new listings. This is an indicator of what to expect next month-even lower inventory levels. Sellers are getting over 98% of asking price! That is crazy! Active inventory is down over 10% and the absorption rate (how long it will take all of the current listings to sell with the current buyer demand) is down over 30% to less than one month. Are you kidding me?? These numbers are nuts and we have never seen anything like it before. The election MAY cause a real estate contraction. We don’t know for sure, but every economist I have heard lately has been warning of that, so if you are thinking of selling, NOW is the time!
Thank you for reading and for your continued trust and loyalty. We couldn’t do what we do without you.
Enjoy this month’s newsletter!
Read the August newsletter here
Download the most powerful real estate app here
Watch a quick video discussing the real estate market in 1-minute here
Read what our clients have to say about us here
Watch an intro video of our team here
Your friends in real estate, Steve, Kylie, Thea, Patti
This year has been tough on all of us, but especially parents with school-aged children who are forced to play full-time, all-day, all-week caregiver, teacher, nurse, entertainer, and food service worker. If you also work, good luck! We hope you navigate the back-to-school storm (whatever that looks like for you) as smoothly as possible and stay happy and healthy.
Steve and his family just returned from their first vacation since last October. They went to the Poconos and stayed in a condo and had an adjoining unit for Brigid’s brother and his family, his wife’s sister and husband and her mom. They also each brought their dogs. It turned out to be a great week, very relaxing with amazing weather, swimming, a white water rafting trip, 26-mile bike ride, kayaking, hiking, tennis, soccer games, and for the adults late-night Euchre games (Steve and his partner waxed everyone else!) :-) It was so nice (and needed) to get away and get a change of scenery. We hope that you have been able to take a trip this summer to just get a break as well. Those are so needed right now.
Jack and Mary Anne continue to do well and stay healthy. They are doing a reasonably good job at social distancing, but they did just return from Branson and saw some shows. Some were good at social distancing and some not so much, but they had a good time and enjoyed getting away.
Steve’s sister Michelle had a delayed graduation party for her oldest Caleb and it was nice to see some people we haven’t seen in many years. We wish Caleb good luck next Fall at IUPUI.
On our team, Patti had a HUGE accomplishment in passing her real estate exam and is applying for her license. This is especially big since she had to drive to Cincinnati to take the exam and finished her class in March. That gap made it really difficult, but she made it and we are so happy for her. Every member of our team will be licensed by next week.
Kylie was able to take some time off and spend with her family going to the zoo, pool, Wolf Park and relaxing at home. She needed a bit of a break since we have been working so much lately.
Speaking of working a lot, Thea has been rocking it lately helping 6 clients just in the past few weeks secure a home. This market has been brutal for buyers and buyer agents and she is has been doing such a great job working so hard for our clients winning multiple offer situations repeatedly.
Thank you to the over 400 of you who came for our FREE Shred Day a few weeks ago. We filled an entire truck as well as electronic recycling truck. We are planning another one for September, so stay tuned for the date.
Happy Hours are attempting to be re-started this month. We have August 20th on the books. Please come if you feel comfortable. Matt The Miller’s from 5-7pm. We would LOVE to see you again!!!!!
The market is the hottest on record. We are down below 1-month of inventory right now, which is insane and down over 30% from last month alone! Mortgage rates have hit all-time lows as well with rates for many of our clients in the low to mid-2%! Home prices are going up faster than ever and inventory keeps shrinking. If you or someone you care about is remotely thinking of buying, selling, or building, please call us. We would be happy to share all of the facts and data that are relevant to your specific situation so you can make an informed decision. If you are not as worried about selling your house as you are with finding a new one, we have a program designed specifically for you to address that very concern. Our 3-day, Free Look Marketing Program has netted sellers more money in a faster time with fewer hassles than any other marketing program out there. Give Steve a call at 317-573-1880 to learn about both of these programs and how we are addressing our clients’ concerns during this challenging market.
Here are some MIBOR stats showing the changes from May 2020 to June 2020. They are remarkable:
Median Sales Price-$219,000-UP 1.9%
Closed Sales-3,518 units-UP 28.2%
New Listings-3,848 units-UP 2.2%
Pending Sales-4,269 units-UP 10.5%
Days on Market-35-DOWN 7.9%
Price per s.f.-$125-UP 3.3%
% of Ask Received-98.4%-UP 0.5%
Active Inventory-3,210 units-DOWN 10.2%
Absorption Rate-0.9 months-DOWN 30.8%
Look at the how the pending sales is more than new listings. This is an indicator of what to expect next month-even lower inventory levels. Sellers are getting over 98% of asking price! That is crazy! Active inventory is down over 10% and the absorption rate (how long it will take all of the current listings to sell with the current buyer demand) is down over 30% to less than one month. Are you kidding me?? These numbers are nuts and we have never seen anything like it before. The election MAY cause a real estate contraction. We don’t know for sure, but every economist I have heard lately has been warning of that, so if you are thinking of selling, NOW is the time!
Thank you for reading and for your continued trust and loyalty. We couldn’t do what we do without you.
Enjoy this month’s newsletter!
Read the August newsletter here
Download the most powerful real estate app here
Watch a quick video discussing the real estate market in 1-minute here
Read what our clients have to say about us here
Watch an intro video of our team here
Your friends in real estate, Steve, Kylie, Thea, Patti
Monday, March 04, 2019
March Steve & Jack's Home News
Spring IS just around the corner, right? While it surely doesn't feel like it today in Indy, the official first day of spring is only a few days away. Our market certainly feels like spring is here with the super-increased activity yet again. If you are thinking about buying, selling, or building this year (or know someone who is), please give us a call. The market is rapidly changing and we would love to consult with you about your options so you can make an informed decision.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! We are beyond honored and super-proud to be the #1 team in our entire office and one of the top 1% of agents in the city because of you! We are grateful for your continued trust and confidence in us to help you and those about whom you care with your real estate needs. We are also super-proud to announce that for the 5th time in a row we are Angie's List Super Servant Award winners as well. Again, thank you for voting us as one of the top teams for service in the city. Please continue to feel comfortable introducing us to the people about whom you care as we will take great care of them, as always.
Jack and Mary Anne just returned from a 3-week trip to Hilton Head and Florida and enjoyed time with family and friends soaking up the sun. Coming back to a frozen tundra was not a welcome experience!
Jack was honored to receive a call from Indy Honor Flight last week inviting him to participate in their trip to DC to visit the memorials and honor our service members. As a retired Navy Veteran, he was honored to be invited and asked Steve to be his Guardian. This will be an experience of a lifetime and we can't wait to participate along with so many other deserving men and women. We will let you know how the trip went in a couple of months.
Thank you to everyone who attended our February Happy Hour! We had a good turnout and a lot of fun!! **Starting in March, we are moving the Happy Hours to the THIRD Thursday of each month still from 5-6:30PM at Matt The Miller's. Our next event will be on Thursday, March 21st. Please mark it on your calendar and look forward to a fun time!!
Enjoy the March edition of Steve & Jack's Home News!! Happy Spring...we hope!!
Here are some of the most recent home sale stats courtesy of MIBOR comparing January 2019 to 2018:
New listings-UP 4.7% to 2,600 units
Pending sales-UP 17.1% to 2,595 units
Closed sales-DOWN 8.3% to 1,744 units
Median sales price-UP 7.5% to $169,900
Average sales price-UP 7.0% to $206,311
Percent of original list price received at sale-DOWN 1.0% to 93.8%
Total active listings available at month end-DOWN 5.5% to 6,681 units
Months supply of inventory-DOWN 4.3% to 2.2 months
Click here to read the March edition of Steve & Jack's Home News
Click here to read our real estate blog
Click here to access coupons and discounts at places you shop every day
Click here to get the most powerful real estate app available
Click here to read what some of our clients are saying about us
Click here to read about our Senior Advantage Program
Click here to watch a 1-minute video on This Month in Real Estate
Your friends in real estate,
Steve, Jack, Kylie, & Julia
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! We are beyond honored and super-proud to be the #1 team in our entire office and one of the top 1% of agents in the city because of you! We are grateful for your continued trust and confidence in us to help you and those about whom you care with your real estate needs. We are also super-proud to announce that for the 5th time in a row we are Angie's List Super Servant Award winners as well. Again, thank you for voting us as one of the top teams for service in the city. Please continue to feel comfortable introducing us to the people about whom you care as we will take great care of them, as always.
Jack and Mary Anne just returned from a 3-week trip to Hilton Head and Florida and enjoyed time with family and friends soaking up the sun. Coming back to a frozen tundra was not a welcome experience!
Jack was honored to receive a call from Indy Honor Flight last week inviting him to participate in their trip to DC to visit the memorials and honor our service members. As a retired Navy Veteran, he was honored to be invited and asked Steve to be his Guardian. This will be an experience of a lifetime and we can't wait to participate along with so many other deserving men and women. We will let you know how the trip went in a couple of months.
Thank you to everyone who attended our February Happy Hour! We had a good turnout and a lot of fun!! **Starting in March, we are moving the Happy Hours to the THIRD Thursday of each month still from 5-6:30PM at Matt The Miller's. Our next event will be on Thursday, March 21st. Please mark it on your calendar and look forward to a fun time!!
Enjoy the March edition of Steve & Jack's Home News!! Happy Spring...we hope!!
Here are some of the most recent home sale stats courtesy of MIBOR comparing January 2019 to 2018:
New listings-UP 4.7% to 2,600 units
Pending sales-UP 17.1% to 2,595 units
Closed sales-DOWN 8.3% to 1,744 units
Median sales price-UP 7.5% to $169,900
Average sales price-UP 7.0% to $206,311
Percent of original list price received at sale-DOWN 1.0% to 93.8%
Total active listings available at month end-DOWN 5.5% to 6,681 units
Months supply of inventory-DOWN 4.3% to 2.2 months
Click here to read the March edition of Steve & Jack's Home News
Click here to read our real estate blog
Click here to access coupons and discounts at places you shop every day
Click here to get the most powerful real estate app available
Click here to read what some of our clients are saying about us
Click here to read about our Senior Advantage Program
Click here to watch a 1-minute video on This Month in Real Estate
Your friends in real estate,
Steve, Jack, Kylie, & Julia
Sunday, November 03, 2013
November 2013 Steve & Jack's Home News
Happy Halloween!!!
Even though Trick-or-Treating has been moved by most municipalities around Indy to tomorrow night, we hope you enjoy this extended holiday. Ana & Tali are excited to go around with neighbors tomorrow in their costumes. Ana is Princess Leia, and Tali is Rapunzel. They both look so cute in their costumes! We hope you enjoy either tagging along your kids or grandkids or enjoying seeing all of the kids in their costumes come to your door.
We enjoyed Fall Break with Jack & Mary Anne in their timeshare in Gatlinburg, TN. Although the leaves hadn't changed as much as we had hoped, we had a great and relaxing time and enjoyed hiking in the park, walking downtown Gatlinburg, attending a craft fair, and going through a really cool science museum. We also enjoyed earlier this month the Hauntless Halloween at Holiday Park and Pumpkin Fest in Zionsville-great Fall traditions our family has embraced for years!
As for the market, we have had a strange fall. With the government shut-down, things really slowed down. As soon as it was over, things picked back up again. Activity is still very strong and houses are selling. Interest rates are also lower again hovering around 4%. Closed sales are UP 21% over this time last year, median sales price is UP 6.5% and inventory is DOWN again 9.9%, making for an inventory of just 5.5 months, which is a seller's market. Hamilton County is down to just 3.9 months of inventory, which is bordering on an unhealthy supply of inventory and creating a very strong seller's market. So, if you have a house to sell in Hamilton County, give us a call!
Our annual Client Appreciation Event is just around the corner (see attached invite). Invitations were mailed out yesterday, so look for yours in the mail, and please RSVP to Kari Kuper prior to the event with the number of adult and child tickets you would like. We are showing a private screening of the brand new Disney movie Frozen, which is being release Thanksgiving weekend. This is open to parents, grandparents, and children. We will have a donut, juice, and coffee bar starting at 9AM and then the movie will begin promptly at 10AM. We will be holding our event this year on Saturday, December 7th at Hamilton Towne Center Theater. We hope you can join us and please don't forget to RSVP, so we have enough refreshments and tickets available.
See you there!!!
Finally, I have included an article from a friend and client of ours who is a Professional Home Stager. Her name is Monya Visor with Pretty M-Pressive. Her phone number is 309-310-3521 and e-mail is PrettyMpressive@aol.com. She does a fantastic job and is very talented. Please feel comfortable calling her with any questions on Staging, decluttering, etc. I think you will be impressed with the results!
WHY DO I NEED A STAGER?
The purpose of an Accredited Staging Professional, ASP®, is to help homeowners and Realtors® sell their homes/listings quickly and for the most money possible. A stager does 3 things: Depersonalize, Declutter, and Organize. When personal items and clutter are removed, buyers get a chance to see the home for the jewel it really is.
Stagers are also a great resource if you’re selling a vacant home. It’s difficult to visualize furniture placement in a vacant home. Stagers own or have access to furniture and accessories that can turn a cold, plain room into a warm, spacious home.
It is imperative that sellers are educated on how to sell their homes. They have to look at the house in terms of a product because the way you live in a home and the way you sell it are two different things!
Speaking of purchase, do not be afraid of the cost. If your home is listed at the right price, the fee for staging will be less than your first price reduction. Why not stage and keep the price as is? Staged homes sell faster and for the most money. Average homes in America are on the market 130 days before being sold. On average, 95% of Staged homes sell within 11 days or fewer and for 17% more!
Now that you understand why you need a stager, call an ASP. The first meeting is usually FREE!
Click here to read our November newsletter.
Click here to gain access to our exclusive coupons & discounts.
Steve & Jack Rupp
Even though Trick-or-Treating has been moved by most municipalities around Indy to tomorrow night, we hope you enjoy this extended holiday. Ana & Tali are excited to go around with neighbors tomorrow in their costumes. Ana is Princess Leia, and Tali is Rapunzel. They both look so cute in their costumes! We hope you enjoy either tagging along your kids or grandkids or enjoying seeing all of the kids in their costumes come to your door.
We enjoyed Fall Break with Jack & Mary Anne in their timeshare in Gatlinburg, TN. Although the leaves hadn't changed as much as we had hoped, we had a great and relaxing time and enjoyed hiking in the park, walking downtown Gatlinburg, attending a craft fair, and going through a really cool science museum. We also enjoyed earlier this month the Hauntless Halloween at Holiday Park and Pumpkin Fest in Zionsville-great Fall traditions our family has embraced for years!
As for the market, we have had a strange fall. With the government shut-down, things really slowed down. As soon as it was over, things picked back up again. Activity is still very strong and houses are selling. Interest rates are also lower again hovering around 4%. Closed sales are UP 21% over this time last year, median sales price is UP 6.5% and inventory is DOWN again 9.9%, making for an inventory of just 5.5 months, which is a seller's market. Hamilton County is down to just 3.9 months of inventory, which is bordering on an unhealthy supply of inventory and creating a very strong seller's market. So, if you have a house to sell in Hamilton County, give us a call!
Our annual Client Appreciation Event is just around the corner (see attached invite). Invitations were mailed out yesterday, so look for yours in the mail, and please RSVP to Kari Kuper prior to the event with the number of adult and child tickets you would like. We are showing a private screening of the brand new Disney movie Frozen, which is being release Thanksgiving weekend. This is open to parents, grandparents, and children. We will have a donut, juice, and coffee bar starting at 9AM and then the movie will begin promptly at 10AM. We will be holding our event this year on Saturday, December 7th at Hamilton Towne Center Theater. We hope you can join us and please don't forget to RSVP, so we have enough refreshments and tickets available.
See you there!!!
Finally, I have included an article from a friend and client of ours who is a Professional Home Stager. Her name is Monya Visor with Pretty M-Pressive. Her phone number is 309-310-3521 and e-mail is PrettyMpressive@aol.com. She does a fantastic job and is very talented. Please feel comfortable calling her with any questions on Staging, decluttering, etc. I think you will be impressed with the results!
WHY DO I NEED A STAGER?
The purpose of an Accredited Staging Professional, ASP®, is to help homeowners and Realtors® sell their homes/listings quickly and for the most money possible. A stager does 3 things: Depersonalize, Declutter, and Organize. When personal items and clutter are removed, buyers get a chance to see the home for the jewel it really is.
Stagers are also a great resource if you’re selling a vacant home. It’s difficult to visualize furniture placement in a vacant home. Stagers own or have access to furniture and accessories that can turn a cold, plain room into a warm, spacious home.
It is imperative that sellers are educated on how to sell their homes. They have to look at the house in terms of a product because the way you live in a home and the way you sell it are two different things!
Speaking of purchase, do not be afraid of the cost. If your home is listed at the right price, the fee for staging will be less than your first price reduction. Why not stage and keep the price as is? Staged homes sell faster and for the most money. Average homes in America are on the market 130 days before being sold. On average, 95% of Staged homes sell within 11 days or fewer and for 17% more!
Now that you understand why you need a stager, call an ASP. The first meeting is usually FREE!
Click here to read our November newsletter.
Click here to gain access to our exclusive coupons & discounts.
Steve & Jack Rupp
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
September Steve & Jack's Home News
Welcome Fall (almost)! It certainly feels like it! We hope you are enjoying the cooler weather even though it means winter is just around the corner. School is now back in session for everyone and our crazy schedule certainly proves it with soccer (4x/week), swimming lessons, piano lessons, choir (2x/week), & Girls Scouts, not to mention homework and birthday parties, etc. Whew! I am tired just thinking of all of that! We hope you are enjoying the nutty fall season as well.
Real estate has slowed a little, but is still going VERY strong. Inventory is down another 14.1% to just 5.6 months, the median sales price is up 5.3%, and closed sales are up 27.5%. Hamilton County is seeing even stronger numbers and is down to just 4.1 months of inventory with closed sales up 39.6%! We are having our best year EVER and are so incredibly grateful to you our loyal clients for making that happen. THANK YOU!
Did you receive your 2013 football calendar from us a few weeks ago? We hope you enjoy it as a little gift to say thank you for your support over the years. We have a couple of more ways we would like to say thank you as well:
1) You should have received a Save The Date invitation in the mail about a week ago for a private screening of the upcoming movie Frozen, which we are showing on Saturday, December 7th. A donut and juice bar opens at 9AM and the private screening begins at 10AM at the Hamilton Town Centre movie theater in Noblesville. We rented out the entire theatre for you, your children and your grandchildren, so bring the whole family and let us treat you to a fun and entertaining Disney movie for the entire family. The trailer is hilarious.
2) We are GIVING away TWO tickets to the most popular football game of the season, which is the Colts vs. Broncos game broadcast on national TV at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday Night Football on October 20th at 8:30PM. This game has been SOLD OUT for months and these tickets are incredibly difficult to get. If you would like to be entered into our drawing, you must CALL ME at 317-573-1880. A drawing will be held on Friday, October 18th and the winner will be notified via phone, so please make sure you leave a phone number and your name when you call. In order to qualify to have your name entered into the drawing, you must have bought, sold, or built a home with us OR have referred a client to us anytime in the past whether it was this year or 40+ years ago. If you haven't done any of those, don't worry, there is still time. Good luck!
Finally, check out the September edition of our newsletter. There are some cool articles about not giving up your dreams, regardless of what anyone says and another article about how to get a raise from your boss, as well as many others.
To access our exclusive coupons & discounts, click here.
To search for any home, visit our website at http://www.Welcome2Indy.com
To read our September newsletter, click here.
Real estate has slowed a little, but is still going VERY strong. Inventory is down another 14.1% to just 5.6 months, the median sales price is up 5.3%, and closed sales are up 27.5%. Hamilton County is seeing even stronger numbers and is down to just 4.1 months of inventory with closed sales up 39.6%! We are having our best year EVER and are so incredibly grateful to you our loyal clients for making that happen. THANK YOU!
Did you receive your 2013 football calendar from us a few weeks ago? We hope you enjoy it as a little gift to say thank you for your support over the years. We have a couple of more ways we would like to say thank you as well:
1) You should have received a Save The Date invitation in the mail about a week ago for a private screening of the upcoming movie Frozen, which we are showing on Saturday, December 7th. A donut and juice bar opens at 9AM and the private screening begins at 10AM at the Hamilton Town Centre movie theater in Noblesville. We rented out the entire theatre for you, your children and your grandchildren, so bring the whole family and let us treat you to a fun and entertaining Disney movie for the entire family. The trailer is hilarious.
2) We are GIVING away TWO tickets to the most popular football game of the season, which is the Colts vs. Broncos game broadcast on national TV at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday Night Football on October 20th at 8:30PM. This game has been SOLD OUT for months and these tickets are incredibly difficult to get. If you would like to be entered into our drawing, you must CALL ME at 317-573-1880. A drawing will be held on Friday, October 18th and the winner will be notified via phone, so please make sure you leave a phone number and your name when you call. In order to qualify to have your name entered into the drawing, you must have bought, sold, or built a home with us OR have referred a client to us anytime in the past whether it was this year or 40+ years ago. If you haven't done any of those, don't worry, there is still time. Good luck!
Finally, check out the September edition of our newsletter. There are some cool articles about not giving up your dreams, regardless of what anyone says and another article about how to get a raise from your boss, as well as many others.
To access our exclusive coupons & discounts, click here.
To search for any home, visit our website at http://www.Welcome2Indy.com
To read our September newsletter, click here.
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
August Newsletter
School is back in session for many kids and will be back in session soon for others-including ours. This has been a very fast summer for us and we are left wondering where all of the time went. It seems the older we get, the faster time goes. Doesn't it?
In our July newsletter, I mentioned the wonderful 10-year wedding anniversary trip Brigid and I took to Jamaica. Unfortunately, we had a rather negative surprise happen on our way home. Here is what happened after we landed in Orlando to make our connection to Indy.
We had about 2-1/2 hours after we landed in Orlando to make our connection, so we had plenty of time. The flight was scheduled to leave at 7:30PM. We board the plane a few minutes past when we would normally board. There was a mechanic on the plane repairing one of the seats in coach-no problem. Then, the captain announces over the PA that we are not only waiting for the mechanic to fix the seat, but also one doing something under the plane. Again, no biggie...yet.
We finally pull away from the gate about 30-minutes past our scheduled departure time and the pilot who LOVES the movie, Star Wars, tells us that Luke Skywalker (him), Han Solo (the First Officer) and Chewy (the mechanic who worked on the underbelly of the plane) would try to engage the hyper-drive and use light speed to get us back to Indy in just a few minutes. If the hyper-drive wouldn't work, it would take about 2 hours, 20-minutes. Cute.
About ten minutes into the flight as we are still climbing quickly, Brigid turns to me and asks if I smell smoke. I calmly tell her no and suggest she is just imagining things or smelling burnt coffee or something. A few minutes after her question, we notice the flight attendant in the forward galley open up the first overhead storage compartment and retrieve a fire extinguisher. What? Now, THAT caught our eye! She didn't use it, but calmly and deliberately focused her attention in the galley with the other flight attendant. We don't break eye contact with the galley at this point.
Shortly thereafter, the flight attendant picks up the intercom and says something frantically and quickly puts it back down. About 20-seconds later, the flight attendant working the back of the plane comes running up the aisle past us with a second fire extinguisher. It has not been discharged and neither has the first one. They all talk softly and then turn off all of the switches in the galley and then get on the intercom with the captain.
The captain comes on the intercom and states that we need to turn around and land back at Orlando as a precaution only and that everything is okay, but they just want to be safe. Brigid starts to really worry now and I told her that as long as there are no emergency vehicles on the runway, we are fine.
As we approach our runway, of course we notice emergency vehicles with all of their lights on and the runway has been shut down, we are told for just us. After we land, we stop in the middle of the runway while the emergency vehicles light the plane up with their spotlights looking for smoke. We are finally cleared to park at the gate and are told to de-plane-no smoke noticed, apparently.
After about an hour of waiting at our gate, the captain tells us they have been looking for another plane as ours has been placed out of service due to smoking wires in the galley electrical panel. Our three flight attendants decided to not work anymore due to 'extreme emotional stress' and went home leaving us stranded at the airport (a very subjective perk that a good lawyer wrote into their collective contracts, no doubt). The captain was NOT happy about their decision and commandeered another flight crew who just arrived to fly back with us to Indy on the plane on which they just flew in. Now, THAT flight crew was NOT happy either.
We finally re-board the new plane with our captain and first-officer from our original flight and the new flight attendants who were visibly unhappy about working (I can't blame them). The time is now 10:50PM. We arrive uneventfully back in Indy at 1:20AM, however due to our frightening experience and delay, AirTran gives each passenger on our flight a FREE round-trip ticket anywhere they fly to be used in the next 12-months. Wow!!! Chalk one up for great customer service!
We finally arrive home around 2:30AM and four hours later have the privilege of getting up and going to work. Ugh! Not the end of the world, but a LONG day at work, to say the least. The positive is that we are still alive and didn't make national or even local news and we have 2 round-trip tickets.
We hope your air travels have NOT been as eventful as our most recent one was, but some of you travel quite a bit and we would LOVE to hear of any eventful flights you may have encountered (to make us feel better!).
Enjoy the rest of your summer and we hope you are able to make it out to the State Fair this year. Thanks again for your continued support and trust as we strive to make our clients' experiences as UNeventful as possible!
Click here to read our August newsletter.
Click here for exclusive coupons and discounts.
In our July newsletter, I mentioned the wonderful 10-year wedding anniversary trip Brigid and I took to Jamaica. Unfortunately, we had a rather negative surprise happen on our way home. Here is what happened after we landed in Orlando to make our connection to Indy.
We had about 2-1/2 hours after we landed in Orlando to make our connection, so we had plenty of time. The flight was scheduled to leave at 7:30PM. We board the plane a few minutes past when we would normally board. There was a mechanic on the plane repairing one of the seats in coach-no problem. Then, the captain announces over the PA that we are not only waiting for the mechanic to fix the seat, but also one doing something under the plane. Again, no biggie...yet.
We finally pull away from the gate about 30-minutes past our scheduled departure time and the pilot who LOVES the movie, Star Wars, tells us that Luke Skywalker (him), Han Solo (the First Officer) and Chewy (the mechanic who worked on the underbelly of the plane) would try to engage the hyper-drive and use light speed to get us back to Indy in just a few minutes. If the hyper-drive wouldn't work, it would take about 2 hours, 20-minutes. Cute.
About ten minutes into the flight as we are still climbing quickly, Brigid turns to me and asks if I smell smoke. I calmly tell her no and suggest she is just imagining things or smelling burnt coffee or something. A few minutes after her question, we notice the flight attendant in the forward galley open up the first overhead storage compartment and retrieve a fire extinguisher. What? Now, THAT caught our eye! She didn't use it, but calmly and deliberately focused her attention in the galley with the other flight attendant. We don't break eye contact with the galley at this point.
Shortly thereafter, the flight attendant picks up the intercom and says something frantically and quickly puts it back down. About 20-seconds later, the flight attendant working the back of the plane comes running up the aisle past us with a second fire extinguisher. It has not been discharged and neither has the first one. They all talk softly and then turn off all of the switches in the galley and then get on the intercom with the captain.
The captain comes on the intercom and states that we need to turn around and land back at Orlando as a precaution only and that everything is okay, but they just want to be safe. Brigid starts to really worry now and I told her that as long as there are no emergency vehicles on the runway, we are fine.
As we approach our runway, of course we notice emergency vehicles with all of their lights on and the runway has been shut down, we are told for just us. After we land, we stop in the middle of the runway while the emergency vehicles light the plane up with their spotlights looking for smoke. We are finally cleared to park at the gate and are told to de-plane-no smoke noticed, apparently.
After about an hour of waiting at our gate, the captain tells us they have been looking for another plane as ours has been placed out of service due to smoking wires in the galley electrical panel. Our three flight attendants decided to not work anymore due to 'extreme emotional stress' and went home leaving us stranded at the airport (a very subjective perk that a good lawyer wrote into their collective contracts, no doubt). The captain was NOT happy about their decision and commandeered another flight crew who just arrived to fly back with us to Indy on the plane on which they just flew in. Now, THAT flight crew was NOT happy either.
We finally re-board the new plane with our captain and first-officer from our original flight and the new flight attendants who were visibly unhappy about working (I can't blame them). The time is now 10:50PM. We arrive uneventfully back in Indy at 1:20AM, however due to our frightening experience and delay, AirTran gives each passenger on our flight a FREE round-trip ticket anywhere they fly to be used in the next 12-months. Wow!!! Chalk one up for great customer service!
We finally arrive home around 2:30AM and four hours later have the privilege of getting up and going to work. Ugh! Not the end of the world, but a LONG day at work, to say the least. The positive is that we are still alive and didn't make national or even local news and we have 2 round-trip tickets.
We hope your air travels have NOT been as eventful as our most recent one was, but some of you travel quite a bit and we would LOVE to hear of any eventful flights you may have encountered (to make us feel better!).
Enjoy the rest of your summer and we hope you are able to make it out to the State Fair this year. Thanks again for your continued support and trust as we strive to make our clients' experiences as UNeventful as possible!
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
June 2013 Steve & Jack's Home News Newsletter
Happy Father's Day to all of the dads out there! We hope your special day affords you a day spent enjoying what you most like to do. My Father's Day will involve traveling home from our annual summer family vacation. This year, we are going back to Disney where we will see Brigid's parents for a couple of days and then off to the park where we will see her brother and her family. We can't wait to see the new Fantasyland. Brigid has already set up all of our dining reservations and we are excited to go on the river cruise for the first time for dinner and see the fireworks.
We will also see an old Xavier roommate who lives in Orlando now along with his family. We have been told that this first week of June shouldn't be as crowded, but time will tell.
A very special trip to which Brigid and I are looking forward is our 10-year wedding anniversary trip for 5-days to Jamaica in July. The kids are staying at home with their grandparents and Brigid and I get to enjoy an all-inclusive resort and just relax. We have never been to an all-inclusive resort before, but have heard they are really nice. I will report back on how it went in our August newsletter.
School is out for us on June 7th and the girls are looking forward to playing with their friends and not having to go to school for several weeks. Is it just me, or does summer seem much shorter now than it did when we grew up?
Great news for the market!!! Check out our blog to read about the increase in building permits and a decrease in foreclosures. For the Indy-area, closed sales are up 21.8%. Median sales price is up 0.8%. Inventory is down 16.4% making our month's supply of houses to be 5.5. In Hamilton County, we are down to 4.2 months of inventory!!
Enjoy the warmer weather and the start to the summer season. THANK YOU again for all of your continued support and business. We are having our best year yet and we couldn't have done it without YOU! Truly, we are grateful!
Check out this month's edition of our June newsletter, which contains some very interesting stories, including:
• History of Father's Day
• History of shaving
• How reflective paint works
• Why dogs live short lives
• How to spend less at restaurants
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We will also see an old Xavier roommate who lives in Orlando now along with his family. We have been told that this first week of June shouldn't be as crowded, but time will tell.
A very special trip to which Brigid and I are looking forward is our 10-year wedding anniversary trip for 5-days to Jamaica in July. The kids are staying at home with their grandparents and Brigid and I get to enjoy an all-inclusive resort and just relax. We have never been to an all-inclusive resort before, but have heard they are really nice. I will report back on how it went in our August newsletter.
School is out for us on June 7th and the girls are looking forward to playing with their friends and not having to go to school for several weeks. Is it just me, or does summer seem much shorter now than it did when we grew up?
Great news for the market!!! Check out our blog to read about the increase in building permits and a decrease in foreclosures. For the Indy-area, closed sales are up 21.8%. Median sales price is up 0.8%. Inventory is down 16.4% making our month's supply of houses to be 5.5. In Hamilton County, we are down to 4.2 months of inventory!!
Enjoy the warmer weather and the start to the summer season. THANK YOU again for all of your continued support and business. We are having our best year yet and we couldn't have done it without YOU! Truly, we are grateful!
Check out this month's edition of our June newsletter, which contains some very interesting stories, including:
• History of Father's Day
• History of shaving
• How reflective paint works
• Why dogs live short lives
• How to spend less at restaurants
Click here for our May newsletter
Click here to access our VIP Coupon & Discount Savings Site
Sunday, January 13, 2013
January Steve & Jack's Home News
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!
We hope you are getting in the holiday spirit and ready to enjoy some time with family and friends. Thank you to everyone who attended Santa Night again this year. We had another GREAT turnout and, if you weren't able to make it this year, we hope you can join us next year.
Tomorrow is the day Ana and Steve have their tonsillectomies. While it certainly isn't the way either of them planned to spend their Christmas holidays, it will be over and they can move forward-a lot healthier. This has been a humbling experience for Steve in realizing the lengths a dad will go for his little girl. He has been putting off this surgery for 10 years now, but when Ana was told she had to have her tonsils out, he bucked up and told her he would do it, too! Strangely enough, he drew strength from is 7-year old daughter knowing he had to be calm for her. The things a daddy will do for his daughter!
We will update you on their recovery progress in our next newsletter, but it will take a good week for Ana's recovery and a good 2-weeks for Steve's.
We wish you a more peaceful and relaxing Christmas holiday than Steve and Ana will experience. Thank you so much for all of your support over the years. We are truly grateful for each of our clients and that is why we are in business. Here's to a successful and peaceful 2013 for everyone.
Here is a preview of what you can look forward to reading in the January newsletter:
• A Little Learning
• The Invention of January
• January Quiz Question
• Jammin' January Observances
• Weird Words
• Cheapest Tablet on The Market
• Lead with A Positive Attitude
• Sometimes A Hug Trumps A Fight
• Good Medicine
• 'Chivalry' in Insects?
• Effects of Peaceful Video Games
• Caffeine Withdrawal
Click here to read our newsletter.
We hope you are getting in the holiday spirit and ready to enjoy some time with family and friends. Thank you to everyone who attended Santa Night again this year. We had another GREAT turnout and, if you weren't able to make it this year, we hope you can join us next year.
Tomorrow is the day Ana and Steve have their tonsillectomies. While it certainly isn't the way either of them planned to spend their Christmas holidays, it will be over and they can move forward-a lot healthier. This has been a humbling experience for Steve in realizing the lengths a dad will go for his little girl. He has been putting off this surgery for 10 years now, but when Ana was told she had to have her tonsils out, he bucked up and told her he would do it, too! Strangely enough, he drew strength from is 7-year old daughter knowing he had to be calm for her. The things a daddy will do for his daughter!
We will update you on their recovery progress in our next newsletter, but it will take a good week for Ana's recovery and a good 2-weeks for Steve's.
We wish you a more peaceful and relaxing Christmas holiday than Steve and Ana will experience. Thank you so much for all of your support over the years. We are truly grateful for each of our clients and that is why we are in business. Here's to a successful and peaceful 2013 for everyone.
Here is a preview of what you can look forward to reading in the January newsletter:
• A Little Learning
• The Invention of January
• January Quiz Question
• Jammin' January Observances
• Weird Words
• Cheapest Tablet on The Market
• Lead with A Positive Attitude
• Sometimes A Hug Trumps A Fight
• Good Medicine
• 'Chivalry' in Insects?
• Effects of Peaceful Video Games
• Caffeine Withdrawal
Click here to read our newsletter.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
December 2012 Steve & Jack's Home News
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
We hope you had a fun and relaxing Thanksgiving holiday with friends and family and are now preparing for the Christmas holiday season. Steve & Brigid hosted Thanksgiving again this year for Brigid's brother and wife, Steve's sister and family, and Jack and Mary Anne. We had a great time and everyone left with lots of leftovers! Our favorite is turkey sandwiches the next day...with lots of mayo, of course!
Steve & Brigid took advantage of the long weekend to get Christmas decorations up throughout the house, both inside and out. Although a full day of work, it is our favorite time of the year and we love looking at the Christmas tree with all of the bows, lights, and ornaments. A tradition Steve & Brigid have is picking up a Christmas ornament every time they travel. It always bring back fond memories of vacations gone by and remembering how life has changed over the years. Of course, we have ornaments from when we were younger as well and we share with Ana & Talia how old we were and some memories of that time in our lives. It is a great family time for sharing memories and teaching our girls a little about when we were their age.
One of the new traditions we have embraced is the Elf on The Shelf. What a great vehicle for impressing upon kids the importance for good behavior! Ana read the book about the Elf to Talia. If you are not familiar with the Elf, Santa sends him to kids' houses to watch them and then he reports their behavior back to Santa each night. The following morning, the kids have to look for him as his location changes daily. They aren't allowed to touch him as he will lose his magical powers. Every parent we know who has an Elf in their house absolutely LOVES it!
On a down note, Steve & Ana both have to have their tonsils removed. In order for them to take advantage of the Christmas break and Brigid's vacation time to play nurse, they had to schedule the surgery on December 21st! So, Christmas will not be quite as merry as usual, but the important thing is that they will be much healthier in the future. Recovery time for Ana is about a week, but for Steve it will be about two weeks. Lots of milkshakes have been promised!
In housing news, excellent data has been released, yet again!! These numbers are for all of the MIBOR service area. Hamilton County numbers are even better!!
• Closed sales are up 18.0%
• Median sales price is up 1.9%
• Inventory is down 11.5% and is down to 6.8 months
***Don't forget about our Annual Santa Night at our office-3801 E. 82nd Street on Thursday, December 6th from 5-7PM. This has become an annual event for many of you and we always look forward to seeing you each and every year. This is great for kids, parents, and grandparents. A friendly Santa will be there along with his elfs, a professional photographer who will be taking FREE photos, & some refreshments. Please RSVP by 12/3 to Lisa Kirkpatrick at 317-654-5430 or Lisa@Welcome2Indy.com.
Here are some fun articles you will find in this month's newsletter:
• The Archer
• December Doings
• December Quiz Question
• Boost Problem Solving
• Winter Fun Facts
• Birds Can be Multilingual
• Perfect Holiday Parties
• Overheard on A Bus
• Sleep Tight
• Nuts to You-for A Healthier Diet
• Less Is Often More
• The Power of 'We'
Click here to read the final newsletter of 2012.
Click here to access our exclusive coupons & discounts to save you money at stores you shop every day.
Click here to download the most powerful real estate app in Indy.
Our wish to you this holiday season is that you are able to take some time out of your hectic schedule and the pressures that accompany this time of year and spend some quality time with friends and family as you enjoy your own holiday traditions. Please remember that there are so many people who will not have a very merry Christmas this year. Volunteering in some way is not only good and very much appreciated by those less fortunate, but also does some pretty amazing things for us as well. Please consider volunteering this holiday season to make it just a little brighter for someone else.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!
We hope you had a fun and relaxing Thanksgiving holiday with friends and family and are now preparing for the Christmas holiday season. Steve & Brigid hosted Thanksgiving again this year for Brigid's brother and wife, Steve's sister and family, and Jack and Mary Anne. We had a great time and everyone left with lots of leftovers! Our favorite is turkey sandwiches the next day...with lots of mayo, of course!
Steve & Brigid took advantage of the long weekend to get Christmas decorations up throughout the house, both inside and out. Although a full day of work, it is our favorite time of the year and we love looking at the Christmas tree with all of the bows, lights, and ornaments. A tradition Steve & Brigid have is picking up a Christmas ornament every time they travel. It always bring back fond memories of vacations gone by and remembering how life has changed over the years. Of course, we have ornaments from when we were younger as well and we share with Ana & Talia how old we were and some memories of that time in our lives. It is a great family time for sharing memories and teaching our girls a little about when we were their age.
One of the new traditions we have embraced is the Elf on The Shelf. What a great vehicle for impressing upon kids the importance for good behavior! Ana read the book about the Elf to Talia. If you are not familiar with the Elf, Santa sends him to kids' houses to watch them and then he reports their behavior back to Santa each night. The following morning, the kids have to look for him as his location changes daily. They aren't allowed to touch him as he will lose his magical powers. Every parent we know who has an Elf in their house absolutely LOVES it!
On a down note, Steve & Ana both have to have their tonsils removed. In order for them to take advantage of the Christmas break and Brigid's vacation time to play nurse, they had to schedule the surgery on December 21st! So, Christmas will not be quite as merry as usual, but the important thing is that they will be much healthier in the future. Recovery time for Ana is about a week, but for Steve it will be about two weeks. Lots of milkshakes have been promised!
In housing news, excellent data has been released, yet again!! These numbers are for all of the MIBOR service area. Hamilton County numbers are even better!!
• Closed sales are up 18.0%
• Median sales price is up 1.9%
• Inventory is down 11.5% and is down to 6.8 months
***Don't forget about our Annual Santa Night at our office-3801 E. 82nd Street on Thursday, December 6th from 5-7PM. This has become an annual event for many of you and we always look forward to seeing you each and every year. This is great for kids, parents, and grandparents. A friendly Santa will be there along with his elfs, a professional photographer who will be taking FREE photos, & some refreshments. Please RSVP by 12/3 to Lisa Kirkpatrick at 317-654-5430 or Lisa@Welcome2Indy.com.
Here are some fun articles you will find in this month's newsletter:
• The Archer
• December Doings
• December Quiz Question
• Boost Problem Solving
• Winter Fun Facts
• Birds Can be Multilingual
• Perfect Holiday Parties
• Overheard on A Bus
• Sleep Tight
• Nuts to You-for A Healthier Diet
• Less Is Often More
• The Power of 'We'
Click here to read the final newsletter of 2012.
Click here to access our exclusive coupons & discounts to save you money at stores you shop every day.
Click here to download the most powerful real estate app in Indy.
Our wish to you this holiday season is that you are able to take some time out of your hectic schedule and the pressures that accompany this time of year and spend some quality time with friends and family as you enjoy your own holiday traditions. Please remember that there are so many people who will not have a very merry Christmas this year. Volunteering in some way is not only good and very much appreciated by those less fortunate, but also does some pretty amazing things for us as well. Please consider volunteering this holiday season to make it just a little brighter for someone else.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!
Monday, October 15, 2012
November Steve & Jack's Home News
Welcome Fall!!! With the much-lower temperatures come the changing of leaves and greener grass along with more rain. It also marks the end of many sports, such as baseball and soccer. Such is the case with our family. Ana finished her last soccer game on Saturday, and while it frees up three days/week, it is bitter-sweet as I always look forward to watching Ana play. Brigid enjoys coaching, but is ready for a break as well.
We are looking forward to enjoying some time in the Smokies for Fall Break with Jack and Mary Anne later this month. Mary Anne had eye surgery a few weeks ago, which necessitated her having to keep her head down for 10 consecutive days! While not fun, she completed her recovery a week ago Saturday last. Now, she has another 4 or more weeks before she can expect full vision to be restored, but it beats going blind!
We are looking forward to going to some pumpkin patches and our annual Trick-or-Treating in our neighborhood. Ana has decided she is going to be Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz and Tali is going to be her favorite cartoon character Scooby Doo. Hopefully, you are looking forward to Trick-or-Treaters, Halloween parties and/or Fall Break plans.
Our real estate market continues to improve and has received quite a bit of great press lately. Here is why:
Quarter-over-Quarter Change in Closed Sales +14.5%
Quarter-over-Quarter Change in Median Sales Price +4.2%
Quarter-over-Quarter Change in Inventory -11.2%
Months Supply of Inventory 7.8 months -21.7%
Happy Fall!!!
Save the date for our annual Santa Night at our office on Thursday, December 6th from 5-7PM. Santa will be there with on of his Elfs, refreshments will be served and professional photos will be taken, suitable for Christmas Cards. More details will be coming soon!!!
Some of the fun articles you will find this month:
• Don't Doubt The Power of A Dream
• Notable in November
• November Quiz Question
• Furnace Readiness Tips
• Oldest Bird, Not A Bird?
• Knowledge Is A Matter of Perspective
• Caring for An Elderly Relative While Working
• Facts about Factoids
• 5 Tricks Theaters Use
• Remodel with A Financial Blueprint
• Lost Jobs Lead to New Opportunities
• Girls, Ask Your Guys
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We are looking forward to enjoying some time in the Smokies for Fall Break with Jack and Mary Anne later this month. Mary Anne had eye surgery a few weeks ago, which necessitated her having to keep her head down for 10 consecutive days! While not fun, she completed her recovery a week ago Saturday last. Now, she has another 4 or more weeks before she can expect full vision to be restored, but it beats going blind!
We are looking forward to going to some pumpkin patches and our annual Trick-or-Treating in our neighborhood. Ana has decided she is going to be Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz and Tali is going to be her favorite cartoon character Scooby Doo. Hopefully, you are looking forward to Trick-or-Treaters, Halloween parties and/or Fall Break plans.
Our real estate market continues to improve and has received quite a bit of great press lately. Here is why:
Quarter-over-Quarter Change in Closed Sales +14.5%
Quarter-over-Quarter Change in Median Sales Price +4.2%
Quarter-over-Quarter Change in Inventory -11.2%
Months Supply of Inventory 7.8 months -21.7%
Happy Fall!!!
Save the date for our annual Santa Night at our office on Thursday, December 6th from 5-7PM. Santa will be there with on of his Elfs, refreshments will be served and professional photos will be taken, suitable for Christmas Cards. More details will be coming soon!!!
Some of the fun articles you will find this month:
• Don't Doubt The Power of A Dream
• Notable in November
• November Quiz Question
• Furnace Readiness Tips
• Oldest Bird, Not A Bird?
• Knowledge Is A Matter of Perspective
• Caring for An Elderly Relative While Working
• Facts about Factoids
• 5 Tricks Theaters Use
• Remodel with A Financial Blueprint
• Lost Jobs Lead to New Opportunities
• Girls, Ask Your Guys
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
October Steve & Jack's Home News
Welcome to Fall! After such a hot and dry summer, fall has hit us hard with much lower temperatures and one of the wettest Septembers on record. We hope that you have gotten back into the rhythm of fall with school back in session, sports in full swing, a multitude of activities to attend, and don't forget this week started new episodes of our favorite TV shows. And...the NFL refs are coming back!!
I attended a class last week hosted by our lender, which focused on business planning for next year already! It was a shock to start thinking about next year, but in order to prepare it is essential. Have you begun planning for next year? Are you good about extablishing goals and committing them to writing? A study once found that over 90% of people accomplished their goals when they were clearly written down and broken down into small tasks. What would your life look like if you accomplished 90% of what you wanted to do?
A coach of mine calls these 'shoulds'. I should do this and I should do that. He asked me to write down 100 'shoulds'. I had to work hard to come up with 100, but eventually was able to do so. After 1 year, I re-visited the list to find that over 80% of my 'shoulds' were completed. That brings up another thought, what would happen if you could dream a goal and you knew that you couldn't fail? What would that goal be? What would happen if you started approaching that goal as if you couldn't fail? In what ways would your life be different? What is the worst that could happen if you didn't accomplish your goal? I'm curious to know what your dream goal is. Would you share your dream goal with me if I shared my dream goal with you?
My dream goal or Ultimate Scenario is to be able to send both Ana & Natalia to Notre Dame by having a business so strong, which creates raving fans by providing magical service to clients that we are able to help 50 clients each year buy, sell, or build a new home. Additionally, my dream goal is to have our systems so tight and have help with our clients, which allows Brigid and me to travel to Europe for 6-weeks, which is our dream vacation. I have already written this goal down and broken it down into small steps and am on my way to accomplishing it. The most important thing is that I can visualize myself having accomplished this goal. I know what it looks like and how I feel having accomplished it. That is my dream goal. Everyone has a different one. What is yours?
While you ponder that, take a gander at this month's newsletter. Here are some of the acticles you will enjoy:
*The Reward That Keeps on Giving
*Fall into October
*Halloween Tongue Twisters
*6 Weird Facts about Technology
*The Cold Facts
*Personal Productivity Trick
*Pumpkin Carving Tips
*Avoid 'Vicarious' Success
*Liking Living Alone
*Your Body Is A Laser
*One-Liners
Click here to read our October Newsletter.
Enjoy your Fall and the amazing colors that it brings!
I attended a class last week hosted by our lender, which focused on business planning for next year already! It was a shock to start thinking about next year, but in order to prepare it is essential. Have you begun planning for next year? Are you good about extablishing goals and committing them to writing? A study once found that over 90% of people accomplished their goals when they were clearly written down and broken down into small tasks. What would your life look like if you accomplished 90% of what you wanted to do?
A coach of mine calls these 'shoulds'. I should do this and I should do that. He asked me to write down 100 'shoulds'. I had to work hard to come up with 100, but eventually was able to do so. After 1 year, I re-visited the list to find that over 80% of my 'shoulds' were completed. That brings up another thought, what would happen if you could dream a goal and you knew that you couldn't fail? What would that goal be? What would happen if you started approaching that goal as if you couldn't fail? In what ways would your life be different? What is the worst that could happen if you didn't accomplish your goal? I'm curious to know what your dream goal is. Would you share your dream goal with me if I shared my dream goal with you?
My dream goal or Ultimate Scenario is to be able to send both Ana & Natalia to Notre Dame by having a business so strong, which creates raving fans by providing magical service to clients that we are able to help 50 clients each year buy, sell, or build a new home. Additionally, my dream goal is to have our systems so tight and have help with our clients, which allows Brigid and me to travel to Europe for 6-weeks, which is our dream vacation. I have already written this goal down and broken it down into small steps and am on my way to accomplishing it. The most important thing is that I can visualize myself having accomplished this goal. I know what it looks like and how I feel having accomplished it. That is my dream goal. Everyone has a different one. What is yours?
While you ponder that, take a gander at this month's newsletter. Here are some of the acticles you will enjoy:
*The Reward That Keeps on Giving
*Fall into October
*Halloween Tongue Twisters
*6 Weird Facts about Technology
*The Cold Facts
*Personal Productivity Trick
*Pumpkin Carving Tips
*Avoid 'Vicarious' Success
*Liking Living Alone
*Your Body Is A Laser
*One-Liners
Click here to read our October Newsletter.
Enjoy your Fall and the amazing colors that it brings!
Thursday, August 30, 2012
September 2012 Steve & Jack's Home News
Welcome to the end of summer! With school starting earlier and earlier, it seems like summer is getting shorter and shorter. Ana started 2nd grade last Tuesday and Talia started in the TOTS program at Ana's school last week as well. Both absolutely LOVE their teachers and classmates. We are so fortunate to have such amazing schools! They both attend Maple Glen Elementary in Westfield and we couldn't be happier. Hopefully, if you have school-age children, they had a smooth transition as well going back to school.
With the new school year comes new activities. Ana has taken an interest in voice and piano and has been taking lessons weekly to encourage and improve her skills in both. We have been very happy with her progress, but getting her to practice is not always easy... Ana has also started soccer again and Brigid is her coach once again. Both enjoy it and Ana is also taking an additional developmental practice session for 5-weeks to sharpen her skills. She seems to enjoy that as well. Finally, we signed Ana up (at her request) to sing in the Indianapolis Childrens' Choir. If she likes it, we will probably continue it, but Ana knows she can't do any more activities without discontinuing a current one. Mom and dad have run out of time!!!
Earlier this month our family traveled to Tampa, FL to visit Brigid's parents for a few days and then we took our first Carnival cruise. Over the years, we have taken a couple Disney cruises, a Costa cruise and I took a couple of Royal Caribbean cruises with my family while in college. We were interested to see how our experience would be with Carnival.
Overall, it was quite good and we would recommend Carnival to others. It was a smaller ship and an older ship celebrating its 10-year anniversary while we were on board. We were able to get a good deal and secured a stateroom with a balcony for Brigid and me and then got an adjoining inside stateroom for the girls. That arrangement worked great allowing us to relax on the balcony at night after they went to bed and during Talia's naps.
The food was surprisingly good, except for the last night. The dining room service was extremely slow, however. The shows at night were a disaster and even the crew admitted they were terrible! We enjoyed the family comedy shows early each evening. The Carnival Kids Club was amazing and was actually rated higher than Disney!!! The girls both loved it so much, they didn't want to hang out with us the rest of the cruise! We enjoyed several relaxing dinners and comedy shows, as a result. Our ports of call were Cozumel, Belize, Roatan, & Grand Cayman. We swam with the dolphins in Cozumel, stayed on the ship in Belize as there wasn't much we wanted to do there, took a zip line tour through the forest in Roatan (without the girls, of course), and enjoyed a pirate ship ride in Grand Cayman.
We were lucky that we missed both hurricanes, which came through there the weeks prior and following our trip. Carnival is trying really hard to kick its reputation of being a 'booze cruise' and instead is more of a family cruise now. We had a great time and will probably do it again. If you get the chance to take their 'Behind The Fun' tour, do it!! It was fascinating to see areas of the ship guests never see.
Jack and Mary Anne are both doing well and enjoying taking some trips and playing lots of bridge. I was fortunate that Jack was able to cover for me while we were gone. That is quite a relief knowing your clients are in great hands while you are away.
As for the real estate market, it is still going strong! Closed sales are UP 16.6%, the median home sales price is UP 5.3%, and inventory is DOWN 11.6% to 7.8 months. These are all great numbers and are contributing to one of the strongest years in real estate that we have seen in years.
Enjoy the end of summer and feel comfortable calling us anytime we can help.
Here is a sneak peek into this month's newsletter:
• Better Write It Down
• September Quiz Question
• Have A Peaceful September
• Are You in The Cloud?
• Six Innovative Questions
• Movie Homes for Sale
• Four Interesting Food Facts
• Thrifty Car Management
• You Probably Suspected...
• Early Signs of Diabetes
• Why So Many Zippers Say YKK
Click here to read the September newsletter.
With the new school year comes new activities. Ana has taken an interest in voice and piano and has been taking lessons weekly to encourage and improve her skills in both. We have been very happy with her progress, but getting her to practice is not always easy... Ana has also started soccer again and Brigid is her coach once again. Both enjoy it and Ana is also taking an additional developmental practice session for 5-weeks to sharpen her skills. She seems to enjoy that as well. Finally, we signed Ana up (at her request) to sing in the Indianapolis Childrens' Choir. If she likes it, we will probably continue it, but Ana knows she can't do any more activities without discontinuing a current one. Mom and dad have run out of time!!!
Earlier this month our family traveled to Tampa, FL to visit Brigid's parents for a few days and then we took our first Carnival cruise. Over the years, we have taken a couple Disney cruises, a Costa cruise and I took a couple of Royal Caribbean cruises with my family while in college. We were interested to see how our experience would be with Carnival.
Overall, it was quite good and we would recommend Carnival to others. It was a smaller ship and an older ship celebrating its 10-year anniversary while we were on board. We were able to get a good deal and secured a stateroom with a balcony for Brigid and me and then got an adjoining inside stateroom for the girls. That arrangement worked great allowing us to relax on the balcony at night after they went to bed and during Talia's naps.
The food was surprisingly good, except for the last night. The dining room service was extremely slow, however. The shows at night were a disaster and even the crew admitted they were terrible! We enjoyed the family comedy shows early each evening. The Carnival Kids Club was amazing and was actually rated higher than Disney!!! The girls both loved it so much, they didn't want to hang out with us the rest of the cruise! We enjoyed several relaxing dinners and comedy shows, as a result. Our ports of call were Cozumel, Belize, Roatan, & Grand Cayman. We swam with the dolphins in Cozumel, stayed on the ship in Belize as there wasn't much we wanted to do there, took a zip line tour through the forest in Roatan (without the girls, of course), and enjoyed a pirate ship ride in Grand Cayman.
We were lucky that we missed both hurricanes, which came through there the weeks prior and following our trip. Carnival is trying really hard to kick its reputation of being a 'booze cruise' and instead is more of a family cruise now. We had a great time and will probably do it again. If you get the chance to take their 'Behind The Fun' tour, do it!! It was fascinating to see areas of the ship guests never see.
Jack and Mary Anne are both doing well and enjoying taking some trips and playing lots of bridge. I was fortunate that Jack was able to cover for me while we were gone. That is quite a relief knowing your clients are in great hands while you are away.
As for the real estate market, it is still going strong! Closed sales are UP 16.6%, the median home sales price is UP 5.3%, and inventory is DOWN 11.6% to 7.8 months. These are all great numbers and are contributing to one of the strongest years in real estate that we have seen in years.
Enjoy the end of summer and feel comfortable calling us anytime we can help.
Here is a sneak peek into this month's newsletter:
• Better Write It Down
• September Quiz Question
• Have A Peaceful September
• Are You in The Cloud?
• Six Innovative Questions
• Movie Homes for Sale
• Four Interesting Food Facts
• Thrifty Car Management
• You Probably Suspected...
• Early Signs of Diabetes
• Why So Many Zippers Say YKK
Click here to read the September newsletter.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
July Steve & Jack's Home News
Happy Independence Day!!!
We hope you are planning to enjoy some fun festivities over the next week. With the dry weather, it is making personal fireworks' displays more and more dangerous. Should you decide to enjoy some personal fireworks at home, PLEASE be extra careful since the grass is so dry, it can ignite with the smallest of sparks. Have a hose and bucket of water nearby.
We always enjoy attending the Carmel Parade, fair and fireworks show each year. It is always well-organized and has so many entrants in the parade it lasts about two hours! With the heat, it will be interesting to see how long we last.
It goes without saying how thankful, grateful, and appreciative we are of our servicemen and women who have fought for our freedom we have enjoyed for over 200 years now. Freedom certainly isn't free. Thank you to everyone who has sacrificed for each of us to live as we do-servicemen and women, their families, and their friends. We are forever grateful and could never adequately convey that gratefulness through any words, so THANK YOU will have to suffice...
Our family is anxiously awaiting the start of the Olympics. We enjoy watching it every year. What a fantastic show of true sportsmanship and coming together as a global community to support our athletes and nations.
Brigid just finished a HUGE project in re-finishing a dresser and bunk bed for Ana. She didn't just re-finish it, but also added bead board, trim, and decorations. In addition, she built, yes built from scratch by herself a desk for Ana complete with a bookcase, drawers, and a hutch over the desk with lighting, bead board, trim, and routed all of the corners. It looks amazing!!! I am so proud of her!
Ana and Natalia are attending summer camp at Maple Glen this year and they both absolutely love it!! It is a great program and we have been so pleased with how well-organized it is. As an update to Natalia and her potty training, she is pretty much potty trained and has very few accidents. We are so excited and appreciate all of the suggestions you sent last month. Thank you!!
As for the market, it continues to improve. Indy was named again as the Most Affordable City in the Nation! Our Hamilton County Schools are all ranked in the Top 10 in the state. Closed sales are up 15.8%, pending sales are up 9.1%, new listings are down 1.7%, median sales price is up 6.1%, % of original list price received at sale is up 0.3%, months supply of inventory is DOWN 20.3%!! Every single one of these statistics is OUTSTANDING! Interest rates today for a 30-year fixed conventional loan is around 3.687%! If you have a rate in the 4.5% or higher range, you would do good to talk with a lender to see if it makes sense to re-finance. If you needs some names of some great lenders in the area, please let me know.
Enjoy this month's newsletter with some of the articles being:
*Count Your Blessings
*July Quiz Question
*Running of The Bulls
*Invention of The Popsicle
*Vitality Makes Life Easier
*Olympic History
*Bizarre Vacation Ideas
*How to Not Get Hired (very funny!)
*Remove Wax from Carpet
*Tips on Homeowner's Insurance
*The Art of Scrambling Eggs
Click here to read the July newsletter.
Happy July!!!
We hope you are planning to enjoy some fun festivities over the next week. With the dry weather, it is making personal fireworks' displays more and more dangerous. Should you decide to enjoy some personal fireworks at home, PLEASE be extra careful since the grass is so dry, it can ignite with the smallest of sparks. Have a hose and bucket of water nearby.
We always enjoy attending the Carmel Parade, fair and fireworks show each year. It is always well-organized and has so many entrants in the parade it lasts about two hours! With the heat, it will be interesting to see how long we last.
It goes without saying how thankful, grateful, and appreciative we are of our servicemen and women who have fought for our freedom we have enjoyed for over 200 years now. Freedom certainly isn't free. Thank you to everyone who has sacrificed for each of us to live as we do-servicemen and women, their families, and their friends. We are forever grateful and could never adequately convey that gratefulness through any words, so THANK YOU will have to suffice...
Our family is anxiously awaiting the start of the Olympics. We enjoy watching it every year. What a fantastic show of true sportsmanship and coming together as a global community to support our athletes and nations.
Brigid just finished a HUGE project in re-finishing a dresser and bunk bed for Ana. She didn't just re-finish it, but also added bead board, trim, and decorations. In addition, she built, yes built from scratch by herself a desk for Ana complete with a bookcase, drawers, and a hutch over the desk with lighting, bead board, trim, and routed all of the corners. It looks amazing!!! I am so proud of her!
Ana and Natalia are attending summer camp at Maple Glen this year and they both absolutely love it!! It is a great program and we have been so pleased with how well-organized it is. As an update to Natalia and her potty training, she is pretty much potty trained and has very few accidents. We are so excited and appreciate all of the suggestions you sent last month. Thank you!!
As for the market, it continues to improve. Indy was named again as the Most Affordable City in the Nation! Our Hamilton County Schools are all ranked in the Top 10 in the state. Closed sales are up 15.8%, pending sales are up 9.1%, new listings are down 1.7%, median sales price is up 6.1%, % of original list price received at sale is up 0.3%, months supply of inventory is DOWN 20.3%!! Every single one of these statistics is OUTSTANDING! Interest rates today for a 30-year fixed conventional loan is around 3.687%! If you have a rate in the 4.5% or higher range, you would do good to talk with a lender to see if it makes sense to re-finance. If you needs some names of some great lenders in the area, please let me know.
Enjoy this month's newsletter with some of the articles being:
*Count Your Blessings
*July Quiz Question
*Running of The Bulls
*Invention of The Popsicle
*Vitality Makes Life Easier
*Olympic History
*Bizarre Vacation Ideas
*How to Not Get Hired (very funny!)
*Remove Wax from Carpet
*Tips on Homeowner's Insurance
*The Art of Scrambling Eggs
Click here to read the July newsletter.
Happy July!!!
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
November Steve & Jack's Home News Newsletter
Check out our November edition of Steve & Jack's Home News with some fun articles about curses, princes, employee surveys, 9/11, cleaning your phone before discarding it, and some common abbreviations. Also, some notable (and good) housing numbers just in for the Indy Metro Area:
*Closed sales are up 24.1%
*Median Sales Price is up 4.1%
*Housing inventory is down 7.7% to 9.5 months
*Interest rates are still low at around 4.25%
Click here for our November Newsletter.
Enjoy!!!
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