Louisville Home

• Greater Louisville Area: 8,835
• Southern Indiana Area: 2,226
• Etown/Ft. Knox Area: 1,338

• Greater Louisville Area: $228,670
• Southern Indiana Area: $163,045
• Etown/Ft. Knox Area: $167,634

• Greater Louisville Area: 15.6
• Southern Indiana Area: 17.0
• Etown/Ft. Knox Area: 12.9

• Number Sold: 128
• Average Sales Price: $110,197
• Sales Price vs. List Price: 94.1%
• Average Days on Market: 103
• New Listings on Market: 506
• Canceled, Withdrawn or Expired Listings: 377

• Active Residential Listings Currently on the Market: 8,673
• Average List Price: $229,536
• Months of Inventory: 17.1

6306 Lure Court

• 4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bathrooms
• Spacious, Brick home with 1,500+ square feet!
• Updated Kitchen with Stainless Steel Appliances!
• Trey Ceiling in Living Room and 1st Floor Laundry
• 1st or 2nd Floor Master Bedroom!
• Fully-Fenced Backyard with Deck for Entertaining!
• Front Porch for your rocking chairs
• Wonderful cul-de-sac location!

Take Advantage of the $8,000 1st Time Home Buyers Tax Credit or $6,500 Existing Homeowner Tax Credit! (restrictions apply)

Contact Maggie Terry of Semonin Realtors for your personal showing!
(502) 736-5548
Go to www.MaggieTerry.semonin.com for additional photos of this beautiful home!
Selling Real Estate in Louisville
Jefferson County Real Estate
 

 

• In this snapshot, look at the 572 homes sold in the Greater Louisville real estate area in the last 30 days.
   
• Buyers, check out Southern Indiana homes' average list price of homes at $164,562.
   
• See how the Etown/Ft. Knox area has 10.5 months of inventory currently.
   

Welcome to 2010!  Elizabethtown realtors, Goshen realtors, and Southern Indiana realtors (and realtors in nearby cities likewise) are refreshed and energized.  See what local realtors have been doing in the last 30 days:

• Greater Louisville Area new listings on market: 1,213
• Southern Indiana Area new listings on market: 280
• Etown/Ft. Knox Area new listings on market: 175
   
• Greater Louisville Area Homes sold in the last 30 days: 638
• Southern Indiana Area Homes sold in the last 30 days: 157
• Etown/Ft. Knox Area Homes sold in the last 30 days: 130

• Greater Louisville Area: 18.0 months of inventory
• Southern Indiana Area: 17.9 months of inventory
• Etown/Ft. Knox Area: 16.0 months of inventory

• Greater Louisville Area: 11.4 months of inventory
• Southern Indiana Area: 11.0 months of inventory
• Etown/Ft. Knox Area: 8.7 months of inventory

• Greater Louisville Area: 1,378
• Southern Indiana Area: 324
• Etown/Ft. Knox Area: 132

Somebody wants your house.  It’s not a joke, nor a lie.  It’s a hunch, and a very probable one at that. 

So here’s the deal:

You sell your house (be it a Kentucky home, or Southern Indiana real estate) and you buy a new one.  And guess what?  If you’ve lived in that house you just sold for 5 out of the last 8 years, you probably qualify for a $6,500 tax credit on your new house!

(If you’re a first time home buyer, as you probably already know, if you are buying your very first home, you can get an $8,000 tax credit on your new home.)

It’s not too late, and it’s definitely not too early to get moving.  Your first move is to get your house listed on the real estate market, preferably with a licensed professional. 

Read up on some of the basics here, and watch a brief, informative video here.

Then get started perusing homes currently for sale.  Somebody wants to buy your house…

Jefferson County Real Estate - Ky Real Estate for Sale


New to the Market - This Semonin listing offers exceptional quality at an affordable price! 

Springview Subdivision is a large, established development located near Jeffersontown and is part of the Louisville Metro area.  It is located in a growing area that is convenient to local stores, banks and schools. 




3907 Mimosa View Drive
Louisville, KY 40299


This 3 bedroom, 3 bath home has lots to offer:

• Prime cul-de-sac location
• Fabulous updated kitchen with new flooring & stainless steel appliances
• Handy laundry room with new full size stackable washer & dryer
• New living room flooring
• New pedestal sink and flooring in the powder room
• 2 car garage
• Large backyard
• One year HomeTrust Warranty

Let Judith Quigley show you this beautiful home or any Louisville Homes for Sale/Jefferson County Real Estate for sale.



See additional details on this Springview Home




Judith Quigley
Semonin Realtors
(502)599-4178
Email: jquigley@semonin.com



Website: judyquigley.semonin.com





This information is believed to be accurate but not warranted. Offer subject to errors, changes, omissions, prior sales, and withdrawals without notice.

 

Home Staging: What’s The Reality In Louisville Homes?

Anyone who watches home decorating shows has heard about home staging. On TV, proper home staging usually results in home sales—sometimes in an amazingly short time. But how does it work in the real world of Kentucky Real Estate?

Hiring a professional stager is an investment in your property.   A stager will come to your property and evaluate your house. The usual first suggestion is the least expensive: de-cluttering. While your family photos are wonderful reminders of those you love, they subtly tell a buyer that this is YOUR house—not theirs. Since you’ll be packing up to move anyway, start the process as soon as you sign the listing contract. Box up family photos and mementos, pack up out-of-season clothes and clean out and organize every drawer, closet and corner. 

Another inexpensive staging technique is painting.   Fresh paint in a warm neutral color lets buyers picture their things in the house. Your professional stager will help you choose a color that is current—which can do a lot to negate things like blue carpet or pink tiles. Buyers today want to be able to move into a home, put in their furniture and turn on the TV. If a seller can help a buyer see themselves in their home, it can be more likely that the buyer will make an offer. 

If you are moving before selling, leaving a house empty can be a negative. Buyers sometimes can’t visualize how things can be placed in a home. A professional stager may recommend renting furniture for vacant houses. While this is an added cost, it can be a good investment. Renting furniture usually runs between $500-800 a month (with many companies requiring a three-month minimum) but this cost, plus the stager’s fees, can be factored into the listing price. (It usually isn’t a good idea to “borrow” old furniture from family or friends for staging purposes—unless your friends have some great new things they’re willing to lend you.)

Staging your home professionally can be a good investment. A good stager will help you make your property stand out from the other KY Real Estate Listings and shine. Many Real Estate Agents in Louisville know or work as professional home stagers. He/she will help you make decisions about staging, help you find contractors to do the necessary work, and guide the work as its being done. Every seller is looking for the buyer who will walk into the home and immediately love it. A professional stager can help make your house the home of a buyers’ dreams. 

 By Marilyn Chavez
       Semonin Realtors
       4967 US Hwy. 42
       Louisville KY 40222
        502-457-1250
       Email mchavez@semonin.com

for a map of covered areas.) 

• The number of listings in all the areas' active inventory ranges from 1,336 to 9,192
• The average list price of current homes for sale ranges from $168,059 to $236,116
• The average number of canceled, withdrawn, or expired listings in the past 30 days ranges from 151 to 1,453
   

A National Holiday Especially For Sellers!

If your house is listed in the Kentucky or Indiana Real Estate market, you have no doubt been told by your agent that there are a few things you need to do to get it ready for its buyer. Now there’s a special day to give you the incentive to do the least expensive and most effective option for selling your house.

November 15^th is National Declutter Day!

The event was conceived in 2008 by a decluttering expert and Kijiji.com, eBay’s free classified site.   The day was designed to spur Americans to cure our “pack-rat-it is”, which is defined as “a condition that causes people to hold onto unused items when they are no longer useful, resulting in unnecessary clutter”. A Kijiji survey found that the average American home has 35 items it doesn’t use, with a resale value of $670. (As a self-proclaimed overachiever, I can confidently state that, alas, my home exceeds the average.)

As a seller, decluttering is the first step to making your home into a sellable house. Because you hope to soon move to another property, it is never too early to begin packing up those items that you are not using. Take family photos off the walls, box up out-of-season clothes and clear out kitchen cabinets. Buyers WILL look into your closets and cabinet drawers so make sure that yours are as empty as possible. The more “space” buyers see, the larger your storage spaces appear.

In this era of “green” living, you have several options for the clutter you remove. Donating items to charity can help at tax time. Selling items you no longer need or want online (eBay or Craig’s List are very effective) can bring in extra cash.  

Pack up items you want to move with you but make sure that the storage boxes look neat. Use new boxes (One option: check out www.igotboxes.com; you can purchase new boxes in various sizes at a great price) rather than used and stack them neatly in your garage, basement or a storage unit.

Celebrating holidays in Kentucky is always a fun experience. On November 15^th, call your friends and family and celebrate National Decluttering Day.  It may help you move closer to the next day you want to celebrate: Moving Day!

 


 
  By Marilyn Chavez
       Semonin Realtors
       4967 US Hwy. 42
     Louisville KY 40222
     502-457-1250
     Email: mchavez@semonin.com