Semonin Real Estate

• Home sales prices hovered around 96%-ish percent of what they were listed for.
   
• The number of homes sold in the Greater Louisville Kentucky real estate market nearly broke the 1000 unit mark, at 999 properties.
   
• Homes in the Greater Louisville area, Southern Indiana area and Etown/Ft. Knox areas combined averaged 109 days on the market.

You'll learn:

• How to get started
• License requirements
• Real estate schools
• Start-up investment
• Earnings potential
• What Semonin Realtors will do to insure your success

Come to one of the following seminars:


October
Tuesday, October 27 at our New Albany Office at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 29 at our Brownsboro Office at 6:30 p.m.

November
Tuesday, November 17 at our New Albany Office at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 19 at our Brownsboro Office at 6:30 p.m.

CALL (502) 394-6195  OR CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.

Whether you are interested in helping buyers and sellers with Louisville real estate, Southern Indiana homes, Shelby County real estate, or home and properties in other areas, these seminars are just the place for you.  Don't miss it!

• Find out how the average number of days homes stayed on the real estate market in the last year compared to the last 30 days.
   
• Learn how the current average list price compares with the average sales price from the past 12 months.

• Covered front porch offering spectacular views
• New granite countertops in kitchen and stainless appliances
• Abundance of kitchen cabinets in the spacious eat-in kitchen
• Walk-Out Finished Basement which includes large family room/game room
• Lots of unfinished storage area
• Beautiful and oversized master suite
• Incredible covered deck stretching across the backside of this home
• 2 Car Attached Garage
• New roof, new flooring, paint and fixtures

Louisville Community Information: A Green Halloween

Written by: Marilyn Chavez with Semonin Realtors
www.marilynchavez.semonin.com

Living “green” doesn’t just mean recycling old newspapers. It can even be applied to holidays like Halloween! Here are a few tricks to treat the environment.

When it’s time to find a costume for the event, start with old clothing from your own closet or a thrift store. Reuse an old costume or swap with a neighbor or friend. Organize a play date with friends to swap costumes that children have outgrown. Donate used costumes to daycare centers or shelters.

Save and reuse Halloween decorations year after year, or make “new” decorations using recycled materials. (One suggestion that might not work as well is to stop dusting your home for October: by the 31^st, natural cobwebs will abound!) After the holiday, compost pumpkins, straw and other organic materials to use as fertilizer in your garden. 

Send children out with reusable buckets, canvas bags or pillow cases as they collect their treats on Halloween night. Teach children to dispose of candy wrappers properly rather than littering. Choose to hand out treats with minimal packaging or forego candy and offer more practical items like pencils, pens, erasers or coins.

Learning to live green includes responsibly celebrating beloved holidays. Have a safe, happy and GREEN Halloween!

Source: EarthShare (www.earthshare.org)

Statistics show that most buyers today shop for their new home on the Internet. It’s a great way to quickly see a great number of houses in your price range. However, there are some very good reasons to head out on a Sunday afternoon and visit realtor Open Houses.

The main reason to visit an Open House is that there’s just nothing like seeing a home “in person”. The Internet is great for getting an idea of what a property is like but many homes photograph differently from reality—either better or worse! Actually driving into a neighborhood will give you much better information than just “map-questing” the address.   Pulling into the driveway, checking out the yard, and walking up to the house will tell you a lot about whether or not you could live there. Photos on the Internet can be misleading; virtual tours are wonderful but can alter the size of the place. And the Internet may not show how close the neighbor—or the freeway—really is.

Another reason to visit an Open House is to meet the realtor. Buying a home can be challenging, especially in the current market. Going to an Open House allows you to meet agents and to find one with whom you are comfortable.   How your questions are answered will help you determine if this person has the skill that you need to buy this or another home. 

Sellers also can benefit from visiting Open Houses. If your home is on the market, going to Open Houses helps you size up your competition. If you’re a seller, just let the realtor know that you’re already working with an agent.   You can see exactly what you’re up against and maybe get some ideas to help make your property more marketable. 

Home buyers today have lots of options; it’s still a buyer’s market. Shopping the Internet helps you “weed out” homes that don’t interest you. But as you search, make sure to check when homes you like are having an Open House.   You may be able to see the home of your dreams in person—and the seller’s realtor will be delighted to help you make that home your own!

     Just for you - here is a newsletter for you to enjoy or to pass on to friends!  In it you will find seasonal articles, tips, and statistics for the month of October.  The Semonin Pathways newsletter is here, waiting for you.  Just click here, or on the image below for your complimentary copy of this month's Semonin Pathways newsletter. 

Come back and visit any time to find Goshen Realtors, KY real estate for sale,
Bullitt County real estate listings and more!

• Ft. Knox Area/Elizabethtown area homes sold for 95.6% of their list price.
• Greater Louisville area homes sold for 95.4% of their list price.
• Southern Indiana area homes sold for 95.2% of their list price.

1. The average number of homes sold was 5,027
2. The average sales price was $137,280
3. The average sales price vs. list price was 95.4%
4. The average number of days on the market was 115

• Connect community schools, businesses and parks
  
• Promote healthy living
  
• Promote small town businesses
  
• Give kids and adults a place for sale, inexpensive activity
  
• Increase property values of existing land (Oldham County Real Estate)
  

Visit www.OldhamCountyGreenways.org additional information including maps and the planned phases of this project.

 

Maggie Terry of Semonin Realtors
(502) 548-5396
www.MaggieTerry.semonin.com
Selling Kentucky Real Estate
Specializing in the East End of Jefferson County and Oldham County Real Estate

• Active Residential Listings: 9,678
• Average List Price: $241,308
• Months of Inventory: 10.1

• Active Residential Listings: 2,171
• Average List Price: $171,228
• Months of Inventory: 9.6

• Active Residential Listings: 1,366
• Average List Price: $167,081
• Months of Inventory: 9.0

It's true that you can be your own boss...with your own hours...and determine your own income!

Semonin Realtors is offering a FREE seminar for you to learn if selling real estate is a fit for you.

You'll learn:

• How to get started
• License requirements
• Real estate schools
• Start-up investment
• Earnings potential
• What Semonin Realtors will do to insure your success

Come to one of the following seminars:

September
Tuesday, September 22 at our New Albany Office at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, September 24 at our Brownsboro Office at 6:30 p.m.

October
Tuesday, October 27 at our New Albany Office at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 29 at our Brownsboro Office at 6:30 p.m.

CALL (502) 394-6195  OR CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.

Whether you are interested in helping buyers and sellers with Louisville real estate, Southern Indiana homes, Shelby County real estate, or home and properties in other areas, these seminars are just the place for you.  Don't miss it!

Advantages of Building on a Wooded Home Site

Building your dream home on a wooded lot provides numerous advantages. Besides providing a beautiful and natural setting there are many tangible benefits as well.

• Modified Temperature Extremes
• Reduced Utility Bills
• Wind Control
• Wildlife Habitat
• Air Purification

According to the Outdoors/Living Green article in the Better Homes and Gardens August 2009 issue, trees have a major effect on energy savings. Although each site is unique, one study showed that mature trees properly placed around buildings can reduce air conditioning needs by 30% and heating needs by 20% which can add up to substantial savings. Please visit the US Department of Energy website at www.energy.gov for more detailed information on the reduction of energy bills.

 

The Sanctuary is a gorgeous, private development located in Crestwood that provides the perfect opportunity to build your dream home on a large, wooded home site. Visit www.OldhamSanctuary.com for more information.



 

• There were 2,243 new single family homes & condos put on the market.  938 single family homes & condos sold.
• Southern Indiana real estate: 411 homes listed.  210 homes sold.
• Fort Knox and Elizabethtown real estate: 232 homes listed.  154 homes sold.

Posted by Tim Moore
VP of Marketology - Semonin Realtors

The Sunday front page of the Courier-Journal talked about suicide in the military, health care choices facing employees, and a former state official charged with 6 counts of wanton endangerment.

It is getting difficult to find something on the front page that relates to the local real estate market each week.

The best item on the front page which related to real estate was the advertisement at the bottom of the page marketing Porter paints.  Since I'm painting my own home after three years of living there this was the best reference I can use for real estate.

Below you will find some numbers which compare the number of properties marketed in the local paper versus the number of properties listed by Realtors in the local marketplace.  This may help PAINT THE PICTURE that thousands of homes for sale in Louisville Kentucky, Elizabethtown Kentucky, and southern Indiana are marketed in places besides the local printed newspaper.

This weekend our local market had close to 13,400 single family homes and condos listed by hundreds of local real estate agents.  The listings on the market included most of the homes for sale in Louisville and Jefferson County Kentucky.  They also included New Albany real estate, and Elizabethtown homes for sale.

These numbers do not include for sale by owner properties, just homes listed by Realtors and brokers.

Approximately 330 single family homes and condos were marketed in the Sunday Section J of the Courier-Journal.  Some were marketed has open houses in Jefferson County and surrounding areas.  131 of the ads had one photo of the home.  159 had no photos of the home.  The rest were just one liners noting address, price, bed, baths and little else.

When you do the math comparison of single family homes and condos on the market versus those shown in the newspaper, the percentage is approximately 2.5% of the homes in the area.

If you work with a Realtor, they have access to all the homes in the marketplace.  If you drive around and look at all the yard signs then you have access to all the homes for sale in the market.  If you look at homes for sale on the Internet, then you will probably see close to 99% of the homes for sale in the marketplace.

As resources go for finding your dream home in Louisville KY, Elizabethtown KY, Radcliff KY, Mt. Washington KY, New Albany IN, Jeffersonville IN or places far and wide in the local region, we recommend you use the Internet and sites like Semonin.com to research your properties and then work with a great real estate agent.  We have thousands of properties to view on Semonin.com and hundreds Realtors to help you at Semonin.
 

• Updated Kitchen with new cabinets, countertops and ceramic tile floor.
• 2 Baths recently updated with ceramic tile and granite counterop.
• Spacious Family Room in with built in bar and additional Kitchen for entertaining.
• Large 2 Car Garage
• Smart design floor plan!
• A well designed front yard makes an attractive entrace to this home.

Here is your weekly at-a-glance report for the current real estate market, encompassing Fort Knox homes, Greater Louisville homes and Southern Indiana homes.

You can see that in the past year, the sales price versus listing price of homes was about 95%.  That means that, on average, homes sold for approximately 95% of the price they were listed for.

Greater Louisville Area homes sold for 95.5% of the list price.

Southern Indiana Area homes sold for 95.3% of the list price.

Etown/Ft. Knox Area homes sold for 95.6% of the list price.

Click here for more great information on the local real estate market.  Or click here to search thousands of homes for sale!



Remember that the MLS data changes all the time, so the numbers will be 99.9% accurate as of the end of the day Sunday.  The data on the snapshot comes directly from the MLS websites.  We are not doing any special programming to produce these numbers.