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The web has long since upended the public library as the principal dispensary of the latest research on publicly accessible information—so much so that the libraries themselves rate their offering of free computer access as one of the prime reasons why “Going to the library” is “the most common cultural activity in America” (if you find that hard to believe, …
Indianapolis’s Memorial Day capped a weekend that had all the expected Mem Day activities—including the feeling that summer is close at hand. Actual summer may not arrive in Indianapolis until the summer solstice on Wednesday—but especially in years like this one, when Memorial Day is just a few days removed from the start of hurricane season (officially on Thursday), it …
Last week, reporters for Long Island’s Newsday reported an Oyster Bay real estate item that attracted national attention due to its sellers’ identity. Singer/songwriting legend Billy Joel had put his “Middlesea” estate on the market, listing it for a nifty $49 million. That sum would purchase the 5-bedroom, 8-bath, 20,000 sq ft mansion, as well as a 3-bedroom beach house, …
Even for homeowners who moved into a new Fishers house as recently as a few years ago, the pace of technological advance is such that it’s easy to lose track of many fledgling household products that use technology in new and useful ways. Whereas earlier introductions often qualified as little more than nifty, fun-to-mess-with gadgets, many newer arrivals are well …
The advantage that is tapped into when an owner decides to engage the services of a professional Carmel staging firm has been demonstrated time and again, so you’d think that most sellers would choose to claim that resource. Although no one tracks the Carmel statistics, you can bet that the majority of local sellers don’t even interview a professional stager, …
With Fishers housing activity up and down, one impactful facet remains: there still aren’t enough properties to choose from. To many, this fact is a downer: a drag on home sales totals, an impediment to buyers who face stubborn seller’s market asking prices, and a stubborn roadblock to many would-be homeowners whose incomes won’t quite stretch. But (as the old …
Carmel real estate observers got a welcome end-of-the-week boost from Friday afternoon’s USA Today housing market report. Although its headline included a question mark (“Housing market on the rise?”), there was little question that some of the factors that had been weighing down national activity were shifting in a positive direction. Singled out in housing and economy correspondent S. Ramaswamy’s …
One clear obstacle to selling your Carmel home has been the recent history of growing mortgage interest rates. Back when rates were touching historic lows, even Carmel homeowners who’d been perfectly satisfied with their existing loan’s monthly payments found it irresistible to refi them. Why not? The resulting payments were lower, even when the final payoff date remained the same. …
One clear obstacle to selling your Carmel home has been the recent history of growing mortgage interest rates. Back when rates were touching historic lows, even Carmel homeowners who’d been perfectly satisfied with their existing loan’s monthly payments found it irresistible to refi them. Why not? The resulting payments were lower, even when the final payoff date remained the same. …
Buying a home in Indianapolis is the longstanding goal for a good number of determined future homeowners—but for many who have delayed making a commitment to dive into the homebuying process, the timing just never seems to be right (or anything close to it). Worries intrude from a number of fronts: mortgage rate hikes, asking price creep, a steady stream …
