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Last week’s short news item could serve as inspiration for future Fishers first-time homebuyers—especially for those who haven’t yet considered the possibility of owning their own Fishers home. The item in question was news of the passing of the English athlete, Sir Roger Bannister. If that name isn’t familiar, it’s because Bannister’s story has long since faded from the headlines. …
The question posed in last week’s Realtor.com article was certainly scary enough: “Is It Last Call for Low Mortgage Rates?” If you have been putting off getting ready to buy your next Indianapolis home, it could well have been a potent call to action. For the normally staid Realtor, it was an unusually pointed dispatch. The article’s opening line, “All …
Selling your Carmel house for the best price sometimes involves a certain amount of luck, but it’s the kind of “luck” that’s a lot more likely when you’ve set out the welcome mat for it. In addition to strategic home preparation and a solid marketing push, selling your Carmel house for the best price also has to do with where …
Whether you are about to embark on your first Carmel home search or your umpteenth, unless you’ve managed to save enough to make you a cash buyer, soon you’ll need to secure a mortgage loan from a bank or other lending institution. To understand what lies behind any home loan decision, just do what any good business negotiator does: put …
You don’t have to be planning to sell your home to enjoy the benefits from what you might call a few ‘strategic spot improvements.’ These are limited renovations aimed at specific areas of a house—improvements that might not seem essential to Indianapolis homeowners after years of living with them, but which fresher-eyed visitors see as evidence of a property in …
When Fishers homeowners sit down to plot out their household’s long-range financial plan, the value they ascribe to their Fishers home usually deserves a leading role. As research firm Pulsenomics puts it, “changes in single-family home values can have profound impacts on consumer balance sheets.” Yet it’s often the case that homeowners assume that their home’s value is its apparent …
Indianapolis residents have long heard that Los Angeles real estate prices can be stratospheric— particularly in the choicer neighborhoods like Bel Air and Malibu where apartment lease prices can touch the sky. Downtown L.A., on the other hand, has only recently matched the more westerly districts because DTLA lacks the strong ocean breezes that bring temperatures down from Downtown’s almost-ideal …
There hasn’t been a call for “All Hands On Deck!”—but if we start seeing an influx of Carmel homes for sale ahead of this spring’s peak selling season, it’s not hard to guess why. There may not have been any conspicuous heads-up for homeowners, but thoughtful deductions based on the news might prompt just such an effect. At point is …
As soon as you begin to search in earnest for your next Fishers house, you are reminded once again how today’s Fishers MLS listings have become all but indispensable. Yes, it’s possible that you might find the property you’re looking for by happenstance—as a “For Sale” yard sign that catches your eye, or by spotting an intriguing ad in the …
Especially when it’s been a particularly long or hard winter, real estate agents in the sunnier states count on getting an influx of inquiries. In California, that phenomenon usually gets a boost when TV starts broadcasting shots of sunny blue skies over the Rose Parade. Perhaps in compensation, California is also the frequent object of Carmel residents’ jokes about how …
