Goshen KY Real Estate

If you are like most persons, the obvious answer to “Do I need to get a survey?” is:   “I’m buying a house in a Louisville subdivision, I don’t need to get a survey. I’d rather save the $250-400.”

But, what is always obvious, isn’t necessarily correct.

In October 2006, we represented some clients that were purchasing a home in an established and fairly affluent neighborhood that felt similarly.  Upon our insistence, they finally relented and ordered a staked survey for the home they were purchasing.

The surveyor found that even though the home owner had gotten the proper permitting to construct their all brick $30,000 free standing garage, the current owner of the property had never gotten a survey either to mark the…

Before we get into the August 2008 numbers, I wanted to recap all of the numbers for this year.  So, lets take a look at the data and see what we can make of it:

January 1 – August 31 2007

Homes Sold 10513

Average Sales Price $174,428

Median Sales Price $140,000

January 1 – August 31 2008

Homes Sold 8021

Average Sales Price $170,711

Median Sales Price $137,000

So, as you can see – theres been a fairly stiff decrease in the number of the Homes Sold in Louisville this year of nearly…

Does this mean that the national real estate market has finally reached bottom and is on an upswing? Not likely. Many economists continue to predict months to a couple years before a turn around is expected on a large level.

Why do they say that? Well, first off, if you look at the increase of real estate sales of 2.9% from the previous…

The drop came in the 3rd quarter of 2007 when the median value of a home in the United States decreased by approximately 1%.  Approximately half of all metropolitan areas saw a decline.

This is an interesting point to note – because until this most recent study, the stronger real estate markets in the US have helped buoy up the other markets that were bringing the overall numbers down.  This is an indication that the other markets that have been fairing well even in a softer real estate market, may be slowing down and are not able to carry the rest of the other markets across the…

This is significant in that this is the first time there has been a double digit percent decrease in foreclosures since April 2006 – some 20 months ago.

But, we aren’t out of the woods yet so to speak.  There are predictions for a very strong foreclosure rate in the 1st quarter of 2008 – a primary cause being the seasonal influx of persons that are filing before various deadlines, as well as those that may file due to an increase of adjustable mortgage rate persons having their mortgages reset and the current home owner not being able to address the debt service of the higher payment for their…

Prospect Kentucky then “snuck in under the radar” so to speak, and acquired 50 acres located between Highway 42, and Riber Road in between Ken Carla Drive and Timber Ridge Drive close to Harrods Creek, just before the metro Louisville KY came into existence, and with it, the rules prohibiting such acquisitions.

Louisville KY has since been in litigation with Prospect Kentucky saying that Prospect acted illegally by knowingly grabbing the property into its city just before the…

Many construction companies fired employees in an effort to reduce costs during this slower real estate market.  Mortgage companies, real estate companies, and banks followed suit.

Still, unemployment overall remains at 4.7%.  Kentucky’s unemployment rate was 5.6%.

There were modest employment gains overall – primarily as a result of the services industry.

These modest job gains will likely stimulate the Federal Reserve to make interest rate cuts to help ensure that the economy remains moving forward.

Some more detailed information is as follows:

Non-farms payroll increased…

Only 18 Counties in Kentucky saw the rate decrease – while 8 Counties made no change within the past 12 months.

The dubious highest unemployment rate honor goes to:

Jackson County @ 10.2%

The 2 lowest Counties were:

Fayette County and Warren County @ 3.7%

It is important to note that these numbers represent a trend for employment, rather than noting how many persons may actually be working. Persons that are not currently seeking employment over the course of the past month are not included in these figures.

Various reasons can be attributed to the increase – including a softening economy and real estate…

This is the lowest rate that they’ve been since the week of May 10 2007 where they were at 6.15%.

15 year mortgages also dropped to 5.83%.  The prior week, the 15 year fixed rate mortgage was at 5.88%.

5 year adjustable rate mortgages were down to 5.88%.  The prior week, they were 5.96%.

1 year adjustable rate mortgages were 5.42%.  The previous week, they were 5.50%.

Its a great time to buy real estate in Louisville Kentucky.  Search for homes for sale in Louisville Kentucky now – and see if you can lock in a good deal today! For anyone that…

The unemployment rate for Kentucky was 6.1% in September.  In October, the unemployment rate was 5.6%.

Across the United States, the jobless rate has been fairly constant recently maintaining at 4.7% through September & October 2007.

Of the 11 major non-farm job classifications, 4 of them saw employment increases for the month of October.

6 of the major non-farm job classifications saw decreases for employment.

1 remained unchanged.

A net change of 100 jobs decrease was seen in October 2007 for Kentucky’s non-farm employment.  The total is currently: 1856500 jobs.…