An article published in Business First of Louisville discusses a progressive and innovative project to prevent more homes from foreclosure in and around the Louisville area. The report claims that Jefferson Circuit Court Judges, Louisville Metro Mayor Jerry Abramson and U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth joined together to launch what they are calling the Foreclosure Conciliation Project. The program is designed to...

A recent report on Louisville's Business First website claims that Louisville-based company Industrial Services of America, Inc. has reached an agreement to buy commercial real estate adjacent to its Grade Lane operations. The company has agreed to buy the property from a company owned by Harry Kletter. Industrial Services, Inc. intends to buy two parcels of land from Harry Kletter Family Partnership...

Louisville real estate professionals, merchants and other businesspeople got some unwelcome news recently when the Brookings Institute published a report that indicated Louisville is lagging behind other U.S. cities in recovering from the recession. Key economic indicators for the first quarter of 2009 presented to elected officials from Louisville showed that while the city was showing some signs of...

Louisville real estate professionals, merchants and other businesspeople got some unwelcome news recently when the Brookings Institute published a report that indicated Louisville is lagging behind other U.S. cities in recovering from the recession. Key economic indicators for the first quarter of 2009 presented to elected officials from Louisville showed that while the city was showing some signs of...

An article about Louisville-area home sales in June that appeared in the Courier-Journal provides some welcome news for Louisville real estate professionals. The article claimed that members of the Greater Louisville Association of Realtors sold 1,175 homes in June 2009, a figure that shows only a 1.3 percent decline in sales from the previous June. With housing markets across the country struggling...

A recent article about FSBOs published in the Edmonds Beacon discusses the advantages of real estate owners selling their own property without a real estate agent or realtor. It's a timely article as most folks are looking to trim expenses wherever possible with the nation's economy continuing to struggle. However, while owners stand to save some money by selling their homes themselves, a modest...

The rise in home foreclosures and distressed properties around the country has created unique investment opportunities for prospective homeowners who are willing to take a chance on a house in order to save some money. After a lender has taken possession of a property and has failed to find a buyer, they may choose to sell the home through an auction house just to get some return on their investment....

consider: what to look for in a real estate agent. Many people interested in buying or selling a home don't invest much thought in which real estate agent they choose to assist them with the process. However, the right agent can make a huge difference in how smoothly your sale or purchase goes, and the article outlined a few of the things to look for in a real estate agent: Knowledge of the market...

A recent article that appeared in the Washington Examiner discusses a topic that many people want to know: what is the difference between Realtors®, real estate agents and real estate brokers? With the federal tax credit drawing more and more first-time home buyers to the real estate market, many people have no idea about what differentiates one type of real estate professional from...

An article on home foreclosures that recently appeared on WLKY.com cites a Louisville Courier-Journal report that claims there are more than 6,000 vacant homes in and around the city. The vast majority of these homes are foreclosures. The abandoned properties have become neighborhood eyesores, and city leaders are growing concerned about the hazards that these homes present. In early June 2009,...