Louisville real estate professionals report that 1084 single-family homes and condominiums sold in the area this past August, which represented a 12.3 percent increase from August 2008, but a slight decline from July's home sales in the Louisville metro area. The increase in home sales for August over the previous year was the second straight month for members of the Greater Louisville Association 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...

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...

Even though homes sales have increased for three straight months, the combination of several factors have real estate professionals concerned about a winter slowdown for home sales. The two biggest contributors to surging home sales over the last several months—artificially low interest rates and the federal tax credit for first-time homebuyers—will end. The New York Times reports that mortgage...