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This blog will discuss real estate in general as well as information on the market in Indianapolis, IN and the surrounding areas. Information for buyers, sellers, and real estate investors. Buyer and seller reports, tips and tricks to get your home sold fast and for top dollar. Information for buyers to find the home they want for the price they want.

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2006 

(Washington - May 17, 2006) - Indianapolis, Ind. was the nation’s most affordable major housing market for a third consecutive quarter in the beginning of 2006, according to the National Association of Home Builders’/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI), released today. Meanwhile, nationwi...
10/15/2006
The huge Duke Anson development has really been taking off the past 3-4 weeks near I65N and 334(Zzionsville exit). The first anchor store is supposed to be completed by end of fall.  It looks like this will be a reality.  Serious earth moving and a few temporarily roads have...
10/15/2006
What are some good sites that people use reguarly to post their listings for free on the internet? Here is a few I use: www.postlets.comwww.craigslist.orgwww.rentalindy.com (local to Indianapolis)  backpage.com       edgeio   Google Base   HotPads   LiveDeal   Oodle   Propsmart   Vast Of course m...
10/15/2006
It is a buyers market..  MLS Statistics August 2004 % change August 2004-05 August 2005 % change August 2005-06 August 2006 Units Sold 3,073 8.4% 3,331 -10.5% 2,980 Units Pended 2,955 11.1% 3,284 -8.5% 3,004 New Listings 5,022 11.9% 5,621 -4.0% 5,397 Average Sale Price$153,217 5.3% $161,302 -3.5%...
10/14/2006
I am looking to maybe spend the $$$ and get myself as a featured agent on realtor.com http://resource.realtor.com/agent/FeaturedAgent.aspx has anyone else had success with this?  I know you need a good backend(website) that will capture the leads. Any success stories?  On that topic, what about t...
10/13/2006
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I have been with housealues for several years and have had good success. Anyone else with success stories or not so good stories?
10/13/2006
What is other agents using for lead generation on the internet? What are example home pages you have that are making you $$$ off internet leads? How many leads are you capturing per month or per week off your websites? My current page at http://myindianapolishome.com is capturing about 1 lead per...
10/13/2006
The market has slowed down over the past few months, it's definately a buyers market now.We have no growth in Indiana for the past 5 years, I expect that to change over the next few years.  I am working with many, many investors from out of state that are looking to invest here locally.  We are o...
10/13/2006
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This blog will discuss real estate in general as well as information on the market in Indianapolis, IN and the surrounding areas. Information for buyers, sellers, and real estate investors. Buyer and seller reports, tips and tricks to get your home sold fast and for top dollar. Information for buyers to find the home they want for the price they want.