I send this latest blog message from the lovely and historical Brown Hotel in snowy downtown Louisville, Kentucky. I am one of the many weather refugees enjoying the hostpitality of the Brwon.
This weather has been no freind to Realtors lately. I was getting several calls on my newest listing and the online traffic has been very incouraging, but now no one can get to it. It, like my house, is near Eastern Parkway and it is just a mess. Even my pointer signs are coated with snow and inaccessable. I was at the house today and the wind started to blow and trees started to sway. It was a little scary considering they are still coated with ice and fagile. I came back to the Brown with a change of clothing and my MP3 player.
If it isn't the weather, it's the political and ecomomic climate. We had a few days of excitment when the rates dropped, below 5% in some cases, but then quickly followed by record uneployment figues. It is such a great time to buy right now, but not if you are worried about your job. Luckily here in Louisville it is not as bad as the rest of the nation.
Statistics.
LISTINGS Residential (Single Family & Condo)
January 12 -18, 2009 512
Last Year 775
SOLDS
January 4 - 10, 2009 147
Last Year 158
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