News that effects residents and businesses in the Louisville- Jefferson County area
Grace Schneider, @gesinfk 2:31 p.m. EDT April 18, 2016
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The latest report on local real estate sales shows strong sales during the year’s first quarter and continued pressure because of low inventory.(Photo: CJ file photo)Buy Photo
The latest snapshot of the region’s real estate market shows it’s hotter than ever thanks to a boost in sales last month and a drop in inventory.
By Tre Pryor | April 6, 2016 3:46 pm
For most of the past 12 months, home sales in Louisville have surpassed the previous year. Several of these (see February) did so spectacularly!
There were 916 properties sold in Jefferson County in March.
The real estate business has continued to pick up in 2016, according to numbers recently released by the Greater Louisville Association of Realtors.
In February alone, home sales rose 22.3 percent, with 1,062 homes and condos sold.
Lexington, Ky. – LG&E and KU is warning customers of a new phone scam using a recording the utilities’ automated phone system to make the scam sound more authentic.
LG&E and KU never calls customers requesting phone payments.
Phillip M. Bailey, @phillipmbailey 4:10 p.m. EST February 23, 2016
A vine moves up the chipped paint walls at 649 28th Street where the residence has been marked and set for emergency demolition.(Photo: Alton Strupp/The Courier-Journal)
At the end of every April,
Neighborhood sees slow development alongside residential return to inner city.
Check out this story on courier-journal.com: http://cjky.it/1XA0UQd
SHELDON S. SHAFER
The Louisville-area sale of homes and condominiums rose 2.8 percent in January, a 2.8 percent increase over January 2015, the Greater Louisville Association of Realtors has reported.
The association tracks sales in Jefferson,
SHELDON S. SHAFER
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Home buyers are demanding move-in ready residences. And the inventory of homes for sale is extremely
low, a trend that is likely to persist.
Those are among the predictions for the 2016 Louisville-area housing market newly forecast by the Greater
Louisville Association of Realtors.
IRS officials will not contact taxpayers by phone or email
FRANKFORT, KY. (Feb. 2, 2016) — During tax season, Attorney General Andy Beshear is asking consumers to be on alert for IRS scams targeting Kentuckians, especially seniors, through unsolicited phone calls and emails.
Louisville, Ky. – A new eight-story, 34-room hotel has been planned on a decades-old parking lot in downtown Louisville.
A Homewood Suites hotel, catering to extended stay guests, will be part of a partnership between Louisville investor Steve Poe and the Hilton brand,
