Germantown: Popularity soars with mix of old, new Young families, businesses move into growing area

Bailey Loosemore Neighborhoods

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Vintage Christmas lights hanging outside a two-bedroom shotgun house on Samuel Street are the first small clues hinting at a new life inside.

Since May — when owners Laurel Sims-Stewart and Justin Stewart,

Home building confidence hits 10 year high!

Washington, D.C. – Builder confidence in the market for newly constructed single-family homes rose three points in October to a level of 64 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).

This month’s reading is a return to HMI levels seen at the end of the housing boom in late 2005.

Louisville ranked a “most affordable place to live

From Trulia.com

Louisville, Ky. – Online real-state company Trulia has ranked Louisville as a “most affordable place to live” in country, according to a recent article.

In an article discussing the findings, “Nickeled and Dimed: How Commuting Costs and Utilities Affect Middle-Class Housing Affordability,” Louisville was ranked No.

Home sales return to high pace of 2007; inventory shortages create Sellers market!

The Greater Louisville Association of Realtors reported Tuesday that year-to-date sales were up 11.6 percent, with 10,951 homes and condos sold in Jefferson, Oldham and Bullitt counties through August, versus 9,808 at the same time last year.

Sales were up 0.9 percent in August 2015 (1,532 units) compared to August 2014 (1,518 units).