Best Buy to move ahead with Bullitt County repair center
Best Buy Co. Inc., the Minneapolis-based retailer of consumer electronics and personal computers, has decided to go with Greater Louisville as the site for a computer repair center that will employ 550 people.
The company’s “Geek Squad” subsidiary, a computer-support task force that’s on call 24 hours […]
How to Take Full Advantage of a Louisville Home Buyer’s Market
(May 8, 2006) – Louisville Home buyers are getting the big breaks in an increasing number of U.S. markets, says Tom Early, president of the National Association of Exclusive Buyers Agents.
But even as the market shifts to favor buyers, to get the best deal, buyers […]
Should slowing market worry recent home buyers?
Steps to ensure a sellable home in any kind of market
Monday, May 08, 2006
By Dian Hymer
Homeowners who bought recently may find the recent press about the residential home-sale market unsettling. Home sale activity is slowing from a fever pitch pace and listings in general are taking longer to sell.
Your […]
Starks Building owner asks Colonnade to vacate by Sept. 30
by Richard Slawsky
Business First Staff Writer
The Colonnade Cafeteria, which has been serving breakfast and lunch to downtown workers for nearly 100 years, will close this fall, according to the restaurant’s owners.
The Colonnade began operating in 1913 and has been in its current location in the basement […]
Construction planned at Louisville Industrial Center
$14 million facility is coming to park on National Turnpike
Business First of Louisville - April 28, 2006
by John R. Karman III
Business First Staff Writer
For the first time in a decade, new construction is coming to Louisville Industrial Center, one of Jefferson County’s oldest and largest warehouse and distribution complexes.
ING Clarion, […]
Buying real estate for nothing down still possible
Several methods help minimize costs, maximize benefits
By Robert J. Bruss
“Is it really possible to buy a house for nothing down?”
That is the question I was asked by a “twenty-something” young lady at a cocktail party I recently attended.
My reply was, “Absolutely, yes.” But then I quickly qualified that […]
New-Home Sales Rebounded In March, but Prices Fell
By Jeff Bater
From The Wall Street Journal Online
New-home sales shot up at the highest rate in nearly 13 years during March, rebounding from back-to-back declines despite rising mortgage rates. But the median home price declined, further showing that the nation’s five-year housing boom is slowing.
Meanwhile, demand for expensive […]
As the Market Cools, Is Now The Time to Buy a Home?
By Terri Cullen
Sales of existing homes edged up 0.3% in March to an annual rate of 6.92 million units. But the number of homes on the market is climbing: Total housing inventory rose 7% to a record 3.19 million units in late March, a […]
Plan to develop Louisville Real Estate farm unveiled Mixed use sought at I-264 and U.S. 42
By Matt Batcheldor
The Courier-Journal
A plan to transform a 36-acre farm at the Watterson Expressway and U.S. 42 into a pedestrian-oriented mixed-use development featuring a traffic circle was presented to some Louisville Metro Planning Commission members this month.
The proposed Midlands project […]
Work resumes on Seminary Woods
Business First of Louisville
Construction work has resumed on Seminary Woods, a $56 million upscale condominium project at U.S. Highway 42 and Seminary Drive in eastern Jefferson County.
When the development was initially planned in 2003, it was expected to be completed by summer 2005. But it was plagued by financial problems and […]
