A review of the Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of REALTORS Broker Listing Cooperative™ data for the three-month period ending in May reveals Boone, Brown, Hendricks, Montgomery, Morgan and Putnam Counties all saw an increase in average sale price during these three months, compared to the same period in 2007. Increases ranged from a 16 percent jump in Brown County to an 8 percent increase in Boone County.
Total units sold in central Indiana between March 2008 and May 2008 decreased by 20 percent from the same three-month period last year to 6,831. December 2007-May 2008 units sold decreased 19 percent from December 2006-May 2007, while units sold from May 2007-May 2008 decreased 15 percent from the same period in 2006-2007.
The average months of housing supply for the central Indiana area is 9.2 months, compared to 8.9 in 2007 and 8.5 in 2006.
Bruce & Justine Bright
THE BRIGHT Side of Real Estate
Our Website: www.BrightSideTeam.com
Home Search Site: www.IndyHomeSearcher.com
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Forbes: Hamilton County is Best For Families
Hamilton County, Indiana is America’s Best Place to Raise a Family according to Forbes.com. Hamilton County’s excellent school districts, population, property taxes and SAT scores were the main areas that Hamilton County reached the top Forbes list of 20 counties.
Ten data points were used to rank these 20 counties including cost of living, graduation rate, standardized scores, home price, property tax rate as a percentage of median home price, percentage of homes occupied by owner, per-capita income, air quality, crime rate and commute time.
“We are very pleased to be among the cities contributing to this recognition. All of the cities in Hamilton county work hard every day to make our country the best place to live, work and raise a family and having Forbes acknowledge this fact helps us attract companies and their employees which helps our economic development efforts,” said Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard.
Visit America's Best Places To Raise A Family - Forbes.com to read the entire article.
Bruce & Justine Bright
THE BRIGHT Side of Real Estate
Our Website: www.BrightSideTeam.com
Home Search Site: www.IndyHomeSearcher.com
Ten data points were used to rank these 20 counties including cost of living, graduation rate, standardized scores, home price, property tax rate as a percentage of median home price, percentage of homes occupied by owner, per-capita income, air quality, crime rate and commute time.
“We are very pleased to be among the cities contributing to this recognition. All of the cities in Hamilton county work hard every day to make our country the best place to live, work and raise a family and having Forbes acknowledge this fact helps us attract companies and their employees which helps our economic development efforts,” said Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard.
Visit America's Best Places To Raise A Family - Forbes.com to read the entire article.
Bruce & Justine Bright
THE BRIGHT Side of Real Estate
Our Website: www.BrightSideTeam.com
Home Search Site: www.IndyHomeSearcher.com
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