Archive for January, 2010

Louisville Home Sales Rise in October

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

The Greater Louisville Association of Realtors reported that its members sold 1210 Louisville homes last October, which represented the fourth consecutive month of gains over 2008 year-over-year. President of the local realty group, Linda Gibson Cecil, called the sales figures “very encouraging.” Until this past July, monthly home sales in the Louisville real estate market [...]

Obama Administration Looking to Boost Homes Sales by Modifying Short Sale Guidelines

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

The Obama administration has requested that the U.S. Treasury Department provide guidance, financial support and sales measures for short sales in an effort to kick-start the U.S. housing market. The Home Affordable Foreclosures Program is expected to provide financial incentives and streamline procedures for the completion of short sale real estate transactions that have been [...]

Historic Guthrie Coke Building Sold

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

A group led by a noted local restorer of historic Louisville real estate bought the Guthrie Coke Building at Fourth and Chestnut. Local architect and developer Bill Weyland is the leader of a group that recently redeveloped another old Louisville building just a block away—the Henry Clay—the old YWCA building at 3rd and Chestnut. The [...]

New Louisville Condo Development Transforms Building into the Marseilles of Cherokee Road

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Looking for a Louisville condo for sale? A development group purchased and transformed the 19th Century Cherokee Triangle home, previously divided into eight apartments, into a new Louisville condominium building called The Marseilles of Cherokee Road Condominiums. The new Louisville condo building’s address is 927 Cherokee Road—close to Eastern Star Drive—and has been renovated, reconfigured [...]