A new report issued by a real estate analysis firm reports that foreclosure rates in Louisville and Jefferson County were up by more than two percent in May. The news was in the “Real Estate News and Trends” publication issued by Corelogic, which is an information, analytics and business services company. The two-and-one-quarter percent rise [...]

The Louisville Courier-Journal reports that the remaining Louisville condos at the posh luxury condominium tower, Waterfront Park Place, will be auctioned. The 23-story Louisville condominium building has 15 unsold units that will be auctioned to bidders submitting sealed offers, according to the spokesperson for Waterfront Park Place, Barbara MacDonald. She reported that Eleanor Bingham Miller, [...]

Home foreclosures have received a lot of coverage in the media for the last 18 months. The number of people losing their homes has skyrocketed as the economy has flagged. People who bought their homes at the top of the market are so upside-down on their loans that many are simply walking away from [...]

If you’re thinking about refinancing your home, it can save many thousands of dollars over the life of a mortgage; however, home refinancing is not without peril. You have to be willing to make a sober assessment of your financial situation and conduct your own research before making the decision to refinance (refi) your [...]

Louisville officials are lobbying for a $20 million grant from the federal government to help offset the costs of razing the Sheppard Square public housing complex in Smoketown and develop mixed income homes and Louisville apartments. The proposed project would level the 326-unit complex and would be Louisville’s third project in the HOPE [...]

The economic slowdown and depressed real estate values in many markets have created investment opportunities for perceptive investors with deep pockets. Individual investors with cash on hand buying foreclosed homes at bargain prices have boosted home sales figures over the last several months, and there are indicators that a similar trend is underway in [...]

A recent article in the Louisville Courier-Journal provides very welcome news to supporters of a longtime Louisville area landmark. The former Colgate-Palmolive plant in Clarksville renowned for its huge clock has been purchased by Active International, an advertising and trading company based in New York. Before Colgate bought the plant in 1921, the building was [...]