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100 Best Places to Live in America, 2010 edition
Jul - 12

by Beth Braverman, Veronica Crews, Anne C. Lee, Jessica Levine, Ismat Sarah Mangla, Vanessa Richardson, Donna Rosato, and Pieter van Noordennen, CNNMoney.com
Jul 12, 2010
If you focus only on the averages, life in the typical American town frankly doesn’t seem so hot right now. The median home continues to lose value. Cash-strapped state and local governments are cutting services. ...Continue Reading »

Most and least affordable cities to buy a house 2010
May - 23

Most and least affordable cities to buy a house 2010
Les Christie, staff writer, CNNMoney.com
May 21st, 2010
Here are the 5 metro areas where the average American family can easily afford to purchase a median-priced home – and the 5 where they can’t.
Top 5 Most Affordable Cities

1. (tie): Indianapolis
Median home price: ...Continue Reading »

RelocateAmerica puts Fishers in Top 100 to Live in 2010
Apr - 28

RelocateAmerica.com, the premier website in providing relocating consumers access to resources for their upcoming relocation, has released its 13th annual list of “America’s Top 100 Places to Live for 2010″ and Fishers is on the list for the third time since 2006.
To be considered for the list, a community is nominated at RelocateAmerica.com. From the thousands of submissions, RelocateAmerica.com’s ...Continue Reading »

One Home Purchase, One Buyer’s Agent.
Mar - 25

The advantages to sticking with one agent when buying a home… Over the years, I’ve helped many people buy homes. I’ve also lost a lot of clients simply because many people simply do not understand how the real estate profession works. This I blame on the industry itself. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) and MIBOR (Metropolitan Indianapolis Board ...Continue Reading »

Ever wonder how real estate agents get paid?
Mar - 24

Disclaimer: First off, their is no standard. Every broker has their own rules and payment for selling a home can be a negotiated flat fee, or a negotiated percentage of the price of the home with the latter being more common. In most cases, the home seller pays 100% of the negotiated commission fee at closing. In fact, in the home sellers ...Continue Reading »