Residential Real Estate

Housing meltdown claims at least one homebuilder

December 26, 2009
Scott Olson
Two more local homebuilders fell victim in 2009 to the prolonged meltdown of the housing market. Carmel-based C.P. Morgan Communities LP closed in February, and Indianapolis-based Hansen & Horn Group Inc. is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.
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AIMCO rethinks sale of four apartment complexes

December 22, 2009
Tom Harton
A Denver-based company that just sold its largest Indianapolis apartment complex has taken its four remaining local properties off the market.
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Giant Heartland Crossing housing development hangs on

December 19, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlin
Short sales and foreclosures in this 2,200-unit development began cropping up several years ago and continue today.
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Local home builder placed in receivership

December 14, 2009
Scott Olson
A receiver appointed to manage the assets of financially troubled Hansen & Horn Group Inc. will recommend whether the Indianapolis-based home builder should remain in business.
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Area home sales tick up

December 9, 2009
Scott Olson
Home-sale agreements in the nine-county Indianapolis area rose 3.3 percent in November, marking the third consecutive month they've showed a year-over-year increase.
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Kosene becoming full-service residential brokerage

December 8, 2009
Tom Harton
Kosene & Kosene is launching a full-service residential real estate brokerage, in part to counter a tough development market.
 
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Asking price for Hilbert estate drops below $10M

December 7, 2009
Andrea Muirragui Davis
After more than four years on the market, the Carmel estate built for Conseco Inc. founder Stephen Hilbert is listed at $9.9 million—less than half of the original asking price and a third of the $30 million it was estimated to be worth in 2001.
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Hansen & Horn insolvent, receivership next step for builder

December 3, 2009
Scott Olson
The president of Hansen & Horn Group Inc. admitted in court Thursday that the troubled home builder is insolvent and agreed to have a receiver appointed to operate the company.
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Attorneys drop troubled home builder Hansen & Horn

December 2, 2009
Scott Olson
Indianapolis-based Hansen & Horn Group Inc. is without legal representation after attorneys defending the troubled home builder from a slew of lawsuits dropped it as a client.
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Neighborhood revitalization group calling it quits

November 24, 2009
 IBJ Staff
BOS Community Development Corp., created in 1982 to revitalize the Indiana Avenue and Midtown area, says its mission is accomplished.
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Troubled homebuilder's funds frozen after failing to pay judgment

November 24, 2009
Scott Olson
A Marion County judge has frozen certain Hansen & Horn Group Inc. funds after the Indianapolis homebuilder failed to pay a $183,000 legal judgment. The move sheds light on the severity of the company’s woes.
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Homeownership losing cachet due to housing bust, job losses

November 21, 2009
Cory Schouten
Multifamily housing may not benefit anytime soon from falling rates of homeownership.
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Construction under way on downtown condo conversion

November 14, 2009
 IBJ Staff
The Shelton, a five-story building on Delaware Street, is getting a $3 million makeover.
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National, state foreclosure filings fall

November 12, 2009
 IBJ Staff and Associated Press
Indiana foreclosure filings were down only 1.5 percent in October from the previous month, but have fallen a whopping 18.5 percent from October 2008.
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Local man gets 37 months in mortgage-fraud scheme

November 10, 2009
Cory Schouten
A federal judge has ordered an Indianapolis man to serve 37 months in prison and pay $1.7 million in restitution for his role in a massive mortgage fraud scheme.
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Tax credit helps boost area home sales 20 percent

November 10, 2009
Scott Olson
A federal tax credit that benefits first-time homebuyers is helping to bring home sales in the nine-county Indianapolis area out of their funk.
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Van Rooy scoops up troubled complex

November 10, 2009
Tom Harton
Van Rooy Properties plans to spend $5.5 million renovating a 277-unit west side apartment complex that it acquired a month ago in an unusual deal.
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IURC conducts review of Centennial's telecom serviceRestricted Content

November 7, 2009
Chris O'Malley
Every neighborhood has its battles, but the 1,017-resident Centennial subdivision in Westfield is embroiled in one of the most unusual: a very public fight over the adequacy of its phone, Internet and video service.
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RCI to become Wyndham Exchange; says Carmel jobs are safeRestricted Content

October 31, 2009
Anthony Schoettle
Despite a swooning economy that has hammered the time-share condominium industry over the last 18 months, Resort Condominiums International continues to outperform its market. That’s not to say there hasn’t been some pain at the company formerly headquartered in Carmel.
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Center Township seeks redevelopment bids for former YMCA

October 28, 2009
Cory Schouten
The owner of the vacant former Fall Creek YMCA along West 10th Street is seeking bidders interested in tearing down the building and redeveloping the prime 2-acre site.
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Landmarks Foundation president is living with history

October 24, 2009
Katie Maurer
As president of the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, Marsh Davis is surrounded by history every time he goes to work. It also greets him when he comes home. Davis and his family live in a 100-year-old Prairie-style, Meridian-Kessler Neighborhood home that they have filled with Mission furniture, family heirlooms and quirky artifacts.
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Fewer home-building permits signal weakness ahead

October 20, 2009
Associated Press
Applications for home-building permits, a gauge of future construction, fell in September by the largest amount in five months.
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Virginia homebuilder enters market

October 17, 2009
 IBJ Staff
Home-building powerhouse Ryan Homes is marketing lots in 10 subdivisions it has taken over from the defunct local builder CP Morgan Communities.
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First-time buyer tax credit isn't moving pricier homesRestricted Content

October 17, 2009
Cory Schouten
The incentive has not generated a hoped-for boost in sales of homes at higher price-points. About 30 percent of the sales eligible for the tax credit are foreclosures, meaning the seller likely won’t buy another home.
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Area building permits fall for 23rd straight month

October 16, 2009
The number of building permits issued in the nine-county Indianapolis area fell 20 percent in September from the same time last year, marking 23 consecutive months of declines.
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