Tax credits help boost April home sales in central Indiana
Home-sale agreements surged 33.8 percent in the Indianapolis area in April as buyers rushed to beat the deadline for federal
tax incentives.
Home-sale agreements surged 33.8 percent in the Indianapolis area in April as buyers rushed to beat the deadline for federal
tax incentives.
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services in Indianapolis are ignored, sold to others or poorly dealt with.
The convention bureau has shelved its plan to attract a full-service hotel and instead will boost spending on tourism marketing.
Reorganizing school districts is difficult, but we Hoosiers have done so before.
Sales agreements in the nine-county area rose last month by 10.6 percent, compared with the same month last year, while prices
jumped 12.1 percent.
This spring’s Parade of Home is being held about two weeks earlier than normal to help builders lure homebuyers who want to
take advantage of federal incentives intended to give the residential real estate market a boost. Builders also are taking
chances on more spec homes.
Luxury home sales in central Indiana surged in February despite an overall decline in home sales, Re/Max of Indiana reported
Monday morning.
The housing market could be awakening from its deep sleep, if February home-sale agreement figures are any indication.
Hamilton Southeastern, Franklin Township and Middlebury Community Schools of Elkhart County say the school-funding formula
unfairly penalizes districts with growing enrollments.
Strip-center specialist Sandor Development Co. is moving its headquarters to Hamilton County after almost 50 years
in Indianapolis.
With traffic congestion growing, the idea of sending streetcars zipping down Washington Street—from
far-east-side Cumberland to Indianapolis International Airport on the west—is making a return. And
the route could offer the best bang for the buck in spurring transit-oriented development.
Hamilton County is poised to become the demographic all-star of the decade. Its 269,785 residents make up the fastest-growing,
most educated and wealthiest county in the state, according to estimates from the Indiana Business Research Center.
Strip-center owner and developer Sandor Development Co. is moving its headquarters to Hamilton County after almost 50 years
in Indianapolis.
Home sales statewide rose 4.1 percent in December compared with the same month in 2008, although Marion and Hamilton counties
reported sizable slides.
Farmers who might have worried about losing their livelihood
to new homes or retail have gotten a little breather.
In Indiana, the Salvation Army owns 34 residences, including 10 in Indianapolis with a combined value of $1.6 million.
Lithium battery-maker will get incentives worth $53.1 million for expansion into Hancock County.
Brenda Myers, executive director of the Hamilton County Convention and Visitors Bureau, rounds out the appointments to a restructured
Indianapolis Capital Improvement Board.