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A top-selling real estate agent pegs 46032 in Carmel and 46240 in Indianapolis as tops.
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RCI to become Wyndham Exchange; says Carmel jobs are safe
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.
Center Township seeks redevelopment bids for former YMCA
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.
Landmarks Foundation president is living with history
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.
Fewer home-building permits signal weakness ahead
Applications for home-building permits, a gauge of future construction, fell in September by the largest amount in five months.
Area building permits fall for 23rd straight month
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.
First-time buyer tax credit isn’t moving pricier homes
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.
Virginia homebuilder enters market
Home-building powerhouse Ryan Homes is marketing lots in 10 subdivisions it has taken over from the defunct local builder
CP Morgan Communities.
Ex-investors plead guilty to mortgage fraud
Two former real estate investors have pleaded guilty to federal charges that they set up straw deals to obtain inflated
mortgages on more than 100 Indianapolis houses.
Area home sales stronger, prices still down
Home-sale agreements in the nine-county Indianapolis area ticked up in September, due in large part to first-time homebuyers
enticed by large tax breaks.
Grocery, housing projects could rejuvenate stretch of 16th Street
A troubled low-income housing project has a new owner with plans to redevelop the complex to better
connect with the Herron Morton Place neighborhood. Next door, Kroger has revived efforts to acquire
land and plan a new supermarket to replace a cramped, old-format location.
‘Makeover’ making another trip to central Indiana
Popular ABC show ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ is returning to central Indiana.
Indiana property owners to save more than expected
Property owners in Indiana are expected to save more on their tax bills in the next two years than originally predicted
because of caps on property taxes.
A pair of community banks see loan woes escalate
Community Bank of Noblesville and Blue River Bancshares Inc. of Shelbyville have seen loans sour
at a rate that might have seemed unimaginable before the housing market tanked and the recession set in.
Charter school may take over rest of former Herron Art Institute
Plans for residential development on the site stalled as the housing market plummeted and recession set in.
Charter Homes owner gets 2-plus years for mortgage fraud
Charter Homes owner Jerry J. Jaquess has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison and ordered to pay restitution of
$825,000 for his role in a $20 million mortgage fraud scheme.
Indy housing market getting some traction
The grueling years of the housing downturn in the Indianapolis area appear to be over, a real estate veteran says, but a full
recovery is one to two years away.
$4.9M approved to buy houses in Franklin flood zone
Another central Indiana city is receiving a multimillion federal grant to buy houses damaged by the widespread flooding that
hit the state last year.
Georges put north-side estate up for sale
Tony George and his wife, Laura, have put up for sale their 12-acre, wooded estate at 8030 Spring Mill Road on the north side
of Indianapolis.
Entrepreneur hopes real estate venture will rebuild neighborhoods, fund charities
David Sexauer has $250,000 and a list of about 120 properties he’d like to acquire from the city of Indianapolis.