Jim's Blog on Real Estate and Other Issues in Muncie and Delaware Co. IN

Three new listings of homes for sale in the Storer neighborhood appeared in the past week and two previously pending homes sold and closed. The inventory of active lisitngs remains about where it was. Looks like Constitution Day at Storer was a success and there was a nice article with picture in...

Even though it's still summer for 5 more days, fall is in the air and it's my favorite time of year. Last weekend, Bev and I went to the Covered Bridge Festival in Matthews and this weekend we're going to hit both the Old Washington St. Festival in Muncie and the Johnny Appleseed in Ft. Wayne. I'...

Real estate activity in the Storer School Distric pretty well reflects the overall Muncie-Delaware County market. Through the first 8 1/2 months of 2011 there have been 80 homes sold averaging just over $90,000. Original asking price average for these homes was $99,530 and it's taking just about ...

Grandparents Day is this Thurs.9/15 at Storer Elementary. Here's a link to the Storer web site for complete details. http://www.muncie.k12.in.us/storerweb It's great to visit and to support both the children and the educators.

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Maybe I'm "whistling in the dark," but there are signs of recovery in the Muncie market. For the past two months, unit sales have been above those of the same month from the previous year. That may not be too exciting, but we have to back to May, 2010 to find another month that had more unit sale...

Like everyone else, I feel overwhelmed by the negative news about the housing market and the economy. The wild swings in the stock market must be diring a big increase in antacid sales. What if? Lenders went to their customers who are upside down on their mortgages and cannot refinance to take ad...

I participated in the Active Rain RainCamp webinar yesterday and found it very informative. I was especially glad they did it via webinar as the live version hasn't made it to the mid-west. Started using the new inf right away to update some postings to Craigslist and to create some YouTube video...

At one time I got 15-16% of my business from open house leads and they have continued to be a regular factor in my business plan. Lately, however, I'm having second thoughts as my traffic has dwindled to little or nothing. Several other agents in our office have seen similar results and in thinki...

The third quarter market was slower in nearly every category. Unit sales were off nearly 16% from the same period in 2009 and our yr. to date units sold now lags 3% behind 2009. The average sale price of $87,706 is nearly 8% below the same period last yr. with smaller, lower priced homes comprisi...