Just Listed! Private, End Unit Condo

Priced to Sell @ $112,500
ALREADY REDUCED to $109,900

330 Ethridge Avenue #104
Louisville, Kentucky 40223

{ Conveniently Located near Hurstbourne Lane & Shelbyville Road }

• 2 Bedrooms
• 2 Full Baths
• 1076 Sq ft
• First Floor, End Unit
• Private Patio, Treed View
• Updated interior w/decorator colors
• All appliances to remain
• FHA/VA approved condo

Dorsey Hills Community

Want to see more?
www.DorseyLane.com


Check this one out in person!


Melissa S. Pawley
RE/MAX Associates

Pizza Restauarant in Louisville

Attention ALL Fellow PIZZA Lovers.....

Try the newest & best pizza restaurant in Louisville.

DiOrio's Pizza & Pub opened their doors a few months ago in St. Matthews. During games it is packed with singles & families all wearing their favorite team shirt. On Friday night it's crawling with families eating their fix of pizza for the week. Expect to wait...but believe me, it's worth it.


Enjoy true New York style pizza with family and friends. Get pizza by the slice or make your own all the way up to a 30" (but you had better have A LOT of friends to help eat it!)

Cooked in their wood burning pizza oven, your mouth will water just waiting to eat. Make sure to order a large Coca Cola or my choice, a Falls City beer.

If you just want an appetizer & drinks....try the garlic bread sticks.
They are the best I've ever had anywhere.

If you go, just don't go on Friday night! That's when I'm there...ok?!



Location:
310 Wallace Avenue
Louisville, Kentucky 40207

Hours:
Mon-Thurs 11a-12a
Fri - Sat 11a-4a
Sat 11a-12a


I Di Orios!

Discounts We Offer

If you work with a member of the
Joe Simms Group
you get ALL of these

EXCLUSIVE BENEFITS

on top of the traditional real estate work as YOUR AGENT

• 10% discount to Lowe's (on purchases up to $10,000!!!)
  
• 10% discount to hh Gregg
• Discounts on ADT Security System's
  
• Discounts & FREE Showtime for a Year from Insight Cable
• FREE pizza the day you move from Pizza Hut
• 15% discount at Valvoline Instant Oil Change
  
• FREE boxes & discounts from A Arnold Moving Van Lines
• BUILDER price @ Trend Appliances
  
  
  ONE YEAR
  HOME WARRANTY
  
  Buyers, just remember.......
• I guarantee a ONE YEAR HOME WARRANTY on the home you purchase
  (if the seller's won't pay for it, I will!)

Has Louisville hit bottom?

What's going on with the Louisville market now?

First, let's take a look at Louisville's market over the past 40 years.

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We have shown to have a fairly stable real estate market with having dropped in history only twice. Once, in 1982 the market dropped -5.14% but immediately came back the next year. This was due to the interest rates being at an all time high of 18%. That's right, 18%!!

The real estate market steadily appreciated over the next 20+ years.

In 2006 & 2007 homes appreciated less than 1%.
This was when the economy started to hit the breaks.

In 2008, Louisville's market fell -5.90%.
(At least we didn't drop 20% like Florida, California, Nevada, etc!!)

In 2009, the market dropped less than 1% again.

And................

........................2010......................

Louisville's market

APPRECIATED

+3.53%!!!!


That's right! Appreciated.
You won't hear that from the media.

Based on these historical numbers, that would mean that the Louisville market has started rising again. Therefore, we have already hit bottom and have started our rise back to normal.


This data was collected each year looking at all of the Single Family Homes that were listed and sold in the Louisville Board of Realtors' Multiple Listing Service.


As, Frank Sinatra would say,
Start Spreadin' the News!

Deal of the Week

Commercial Potential

2013 Watterson Trail

$95,000
(Tax Assessed @ $118,750!)

3 Bedroom, 1 Full Bath home located on HIGH TRAFFIC ROAD!
Situated beside Commercial Business Park
& Surrounded by Other Large Businesses


Interested in learning more about this home?


Call me.

21C Museum Hotel Wins Best Hotel

Make Your Reservations Now....

21C Museum Hotel located at 700 West Main Street in downtown Louisville, Kentucky was voted #1 Boutique Hotel by Bloomberg Businessweek. After last years win of Conde Nast Traveler's "Best Hotel in the U.S." Louisville felt proud! As compared to the many fancy hotel's in New York, LA, or Chicago; Louisvillian's are beaming for this local hotel and it's uniqueness that keeps grabbing national attention.

Check out the Boutique Hotel Bracketology for yourself!
or
Check out what Business First of Louisville said about 21C's win in 2009.

Tax Credit Deadline Extended

CAN YOU STILL GET YOUR $8,000?

Washington, D.C.
July 01, 2010

The National Association of Realtors® today commended Congress for timely passage of two bills to extend the home buyer tax credit closing deadline and reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program. Both bills, strongly supported by NAR, had cleared the House earlier and were passed by the Senate last night. They now head to the president for his signature.

The tax credit closing deadline and the NFIP reauthorization were extended to September 30. NAR worked closely with congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle to enact these important pieces of legislation. Extending the tax credit closing and flood insurance deadlines will help provide additional stability to real estate markets across the nation, NAR said.

“What a great way to begin celebrating our nation’s most patriotic holiday by opening the door to the American dream of homeownership to thousands of home buyers who would have been shut out of the homes of their dreams through no fault of their own,” said NAR President Vicki Cox Golder, owner of Vicki L. Cox Real Estate in Tucson, Ariz.

“We know that up to 180,000 home buyers eligible for the tax credit are rejoicing this morning. And we all thank both houses of Congress for their work to ensure passage of both bills,” Golder said. She singled out Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), Senator Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) and Congressman Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) for their efforts to extend the tax credit closing deadline.

The passage of H.R. 5623, the Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act, applies the homebuyer tax credit closing deadline extension only to homebuyers who have ratified contracts in place as of April 30, 2010, but could not close before June 30. The legislation is designed to create a seamless extension of the new closing deadline for eligible transactions to September 30. There will be no gap between June 30 and the date the president signs the bill into law.

Article Provided By: Realtor.org

Melissa Simms
RE/MAX Associates
MelissaSimms@remax.net

Must Read Rules if You're Buying a Home.....

THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OF REAL ESTATE
When Applying For a Mortgage


Compliments Of:
Bev Leonhardt, Senior Loan Officer
American Mortgage Service Company


Thinking of buying that new refrigerator for the home you are purchasing?
Considering opening that 0% interest credit card at Best Buy?
THINK AGAIN.....otherwise you may not get that home you've written a contract on.

1. Thou shalt not change jobs, become self-employed or quit your job.

2. Thou shalt not buy a car, truck or van (or you may be living in it)!!

3. Thou shalt not use credit cards excessively or let current accounts fall behind.

4. Thou shalt not spend money you have set aside for closing.

5. Thou shalt not omit debts or liabilities from your loan application.

6. Thou shalt not buy furniture.

7. Thou shalt not originate any inquiries into your credit.

8. Thou shalt not make large deposits without checking with your loan officer.

9. Thou shalt not change bank accounts.

10. Thou shalt not co-sign a loan for anyone.


Melissa Simms
RE/MAX Associates
Louisville, Kentucky
MelissaSimms@remax.net